Scott Laleman

@slaleman.bsky.social

Gen X, tech director, educator, father, lifelong Cubs fan. BS Illinois State 96/ MA Pepperdine 03. Midwestern living in Texas. Dad to a Longhorn. Think education is expensive? Try ignorance. These are my own independent thoughts and opinions.

My dad gave me his bass boat in the fall. Today, I took it out on the water for the first time by myself. I've been fishing in this boat with him countless times over the last 25 years. I'm looking forward to him coming back in October so we can go again.

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Once again, Knicks weren't necessarily better, Spurs beat themselves down the stretch. Missed free throws, Fox shooting 3/15 and being left in the game, missing shots in the paint, and leaving Barnes on the bench yet again. Harper picked up the slack for everyone else tonight but it wasn't enough.

This was not about the Knicks being a better team tonight. The Spurs beat themselves by settling for 3 point shots they weren't hitting instead of keeping their foot on the gas, and going for points in the paint. I've watched them do this all season. They get a comfortable lead, then get lazy.

My proposed fixes for the @nba.com replay system 1) 30 second time limit. If there isn't sufficient evidence to reverse a call in 30 seconds, the play stands. This also alleviate a having to call a timeout to challenge. 2) If you win your challenge, you keep getting to challenge.

I think @mlb.com needs to clarify whether netting is in play or not. Ohtani's inside the park HR clearly hit the outfield netting & bounced back onto the field. If it hits netting on the fly and is caught in the field, it's not an out. Netting is either in play or not. Can't have it both ways.

If you pay for a pro sports service (NBA League Pass, MLB TV, etc) and they sell the rights for a particular game or games to another streaming service, those games should still be included in your viewing package. I should not have to buy another service to watch games I've already paid to watch.

Remember when the Olympics were on all of the available NBC channels that you already paid for as part of your TV subscription and you didn't have to buy an entire extra service to watch anything? I remember. Screw Peacock. And screw you NBC for putting hockey on it.