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[vhcat70]

Starting as a Reds fan in 1962, you missed a great Reds season in 1961. One of my all time favorite teams. Unfortunately they ran into the New York Yankees in the World Series and lost the series 4-1. The Yankees won 109 games that year and had the M&M boys locked in a home run battle until Mantle got injured. Maris broke the Babe's record that season. That Yankee team had it all.

One thing I remember about that World Series is it was during the cold war with the Soviets and the Press termed it the "Reds vs. Yanks" You could do stuff like that back then. Now someone would be offended. But it was a tremendous year for the Reds. Some of my all time favorite Reds were on that team.

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But he saw all of Rose's career!

MLB started for me in October 1954 on grandpa's front porch where he & Dad were listening to the Giants-Indians Series. Indians were heavy favorites having won like 116/154. Yet Giants were sweeping them & Dad was giddy being an NL fan. I asked him why & he gave the above as the reason. I was six.

Next season I pored over the standings in the newspaper daily & the Dodgers started on fire & cruised to their only WSC while in Brooklyn. The next year Frank Robinson was a rookie with the Reds in a tight 3-way race with Milwaukee & Dodgers with BRK winning. Reds tied the MLB record for team HR's for 154 games season with 221. Klu/Robinson/Post/Bell all hit a lot of them.

Oh, I've always been a Reds fan but interest has waned over last 15 years. Old Crosley was special with the outfield terrace.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F and clear. Today's high expected around 101°F. No rain yesterday. Slight chance for showers today.

Plan on driving up to Round Rock in a few. Wife requires a kidney procedure on August 23. We're conducting a recon this morning so we're not rushing around on the 23rd.

Cats hoop it up today at 6 pm EST. Read somewhere Florida State beat Carleton by 30. Let's kick some butt.

Happy Saturday, y'all. Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[warrior-cat]

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Beautiful day in the east. Cool and breezy.

Should be a nice weekend. A family dinner planned at a favorite restaurant near the White House.

And of course, another Cats game today. Hope the team stays healthy - and that you all have a good day.

 

[BBUK]

Hello All....

Up late this morning but heading out shortly...

Much to do...

Go Cats...

 

[warrior-cat]

I was flipping through Pluto TV this morning and I ran across the old Earth vs The Spider movie and put it on. My wife immediately got up and went to my daughter's bedroom and they are watching something different in there. After yesterday's encounter with the black widow, she is creeped out. She hates spiders.

Whenever I want to get her out of the room, I just fire up a spider movie and it works. There are plenty of them out there and easy to pull up through the apps we have.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I was flipping through Pluto TV this morning and I ran across the old Earth vs The Spider movie and put it on. My wife immediately got up and went to my daughter's bedroom and they are watching something different in there. After yesterday's encounter with the black widow, she is creeped out. She hates spiders.

Whenever I want to get her out of the room, I just fire up a spider movie and it works. There are plenty of them out there and easy to pull up through the apps we have.

Pure cruelty! Only a DI would do such thing!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

A FaceBook funny from one of my Arizona friends:

 

[BBUK]

Pure cruelty! Only a DI would do such thing!

That's good Sir.. I think Brother WC was a Drill Sergeant..

Those "varmints" (Drill Sergeants) would make you eat the spiders... But, I liked them...

 

[BBUK]

I was flipping through Pluto TV this morning and I ran across the old Earth vs The Spider movie and put it on. My wife immediately got up and went to my daughter's bedroom and they are watching something different in there. After yesterday's encounter with the black widow, she is creeped out. She hates spiders.

Whenever I want to get her out of the room, I just fire up a spider movie and it works. There are plenty of them out there and easy to pull up through the apps we have.

😅

 

[BBUK]

A FaceBook funny from one of my Arizona friends:

Not at all trying to be contradictory Sir but.. you were being too nice... tell the whole truth why don't you.... Looks more like this...(But not as much order...) 😁

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

That's good Sir.. I think Brother WC was a Drill Sergeant..

Those "varmints" (Drill Sergeants) would make you eat the spiders... But, I liked them...

I was not in the Army/Navy/AirForce or anything else so please forgive me.

I though it was known as a drill instructor.

 

[BBUK]

I was not in the Army/Navy/AirForce or anything else so please forgive me.

I though it was known as a drill instructor.

Just jabberjawing Sir. The Marines have Drill Instructors or DI's, The Army has Drill Sergeants or uh "Varmints"...

But I liked "Varmints"...

EDIT: At least that's how it was before "Woke" came to be...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Okay fellows. Off on one of those grim duties of fatherhood: meeting a daughter’s “serious” boyfriend. At a fancy restaurant. On my dime.

I don’t like him already and we haven’t met, but I guess that’s just the way of fathers with daughters.

Honestly, I’d rather do six hours of yard work, but I don’t have a choice and my daughter deserves all the support I can give her. I know it means a lot to her.

So enjoy your evenings. I’m just going to try to survive mine without bringing up my guns or a man-killing Hutu spear I brought home from Rwanda. He can see that -and get the message - if he ever makes it into my house.

 

[warrior-cat]

That's good Sir.. I think Brother WC was a Drill Sergeant..

Those "varmints" (Drill Sergeants) would make you eat the spiders... But, I liked them...

Yes, my avatar is the DI badge.

 

[warrior-cat]

I was not in the Army/Navy/AirForce or anything else so please forgive me.

I though it was known as a drill instructor.

Both. While all the services have what is correctly named Drill Instructors the army calls theirs drill sergeants and the other services have different names for theirs as well. The marines use the official term of DI.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Just jabberjawing Sir. The Marines have Drill Instructors or DI's, The Army has Drill Sergeants or uh "Varmints"...

But I liked "Varmints"...

EDIT: At least that's how it was before "Woke" came to be...

That is how I remember it. Also you never call an Army Drill Sgt "Sir". You address them as Sgt. or Drill Sgt.

I still have my Drill Sgt Hat. I was suppose to turn it in when they sent me back home.

 

[warrior-cat]

That is how I remember it. Also you never call an Army Drill Sgt "Sir". You address them as Sgt. or Drill Sgt.

I still have my Drill Sgt Hat. I was suppose to turn it in when they sent me back home.

When I was on status, I had a recruit with that last name. His first was Max.

 

[BBUK]

Okay fellows. Off on one of those grim duties of fatherhood: meeting a daughter’s “serious” boyfriend. At a fancy restaurant. On my dime.

I don’t like him already and we haven’t met, but I guess that’s just the way of fathers with daughters.

Honestly, I’d rather do six hours of yard work, but I don’t have a choice and my daughter deserves all the support I can give her. I know it means a lot to her.

So enjoy your evenings. I’m just going to try to survive mine without bringing up my guns or a man-killing Hutu spear I brought home from Rwanda. He can see that -and get the message - if he ever makes it into my house.

It's your right! The only authorized time to hate.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

When I was on status, I had a recruit with that last name. His first was Max.

There are a lot of them in Oklahoma and Texas. The Oklahoma line are Cherokee.

 

[Girthang]

Okay fellows. Off on one of those grim duties of fatherhood: meeting a daughter’s “serious” boyfriend. At a fancy restaurant. On my dime.

I don’t like him already and we haven’t met, but I guess that’s just the way of fathers with daughters.

Honestly, I’d rather do six hours of yard work, but I don’t have a choice and my daughter deserves all the support I can give her. I know it means a lot to her.

So enjoy your evenings. I’m just going to try to survive mine without bringing up my guns or a man-killing Hutu spear I brought home from Rwanda. He can see that -and get the message - if he ever makes it into my house.

...and tell him you know people that have done and have seen people do bad bad things...

I don't think I could do what you're doing this evening. Not in a good frame of mind for it. May God bless you and give you discernment as to what kind of young man he is.

 

[Girthang]

Brutal to lose something like that Warrior.
My most devastating loss:
When I was a kid I was fascinated by the Civil War and was always carrying a book on the topic around. One day my grandmother noticed and said she had something to show me.
Among a bunch of family papers were two gems: Daguerreotype portraits of her two grandfathers as young Confederate officers holding their sidearms and wearing fancy gray uniforms of the type still around early in the war. Perfect condition.
Nobody else in the family had any interest in history but her and me, so eventually she promised the whole box would be mine someday.
Bottom line: When she died I was just out of college living in Florida. I came home for the funeral but it was all hectic and sad.
When eventually I got around to asking my father if I could see mamma’s papers he said, “She didn’t have anything of value. It all got tossed.”
I held out hope that maybe one of my aunts had saved the photos, but they never surfaced.

That hurts to read. I can't talk about the other things I've lost over the years. My dear departed sister's bday is coming on and brings up some of the losses anew every year. I've asked God for help letting it all go, and I know there's nothing I can do about it, but it's still incendiary at this point.

 

[Girthang]

I am past thinking Caliapari will grow up. His ego is all about him and he pops off his mouth to a point I don't listen to what he says. I don't listen to pre-game or post game interviews with him or any other interview where he is speaking. He is the first UK basketball coach I have completely tuned out.

No one will dispute UK is a basketball school and has been since the late 1940's. But it is not a basketball only school. Calipari can get his blessed practice facility or what ever he lusts for this time without disparaging the UK football program. It was uncalled for and tacky. Let the Tennessee Vols basketball coach do that but our sports program should be like family and you don't talk bad about family in the media or press. You certainly don't belittle them when they are going to and winning bowl games. You shut the door and have a little talk, privately.

UK football ws the laughing stock of the SEC for 50 years or more. It is not anymore thanks to Stoops and his team. Calipari should be thankful of that and not be envious. But he is John Calipari and his motor mouth shows his true self.

Agreed. I don't expect it either, but would tell him to his face he needs to do it. His first year here made me never want to do press conferences again. Excruciating to listen to him talk down to everyone in the room and not answer their questions but continue to speak anyway. His comments the last 2 years have made me want to sell all of my recent memorabilia from his time here.

Use to love to talk UK football AND basketball this time of year, but I don't care for the basketball side much these days. Just getting through it until he's gone at this point. Trying to enjoy the players and their time here in spite of him being coach.

 

[vhcat70]

That is how I remember it. Also you never call an Army Drill Sgt "Sir". You address them as Sgt. or Drill Sgt.

I still have my Drill Sgt Hat. I was suppose to turn it in when they sent me back home.

The FBI will be at your door shortly given how things are going today.

 

[starchief5]

Thanks to my wife I was able to save very valuable personal papers my mother had saved over the years. Some dating back to the late 1800's and most very early 1900's.

Mother had some very nice cedar chests that she kept her personal papers in. My siblings wanted the cedar chests. They arranged a clean out party at mom's house and I had to be on a business trip so my wife went in my place to help clean up and throw out. The cedar chest was emptied and mom's personal papers were piled up in a corner to be taken out back and burned in the barrel.

The papers and other things were meticulously kept and in order. Things in the large pile included many vintage post cards dated late 1800's and early 1900's. Love letters between my grandfather and grandmother over a 5 year period from 1900 to 1905. Various legal documents, one included my g-grandfathers land grant for homestead property when Chester A Arthur was President.

One letter was of particular importance and dear to me as it showed what life was like living in the rural South in 1919. My grandfather was a citrus grower and he would harvest his crop then go to other areas of the state and help other growers harvest theirs. That was common. Growers helping each other. One year he went over to Lake Wales to help a grower and was gone from home about two weeks. While he was gone grandma realized a new born calf was drinking almost all of the milk from their dairy cow and the small children did not have any milk. She wrote grandpa about the problem and he wrote back, kill the calf, the babies need milk. My mother was about 7 years old and she had an older brother who was 9 or 10. Grandpa told him to take his rifle and shoot the calf. Well Uncle Lee was attached to the calf and would not do it. So grandma wrote grandpa and let him know and grandpa told her to get the neighbor to shoot it. Kill that calf now. The babies need milk. And so it goes.

I am thankful we were able to salvage family keepsakes, I just wish my baseball cards could have been spared.

Here are a number of post cards I was able to salvage. They were headed to the barrel to be burned.

I'm glad you were able to save that photo of you and your sweetie getting ready to go out on a date.

 

[AustinTXCat]

55-19 at the half. Cats blowing 'em out.

Really hope this animosity between Cal and Coach Stoops ends soon. Hell, even ESPN picked up on it and included the controversy in their headlines. Stoops has worked wonders for Wildcat football. Crappy optics for both programs.

 

[BBUK]

55-19 at the half. Cats blowing 'em out.

Really hope this animosity between Cal and Coach Stoops ends soon. Hell, even ESPN picked up on it and included the controversy in their headlines. Stoops has worked wonders for Wildcat football. Crappy optics for both programs.

Yeah, almost like it's designed. Always seems to be a controversy? Why? Can't be just stupid or a big mouth....

 

[AustinTXCat]

118-56 final. Toppin and Reeves looked awesome. Big O pulling down the boards. Love these blowouts. Great confidence builder.

 

[warrior-cat]

118-56 final. Toppin and Reeves looked awesome. Big O pulling down the boards. Love these blowouts. Great confidence builder.

Toppin was lighting it up. Need that from him this year. Inside and out.

 

[UK82]

Fun, fun, fun. Impressed regardless of who they're playing. Certainly not the competition as the 2014 trip. Didn't that team (38-1) lose the last game?

 

[AustinTXCat]

I just stirred up a hornet's nest on basketball board. Big deal. Mitch Barnhart is the best AD so far in my lifetime.

 

[BBUK]

I just stirred up a hornet's nest on basketball board. Big deal. Mitch Barnhart is the best AD so far in my lifetime.

I backed you and didn't even read it until afterward. RR needs to be stirred up or blown up at times... (figuratively not literally.)

 

[MdWIldcat55]

...and tell him you know people that have done and have seen people do bad bad things...

I don't think I could do what you're doing this evening. Not in a good frame of mind for it. May God bless you and give you discernment as to what kind of young man he is.

Back from dinner. I have to say the guy wasn’t a bad fellow. Owns his own home in his 20s, has a decent job where he actually works with an old friend of mine from many years ago (small world) respectful, offered to pay the check (not seriously, but at least he offered.) I can leave my Hutu Warrior spear over my office door and my Ithaca model 37 12 gauge pump in the closet —for now.

 

[BBUK]

Back from dinner. I have to say the guy wasn’t a bad fellow. Owns his own home in his 20s, has a decent job where he actually works with an old friend of mine from many years ago (small world) respectful, offered to pay the check (not seriously, but at least he offered.) I can leave my Hutu Warrior spear over my office door and my Ithaca model 37 22 gauge pump in the closet —for now.

Sir...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Sir...

Haha. Maybe. Or maybe I’ve seen some of the losers out there and know how much worse it could be (typo corrected, by the way. My pump is a 12 gauge of course, not a .22)

 

[BBUK]

Haha. Maybe. Or maybe I’ve seen some of the losers out there and know how much worse it could be (typo corrected, by the way. My pump is a 12 gauge of course, not a .22)

Don't I know it (Concerning the available losers) It was just time trying to mess with you. I DO hope all works out as it should for your family.

 

[BBUK]

Looks like My Darling panned for gold yesterday and hit it big...

We were at the commissary earlier today and these two items are what My Darling brought home in buckets yesterday!!! (Good eating too. My Darling spent most of today prepping those delicacies.)

Oh, My Darling brought home more than are in each of those trays...

Yeah, I am thankful. My Darling is already planning the soups we will have... 😍

(You can call ours "wild caught" as well. (Oh too, products of the U.S.A.))

Have a restful and peaceful night...)

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I just stirred up a hornet's nest on basketball board. Big deal. Mitch Barnhart is the best AD so far in my lifetime.

I agree and I go back to the Bernie Shively days. Mitch is an Athletic Director which means all sports. He is not just the AD for the basketball team. He has the responsibility to spend his money wisely and to promote all teams under his watch. And that includes the rifle team. The basketball team probably needs a new facility like I need another hole in my head. If you drive by Rupp Arena you will see a huge investment is being made now. It may not be UK's money but the basketball team benefits.

I vote to put a new roof on the current facility, go to Home Depot and get a few gallons of paint and things should be good to go.

The basketball program has not been slighted under Mitch. One mistake I think Mitch made with the basketball program is giving Calipari a lifetime contract. Nobody should be given a lifetime contract. But that is a lesson learned and hopefully will never be repeated.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 65° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring thunderstorms and a high of 79°.

Everyone stay safe on this Sunday.