The Vent and Rant Thread

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You could try the REI Co-op Rainier Rain Jacket. See REI Mens Rain Jackets. I picked up one on sale at their store in Bellingham on a trip to the USA. Another choice might be the Arc'teryx Beta which my daughter-in-law purchased for my son as a present last Christmas. It replaced his Helly Hanson rain jacket as a lighter and easier to move in jacket. OTOH, he loves it for the Grouse Grind.

The rant part comes when you start looking at what some people call rain jackets. One my DIL looked at was basically a garbage bag with arm and neck holes. Kinda like the emergency ponchos I ended up wearing at some music festivals.

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Velocity, yes. It's a very popular baseball analytic that announcers are now all regurgitating. My personal feeling is that if "velocity" seems too lengthy to fit into normal conversation, maybe try "speed". It's only one syllable compared to velo's two.

1) A pitcher's "velo going down" may indicate an issue.

2) The "exit velo" of a ball off the bat is a metric that might be useful to managers and statisticians, but is not relevant to a fan's excitement for (or disappointment of) a home run.

And (at the risk of being nerdy), "speed" is a more accurate term than "velocity" for what (I assume) is being measured in those stats.