History in St. Louis, an MLB owner buys into English football, there's a chess scandal involving butts, we sit on our butts too much, and we should all be watching the Queen's funeral on Corncob TV
After the Timmy Trumpet game, I said that the Mets were now cool. Since then, they have not played at all well. I clearly jinxed them. I hereby offer a retraction: the Mets are not cool. They never will be cool. It was my mistake and the Mets should not suffer for it. (Intellectually speaking, I know there is not such thing as a jinx. They lost last night mainly because Showalter decided that Peterson's last bad start was an aberration instead of seeing that Peterson is reaching his limit for the year. But that doesn't mean I am not feeling it at the gut level.)
We need to call it the Times of London to distinguish it from the Times of India and the Times of Israel, clearly.
So is Patagonia also going to pay its workers better along the way? They apparently do treat their people well, but I am always a skeptic.
Good week for unions, though. Even as MiLB is making remarkable headway, the rail workers seem to have won enough concessions to head off a strike. A reminder that people strike exactly because it gives them leverage.
What's gotten into Patrick Corbin? Three of his last 4 starts he's allowed only 1 run and gone at least 6 innings. That other one was a normal clunker though.
Gary Neville has his panties in a bunch because of Todd Boehly saying there should be a Premier League All-Star Game. It's fine to give your money but heaven forefend if you were to make suggestions of change, hence is acceptance of journalism-killing money in Newcastle and the Glaziers paying his wages before he left Man Utd. The other possibility is that Mr. Blake Lively has brought into Wrexham and elevated their status in the public eye, eclipsing his own ownership of Salford City?
Either way, don't upset Gary.
If ever there was a Regulator required, maybe it should apply to those investing from countries that are marginally more chaotic than the US (like all the dodgy Chinese or other indeterminate investment from the Far East) which has caused more harm to the English Pyramid than any American money.
The description of Gunnar Henderson hitting a triple and scoring on a throwing error is far too kind to what actually happened. On a cool, dry, beautiful evening in Washington, César Hernández, who was playing left field for some reason, treated the baseball like a bar of soap and may have thrown it ten feet, mostly behind him. You can see the video here:
I can buy that gambling reduces fan engagement. My experience isn't with gambling, but I found it to be true even with fantasy sports when I used to play them. I became only interested in who got a hit or scored a touchdown, and the result of the games didn't much matter to me. I'm guessing that holds even more true when money is on the line if it was true for my bragging rights only fantasy leagues.
I am now ready to revoke my designation of the Nats as “not terrible“… They went behind on a three-run triple to right by Gunnar Henderson that “left fielder“ Cesar Hernandez misplayed waiting for a bounce and then literally whiffed as he tried to make a throw, resulting in a little league HR.
PS Given my life recently, I did not expect to laugh at that coffin flop sketch… But I was wrong. I laughed HARD, my friends. What is wrong with all of us? (That’s just rhetorical; we’ll probably run out of room in the comments trying to answer that.)
I’m definitely old. I saw the bit about Plesac and was surprised that he was still pitching. It’s been quite a while since he was a closer in Milwaukee before his long loogy career.
... All of which ended two decades ago. Zach is Dan’s nephew. Ouch.
It has now been 18 years since Atlanta paid for one year rental of JD Drew. I’m thinking that Wainwright may just slightly be worth a touch more. Karmic payback for Smoltz v Alexander?
I'm all for companies buying and selling carbon offsets as a first step for fighting climate change. An extension to consider would be buying and selling exercise offsets. I'd gladly buy someone else's exercise time instead of doing it myself. I'll be cutting firewood next week and will have some extra credits to sell.
OK, fine. So, is it "The Times of England," or "The Times of Great Britain," or "The Times of the U.K.?"
After the Timmy Trumpet game, I said that the Mets were now cool. Since then, they have not played at all well. I clearly jinxed them. I hereby offer a retraction: the Mets are not cool. They never will be cool. It was my mistake and the Mets should not suffer for it. (Intellectually speaking, I know there is not such thing as a jinx. They lost last night mainly because Showalter decided that Peterson's last bad start was an aberration instead of seeing that Peterson is reaching his limit for the year. But that doesn't mean I am not feeling it at the gut level.)
We need to call it the Times of London to distinguish it from the Times of India and the Times of Israel, clearly.
So is Patagonia also going to pay its workers better along the way? They apparently do treat their people well, but I am always a skeptic.
https://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/how-can-patagonia-have-only-4-percent-worker-turnover-hint-they-pay-activist-employees-bail.html
Good week for unions, though. Even as MiLB is making remarkable headway, the rail workers seem to have won enough concessions to head off a strike. A reminder that people strike exactly because it gives them leverage.
What's gotten into Patrick Corbin? Three of his last 4 starts he's allowed only 1 run and gone at least 6 innings. That other one was a normal clunker though.
I worry someone told Norwich the Milwaukee Brewers used to be a AAA club and they think this checks the “promotion” box.
Gary Neville has his panties in a bunch because of Todd Boehly saying there should be a Premier League All-Star Game. It's fine to give your money but heaven forefend if you were to make suggestions of change, hence is acceptance of journalism-killing money in Newcastle and the Glaziers paying his wages before he left Man Utd. The other possibility is that Mr. Blake Lively has brought into Wrexham and elevated their status in the public eye, eclipsing his own ownership of Salford City?
Either way, don't upset Gary.
If ever there was a Regulator required, maybe it should apply to those investing from countries that are marginally more chaotic than the US (like all the dodgy Chinese or other indeterminate investment from the Far East) which has caused more harm to the English Pyramid than any American money.
The description of Gunnar Henderson hitting a triple and scoring on a throwing error is far too kind to what actually happened. On a cool, dry, beautiful evening in Washington, César Hernández, who was playing left field for some reason, treated the baseball like a bar of soap and may have thrown it ten feet, mostly behind him. You can see the video here:
https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/gunnar-henderson-hits-little-league-home-run
I can buy that gambling reduces fan engagement. My experience isn't with gambling, but I found it to be true even with fantasy sports when I used to play them. I became only interested in who got a hit or scored a touchdown, and the result of the games didn't much matter to me. I'm guessing that holds even more true when money is on the line if it was true for my bragging rights only fantasy leagues.
I am now ready to revoke my designation of the Nats as “not terrible“… They went behind on a three-run triple to right by Gunnar Henderson that “left fielder“ Cesar Hernandez misplayed waiting for a bounce and then literally whiffed as he tried to make a throw, resulting in a little league HR.
PS Given my life recently, I did not expect to laugh at that coffin flop sketch… But I was wrong. I laughed HARD, my friends. What is wrong with all of us? (That’s just rhetorical; we’ll probably run out of room in the comments trying to answer that.)
In fairness, you have to admit Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw wasn't really a practical name to use going forward. Pempoto might have worked though.
It seems like Tony Conigliaro has been completely forgotten.
So a chess guy thinks he can use electric impulsed anal beads to win matches..? Dude, he's so full of it.
(I'll see myself out after that terrible line. But hey, when you teach middle schoolers, one's humor level tends to meet that maturity level.)
I’m definitely old. I saw the bit about Plesac and was surprised that he was still pitching. It’s been quite a while since he was a closer in Milwaukee before his long loogy career.
... All of which ended two decades ago. Zach is Dan’s nephew. Ouch.
It has now been 18 years since Atlanta paid for one year rental of JD Drew. I’m thinking that Wainwright may just slightly be worth a touch more. Karmic payback for Smoltz v Alexander?
I'm all for companies buying and selling carbon offsets as a first step for fighting climate change. An extension to consider would be buying and selling exercise offsets. I'd gladly buy someone else's exercise time instead of doing it myself. I'll be cutting firewood next week and will have some extra credits to sell.
Tony Conigliaro is still the second youngest player to reach 100 homers. One of the saddest stories in baseball shortly after that feat.