This 54% bullshit that Jerry offhandedly (mis)spoke has taken on a storm of controversy and backlash. Here's a stormy prediction by experts that may affect all of us. Some strong thoughts I wish we would hear from the Mariners, but alas, I fear for other teams growing better and the M's just washing out of existence this coming season.Donn Beach wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:37 pmIt's like he laid a trap to get the debate off topic that everyone fell into. By complaining about 54% it's like you have accepted the moves he makes is focused on that. That 54% is a successful team so he wins. I think it make more sense to complain about his moves not being focused on winning 54% than complaining about 54%
This winter’s El Niño could be one of the strongest in 70 years. What does it mean for you?
Story by Alix Martichoux . 12/22/2023
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... 976d&ei=17(NEXSTAR) – The 2023-2024 El Niño is growing more likely to be one for the record books.
In an update released Thursday, the Climate Prediction Center said this winter’s El Niño was slightly favored to be “historically strong.” The national forecasters gave it about a 54% chance of being one of the five strongest since 1950.
Those odds are up from last month, when the Climate Prediction Center gave this year’s El Niño a 35% chance of being among the strongest ever, like the one we saw 2015-2016 or 1997-1998.
But a super-strong El Niño doesn’t necessarily mean super-strong impacts, like storms, flooding or heavy snow. “While stronger El Niño events increase the likelihood of El Niño-related climate anomalies, it does not imply expected impacts will emerge in all locations or be of strong intensity,” says the Climate Prediction Center.
I wish Jerry could find a way to get "odds up" for Seattle by finding some "impact" players that would excite us and boost our spirits. This offseason has been just a gray, bleak outlook and a total bummer.