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Jul 28, 2022·edited Jul 28, 2022

I find myself appreciating Amtrak and the MTA just a bit more today.

It seems a bit silly to call winning two games in a two game series a "sweep" but I can't complain. Thanks to the Phils taking two of three from the Barves, the Mets are now three ahead again, which is better than 1 1/2. Happy 38th birthday to Mad Max (who shares his birthday with Norman Lear, who turned 100 and is still producing TV shows and fighting the good fight). Today is an off day but I bet before they play again, there will be trades.

And it looks like deGrom will be back next week. Maybe.

Trout can say what he wants, but even if he finds ways to adjust, a bad back of any sort is a challenge, and seems like to shorten his career. I hope this is not the case, but what NYC baseball fan is not recalling the end of Mattingly and Wright's careers?

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An awkward flight to New York for Benintendi? If I'm the Royals transport manager, I'm just telling him that the computer can only print boarding passes for Royals players, and without a boarding pass he can't get through security. Sorry! Have a nice day!

And then I'm giving him the phone number for Transpennine Express customer services, and I'm telling him that they will get him to New York.

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Gallo had seasons with a. 379 and a. 351 OBP, so at times his game has been getting on base.But his career mark is only 328.

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Who Sharted?! had a big, steaming pile of fun with Patrick Qorbin (0.2 IP, 7H, 6ER, on pace for 20+ losses) yesterday and I was HERE FOR IT:

https://twitter.com/mlbwhosharted/status/1552386559575457792?s=21&t=MSydV6h4-FdlmqSbEv-zO

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Most vacations have a Day Of Hell. Fortunately in your case there were no injuries, fires, floods, or crashes, and you'll have nice memories at the end as a palate cleanser.

Sounds like your kids are having a great time, too. Enjoy the last of your vacation and have a safe trip back home.

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Does your daughter typically make her requests in a method other than audibly? Perhaps you normally require them in writing?

(I know what you meant. It just read funny so I ran with it.)

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Too bad you couldn't have gone back to London and boarded a Eurorail train to Brussels or Amsterdam. Of course, that would have wrecked the Anglophilian joys of your vacation, but I will always remember the comfort and convenience of going to Brussels on Eurorail, including a meal, for less than the cost of Amtrak from Baltimore to NYC. Have a great flight(s) home.

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Phoebe Bridgers rocks. That’s all.

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You should be fine now you’ve claimed with TPE - in this ridiculous system they remain responsible for the overall delay to your journey as a result of them cancelling your original train, this is regardless of what happened after / any other trains you happened to get on or not.

This nonsense has been going on in various forms for 25 years so you unwittingly become an expert at navigating the nonsense.

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If you want another look at info on the Wainwright Walks, watch the BBC program hosted by Julia Bradbury. It’s like a bit dated (maybe 2007 or 2009) and is on Netflix or Britbox or Acorn…I forget. (Can you tell we share your Anglophilic tendency?) but is well done and enjoyable enough to convince my wife and I that we need to do that walk.

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"...fart around before the vasectomy part of the day begins." Wait what, what does that even mean? *reads again* Oh, ok. I dont even know where my head is at this morning.

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"[The Yankees acquired] Andrew Benintendi from the Royals for pitchers Beck Way, Chandler Champlain, and T.J. Sikkema, all of whom I presume to be fictional."

Exactly what I thought when I heard the news

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I've always found complaining on Twitter - even with my significantly smaller following - has led to better customer service results. I don't think it's just because you have a large following that you get better responses there.

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At least one of your children has excellent musical opinions.

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The fact that the best way to get a response from customer service these days is via Twitter is strange. Most of us don't use Twitter. Yet good luck getting someone from the cable company to respond to you in a manner you can understand via some other outreach. In the old days in England, all you had to do to get satisfaction was to have a conversation that started with " 'ello guvnah".

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That was hell of an awesome audible that Anna called. I would expect that Phoebe Bridgers (who is exceedingly talented) would be your cup of tea as well. I’ve not seen her live. How was the show?

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