Red Sox Assistant Hitting Coach Dillon Lawson Discusses Swing Decisions The latest installment of our Talks Hitting series features a Red Sox coach who espouses the value of plate discipline.

"First, improved swing decisions typically follow improved habits in one or more of these areas: game-planning, pitch recognition, tracking, and strike zone awareness. A proper training environment is really important in developing these new habits."

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Reform are treating Wales as a joke Nigel Farage's company aren't even going to name a Welsh leader before the election

I wrote this piece on how Reform Party LTD are treating Wales like a joke.

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YouTube video by More Squidge Rugby So who deserved World Rugby Player of the Year? | Awards Reaction & Analysis

Last night, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Ellie Kildunne, Antoine Dupont & Madison Levi walked away with the biggest prizes in rugby as World Rugby announced the 2024 awards. Join us as we discuss all the different ways in which your favourite player was robbed-
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To celebrate joining Bluesky, here's the most joyful cricket video of 2024:

The US Stablecoin Startup Fueling a $3 Billion Boom in Africa Cryptocurrencies that track the dollar are becoming a popular workaround for companies stymied by currency shortages on the continent.

An American startup is building a $3 billion crypto market in Africa, riding demand for digital substitutes for the US dollar

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Starting to settle in with this BlueSky place… love the feeling of positivity versus the other place…

Amazing to open up an app and not have a truckload of musk tweets and his acolytes going just as hard.

Blue sky is a real positive change.

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