The postseason schedule, owner water-carrying, the most important sports journalist today, Glass Houses, and a public official equating masks with the Holocaust.
You can't escape Billy Joel if you live in certain areas of Long Island. I happily lived for 30+ years without Billy Joel being a part of my life except for his music...which is fine, even if I'm not a fan. But then I moved to the North Shore and he and his people were everywhere. His mother was a fixture at a restaurant I frequented often. My in-laws went to high school with him (called him Stinky). My wife, who was in the service industry for most of her life, waited on him numerous times. He tipped her $1 once. Seriously. I've seen the house from the cover of Glass Houses many times...never inspired me to get a tattoo of it. My assistant at work who is 20+ years younger than me is obsessed with him and has seen him in concert going on 30 times. I don't get it. I saw him in concert once with Elton John...it was fine. Didn't change my world or my views on the man or his music. Meh.
Jesus Sanchez’ OF assist was a lot less impressive live given that Carter Kieboom was barely in the frame when the throw reached home. Another victim of 3B coach Bob “Bad Send” Henley … especially since Ryan Zimmerman was on deck. Before that it was a fun young pitchers’ duel between Edward Cabrera and Josiah Gray. (Making lemonade here…)
I don't know. The non-hits All For Leyna, Close to the Borderline, and Sleeping with the Television On make Glass Houses a pretty strong Billy Joel album in my book.
There was a Twilight Zone episode, I think, where someone who was bigoted wound up jumping into the experiences of others, so he was a runaway slave trying to escape the white mob chasing him at one point. I think the episode ended with him being shoved into a crowded cattle car while being shouted at in German, because of course he was also anti-Semitic.
I wish there was a way to make anyone who trivializes the Holocaust experience that, because I honestly think some of them (not the ones smart enough to know others are stupid and thus manipulate them accordingly) don't have a clue what it was, except it involved a lot of people getting unjustly yelled at and discriminated against and they invoke it to feel like some kind of martyr for a great cause instead of a whining, extremely comfortable white person who feels as though a minor inconvenience is a major oppression because they never had to deal with inconvenience before in their lives.
What a bunch of awful, empty headed, hollow souled individuals. I'd pity them if they only hurt themselves.
That's a good comparison: a 16-inning game now is like 21 innings in the olden days.
Since the start of 2020, there had been four 13-inning games but nothing longer. And since 1901 there have been 27 games that went 21+innings. The last was in 2008, when Troy Tulowitzki had an RBI double in the 22nd inning in San Diego, for a 2-1 win.
Apropos of very little, the school board guy's bio is depressing. A collection of words that are fine on the surface, that would perhaps even carry a positive connotation in some other context, but which nonetheless indicate something sinister and pervasive about the very way the person thinks and operates in the world.
"Passionate about learning and debate w/thoughtful people. Settled science isn’t science."
Glass Houses is basically my first Billy Joel album. Only I heard it in bits and pieces in summer camp when it came out, mainly "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" and "You May Be Right." It's a pretty good album, by someone whose stuff I tend to enjoy far more often than not. (For most of my college years and 20s, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" was my absolute favorite song.) I know that Billy Joel tends to be "your least favorite critic's least favorite pop star," but I will never not be a fan, and I probably should try to see him in concert once before he gets too old.
And of course, while he is that weird sort who roots for both the Mets and the Yankees, he's forever going to be associated with the Mets for me, because of "Last Play at Shea" and performing the anthem at the '86 WS.
re: Darrow. Go get 'im Craig. If we were anything like the Barstool fanboys, we probably would go so far as to spam his social media accounts with Industrial Shithouse references.
There was a cute moment in the Orioles game when Adell gave a kid a bat because the previous inning he'd accidentally knocked his drink over when throwing a ball into the stands. And Franmil Reyes hit his homer for a woman with cancer who was in the crowd.
Know who didn't do those things? The owners. And yet we're all braced for fans to somehow side with the ultra rich because they think the players make too much money.
My small city just reinstated a mask mandate (mostly because it's a college town and they started back on Monday). I work in a small business where people openly whined about all things pandemic for the last year. I'm meditating all morning to prepare for the first unmasked, unvaccinated customer who dares complain to me. Because how do you deal with people who think wearing a mask is an atrocity unto mankind without finally going crazy? I don't know how to do it anymore.
I know you have saved screen shots of the links you have embedded, and that's good. Have you also considered using wayback machine to have a 3rd party do that work for you? There is also a paid service called Perma. The helpful folk at the Texas A&M School of Law have provided a very helpful guide: https://law.tamu.libguides.com/linkrotguide
You can't escape Billy Joel if you live in certain areas of Long Island. I happily lived for 30+ years without Billy Joel being a part of my life except for his music...which is fine, even if I'm not a fan. But then I moved to the North Shore and he and his people were everywhere. His mother was a fixture at a restaurant I frequented often. My in-laws went to high school with him (called him Stinky). My wife, who was in the service industry for most of her life, waited on him numerous times. He tipped her $1 once. Seriously. I've seen the house from the cover of Glass Houses many times...never inspired me to get a tattoo of it. My assistant at work who is 20+ years younger than me is obsessed with him and has seen him in concert going on 30 times. I don't get it. I saw him in concert once with Elton John...it was fine. Didn't change my world or my views on the man or his music. Meh.
How does Jake McGee get away with being a closer while throwing nothing but 95 mph fastballs?
Jesus Sanchez’ OF assist was a lot less impressive live given that Carter Kieboom was barely in the frame when the throw reached home. Another victim of 3B coach Bob “Bad Send” Henley … especially since Ryan Zimmerman was on deck. Before that it was a fun young pitchers’ duel between Edward Cabrera and Josiah Gray. (Making lemonade here…)
I don't get it. How did an English musician play in so many games last night?
I don't know. The non-hits All For Leyna, Close to the Borderline, and Sleeping with the Television On make Glass Houses a pretty strong Billy Joel album in my book.
I wonder if Matt Barnes dropped a Rolex in Robles’ locker at Fenway yesterday??
There was a Twilight Zone episode, I think, where someone who was bigoted wound up jumping into the experiences of others, so he was a runaway slave trying to escape the white mob chasing him at one point. I think the episode ended with him being shoved into a crowded cattle car while being shouted at in German, because of course he was also anti-Semitic.
I wish there was a way to make anyone who trivializes the Holocaust experience that, because I honestly think some of them (not the ones smart enough to know others are stupid and thus manipulate them accordingly) don't have a clue what it was, except it involved a lot of people getting unjustly yelled at and discriminated against and they invoke it to feel like some kind of martyr for a great cause instead of a whining, extremely comfortable white person who feels as though a minor inconvenience is a major oppression because they never had to deal with inconvenience before in their lives.
What a bunch of awful, empty headed, hollow souled individuals. I'd pity them if they only hurt themselves.
I’d comment that how did a guy with that
much garbage online get elected to any office, but you’ve described enough about New Albany that I don’t have to ask.
That's a good comparison: a 16-inning game now is like 21 innings in the olden days.
Since the start of 2020, there had been four 13-inning games but nothing longer. And since 1901 there have been 27 games that went 21+innings. The last was in 2008, when Troy Tulowitzki had an RBI double in the 22nd inning in San Diego, for a 2-1 win.
Apropos of very little, the school board guy's bio is depressing. A collection of words that are fine on the surface, that would perhaps even carry a positive connotation in some other context, but which nonetheless indicate something sinister and pervasive about the very way the person thinks and operates in the world.
"Passionate about learning and debate w/thoughtful people. Settled science isn’t science."
Glass Houses is basically my first Billy Joel album. Only I heard it in bits and pieces in summer camp when it came out, mainly "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" and "You May Be Right." It's a pretty good album, by someone whose stuff I tend to enjoy far more often than not. (For most of my college years and 20s, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" was my absolute favorite song.) I know that Billy Joel tends to be "your least favorite critic's least favorite pop star," but I will never not be a fan, and I probably should try to see him in concert once before he gets too old.
And of course, while he is that weird sort who roots for both the Mets and the Yankees, he's forever going to be associated with the Mets for me, because of "Last Play at Shea" and performing the anthem at the '86 WS.
For complicated reasons I have two (2) copies of Glass Houses on vinyl. I’d happily give one away, but no one wants it.
re: Darrow. Go get 'im Craig. If we were anything like the Barstool fanboys, we probably would go so far as to spam his social media accounts with Industrial Shithouse references.
There was a cute moment in the Orioles game when Adell gave a kid a bat because the previous inning he'd accidentally knocked his drink over when throwing a ball into the stands. And Franmil Reyes hit his homer for a woman with cancer who was in the crowd.
Know who didn't do those things? The owners. And yet we're all braced for fans to somehow side with the ultra rich because they think the players make too much money.
My small city just reinstated a mask mandate (mostly because it's a college town and they started back on Monday). I work in a small business where people openly whined about all things pandemic for the last year. I'm meditating all morning to prepare for the first unmasked, unvaccinated customer who dares complain to me. Because how do you deal with people who think wearing a mask is an atrocity unto mankind without finally going crazy? I don't know how to do it anymore.
I know you have saved screen shots of the links you have embedded, and that's good. Have you also considered using wayback machine to have a 3rd party do that work for you? There is also a paid service called Perma. The helpful folk at the Texas A&M School of Law have provided a very helpful guide: https://law.tamu.libguides.com/linkrotguide