Another near no-no, A.J. Hinch is on a quest to find the real pitch-changers, and we talk about antitrust, dirty laundry, mascots, capitalism, God's Plan, and a strange disappearance
I finally got the email informing me that I can choose the form of digital payout for my $7.61 from the class action suit related to the Optical Disk Drive settlement. The options are Amazon, Target, MC, or Starbucks. FINALLY!
"This antitrust class action lawsuit was filed by plaintiffs alleging a conspiracy involving ODD suppliers to fix, maintain, or stabilize the prices of ODDs at artificially high levels in violation of federal and state antitrust laws."
But now, years later, it was ALL worth it for the consumer! JUSTICE FOR ALL!
Gloria married Peter Angelos - and John and Louis are his sons. It’s clear that litigation and combative press releases are simply their family love language.
PS A sincere tip of my Nats cap to Erick Fedde, who threw 111 pitches last night to make it into the sixth (only 12 fewer than the Dodgers’ Tyler Anderson threw to reach the ninth) - and thus preserve the possibility that two swingmen (Evan Lee and Paolo Espino) can start both ends of a doubleheader on Friday against the Phillies. The god of bullpen death will eventually get the Nats, but Fedde looked it in the eye last night and said, “not today.”
The Mets' lead is down to four. Some of that is on them as the starting pitching has been iffy of late. But frankly, if your chief rival wins 14 in a row, the most you can do is just hope someone can beat them. Which doesn't mean I am not a bit nervous now.
So I am religious, as most of you know. And as such, I also believe God has a plan. But I have no idea what that means. I have no idea how much God is involved in every little thing. I have no idea if He really did want children to be massacred. I am of course hardly the first person to grapple with this. Jews have grappled with this through an unending series of tragedies, and anyone who thinks he knows God's mind - and when I say "he," I mean the lesser lights of the Orthodox rabbinic tradition - is a fool. The best we I have ever heard offered is that sometimes God "hides His face" and doesn't intervene. And yet, what if He really did ordain the deaths of children, or the deaths of millions in war and plague and famine? I have no answer. And that is horrifying and humbling and should still never ever be something inept politicians hide behind to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. Leave God to God and do your job, Abbott!
For historical context for our younger readers, don't construe "The Reds won the game, but the Pirates won the NL East that year so let that be a lesson, kids." to mean the Pirates beat the Reds in the NL East. Because the Reds were in the NL West at the time. They didn't win the West either, though they did win 98 games while the Pirates won 88.
Sedating all passengers reminds me of the bit from HHGTTG "The ship has been delayed 900 years whilst awaiting a complement of lemon-soaked paper napkins. The robot crew-an auto-pilot and an android stewardess-have placed the passengers into suspended animation and only bring them round every 10 years for coffee and biscuits."
Point of order - the United States Men's National Team participated in the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, winning its group and advancing to the semifinals, heights it has yet to return.
I wonder if there are ever any internal discussions of bringing these 1/6 clowns like Eric Barber back before the bench for contempt after they almost immediately publicly repudiate the contrition they claim during their sentencing or other court statements. Sure seems contemptuous to me.
Let us hope that the latest Astros acquisition doesn't languish with the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, where time holds him green and dying, and he sings in his chains like the sea.
I love that Washington YouTube video - "Six foot twenty, weighs a fucking ton." Surprised I hadn't seen this news about GW, given that I a) also am an alum (MBA 2010), b) live right across the river, and c) count among some of my very best friends other alumni (of both grad and undergrad programs - friendships are literally the only thing that school has ever done for me in any capacity). Maybe they'll change it to the Hippos?
That "other" Dock Ellis game was immortalized by the Baseball Project in "The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads" (one of their most Fountains of Wayne-esque tunes):
I finally got the email informing me that I can choose the form of digital payout for my $7.61 from the class action suit related to the Optical Disk Drive settlement. The options are Amazon, Target, MC, or Starbucks. FINALLY!
"This antitrust class action lawsuit was filed by plaintiffs alleging a conspiracy involving ODD suppliers to fix, maintain, or stabilize the prices of ODDs at artificially high levels in violation of federal and state antitrust laws."
But now, years later, it was ALL worth it for the consumer! JUSTICE FOR ALL!
Gloria married Peter Angelos - and John and Louis are his sons. It’s clear that litigation and combative press releases are simply their family love language.
PS A sincere tip of my Nats cap to Erick Fedde, who threw 111 pitches last night to make it into the sixth (only 12 fewer than the Dodgers’ Tyler Anderson threw to reach the ninth) - and thus preserve the possibility that two swingmen (Evan Lee and Paolo Espino) can start both ends of a doubleheader on Friday against the Phillies. The god of bullpen death will eventually get the Nats, but Fedde looked it in the eye last night and said, “not today.”
The Mets' lead is down to four. Some of that is on them as the starting pitching has been iffy of late. But frankly, if your chief rival wins 14 in a row, the most you can do is just hope someone can beat them. Which doesn't mean I am not a bit nervous now.
So I am religious, as most of you know. And as such, I also believe God has a plan. But I have no idea what that means. I have no idea how much God is involved in every little thing. I have no idea if He really did want children to be massacred. I am of course hardly the first person to grapple with this. Jews have grappled with this through an unending series of tragedies, and anyone who thinks he knows God's mind - and when I say "he," I mean the lesser lights of the Orthodox rabbinic tradition - is a fool. The best we I have ever heard offered is that sometimes God "hides His face" and doesn't intervene. And yet, what if He really did ordain the deaths of children, or the deaths of millions in war and plague and famine? I have no answer. And that is horrifying and humbling and should still never ever be something inept politicians hide behind to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. Leave God to God and do your job, Abbott!
For historical context for our younger readers, don't construe "The Reds won the game, but the Pirates won the NL East that year so let that be a lesson, kids." to mean the Pirates beat the Reds in the NL East. Because the Reds were in the NL West at the time. They didn't win the West either, though they did win 98 games while the Pirates won 88.
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The first World Cup was 1930, the USA placed third, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup Only 4 European countries made the trek to Uruguay.
Sedating all passengers reminds me of the bit from HHGTTG "The ship has been delayed 900 years whilst awaiting a complement of lemon-soaked paper napkins. The robot crew-an auto-pilot and an android stewardess-have placed the passengers into suspended animation and only bring them round every 10 years for coffee and biscuits."
"The Cubs have lost nine straight." During which streak their opponents have outscored them 84-25, or by an average score of worse than 9-3.
Point of order - the United States Men's National Team participated in the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, winning its group and advancing to the semifinals, heights it has yet to return.
I wonder if there are ever any internal discussions of bringing these 1/6 clowns like Eric Barber back before the bench for contempt after they almost immediately publicly repudiate the contrition they claim during their sentencing or other court statements. Sure seems contemptuous to me.
Let us hope that the latest Astros acquisition doesn't languish with the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, where time holds him green and dying, and he sings in his chains like the sea.
I love that Washington YouTube video - "Six foot twenty, weighs a fucking ton." Surprised I hadn't seen this news about GW, given that I a) also am an alum (MBA 2010), b) live right across the river, and c) count among some of my very best friends other alumni (of both grad and undergrad programs - friendships are literally the only thing that school has ever done for me in any capacity). Maybe they'll change it to the Hippos?
Obligatory Dock Ellis reference:
https://youtu.be/006i_UxLJjM
How is Jose Ramirez only hitting .307? He gets 2 hits every day. Huh!
The G-Wings Owen Miller is tied for the major league lead with 7 sac fly this year but I don't know how to look thi6stuff up either.
That "other" Dock Ellis game was immortalized by the Baseball Project in "The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads" (one of their most Fountains of Wayne-esque tunes):
https://youtu.be/wSJ4Yc7Ensg
New BP album coming soon!