Francisco Lindor hit 3 homers to join the 30/30 club, Miggy hit No. 511, Ronald Acuña Jr. stole No. 70, Gerrit Cole threw a shutout, the Senate codified a dress code, and more.
This Braves fan would not be surprised to see anything at all from them. They could lose the NLDS giving up 7+ runs a game. They could win the World Series scoring 8+ per contest. Or anything in between.
Braves-Orioles would be the "teams that lost to the Mets in '69" World Series and I could get behind it only if that means lots of highlights of them losing in '69.
The Twins are 26-10 against Oakland and the bottom-feeders in the Central divisions, and 58-63 against everyone else, including 4-14 against the top teams, the Rays, Braves, Dodgers and Orioles. This may be the year they finally win their first playoff game since 2004. It's not likely to be the one where they win their first playoff series since 2002, much less a pennant.
Of course! The Padres went 5-14 against the Dodgers in the regular season last year, but then beat them 3 out of 4 times in the NLDS. Anything can happen!
The dress code applies to women but has specific example for men. It says, in relevant part, "business attire be worn on the floor of the Senate, which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants." I don't know what business any of you are in, but Senator Sinema's cut off jean jacket wouldn't meet that standard in mine.
Not if you assume good faith and reasonable intelligence. Would you wear it for an appearance at court or to watch a family member get married? If not, don't wear it to the floor of the Senate.
There appears to be some debate amongst Spanish speakers over whether it was specifically a homophobic slur rather than a more general emasculating insult. (Suarez called it “bad words in Spanish.”)
Either way, going to assume he learned such uncouth behavior in Philly.
Been there only once, back in 2014. I had only one day to take in what I could of the city and managed to see several of the older cultural areas. As well as have lunch with a couple of my international friends at small cafe/restaurant that seemed to cater mostly to the locals. It was there I discovered that, hey, I *liked* Korean food.
At least the Senate passed a temporary spending measure. But I hope Fetterman shows up with the silliest tie possible.
Vientos also homered yesterday. Luchessi has definitely impressed since he was called up and is clearly in the running for the back end next season. And the bullpen continues to be a mess. Still, the Mets are 8-4 against the Marlins. If the Fish miss the playoffs, the Mets might have played a role. There are worse things for the Mets to do.
Wondering if someone in the Bronx is saying "see, all we need is Cole and Judge and next year will be different." And the funny thing is that last year, this was sort of the formula. But after a year like this, surely running it back would be foolish.
Saw an article at Awful Announcing asking why there is no buzz at all about the playoffs, but it compared MLB at the moment with: a) Coach Prime, and b) Taylor Swift dating a football player. A phenomenon that cannot happen anywhere but college football, and something that has nothing to do with actual play. I think the article proved not that baseball doesn't do a good job making noise (which is true) but that the media gets sucked into nonsense with utter ease and that no one even tell when that's happened. Though I bet A-Rod wonders why him dating J-Lo wasn't bigger.
I hear monkey suit more, though I am not sure that is for suits and not for tuxes. I don't want to insult monkeys, though. (Not sure about clowns, who are almost as unpopular as senators.)
I hear, however, J-Lo is a very good actress. (I don't know from J-Lo or from Taylor. It was years till I even realized that gorgeous woman in the Capital One ad with the cardigans was Taylor.)
Like a lot of people, she's good in the right roles - Hustlers, Out of Sight, Selena. She just keeps trying to do romantic comedies but nobody knows how to make them any more.
I'm hoping he wears the tackiest possible light-up Thanksgiving Turkey and Christmas Tree ties. You know, the kind that sings when you press the right buttons.
Maybe there's no buzz about the playoffs because the baseball chattering class is once again rattling on that they're Doing The Playoffs Wrong. People griping that the current seeding ensures that a "good" matchup will be wasted on the first round fail to realize that, what with shifting rivalries and the like, no matter how you seed a playoff tournament, there will *always* be a good matchup wasted on an early round. Furthermore, if you somehow manage to optimize seeding so that your optimal matchup will occur in the LCS, a wild-card team will go on a run and ensure that the optimal matchup won't happen, giving you a Milwaukee-San Diego WS.
Another reason for the lack of buzz? No one yet knows who's going to be in them. You can't start picking favorites and talk about matchups when several of the spots are still wide open.
Put me in the column that cares far more about the meaningful legislation (especially when it helps primarily the working poor and middle classes) a congressperson helps pass as opposed to their outfit.
Also, it's amazing how easily dems and republicans can come together on things like outfits, busting railworker strikes and funding the military, among other things.
Fortunately, the human mind can handle more than one issue at a time. I can enjoy both music and baseball. I can shop for groceries and get my oil changed. Our Senators can negotiate a bipartisan continuing funding resolution and a dress code in the same day.
Fetterman's attire (or that of Sen Sinema) is inappropriate. I would object to having it next to me at a nice dinner; treating the Senate chambers as less important than a good steak and fine bottle of wine is silly.
You underrate our members of congress. They can handle two issues at once. How to fund raise and how to schedule flights to Cancun. How to hide gold bars in your clothes and how to best provide confidential information to Egypt. See? Two separate issues addressed contemporaneously!
The bottom line is, when/if the Senate passes a stricter dress code, I’m sure Fetterman will abide it. Unlike, for example, some members of Congress who refused to abide House floor rules about carrying firearms into the chamber. But we all know rules are optional for some people.
I saw and understood your opinions on the matter last week or whenever it was. Thanks for the reminder though I didn't need to be told what the human mind is possible of.
I've worn flip flops to a restaurant where the cost was over $100 per person. I had the same right to be there as someone dressed "appropriately" as you see it.
As someone above referenced, a person (say perhaps like the Boebs or Marjorie Q. Greene, etc.) can be dressed "appropriately" and still be a clown.
Finally, sometimes a person is unable to afford what someone else considers to be appropriate attire and this can act as a barrier to entry or deny someone opportunities and that's the real problem in my opinion. Think perhaps dreadlocks.
Gosh. I'd hate to have repeated a topic of discussion here. Good thing that never happens on other areas!
You have no "right" to be at a restaurant. It is a private establishment that can set what ever dress code it wants. Just as I am free to chose which ones I'll patronize. And if a place where I'd need to pay a lot of money for a meal allows your flip-flops, I'll chose to eat elsewhere.
Not only that, when someone who might not have the means dresses appropriately, they can get challenged on their claims of poverty. For instance, AOC is great at "power dressing" for Congress. And she was blasted for it, with critics insisting that she must have somehow been misrepresenting her previous job as a bartender. She actually had to get on Twitter and defend her skills at finding gems in thrift stores.
When I got out of the Army was needing to go out on interviews, I needed some suits, as I didn't have any. I went to our local Thrift Store and asked the lady there for help.
It seems a lawyer in town would change his suits out every so often, and always brought the old ones in so schlubs like me could dress up. I got 5 suits averaging probably $500 each for $10 each. Took them to a tailor to have them fixed. I always got good comments on how I looked.
I find it hard to believe you actually wore flip flops to a fine dining establishment. To be clear...I do believe you. It was just really hard to get there.
I wear flip flops about 75% of the year. Many expensive restaurants in the Twin Cities don't have dress codes. I don't lie in internet comment sections to score fake internet points. Believe it or not!
I thought I was clear when I stated...To be clear, I do believe you. Lol!
Otherwise, many people do lie to score "points?" with random internet strangers...sadly.
Now that I think about it...there is a very expensive seafood restaurant near Gulf Shores that people get away with dressing down (flip flops included). Of course, it has a beach feel though.
Other than generally appreciating the lack of fucks Fetterman has to offer the Senate’s conception of propriety (i.e. you can vote to visit untold harm on disfavored minorities and upset centuries of precedent for raw partisan gain as long as you’re dressed nicely and don’t use potty language), my greatest bemusement from this whole kerfluffle is the people complaining loudest about Fetterman’s attire on social media are the same people reminding everyone that Congress is “the People’s House” back when a bunch of red hat wearing lunatics overran the place and literally smeared shit on the walls.
It’s “the People’s House” right up until a regular guy gets elected to office, I guess. Then it’s a Michelin-rated restaurant.
I don't think I'm among those "complaining loudest" about Fetterman's (or Sinema's) attire, but I'm certainly complaining. And the next time you hear me saying anything at all positive about the J6 rioters will be the first. (Hmm, let me try: they appear to be well suited to be able to convert oxygen into CO2, necessary for the health and welfare of our plant life! There, a compliment. My first.)
And I don't want "regular guys" or gals to be elected to office. I want our Senators and Congressmen and Mayors and Governors and Presidents, etc. to be special people meeting higher standards than just regular guys/gals.
I was referring to the usual gang of social media idiots like Matt Walsh, Erick Son of Erick, and that crew. Not you specifically. I should have been more clear about that. And fwiw I don’t think Fetterman is a “regular guy” beyond the fact that he presents as one and genuinely seems to prefer that mode of attire. I think he’s a pretty savvy guy who understands his job and why he’s there.
The Senate has never been the people's house. It might or might not be a good deliberative body, but the very structure of the Senate has always favored the elite (especially when it was still selected not by direct vote but by state legislatures).
involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies.
"the reforms received considerable bipartisan approval"
Baer called out one party, while pretending the other didn't do anything. That made it about politics. In fact, the said 'Republicans began screeching about it and, as usual, their round-the-clock complaining'. Please explain how that is not a political statement.
Because it was political **before Baer said anything.** Literally, determining the rules and mechanics by which elected officials can cast votes fits the very dictionary definition of political that I already cited. I can't make 2+2=4; it just is whether I say anything about it or not.
No he didn't. He reported what people from one party said so he could be insulting towards them, while ignoring that people of his own party were saying the same thing.
Omitting facts doesn't not make something accurate.
Or go the other way, get some generous donor to have him made up like Louis XIV or something. Tights, pointy shoes, frills, makeup, the whole nine yards. Not everyday, mind you, just to make a point.
Watched the end of Cubs-Barves last night. Atlanta is reaching Thanos-like inevitability.
PS Watched some of Nats-O’s last night. Was thoroughly unsurprised but delighted that Patrick Qorbin’s season ERA will finish over 5.20. He’s only making $35M. I just hope they can win one this weekend and get to 70.
PPS We must all choose this day who we will serve, but for me and my house - we stand with Rage.
Corbin joins Murry Dickson, Pedro Ramos and Phil Neikro as the only pitchers to lead their leagues in losses for at least three years running, but he avoids the ignominious fate of leading the majors in losses three straight, which has never happened.
Also, in an unrelated note, I discovered while looking this up that between 1936 and 1959, a Pennsylvania pitcher led his league in losses 30 times. That's how bad the Phillies, Pirates and/or A's were in those days. Even though they didn't get a team in it, I bet PA was glad for expansion!
As a fan I am obviously disappointed by Corbin’s performance. However, one should step back once in awhile and remember that he is still trying to compete. It’s not like he’s giving everyone the finger and throwing gopher balls on purpose to every batter. And he actually does serve a purpose on a rebuilding Nats team as SomeGuy points out.
I should, but I'm not gonna; I've already stated my objections to him. I just recently learned of the concept of "bitch eating crackers" ... and Qorbin is definitely mine.
Funny story: I had a work-related BEC based on a really bad experience a few years ago. I ran into them at a conference recently when they sat down at the bar with me and some mutual friends and after chatting a bit I was able to let it go.
The funny part: they ordered a bar salad and ate it ... with crackers ;)
The Braves v Cubs game included a horrible blown call that ended with Brian Snitker tossed. A check swing foul ball was deemed somehow not to be a foul but instead somehow a passed ball. Apparently it was unreviewable. I don't understand which calls can be appealled to video and which can't be. And I further don't understand how the home plate ump didn't just check with the guy on third who either had to have seen it or had to have been Stevie Wonder.
Fortunately it didn't play into the final results. And it was a game of no consequence for ATL anyway. But that was ugly.
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Watching RAJ is fun. Baseball is more fun when players are so engaging and exciting. And baseball is more fun with lots of steal attempts even if, statistically they tend not to be a big deal. Of course in yesterday's game they were consequential. Both steals came immediately before singles that plated runs which otherwise wouldn't have scored on those hits.
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Darrius Vines was cromulent as the starting pitcher. What is mind boggling is that he isn't just filling a needed slot as they play near meaningless games, but is auditioning to possibly get a start in the NLDS. This is the weakest pitching staff I can remember on a 100 win team.
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The 1916 A's club has some similarities with the current version. In the early 10s, Connie Mack built a dominant club, one of the best of all time. They won the World Series in 1910, 11, 13 and the AL in 1914. They featured the $100,000 infield and an all time great pitching staff. But with the advent of the Federal League, and the resulting dramatic increase in player salaries, Connie Mack was going broke and sold off all his stars. Two years later they could only win a quarter of their contests with a lineup of has beens and never wases.
The difference is that Mack was a former player with no personal wealth to fall back on and the club had to rely solely on ticket sales to fund the club. Perhaps if he had invested in Levi's ...
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I'm glad to see a dress code in the Senate. I'm proudly an elitist and want my elected officials to look like the are chosen from the best of the best. If I go to a nice dinner where I'm spending a hundred bucks or more per place, I don't want to see someone in cargo shorts and a tank top at the next table over. Why should I expect *less* from the folks who nominally lead this nation? That there are other matters of greater import doesn't mean that we can't take 30 seconds to address the slovenly dress.
Watched some of the Barves-Cubes game - my last chance to see a free MLB Game of the Day - and saw that call. Why isn't that an appealable play yet?
Apparently they also stopped the game in the 10th to celebrate Acuna's achievement, which got the Cubs broadcasters riled up since it disrupted the flow of the inning and the Cubs pitcher lost what rhythm he had. After which the broadcasters were called out for calling it out. Have to say that I am inclined to say that you don't interrupt extra innings games, but it's hardly like the Cubs are showing they belong in the playoffs. (Looks like whatever team stinks least gets in, which worked out okay for the Phils last year.)
The grounds crew took what, about two minutes to replace the bag? Come on. It was mildly historic with a very modest and brief celebration. Don't like it, come up with a catcher who can throw. (Did you see the throw on RAJ's first steal of the game? It went to the SS hole rather than to the base.)
And interrupting the pitcher's flow? He had faced two batters, got an infield out to move the MM to third and a *hard* hit single to tie the game then threw a ball to Albies on which Acuna was moving. What rhythm to interrupt?
I too watched as the Free Game of the Day, and I was with the Cubs broadcasters on the Acuna thing. Fine to have him take the base and raise his hands for an ovation (although that base wasn't going anywhere). But then the game was delayed by several more minutes while a video tribute played and Acuna celebrated some more. It's the middle of an AB! In extras! In a game in late September w/playoff implications! I don't blame Atlanta - they're gonna do what they want to celebrate their guy - but the umpires should have moved things along.
I have no stake in the battle but as every stolen base by Acuna is a new record, (and has been for weeks) are we gonna swap out bases and take a moment to applaud for every one the rest of the way? 40-71, 41-72 etc...
I used to joke (perhaps unfairly) that every time Rickey Henderson stole a base once he set the career record, he would stop the game to have a ceremony for the new record. (He probably owns a lot of bases as it is, and deservedly so.)
LOL, how great would it have been for him to give the "today I am the greatest of all time" speech after every stolen base once he broke Brock's record?
Until more of us have Antonio Alfonseca, or Mordecai Brown or Pete Gray or Jim Abbott's finger count, I suspect no more celebrations unless we get to the next zero.
Tony LaRussa got his first managerial job at age 34 and he walked away for (hopefully) the last time at age 77. Had he not taken his 10 year sabbatical after leaving the Cardinals, he would have 45 years as a manager. And still would be eight short of Mack's total.
Mack won 10 pennants. No one won more. Mack won 5 World Series, behind only the 7 won by Stengel and McCarthy. He won over 3800 games, close to a thousand more than anyone else. He built two of the greatest teams ever, the early 10s and 29-31 A's. He found and developed many of the greatest players ever, from Eddie Collins to Jimmy Foxx.
And yet he lost more games than he won. His average finish was 5th, virtually all in an 8 team league. (A tiny portion of his time was as a player-manager in the 12 team NL of the 1890s.)
He managed Pebbly Jack Glasscock, born before the Civil War. He managed Bobby Shantz, alive today.
2. Went to Twins-A’s last night. I know that the team has arguably the worst owners in the sport, but the A’s are...not good. Stating the obvious here, I know, but there were so many mistakes made in the field. Was tough to watch.
I worked in the Senate eleventy billion years ago. The Chamber itself is amazing, almost like a church of democracy - and the image of protesters with zip ties, masks, and Viking horns and furs milling about in there was hard for me to watch.
But here’s the thing people might not realize: the rules for the Senate floor can and do change. Back in my day, we had a pretty pitched argument in the Rules Committee (where I staffed) about whether or not to let newfangled technology like mobile phones onto the floor. The funny thing was that the old traditionalists were OK with it as long as they weren’t disruptive - while younger Senators (who actually used the tech) seemed to want a safe space from their phones. Ultimately, the technology was allowed. The rules changed with the times.
I suspect Fetterman’s “protest“ was as much about illuminating the Senate’s current priorities as anything else - but I’m hoping now that he’s made his (excellent) point he’ll drop it except in fundraising appeals. That said, I don’t think ties should be required. I think it’s possible to look like you mean business without a knotted piece of satin around your throat.
One of the most prominent attorneys in the country, David Boies, wears black sneakers with his suits including when he has argued before the Supreme Court including in cases as momentous as Bush v Gore. They aren't particularly noticeable unless you look. He has some health concerns that make walking or standing for oral argument manageable but difficult.
We had a dress code in high school that included wearing ties with the shirt fully buttoned. One of my classmates had a neck that was absolutely massive and simply couldn't button his collar unless he wore custom made shirts or shirts that otherwise would be hugely baggy on him. They made an exception for him to wear his tie snugly pulled up but let the shirt be unbuttoned.
Tim was a fireplug. Short, but ridiculously built. Muscle on top of muscle even at 15. He was at least half a foot shorter than I am if not more, but could bench press a Volkswagen. Going up against him in one on one football drills convinced me that I'd do better as part of the schools thespian troupe. And almost as annoying, he was (probably still is) brilliant and a very hard worker. He was our high school valedictorian and, last I heard decades ago, had become a surgeon. So I guess he can afford custom shirts now.
At 6'2", I'm a little taller than average, but not exceptionally so at all. But my height is pretty much all in my torso. Picture a very, very (VERY) unathletic version of Ron Cey. That makes buying suits off the rack a challenge.
My head size is 7 7/8. That, combined with my neck size, is what I credit for allowing me to excel playing LB and Center. I was the only kid on the team who got a new helmet almost every year. Ha!
I was at a company board meeting Tuesday. Men of wealth, a few men of influence. Almost all of them wore jackets. It was about 50/50 on ties. The tie is dying even in situations where five years ago you would not dare leave it at home. The jacket seems to be on firmer ground. And certainly no one wore a polo shirt. (I will probably get a new blazer so I don't feel so out of place at the next meeting.)
Online, BTW, it's a mix. The same CEO who was in a suit on Tuesday will probably be in a polo shirt for the Zoom meetings today. The chair of the committee today will be in a jacket.
I almost always wear a blazer on airplanes - partly because it makes me appear marginally more charming to flight attendants, and partly because of all the extra pockets on which I'm not sitting. I haven't worn a tie since the wedding I attended last spring. I think you can be distinguished without it - though I do often feel invincible when I am jacket off, sleeves rolled up and in a loosened necktie, which means I'm either knee-deep in some work I'm excited about or dancing at a wedding reception.
The last tie worn will be in either a legal setting or a finance firm. By the time I'd left Wells Fargo, they were only for the c-suites, merger/acqs, and ironicaly, the lowest level people like security and customer-facing retail banking.
He took an outlandishly extreme position in order to provoke outrage and make a point. I'm surprised that bothers you; I'd have thought he's your kindred spirit.
This would have been a good comment (from my GenX perspective) any day of the week, but it is particularly relevant again with the movie being back in theaters.
Saw it in IMAX while we were in Anaheim. Still amazing; if I were ever in a band that played with that much joy and abandon I think I could die happy. [PS I forgot how hard i crushed on Tina Weymouth at the the time.]
I was thinking more of the structure, with the challenges and the recurring characters. I'm not sure we can easily modern characters with medieval archetypes.
Something else with Schilling after sharing that antisemitic tweet? I'll regret asking, I'm sure.
Never mind, I think I just found reference to it, something he said about someone else's health on his podcast?
Don’t think it will be Brewers-Twins, but everyone thinking the Braves and Orioles will waltz into the series will be surprised.
This Braves fan would not be surprised to see anything at all from them. They could lose the NLDS giving up 7+ runs a game. They could win the World Series scoring 8+ per contest. Or anything in between.
Braves-Orioles would be the "teams that lost to the Mets in '69" World Series and I could get behind it only if that means lots of highlights of them losing in '69.
Two words. Ron Swoboda.
The Twins are 26-10 against Oakland and the bottom-feeders in the Central divisions, and 58-63 against everyone else, including 4-14 against the top teams, the Rays, Braves, Dodgers and Orioles. This may be the year they finally win their first playoff game since 2004. It's not likely to be the one where they win their first playoff series since 2002, much less a pennant.
The postseason starts 0-0. Throw out the records.
Of course! The Padres went 5-14 against the Dodgers in the regular season last year, but then beat them 3 out of 4 times in the NLDS. Anything can happen!
But it probably won't. ;-)
The dress code applies to women but has specific example for men. It says, in relevant part, "business attire be worn on the floor of the Senate, which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants." I don't know what business any of you are in, but Senator Sinema's cut off jean jacket wouldn't meet that standard in mine.
Not if you assume good faith and reasonable intelligence. Would you wear it for an appearance at court or to watch a family member get married? If not, don't wear it to the floor of the Senate.
Just gonna pop in here and say Sinema's jean jacket doesn't make my list of top 100 objections to her.
Black khakis and a sports coat. That’s as close to a suit as I ever intend to wear. And has been for more than a decade.
According to Seattle beat reporters, Neris called Julio a homophobic slur. Not surprised at all that someone from the Astros is a scumbag.
There appears to be some debate amongst Spanish speakers over whether it was specifically a homophobic slur rather than a more general emasculating insult. (Suarez called it “bad words in Spanish.”)
Either way, going to assume he learned such uncouth behavior in Philly.
Came here to say that last line ;)
I saw Bad Words in Spanish open for Scumbag Astros at the Metro last year!
You forgot the last minute addition Manic Hispanic and Elvez- was at the next tour stop in las cruses
Are you actually, physically located in Seoul at this time?
I am!
Been there only once, back in 2014. I had only one day to take in what I could of the city and managed to see several of the older cultural areas. As well as have lunch with a couple of my international friends at small cafe/restaurant that seemed to cater mostly to the locals. It was there I discovered that, hey, I *liked* Korean food.
At least the Senate passed a temporary spending measure. But I hope Fetterman shows up with the silliest tie possible.
Vientos also homered yesterday. Luchessi has definitely impressed since he was called up and is clearly in the running for the back end next season. And the bullpen continues to be a mess. Still, the Mets are 8-4 against the Marlins. If the Fish miss the playoffs, the Mets might have played a role. There are worse things for the Mets to do.
Wondering if someone in the Bronx is saying "see, all we need is Cole and Judge and next year will be different." And the funny thing is that last year, this was sort of the formula. But after a year like this, surely running it back would be foolish.
Saw an article at Awful Announcing asking why there is no buzz at all about the playoffs, but it compared MLB at the moment with: a) Coach Prime, and b) Taylor Swift dating a football player. A phenomenon that cannot happen anywhere but college football, and something that has nothing to do with actual play. I think the article proved not that baseball doesn't do a good job making noise (which is true) but that the media gets sucked into nonsense with utter ease and that no one even tell when that's happened. Though I bet A-Rod wonders why him dating J-Lo wasn't bigger.
I hear monkey suit more, though I am not sure that is for suits and not for tuxes. I don't want to insult monkeys, though. (Not sure about clowns, who are almost as unpopular as senators.)
Lounge scene from the Blues Brothers comes to mind.
I thought a clown suit was a tux?
Maybe because Taylor Swift has released more than one album since 2014?
As for the buzz, it'll come once the gamblers decide on the lines and favorites, natch
I hear, however, J-Lo is a very good actress. (I don't know from J-Lo or from Taylor. It was years till I even realized that gorgeous woman in the Capital One ad with the cardigans was Taylor.)
Like a lot of people, she's good in the right roles - Hustlers, Out of Sight, Selena. She just keeps trying to do romantic comedies but nobody knows how to make them any more.
Out of Sight was a really good movie.
You, tired: Wow, Taylor Swift is dating Travis Kelce!
Me, wired: She charmed the famously hard-to-impress Simon enough to call her "that gorgeous woman in the Capital One ad."
Have you seen The Last Five Years, Simon? Might could she be your Shiksa Goddess?
Man! I thought I didn't get out much!
I saw someone say Fetterman should show up in the suit Joe Pesci wore in My Cousin Vinny.
DIS RIDICULOUS THING???
That suit would certainly be at home with senators who long to return to plantation days.
David Brynes' big suit, except that would be a lot of fabric!
Might actually fit Fetterman....
Canadian Tuxedo, including a denim tie.
He should contact Don Cherry to get the number for his tailor-He could use the business-Eh?
I'm hoping he wears the tackiest possible light-up Thanksgiving Turkey and Christmas Tree ties. You know, the kind that sings when you press the right buttons.
Democratic senator, right? I suppose if he showed up wearing a zip tie, that would make some House Republicans happy…
Maybe there's no buzz about the playoffs because the baseball chattering class is once again rattling on that they're Doing The Playoffs Wrong. People griping that the current seeding ensures that a "good" matchup will be wasted on the first round fail to realize that, what with shifting rivalries and the like, no matter how you seed a playoff tournament, there will *always* be a good matchup wasted on an early round. Furthermore, if you somehow manage to optimize seeding so that your optimal matchup will occur in the LCS, a wild-card team will go on a run and ensure that the optimal matchup won't happen, giving you a Milwaukee-San Diego WS.
Two NL teams in the WS? I'm in.
Oh, yeah, the Brewers switched. Make it Twins and Padres, and my point stands just as well.
I hope Fetterman shows up like Ricky Vaughn in Major League.
"I look like a banker."
I'm hoping for the Leisure Suit Larry look.
I hope Fetterman shows up like Ricky Vaughn in Major League.
"I look like a banker."
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Another reason for the lack of buzz? No one yet knows who's going to be in them. You can't start picking favorites and talk about matchups when several of the spots are still wide open.
Democrats were complaining about the way Fetterman was dressing as well. It wasn't a political issues. It was a professional issue.
That was covered in the comments of the original post. And since both parties agreed to a dress code, it most definitely wasn't a political issue.
But the horse isn't dead yet. Beat it some more.
Put me in the column that cares far more about the meaningful legislation (especially when it helps primarily the working poor and middle classes) a congressperson helps pass as opposed to their outfit.
Also, it's amazing how easily dems and republicans can come together on things like outfits, busting railworker strikes and funding the military, among other things.
Fortunately, the human mind can handle more than one issue at a time. I can enjoy both music and baseball. I can shop for groceries and get my oil changed. Our Senators can negotiate a bipartisan continuing funding resolution and a dress code in the same day.
Fetterman's attire (or that of Sen Sinema) is inappropriate. I would object to having it next to me at a nice dinner; treating the Senate chambers as less important than a good steak and fine bottle of wine is silly.
You underrate our members of congress. They can handle two issues at once. How to fund raise and how to schedule flights to Cancun. How to hide gold bars in your clothes and how to best provide confidential information to Egypt. See? Two separate issues addressed contemporaneously!
The bottom line is, when/if the Senate passes a stricter dress code, I’m sure Fetterman will abide it. Unlike, for example, some members of Congress who refused to abide House floor rules about carrying firearms into the chamber. But we all know rules are optional for some people.
I saw and understood your opinions on the matter last week or whenever it was. Thanks for the reminder though I didn't need to be told what the human mind is possible of.
I've worn flip flops to a restaurant where the cost was over $100 per person. I had the same right to be there as someone dressed "appropriately" as you see it.
As someone above referenced, a person (say perhaps like the Boebs or Marjorie Q. Greene, etc.) can be dressed "appropriately" and still be a clown.
Finally, sometimes a person is unable to afford what someone else considers to be appropriate attire and this can act as a barrier to entry or deny someone opportunities and that's the real problem in my opinion. Think perhaps dreadlocks.
Gosh. I'd hate to have repeated a topic of discussion here. Good thing that never happens on other areas!
You have no "right" to be at a restaurant. It is a private establishment that can set what ever dress code it wants. Just as I am free to chose which ones I'll patronize. And if a place where I'd need to pay a lot of money for a meal allows your flip-flops, I'll chose to eat elsewhere.
Not only that, when someone who might not have the means dresses appropriately, they can get challenged on their claims of poverty. For instance, AOC is great at "power dressing" for Congress. And she was blasted for it, with critics insisting that she must have somehow been misrepresenting her previous job as a bartender. She actually had to get on Twitter and defend her skills at finding gems in thrift stores.
I don't think you can live in Queens and not know how to look for bargains.
When I got out of the Army was needing to go out on interviews, I needed some suits, as I didn't have any. I went to our local Thrift Store and asked the lady there for help.
It seems a lawyer in town would change his suits out every so often, and always brought the old ones in so schlubs like me could dress up. I got 5 suits averaging probably $500 each for $10 each. Took them to a tailor to have them fixed. I always got good comments on how I looked.
I find it hard to believe you actually wore flip flops to a fine dining establishment. To be clear...I do believe you. It was just really hard to get there.
I wear flip flops about 75% of the year. Many expensive restaurants in the Twin Cities don't have dress codes. I don't lie in internet comment sections to score fake internet points. Believe it or not!
I thought I was clear when I stated...To be clear, I do believe you. Lol!
Otherwise, many people do lie to score "points?" with random internet strangers...sadly.
Now that I think about it...there is a very expensive seafood restaurant near Gulf Shores that people get away with dressing down (flip flops included). Of course, it has a beach feel though.
I now wanna believe that you choose to forego the flip flops from June-Aug in the Twin Cities and wear them the rest of the year.
Other than generally appreciating the lack of fucks Fetterman has to offer the Senate’s conception of propriety (i.e. you can vote to visit untold harm on disfavored minorities and upset centuries of precedent for raw partisan gain as long as you’re dressed nicely and don’t use potty language), my greatest bemusement from this whole kerfluffle is the people complaining loudest about Fetterman’s attire on social media are the same people reminding everyone that Congress is “the People’s House” back when a bunch of red hat wearing lunatics overran the place and literally smeared shit on the walls.
It’s “the People’s House” right up until a regular guy gets elected to office, I guess. Then it’s a Michelin-rated restaurant.
I don't think I'm among those "complaining loudest" about Fetterman's (or Sinema's) attire, but I'm certainly complaining. And the next time you hear me saying anything at all positive about the J6 rioters will be the first. (Hmm, let me try: they appear to be well suited to be able to convert oxygen into CO2, necessary for the health and welfare of our plant life! There, a compliment. My first.)
And I don't want "regular guys" or gals to be elected to office. I want our Senators and Congressmen and Mayors and Governors and Presidents, etc. to be special people meeting higher standards than just regular guys/gals.
I was referring to the usual gang of social media idiots like Matt Walsh, Erick Son of Erick, and that crew. Not you specifically. I should have been more clear about that. And fwiw I don’t think Fetterman is a “regular guy” beyond the fact that he presents as one and genuinely seems to prefer that mode of attire. I think he’s a pretty savvy guy who understands his job and why he’s there.
The Senate has never been the people's house. It might or might not be a good deliberative body, but the very structure of the Senate has always favored the elite (especially when it was still selected not by direct vote but by state legislatures).
Well said
I think the term you are looking for is "partisan" not "political." The dress code was the latter but, IMHO fortunately, not the former.
No, I mean political. Baer turned it into that when he cried Republican, when it clearly wasn't just their issue.
And it wasn't partisan, as both sides actually agreed. That would be bipartisan.
It was political. Definition: "Relating to the government or public affairs of a country." Baer didn't turn it into that; it was that from the get-go.
bipartisan
/ˌbʌɪpɑːtɪˈzan,bʌɪˈpɑːtɪz(ə)n/
adjective
involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies.
"the reforms received considerable bipartisan approval"
Baer called out one party, while pretending the other didn't do anything. That made it about politics. In fact, the said 'Republicans began screeching about it and, as usual, their round-the-clock complaining'. Please explain how that is not a political statement.
Because it was political **before Baer said anything.** Literally, determining the rules and mechanics by which elected officials can cast votes fits the very dictionary definition of political that I already cited. I can't make 2+2=4; it just is whether I say anything about it or not.
Words have meaning.
Baer accurately reported what had happened.
No he didn't. He reported what people from one party said so he could be insulting towards them, while ignoring that people of his own party were saying the same thing.
Omitting facts doesn't not make something accurate.
It may not be a partisan issue, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a political one.
"Good morning, everyone"
Say Good Mooooorning you coward.
Morning!
Fetterman should start wearing a tan suit....
Or a t-shirt with a picture of a suit, with a hoodie that buttons up like a blazer.
Or go the other way, get some generous donor to have him made up like Louis XIV or something. Tights, pointy shoes, frills, makeup, the whole nine yards. Not everyday, mind you, just to make a point.
Watched the end of Cubs-Barves last night. Atlanta is reaching Thanos-like inevitability.
PS Watched some of Nats-O’s last night. Was thoroughly unsurprised but delighted that Patrick Qorbin’s season ERA will finish over 5.20. He’s only making $35M. I just hope they can win one this weekend and get to 70.
PPS We must all choose this day who we will serve, but for me and my house - we stand with Rage.
I still can't believe that, at 15-17, the Nats' record in Corbin's starts is the best among the five regular rotation guys.
Corbin joins Murry Dickson, Pedro Ramos and Phil Neikro as the only pitchers to lead their leagues in losses for at least three years running, but he avoids the ignominious fate of leading the majors in losses three straight, which has never happened.
Also, in an unrelated note, I discovered while looking this up that between 1936 and 1959, a Pennsylvania pitcher led his league in losses 30 times. That's how bad the Phillies, Pirates and/or A's were in those days. Even though they didn't get a team in it, I bet PA was glad for expansion!
He seems to be one of those guys who is either pretty good or pretty awful. On the mound, that is. Off the mound it’s a clearer picture.
As a fan I am obviously disappointed by Corbin’s performance. However, one should step back once in awhile and remember that he is still trying to compete. It’s not like he’s giving everyone the finger and throwing gopher balls on purpose to every batter. And he actually does serve a purpose on a rebuilding Nats team as SomeGuy points out.
I should, but I'm not gonna; I've already stated my objections to him. I just recently learned of the concept of "bitch eating crackers" ... and Qorbin is definitely mine.
EDIT: In case it was new to you as well - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bitch_eating_crackers
I am a huge fan of the bitch eating crackers getting a wider audience. My friend group has been using it for years, it's so perfect.
Funny story: I had a work-related BEC based on a really bad experience a few years ago. I ran into them at a conference recently when they sat down at the bar with me and some mutual friends and after chatting a bit I was able to let it go.
The funny part: they ordered a bar salad and ate it ... with crackers ;)
If nobody else is gonna say it, I will. Bitch Eating Crackers will be opening for… well, you know.
The Braves v Cubs game included a horrible blown call that ended with Brian Snitker tossed. A check swing foul ball was deemed somehow not to be a foul but instead somehow a passed ball. Apparently it was unreviewable. I don't understand which calls can be appealled to video and which can't be. And I further don't understand how the home plate ump didn't just check with the guy on third who either had to have seen it or had to have been Stevie Wonder.
Fortunately it didn't play into the final results. And it was a game of no consequence for ATL anyway. But that was ugly.
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Watching RAJ is fun. Baseball is more fun when players are so engaging and exciting. And baseball is more fun with lots of steal attempts even if, statistically they tend not to be a big deal. Of course in yesterday's game they were consequential. Both steals came immediately before singles that plated runs which otherwise wouldn't have scored on those hits.
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Darrius Vines was cromulent as the starting pitcher. What is mind boggling is that he isn't just filling a needed slot as they play near meaningless games, but is auditioning to possibly get a start in the NLDS. This is the weakest pitching staff I can remember on a 100 win team.
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The 1916 A's club has some similarities with the current version. In the early 10s, Connie Mack built a dominant club, one of the best of all time. They won the World Series in 1910, 11, 13 and the AL in 1914. They featured the $100,000 infield and an all time great pitching staff. But with the advent of the Federal League, and the resulting dramatic increase in player salaries, Connie Mack was going broke and sold off all his stars. Two years later they could only win a quarter of their contests with a lineup of has beens and never wases.
The difference is that Mack was a former player with no personal wealth to fall back on and the club had to rely solely on ticket sales to fund the club. Perhaps if he had invested in Levi's ...
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I'm glad to see a dress code in the Senate. I'm proudly an elitist and want my elected officials to look like the are chosen from the best of the best. If I go to a nice dinner where I'm spending a hundred bucks or more per place, I don't want to see someone in cargo shorts and a tank top at the next table over. Why should I expect *less* from the folks who nominally lead this nation? That there are other matters of greater import doesn't mean that we can't take 30 seconds to address the slovenly dress.
Watched some of the Barves-Cubes game - my last chance to see a free MLB Game of the Day - and saw that call. Why isn't that an appealable play yet?
Apparently they also stopped the game in the 10th to celebrate Acuna's achievement, which got the Cubs broadcasters riled up since it disrupted the flow of the inning and the Cubs pitcher lost what rhythm he had. After which the broadcasters were called out for calling it out. Have to say that I am inclined to say that you don't interrupt extra innings games, but it's hardly like the Cubs are showing they belong in the playoffs. (Looks like whatever team stinks least gets in, which worked out okay for the Phils last year.)
The grounds crew took what, about two minutes to replace the bag? Come on. It was mildly historic with a very modest and brief celebration. Don't like it, come up with a catcher who can throw. (Did you see the throw on RAJ's first steal of the game? It went to the SS hole rather than to the base.)
And interrupting the pitcher's flow? He had faced two batters, got an infield out to move the MM to third and a *hard* hit single to tie the game then threw a ball to Albies on which Acuna was moving. What rhythm to interrupt?
I too watched as the Free Game of the Day, and I was with the Cubs broadcasters on the Acuna thing. Fine to have him take the base and raise his hands for an ovation (although that base wasn't going anywhere). But then the game was delayed by several more minutes while a video tribute played and Acuna celebrated some more. It's the middle of an AB! In extras! In a game in late September w/playoff implications! I don't blame Atlanta - they're gonna do what they want to celebrate their guy - but the umpires should have moved things along.
I have no stake in the battle but as every stolen base by Acuna is a new record, (and has been for weeks) are we gonna swap out bases and take a moment to applaud for every one the rest of the way? 40-71, 41-72 etc...
I used to joke (perhaps unfairly) that every time Rickey Henderson stole a base once he set the career record, he would stop the game to have a ceremony for the new record. (He probably owns a lot of bases as it is, and deservedly so.)
Most of them were stolen though
LOL, how great would it have been for him to give the "today I am the greatest of all time" speech after every stolen base once he broke Brock's record?
Rickey was great fun. Except when he played against "my" team.
Until more of us have Antonio Alfonseca, or Mordecai Brown or Pete Gray or Jim Abbott's finger count, I suspect no more celebrations unless we get to the next zero.
And it's not like the base is going anywhere, he can pick it up after the game.
And just to expand on that bit of the A's history:
1910, 11, 13: Won World Series
1914: Lost World Series
1915: 43-109
1916: 36-117 (the franchise record)
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1929 Back in the World Series, won it
1930 Won it again
All with the same manager/owner.
Connie Mack was really something else.
Tony LaRussa got his first managerial job at age 34 and he walked away for (hopefully) the last time at age 77. Had he not taken his 10 year sabbatical after leaving the Cardinals, he would have 45 years as a manager. And still would be eight short of Mack's total.
Mack won 10 pennants. No one won more. Mack won 5 World Series, behind only the 7 won by Stengel and McCarthy. He won over 3800 games, close to a thousand more than anyone else. He built two of the greatest teams ever, the early 10s and 29-31 A's. He found and developed many of the greatest players ever, from Eddie Collins to Jimmy Foxx.
And yet he lost more games than he won. His average finish was 5th, virtually all in an 8 team league. (A tiny portion of his time was as a player-manager in the 12 team NL of the 1890s.)
He managed Pebbly Jack Glasscock, born before the Civil War. He managed Bobby Shantz, alive today.
1. Can’t wait for Significant Meeting!
2. Went to Twins-A’s last night. I know that the team has arguably the worst owners in the sport, but the A’s are...not good. Stating the obvious here, I know, but there were so many mistakes made in the field. Was tough to watch.
I worked in the Senate eleventy billion years ago. The Chamber itself is amazing, almost like a church of democracy - and the image of protesters with zip ties, masks, and Viking horns and furs milling about in there was hard for me to watch.
But here’s the thing people might not realize: the rules for the Senate floor can and do change. Back in my day, we had a pretty pitched argument in the Rules Committee (where I staffed) about whether or not to let newfangled technology like mobile phones onto the floor. The funny thing was that the old traditionalists were OK with it as long as they weren’t disruptive - while younger Senators (who actually used the tech) seemed to want a safe space from their phones. Ultimately, the technology was allowed. The rules changed with the times.
I suspect Fetterman’s “protest“ was as much about illuminating the Senate’s current priorities as anything else - but I’m hoping now that he’s made his (excellent) point he’ll drop it except in fundraising appeals. That said, I don’t think ties should be required. I think it’s possible to look like you mean business without a knotted piece of satin around your throat.
One of the most prominent attorneys in the country, David Boies, wears black sneakers with his suits including when he has argued before the Supreme Court including in cases as momentous as Bush v Gore. They aren't particularly noticeable unless you look. He has some health concerns that make walking or standing for oral argument manageable but difficult.
We had a dress code in high school that included wearing ties with the shirt fully buttoned. One of my classmates had a neck that was absolutely massive and simply couldn't button his collar unless he wore custom made shirts or shirts that otherwise would be hugely baggy on him. They made an exception for him to wear his tie snugly pulled up but let the shirt be unbuttoned.
Common sense.
I can empathize with your classmate. I've had custom tailored shirts since I was in HS. Fortunately, I don't wear many ties at this point in my life.
Tim was a fireplug. Short, but ridiculously built. Muscle on top of muscle even at 15. He was at least half a foot shorter than I am if not more, but could bench press a Volkswagen. Going up against him in one on one football drills convinced me that I'd do better as part of the schools thespian troupe. And almost as annoying, he was (probably still is) brilliant and a very hard worker. He was our high school valedictorian and, last I heard decades ago, had become a surgeon. So I guess he can afford custom shirts now.
At 6'2", I'm a little taller than average, but not exceptionally so at all. But my height is pretty much all in my torso. Picture a very, very (VERY) unathletic version of Ron Cey. That makes buying suits off the rack a challenge.
My head size is 7 7/8. That, combined with my neck size, is what I credit for allowing me to excel playing LB and Center. I was the only kid on the team who got a new helmet almost every year. Ha!
No shirt?
I was at a company board meeting Tuesday. Men of wealth, a few men of influence. Almost all of them wore jackets. It was about 50/50 on ties. The tie is dying even in situations where five years ago you would not dare leave it at home. The jacket seems to be on firmer ground. And certainly no one wore a polo shirt. (I will probably get a new blazer so I don't feel so out of place at the next meeting.)
Online, BTW, it's a mix. The same CEO who was in a suit on Tuesday will probably be in a polo shirt for the Zoom meetings today. The chair of the committee today will be in a jacket.
I almost always wear a blazer on airplanes - partly because it makes me appear marginally more charming to flight attendants, and partly because of all the extra pockets on which I'm not sitting. I haven't worn a tie since the wedding I attended last spring. I think you can be distinguished without it - though I do often feel invincible when I am jacket off, sleeves rolled up and in a loosened necktie, which means I'm either knee-deep in some work I'm excited about or dancing at a wedding reception.
The last tie worn will be in either a legal setting or a finance firm. By the time I'd left Wells Fargo, they were only for the c-suites, merger/acqs, and ironicaly, the lowest level people like security and customer-facing retail banking.
He was wearing a hoodie and cut-off shorts. You can't even get into a swimming pool with cut-off shorts. They have to be hemmed.
He took an outlandishly extreme position in order to provoke outrage and make a point. I'm surprised that bothers you; I'd have thought he's your kindred spirit.
The only reason people get outraged at me is because I prove they are wrong. And they don't like it.
Lord, didn’t realize this forum was full of hall monitors supporting “business” attire. Wow.
We are social creatures. You confirm to the norms of the society you choose to live in. Not expect the society to conform to you.
Nerd
And the dialectic rolls on unabated ;)
Yeah, but I look good in a suit.
Exactly. I never hidden as many posts. Well, maybe Jay's.
If Fetterman needs a suit, I’m sure can get one that fits from David Byrne.
This would have been a good comment (from my GenX perspective) any day of the week, but it is particularly relevant again with the movie being back in theaters.
Saw it in IMAX while we were in Anaheim. Still amazing; if I were ever in a band that played with that much joy and abandon I think I could die happy. [PS I forgot how hard i crushed on Tina Weymouth at the the time.]
So pumped to see this again.
And now for something completely different…Is anyone else getting a bit of a Canterbury Tales vibe from Craig's walk updates?
Which role fits him best? The Miller? The Summoner? The Knight?
I was thinking more of the structure, with the challenges and the recurring characters. I'm not sure we can easily modern characters with medieval archetypes.
The Man of Law/Sergeant of the Lawe, clearly!
Great song choice Bill!