Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: Ed Vette on May 16, 2024, 12:11:19 PMAt least 8 is featured.

The marketing department wasn't involved. 

He should have struck the pose in the logo. That would have been awesome. 

Since both of us, the umpires had never really seen a play like that, we got together and used our best judgment and knowledge to make the call.

Since the rulebook says that if any pitched ball strikes the batter, it is a dead ball, regardless if it hits the ground first, that is what we used to make the ruling. The batter swinging at it makes no difference.
(If a better, say, squares to bunt and he offers at the pitch and in doing so, the pitch hits him, a strike is called as he did offer at the ball, and being hit has no relevance except making the ball dead)

Since it is now a dead ball, the runner had to return to 1st base, as that was his position at the time of the pitch.

Quote from: LennG on May 16, 2024, 12:09:56 PMI hated those jerseys. Not because of any superstitions, just we just aren't a red jersey team.

Considering how much of the Giants are tied to blue (so many podcasts and websites have blue in their name), red does seem a bit jarring

At least 8 is featured.

Quote from: MightyGiants on May 16, 2024, 09:15:30 AMhttps://x.com/BigBlueVCR/status/1790910036216091097

Just surprised they didn't have Strahan in that video. He WAs the face of the defense.

Quote from: MightyGiants on May 16, 2024, 12:00:44 PMhttps://x.com/BigBlueVCR/status/1791110332993224807

 I hated those jerseys. Not because of any superstitions, just we just aren't a red jersey team.

WHAT NFL EXECUTIVES LOOK FOR
The team president, general manager and coaches will pay close attention to the spacing of home and away games. They prefer not to have three in a row on the road. The bye week is also of great interest, with the preference for it being around Week 8 or 9 at the midpoint of the regular season.

Thursday night, Monday night, Thanksgiving Day and late-season Saturday games require changing the normal schedule teams have for a Sunday afternoon game. Those non-Sunday games solicit a mixed reaction from team execs. They enjoy seeing their team in the spotlight during prime-time games that most players and the fan base love, but they understand the disruption those games cause compared with the regular weekly schedule.

Team execs, coaches and the team operations staff members will quickly check the 2024 schedule for potential hot- or cold-weather games. Those are an extra challenge in terms of travel concerns and planning for things such as cooling or heating equipment in the bench area at outdoor stadiums.

I was the Minnesota Vikings' director of team operations early in my career, so I know very well that immediately upon the schedule coming out, the team operations staff will begin to set up travel plans. Those include negotiating with airlines and hotels on the road, as well as with the in-town team hotel for the night before home games.

That group also sets up team buses and equipment trucks for road games and obtains extra security and police escorts. In some cases, teams will make arrangements to practice in the road city on the day before a game, so the team operations staff will coordinate that, too.

Much more from former GM Jamie Diamond

https://www.the33rdteam.com/how-team-executives-approach-nfl-schedule-release/