Kluber to the pen, the A's may have a deal, a Cubs prospect may have killed a guy, someone thinks baseball is not gay, Target caves to bigots, The “Revolutionaries," Jimmy Carter and Tina Turner
Marcus Stroman remains at the top of my list of pitchers I wish the Mets had kept. Though let's be honest. If they'd kept him, his spleen would have imploded or something. The Mets are now 0-8 in Great Lakes cities this season. Good thing there's no team in Buffalo.
About three years ago, DC Comics introduced a team of heroes called the Revolutionaries. Maybe DC will sue GWU?
You know how the Washington Nationals have that Presidents' Race?
I would definitely watch a GWU game of anything if they had a Revolutionaries' Race with, say, Che Guevara competing against Fidel Castro and Stalin and Mao and Trotsky and Ho Chi Minh. Too many great possibilities.
To make it more authentic they could give the racers access to weapons, an ice-pick say, to give it a Death Race 2000 ethos.
My son's law school alma mater went from Geo Mason Law School to Antonin Scalia School of Law (donation involved) until they realized ASSoL might be pronounced ... well then they went with Antonin Scalia Law School. A rose by any other name and all.
Godspeed, Tina Turner. It really made me happy that she enjoyed another boost recently with new fans thanks to Schitt’s Creek. She might be the best example ever of “the best revenge is living well.“
PS Great job on the Nats recap; 10/10, no notes. I choose to believe my steady oversight was the key. Keep up the good work. (How are we feeling today, Padres fans?)
PPS Your diploma story reminds me of something I have had to confront recently: what to do with my collection of lovingly (and expensively) framed degrees and bar admissions. The combination of advancing age, leaving law practice, and working remotely makes that wall of educational attainment totally superfluous. It’s getting to the point where I am thinking about taking out the degrees and simply donating the frames. Has anyone else done something like this? Any guidance? My kids all have theirs propped up on shelves in the same commemorative plastic folder they were handed at graduation and I think that’s the way to go. I think the only thing that ended up getting framed was my oldest daughter’s; she earned honors as an undergraduate and they were still inscribing her degree, so she was handed a piece of parchment with the words “this document intentionally left blank.“ It now hangs in her bathroom.
Every time I read an obit with stuff like, "Anna Mae Bullock was born in 1939. She spent her earliest years on the Poindexter farm in Nutbush, an unincorporated area nearby, and still grew up to become Tina F'ing Turner," I think to myself, "and what have you done with your life, smart guy?"
I've had a hard time finding time and attention to actually read books as much as I once loved to do, so I'm trying the app my local library uses for audiobooks Just a week ago I finished the audiobook of "Stiff" by Mary Roach, about cadavers. It was actually very interesting to learn about the ways cadavers have contributed to different fields and there was indeed a chapter on the body farm, as well as various other ways of burial such as human composting that people are trying to work on as more ecological and to some meaningful ways of dealing with the physical remains of loved ones. Morbid subject material but a fascinating book.
All that's missing is a catchy name for such a feat. An opportunity for our resident wordsmith to make a contribution to the baseball vocabulary in case "Manfred Man" doesn't end up catching on.
Is going into hospice and then not dying in a timely manner kind of awkward? Reminds me of Monty Python. “I’m not dead!” “Im feeling better”. “I’d like to go for a walk”.
Dennis Eckersley had gone 9 years without a relief appearance before going to the pen and it worked out well for him. Maybe it will work out for Kluber too. (OK, I don't believe that either)
You noted that the O's just won their 32nd game of the season.
In 2021 and 2019, they didn't get win 32 until July 23. In 2018, it took until July 29.
Love to see things back on the upswing in Baltimore.
Marcus Stroman remains at the top of my list of pitchers I wish the Mets had kept. Though let's be honest. If they'd kept him, his spleen would have imploded or something. The Mets are now 0-8 in Great Lakes cities this season. Good thing there's no team in Buffalo.
About three years ago, DC Comics introduced a team of heroes called the Revolutionaries. Maybe DC will sue GWU?
You know how the Washington Nationals have that Presidents' Race?
I would definitely watch a GWU game of anything if they had a Revolutionaries' Race with, say, Che Guevara competing against Fidel Castro and Stalin and Mao and Trotsky and Ho Chi Minh. Too many great possibilities.
To make it more authentic they could give the racers access to weapons, an ice-pick say, to give it a Death Race 2000 ethos.
My son's law school alma mater went from Geo Mason Law School to Antonin Scalia School of Law (donation involved) until they realized ASSoL might be pronounced ... well then they went with Antonin Scalia Law School. A rose by any other name and all.
Godspeed, Tina Turner. It really made me happy that she enjoyed another boost recently with new fans thanks to Schitt’s Creek. She might be the best example ever of “the best revenge is living well.“
PS Great job on the Nats recap; 10/10, no notes. I choose to believe my steady oversight was the key. Keep up the good work. (How are we feeling today, Padres fans?)
PPS Your diploma story reminds me of something I have had to confront recently: what to do with my collection of lovingly (and expensively) framed degrees and bar admissions. The combination of advancing age, leaving law practice, and working remotely makes that wall of educational attainment totally superfluous. It’s getting to the point where I am thinking about taking out the degrees and simply donating the frames. Has anyone else done something like this? Any guidance? My kids all have theirs propped up on shelves in the same commemorative plastic folder they were handed at graduation and I think that’s the way to go. I think the only thing that ended up getting framed was my oldest daughter’s; she earned honors as an undergraduate and they were still inscribing her degree, so she was handed a piece of parchment with the words “this document intentionally left blank.“ It now hangs in her bathroom.
Stunned that your Tina Turner obit didn’t include the baseball connection: Detroit Tigers catcher Lance Parrish once served as her bodyguard! (Although the NYT article it originally was noted downplays it a lot: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/26/sports/lance-parrish-a-budding-star.html)
Every time I read an obit with stuff like, "Anna Mae Bullock was born in 1939. She spent her earliest years on the Poindexter farm in Nutbush, an unincorporated area nearby, and still grew up to become Tina F'ing Turner," I think to myself, "and what have you done with your life, smart guy?"
Artist Jae Rhim Lee came up with the mushroom burial suite quite some time ago.
I've had a hard time finding time and attention to actually read books as much as I once loved to do, so I'm trying the app my local library uses for audiobooks Just a week ago I finished the audiobook of "Stiff" by Mary Roach, about cadavers. It was actually very interesting to learn about the ways cadavers have contributed to different fields and there was indeed a chapter on the body farm, as well as various other ways of burial such as human composting that people are trying to work on as more ecological and to some meaningful ways of dealing with the physical remains of loved ones. Morbid subject material but a fascinating book.
Baseball Almanac has a list of 3 pitch innings, separated into an AL list and an NL list for no discernible reason.
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/3_pitch_inning.shtml
All that's missing is a catchy name for such a feat. An opportunity for our resident wordsmith to make a contribution to the baseball vocabulary in case "Manfred Man" doesn't end up catching on.
Is going into hospice and then not dying in a timely manner kind of awkward? Reminds me of Monty Python. “I’m not dead!” “Im feeling better”. “I’d like to go for a walk”.
Dennis Eckersley had gone 9 years without a relief appearance before going to the pen and it worked out well for him. Maybe it will work out for Kluber too. (OK, I don't believe that either)
Spot the error in this phrase… offenses like the Guardians and the Royals, who he faced in his previous start,