u/PhoenixUNI

I know how much Jared loves 76° temps for baseball games. And I get it; it's a lovely temperature. Perfect as the game begins, and then it cools off throughout the evening as the Sox dominate. Steve giving us the weather + the challenge for Game 3 being 76° was absolute cinema. Absolutely no way that we can lose that game. Yankees are fucked.

But... as a guy who loves his data and his spreadsheets, I thought, "I wonder if there's any merit to this? Or is 76° all vibes?" It's easy enough to pull the data (thanks, MLB), so I thought I'd check it out.

I pulled the data for just 2026. This season, we had 8 games that were 76° at game start, and we were 5-3. Not bad! That's a .625 win%, or a 101 win pace. I'll take that.

Note: I recall Steve having a different record for the Sox at 76°. I didn't go back to all of the Weather Look Aheads to find which games they said would be at this temp; I just pulled data from the MLB Stats API. Any discrepancies should be blamed on that. Now back to the post.

Except... hang on. We had 4 games at 79°, and were 4-0. 5 games at 80°... 5-0. 5 more games at 83 or 84°... 5-0. And 82°? While not being perfect, we went 8-2 over our 10 games, for a .800 win% (130 win pace).

Ok fine... this is just one season. What about over the life of Section 10 / Name Redacted? I pulled all the games since 2015, compiled the data, and here's what we got:

• At 76°: 49 games, .571 win%. 92-93 win pace. Still solid!
• We played a stupid amount of games (171) at 72°, and we're at a .474 win%
• 92 of those 72° games were at Tropicana. If you split those out: at the Trop, we're .426, everywhere else (79 games), we're .532. Fuck that place.
• The most # of games played by temp: 68° (89 games, .539 %), 73° (83 games, .482 %), and 75° (73 games, .562%)
• The highest win% of qualified temps: 85° (41 games, .732 %), 81° (57 games, .702 %), and 83% (45 games, .667 %)
• The outlier: we apparently LOVE it when it's almost freezing... we've played 3 games in the 30-34° temp range, and won them all.
• The consistent performers: 80° has 4 seasons (2015, 2018, 2025, and 2026) in which they had the best win%, going 18-0 combined in those years. We also had 3 temps that had 3 top win% seasons: 81° ('18, '23, '25, 12-0), 83° ('19, '25, '26, 11-1), and 85° ('17, '18, '21, 13-0)

Overall, 76° is a valid temp. A good temp. A playoff caliber temp, even. But horn-worthy? Eh... 28-21 over 12 seasons is kinda mid. Only 5 seasons above .500, and 4 below .500. Super inconsistent.

81°, on the other hand, is the sweet spot. Warm enough that you don't even need to consider a sweatshirt for the later innings. Cool enough to not be oppressive. And performance-wise? Buddy... 57 games, 40-17 (.701)? 9 seasons above .500, and only 2 below? Talk about your consistent performer.

81 too hot for you? How about 63°, then? 36 games, 23-13, .639 win%. Above .500 8/12 seasons, and below .500 only twice. Might not have the highest SLG, but still more consistent than 76°.

So Jared... perhaps, with the impending lockout, it's time to revisit 76° as "the perfect temp". Let's get a little warmer, and bask in the toastiness of 81° together. Whaddya say?

New construction going up in the same parking lot as Guitar Center on Elmore. Anyone know what that's going to be?

Hey all!

Just got my Kobo Clara Colour last night, and already loving it. I have NickelClock installed to show me time + battery, so that solves one of my main needs.

Does anyone know if there's a plugin I can use that would show me the page progress AND percentage progress at the same time? For example: PLATFORM DECAY • 169 OF 382 • 42%

Also, if you have any other tips for useful plugins, I'm all ears.

Looking for companies or contractors to replace our deck. Had a couple conversations with people, but none have been decent or interested. Anyone have any recommendations?

For those that are not aware, Metronet has gotten acquired by T-Mobile, and over the next few months they will be merging their systems together.

I've been a Metronet subscriber for years, and their service has been awesome. However, they have some predatory pricing behaviors that have been creeping in, and I finally addressed some of them today.

TL;DR details:

• T-Mobile Fiber offers a 1 gig plan at $60/mo
• Metronet's starts at $70, but every year or so the price increases; when i just called it was $90.
• Metronet also had bolted on a "Tech Assurance" fee for $12.95/mo

I called Metronet customer support, told them about the T-Mobile pricing, and asked what they could do to help make up the difference while they transition over to T-Mobile. They dropped me back down to $70/mo, waived the Tech Assurance fee entirely (it's now just a free add on), and they're also reducing the extra Eero rental price from $10 to $5/mo. Saved me $38/mo.

Check your Metronet payments. Remember that even the good companies can gouge you. The call took like 5 minutes, 0 pushback.

I'm looking for a couple of 40s boards, specifically the Duo40, CutiePie, and OrthoPie. I'm open to other 40s / QAZ type boards, but those are my main targets right now.

I'm also on the lookout for keycap sets that have Colemak support. If you're a Colemak typist that has some old kits sitting around, or if you're normal & have kits that have the HUNT homing caps included, I'd love to hear about them.