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I caught it quickly. Cheat in a darned fishing tournament. What next...
Now I'll have to read that thread. Sounds interesting.
Probably right Bert.
No, just start drinking out of that hole until the cat collapses.
Oh yeah. Quite a scandal. Guys winning $30,000 prizes by jamming lead weights down the gullets of, I think, Walleyes. Lots of appropriate outrage.
Which is why I laughed at your giant pumpkin response. Imagine how many weights would have had to have been stuck in there to get that weight.
I don't follow WKU football, but the starter today at QB for the New England Pats played for Western Kentucky.
Exactly. You got the joke. Lead weights the size of bowling balls…
It's always sexual with you... 😁 😅😅
(Sorry, I just had to do it...)
Edit: I have to start on the gizzards again... Brudders got to represent...
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Just watched a satisfying NFL finish for Washington Redskin, er, Commander haters like me. You live here, you either give up your childhood allegiance (Bengals in my case) or you end up hating the ex-Skins -and that’s me.
Today they had first and goal on the 2-yard line to win the game (down 4) in the final minute -and Carson Wentz throws an interception in the end zone. I yelled so loud the cat is still hiding.
Today they had first and goal on the 2-yard line to win the game (down 4) in the final minute -and Carson Wentz throws an interception in the end zone. I yelled so loud the cat is still hiding.
I have a friend that goes to fishing tournies. He said it happens quite a bit. He said one guy turned in fish he caught at a different lake than the one they were supposed to be fishing. he was just a working guy with an expensive hobby. At one tournie, all the people who made money were guides at the lake they were fishing. That didn't go over well with the regular guys.
I think I picked a good 24 hours to not be online. That's all.
Well, the Bengals started out as poorly as Kentucky so far. They have already let Burrows get sacked and can't get the running game going either.
At least our other ranked football team won. Go Cats!
“Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid”
Good morning from ATX. Currently 65°F and clear. Today's high expected around 89°F.
Keldon Johnson and San Antonio Spurs suited up in Uvalde yesterday. They were on a goodwill visit "giving back to the community".
First weekend of Austin City Limits festival in the books. Event sure attracts a bunch of folks.
Bengals lost another close one last night.
Monday, Monday...
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Keldon Johnson and San Antonio Spurs suited up in Uvalde yesterday. They were on a goodwill visit "giving back to the community".
First weekend of Austin City Limits festival in the books. Event sure attracts a bunch of folks.
Bengals lost another close one last night.
Monday, Monday...
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
It is a pleasant 57° and clear and our high should reach 85° with no chance of rain. I have more PT today on that dad gum left shoulder of mine. We are trying to get it in shape without the need for surgery. I am resisting surgery because I have been cut enough for one lifetime.
I am not convinced the UK football team has the guts to come back and beat Mississippi State. The coaches have a lot of work to do. They were not ready to play Saturday night and if you can't get up for an SEC game and give your all in front of a sold out stadium, bless your heart. Stoops better take a hard look at that coaching staff. He has some slackers around him with no fire in their belly.
And forget about life time contracts. We have had one coach burn us on that deal so a lesson learned.
I trust all are well.
I am not convinced the UK football team has the guts to come back and beat Mississippi State. The coaches have a lot of work to do. They were not ready to play Saturday night and if you can't get up for an SEC game and give your all in front of a sold out stadium, bless your heart. Stoops better take a hard look at that coaching staff. He has some slackers around him with no fire in their belly.
And forget about life time contracts. We have had one coach burn us on that deal so a lesson learned.
I trust all are well.
Good morning D-League. Still beautiful weather in the east. Man, it was lovely along the ocean this weekend, and almost no people so I enjoyed it a lot more than the summer crowds.
Back to the grim reality of work. But basketball season is virtually at hand, and excitement will come as a promising team gets into the rhythm of the year.
I hope all is well for you all today.
Back to the grim reality of work. But basketball season is virtually at hand, and excitement will come as a promising team gets into the rhythm of the year.
I hope all is well for you all today.
Bill James tells in one of his books how in polls taken among fellow players in both the 1940's and the 1950's, Stan Musial was chosen as Player of the Decade. Some would argue it was because everyone loved Stan and Ted Williams spent time in both decades in war and he was not very well liked till he retired and Joe Dimaggio thought highly of himself. Joe used to advertise coffee makers on TV and was always called "world's greatest living player". A sports writer (can't recall who) told of a time they had Mickey Mantle day or something at Yankee Stadium and he emceed. At the end, he was to introduce Joe and Joe would make a short speech. He ended with "and now here is Joe DiMaggio.". Joe told him he wasn't going to talk and walked over with the other dignitaries. Later, Joe caught the writer alone in the hallways of the stadium, punched him in the stomach and said, "it's Joe DiMaggio worlds greatest living player."
Good morning D-League. It's a chilly 43° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring sunny skies and a high of 69°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
On the UK coaching side: our offensive coordinator does the same thing over and over. It is too easy to figure out.It is a pleasant 57° and clear and our high should reach 85° with no chance of rain. I have more PT today on that dad gum left shoulder of mine. We are trying to get it in shape without the need for surgery. I am resisting surgery because I have been cut enough for one lifetime.
I am not convinced the UK football team has the guts to come back and beat Mississippi State. The coaches have a lot of work to do. They were not ready to play Saturday night and if you can't get up for an SEC game and give your all in front of a sold out stadium, bless your heart. Stoops better take a hard look at that coaching staff. He has some slackers around him with no fire in their belly.
And forget about life time contracts. We have had one coach burn us on that deal so a lesson learned.
I trust all are well.
Another sunny day in Smiths Grove and currently 46.4°F on our way to 74°.
I have a doctors appointment this afternoon and I don't look forward to it.
You all have a good day.
I have a doctors appointment this afternoon and I don't look forward to it.
You all have a good day.
Good Morning All (GMA) (Heck, everything else has an acronym)
Slept in a little on this lazy type day. My youngest granddaughter is here in my office playing. Her Mom is working and her day care closed due to this serious national holiday. (The Lil BB), My Darling made her some banana pancakes. I had some cottage cheese, a couple biscuits, some rice cake, and coffee. (I will be full until 6 or so for sure...)
I think I am heading for my garage to align/ organize it better. I actually ALMOST have my office decently straightened for the first time in a long time.
Welp, My Darling decided we are going fishing Wednesday if the Lord doesn't take us home. (My Day is light and I can attend the one meeting on my phone.) I think we are headed to Point Lookout Park in Maryland. Seems to be a nice pier there and on a Wednesday I hope it is sparsely in use.
Have a "supper" day!
Ohhhhh SHOOT That Thang!!!!
Slept in a little on this lazy type day. My youngest granddaughter is here in my office playing. Her Mom is working and her day care closed due to this serious national holiday. (The Lil BB), My Darling made her some banana pancakes. I had some cottage cheese, a couple biscuits, some rice cake, and coffee. (I will be full until 6 or so for sure...)
I think I am heading for my garage to align/ organize it better. I actually ALMOST have my office decently straightened for the first time in a long time.
Welp, My Darling decided we are going fishing Wednesday if the Lord doesn't take us home. (My Day is light and I can attend the one meeting on my phone.) I think we are headed to Point Lookout Park in Maryland. Seems to be a nice pier there and on a Wednesday I hope it is sparsely in use.
Have a "supper" day!
Ohhhhh SHOOT That Thang!!!!
Interesting DiMaggio story Bernie. As you may know, the writer Richard Ben Cramer wrote a biography of DiMaggio that is incredibly unflattering in places. I read it years ago, and was never able to shake my negative opinion of DiMaggio -- a jealous bully to women, especially Marilyn Monroe, obsessively greedy and cheap, petty, disloyal to old friends, and on and on.
I know it isn't fair to base an opinion off a book, but others have written even more unflattering things about DiMaggio. Appears to be enough smoke there that must have been fire.
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Me too. I love you response!
Sherry and I fixed a big pot of "New England" Clam Chowder last week. Dang that stuff is the only thing better than tater soup.
They say DiMaggio made life for rookie Mickey Mantle hell. He would not talk to him and turned his back when he approached him. The story goes he saw Mantle in Spring Training and realized the talent he had and saw it as a threat. It was pure envy and mean spirited. DiMaggio was headed to the Hall of Fame and had no reason to be envious of anyone.
But his character would not allow him to share the "glory". Especially from a teenage rookie. .
In the 50's, you take Musial & I'll take Mays. Musial couldn't run or throw. Willie's WAR was 8-11, Musial 5-8.
I was driving with My Darling in the car and we were bickering. I said something about my weight and the GPS blurted out, you just passed fat. I almost wrecked. My Darling and I still laugh at that waiting again for some GPS wisdom...
Go Ahead...with your Constant Sorrow...Man...
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OOPS! I had a Joe Biden moment. Whew! Glad that is over.
OOPS! I had a Joe Biden moment. Whew! Glad that is over.
By the late 50's, Stan was old and Mays was young. Perhaps some of the players used color to not vote for Mays, but Stan played the full decade and Mays missed a year or 2 and that's how the player vote came out.
The 40's was really Musial's heyday. Bill James (based on saber metrics) had in one 10 year period of the 40's into the early 50's, has Stan the top player in the NL 8 times, once in 2nd and once in the Navy for WW2. He was very fast when he broke in (his first nickname was the Donora Greyhound), but stolen bases was not a thing then. Someone like Reese usually led the NL with like 24 SB's. They were afraid their "stars" might get hurt stealing bases. In 42 and 43, James has Musial as the equivalent of a Gold Glove outfielder (#2 and #3 best defensive OF'er in the NL." Then the Cards asked him to replace Johnny Mize at 1B, so he had to learn a new position.
Edit to add, Mays missed all of 50, most of 52, all of 53 and only had a medium year in 51. Perhaps that also effected the voting. Mays really big string of years came in the early to mid 60's.
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Willie Mays basket catch in the 54' world series put him on the map so to say and on the lips of baseball fans. I think that catch has been replayed as much as the Lattener shot against the Cats.
In the 50's Mays was the third best centerfielder in New York. Behind Snider and Mick.
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