Baseball is back, Adventurefuls = horrible, Tactics in the Ukraine

Adventurefuls Girl Scout cookies are the worst sweet cookie I have ever tasted 

it's like they put a little of EVERY cookie into one cookie.  Who green lighted this cookie.   

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 I watch a freakish amount of news in a day and most of it horrifying and disgusting.  But the main news I saw yesterday is 

BASEBALL IS BACK!!!  AND ALL 162 GAMES 

Opening Day April 7th. Universal DH which I'm not fond of but . . . the National League was the ONLY league in the entire world that did NOT had a DH so . . . . 

No real shifting which is sort of meaningless and only because fans complained.  The shift for Right handed Batters was a wash and statistically will add one hit a week for each team.  There will also be less walks and less strikeouts for right handed batters.  Left Handed power hitters will get a boost (Yelich) as they are the ones that were hurt the most with shifts. 

The shorter spring training will make teams act fast on getting their team together in a rush rush fashion with no expanded rosters.  There is an expanded lottery for the bottom 6 teams and an expanded 12 team playoffs. 

The bases will be slightly larger (an injury thing). The schedule will be balanced and play every team in MLB.  yes we can finally see the Miami Marlins.    

MEANWHITE there is a war going on. I don't like war and especially when WE didn't start it but it fascinates me being a WWII buff. 

What the news is not covering is tactically HOW the Ukrainians are slowing the Russian hoard.  

So far the Russians have lost 465 pieces of heavy vehicles (tanks, armored fighting vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers) while the Ukrainians 138.  This is on par with the normal numbers of an invading army losing 3 times the equipment of the defending army IF both sides are evenly matched.

SADLY - Russia has a LOT more tanks then Ukraine   (9700 to 2100).  15% of the Russian vehicles have been abandoned do to stuck in mud and maintenance issues (more on that to come) 

But what is the tactical strategy  of Ukraine?   

When the invasion started Ukraine went after the lead tanks to slow down columns. Once the columns were slowed they went after the command and control vehicles (two of the to generals were killed)  and the engineering units who maintain vehicles. 

In the air the Russians have lose 11 migs, 11 helicopters and 2 drones** while Ukraine has lost 8 aircraft and 3 drones.

** one drone was LITERALLY hit by an old woman throwing a container of pickled tomatoes at it.   

Both sides have ample surface to air missiles for shooting aircraft. and the Russians have cruise missiles and a shitload of artillery. 

Russians Navy has not suffered any losses (contrary to popular belief).  I believe the Russians can capture but not hold for very long any land.  The WORST thing Russia could do would be to kill Zelensky who would become a martyr. 

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Nuff said - just checking in