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Yeah, “Commanders” was the lame compromise the Redskins ownership came up with after being bullied out of their historic name. Just a vanilla, meaningless name with no real associations to anything—maybe the Pentagon but the team didn’t make any effort to establish that link.
I missed it. I knew they changed Redskins but didn't hear about the Commanders. I am isolated I suppose
Same here. Happy Birthday @UK_fan_41102
The only thing good I can say about "Commanders" is that it reminds me of my favorite cartoon figure of the early 1960s. This guy always cracked me up...
Friends have a cabin outside Fairplay; aka, South Park, CO that's at 10,200' Stayed there a number of nights to ski at Breckenridge. Have to walk thru 1' + snow up to cabin that's about 50' above where have to park car. Carried two bags of luggage up - once only - and when I got there I couldn't catch my breath for over 5 minutes. Around 45 at the time. I never saw so many stars.
I never did find a good pitch to hit.
Had about same amount of porch floor coverage this morning but it was snow.Morning folks. Rainy 41.9°F on its way to 52°.
Yesterday afternoon I heard a lot of noise outside and went to look. In about 5 minutes it sleeted/hailed a bunch. It was goin in a few minutes as it was 44°.
This is how I felt at the top of Pike's Peak. I thought I was a goner and could see things passing away. I was in my mid 40's.
As we drove back down cars were stalled on the road overheating, some were in the runaway ramp because their brakes had burned out. Several were over the side of the hill because of lack of guard rails and slippery dirt roads. But I got a bumper sticker saying I made it to the top.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy Birthday. Wishing you many, many more.
Stan Musial was my hero has a kid. Asked about hitting, he said, " I look for a baseball, then I knock the shit out of it." That was my problem, I'd knock the shit out of a bad pitch and then get to thinking I could do it all the time. Sadly, I could not.I never did find a good pitch to hit.
Another Stan Musial quote after a reporter said, "You always seem happy. You smile all the time." Musial said, "You'd smile to if you knew you were going to hit .350."
One more from Mike Shannon. Mike said if you looked at guys bats, you'd see dings all up and down the bat. When you looked at Stan's bats, they were all within 6" of each other around the sweet spot on the bat.
All the times I drove from COS to Fairplay & back I never did go up there. But it was always winter. Pretty drive up to Woodland Park from COS.
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The sign of a person who uses a lot of bats in comparison.
Home again! The game was brisk. The air was cold! Had a couple of periods with sunshine that lasted a couple of minutes at a time. Levis only played for 2 possessions. Only 5 months to go until the next game.
Happy Birthday @UK_fan_41102!
Happy Birthday @UK_fan_41102!
My son sent me a photo of the weather. He lives a few blocks south of the stadium and you can see the water tower from his house. The weather looked brutal to me but here I sit in my shorts and polo shirt.
He is excited and I am excited. It should be a fun season.
Had a good time! I was fine until the pseudo 4th quarter. Now I can't get warm.
Stan was a great guy to idolize, Bernie. My dad always wanted to see the greats when they’d come through Cincinnati, so I saw Musial get one of his very last hits in late September 1963 on his last visit to Crosley. Very grateful to have that memory.
Always struck me as a weird coincidence that Musial and Ken Griffey Jr. were from the same small town in Pennsylvania, Donora - and had the same birthday! (November 21.)
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Taking it further, Stan was a high school teammate of Jr grandfather. Bill James (father of sabermetrics) said Jr was the second best left handed hitting, left handed throwing outfielder to come out of Donora. Stan's first nickname was the Donora Greyhound because of his speed. James said in a ten year period from the early forties through the early fifties, Stan was the best player in the NL 8 times. Once he was in the Navy for WW2 and the other he was second best.
It is 53 degrees here and it feels like 20.
High altitude activity, much like endurance swimming , is a breathing exercise. She'll do fine.
I grew up knowing river bottom swampbillys and can tell 2,000 miles away here in Horseville, with your Cracker affection for outlaw cowboy music, bluegrass & blues/gospel indicates a more classy genuine American CowBilly so hearty "MaaOOOO" to you.
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Baseball stories. I love it. Not to hijack talk about Stan the Man, but since Donora came up, I’ll admit I was always fascinated by Junior. I saw him on a MLB diamond at Rivetfront back in the 1970s - the Reds had a traditional Fathers-Sons game when Griffey Sr. was in Cincy and my dad always enjoyed going to those.
Years later when Junior played his first couple years in the Bigs, I was living in a part of Maryland not that far from Baltimore and had buddies who were huge Orioles fans. I saw Griffey in a game hit two mammoth HRs, then run down a ball and make a leaping catch that seemed to defy the laws of physics. Just in terms of raw talent, watching him in his early days must have been like watching Mays or Mantle in the 1950s before Mickey was first injured.
I took my sweatshirt off when I got home but I still have 3 layers on and I'm chilled to the bone. Thinking about cheating and getting in the hot shower for 20 minutes or so.
Saw Jr. play in HS for Cincy Moeller.
Camden Yards is the park I've always wanted to visit & haven't. These days I assume you need to be packin. I've been to 14 MLB parks counting three in Cincy.
High altitude activity, much like endurance swimming , is a breathing exercise. She'll do fine.
I grew up knowing river bottom swampbillys and can tell 2,000 miles away here in Horseville, with your Cracker affection for outlaw cowboy music, bluegrass & blues/gospel indicates more a classy genuine American CowBilly so hearty "MaaOOOO" to you.
Youse a trip...,😅
Nah, don't do that ...
I still have this LP, that my Dad bought me (second hand) when I was a kid.
I love you brother, you got me down to a "T". That swamp is heaven on earth and when I get through the Pearly Gates I am going to tell St Peter he can keep his mansions, I want a swamp full of gators and Cracker Cattle!High altitude activity, much like endurance swimming , is a breathing exercise. She'll do fine.
I grew up knowing river bottom swampbillys and can tell 2,000 miles away here in Horseville, with your Cracker affection for outlaw cowboy music, bluegrass & blues/gospel indicates more a classy genuine American CowBilly so hearty "MaaOOOO" to you.
Who has time to mess around in a mansion in heaven anyway. I will be exploring a million stars riding my Cracker Horse. Yep
I cheated and got in the shower. I put all the clothes back on that I had been wearing and now I am warm. My house is at 60° right now so that wasn't helping me warm up at all.
Didn't St. Peter beat the Cats this year in the first round?
The football Cats are in good hands this year. The schedule is quite favorable too. 8 home games, including UGA, and 4 away with UF and UT being the toughest. Not jinxing the team but it could be .... Like I said, not jinxing the team.
With Cal's way of thinking, It's a "godsend" that we lost in the first round because it gave us an extra 2 weeks to practice for next year.
I'm still kinda sore about his comments on losing early in the SEC tourney. I'll get over it one day. One day when I'm permanently cold.
Some steamed Mandu, a mixture of hamburger, onions, green onions, noodles, cabbage, and several other items. I ate these like popcorn today. The BB kept asking for popcorn but he is home with his Mom now or I'd have made him some.
Made her own flour skins as well today. (Used White Lilly flour.) Then dipped them in a little soy sauce just before indulging...
My Darling doesn't like me taking pictures of anything except the finished product but... I snuck this in....
Made her own flour skins as well today. (Used White Lilly flour.) Then dipped them in a little soy sauce just before indulging...
My Darling doesn't like me taking pictures of anything except the finished product but... I snuck this in....
I had to post a happy post as last night my Niece contacted me. My Brother passed away (My Brother in Law) but he was like my brother. He was 72....
Heading to Michigan, leaving Monday early afternoon...
Jim Riddle...
(As my Aunt Bessie called him.... Much of a Man! He was...)(A Vietnam War veteran. An MP.)
Jim is in the middle in Black. My two nieces on his far left at the end. If the Lord doesn't take me home Uncle Dave will be there for his funeral Wednesday along with my brother and probably my sister. Those are all Jim's grandchildren and great grand children...(His children are my two nieces Chrissy and Jill.)(Just noticed he has a couple grand children and probably a great grand child that are not there.)
Heading to Michigan, leaving Monday early afternoon...
Jim Riddle...
(As my Aunt Bessie called him.... Much of a Man! He was...)(A Vietnam War veteran. An MP.)
Jim is in the middle in Black. My two nieces on his far left at the end. If the Lord doesn't take me home Uncle Dave will be there for his funeral Wednesday along with my brother and probably my sister. Those are all Jim's grandchildren and great grand children...(His children are my two nieces Chrissy and Jill.)(Just noticed he has a couple grand children and probably a great grand child that are not there.)
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Sorry to hear that BBUK.I had to post a happy post as last night my Niece contacted me. My Brother passed away (My Brother in Law) but he was like my brother. He was 72....
Heading to Michigan, leaving Monday early afternoon...
Jim Riddle...
(As my Aunt Bessie called him.... Much of a Man! He was...)(A Vietnam War veteran. An MP.)
Jim is in the middle in Black. My two nieces on his far left at the end. If the Lord doesn't take me home Uncle Dave will be there for his funeral Wednesday along with my brother and probably my sister. Those are all Jim's grandchildren and great grand children...(His children are my two nieces Chrissy and Jill.)(Just noticed he has a couple grand children's and probably a great grand child that are not there.)
I will give you another baseball story since you like them. This is a Sandy Koufax story about his curveball. It is in the World Series with Mantle hitting. Sandy had struck out Mantle on three fastballs the first at bat. The book on Mantle at that point in his career was never ever under any circumstances throw him a curve ball, but in the next at bat, Sandy broke off a curve ball for strike three. Mantle turned around to the catcher and said, "How the f@ck is anybody supposed to hit that shit?"
May our Lord be with the family.I had to post a happy post as last night my Niece contacted me. My Brother passed away (My Brother in Law) but he was like my brother. He was 72....
Heading to Michigan, leaving Monday early afternoon...
Jim Riddle...
(As my Aunt Bessie called him.... Much of a Man! He was...)(A Vietnam War veteran. An MP.)
Jim is in the middle in Black. My two nieces on his far left at the end. If the Lord doesn't take me home Uncle Dave will be there for his funeral Wednesday along with my brother and probably my sister. Those are all Jim's grandchildren and great grand children...(His children are my two nieces Chrissy and Jill.)(Just noticed he has a couple grand children's and probably a great grand child that are not there.)
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