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Good morning D-League.
Hope you get out today Austin —I’m starting to think you are hanging around just for the food.
Interesting NFL game last night. Brady looks finished. Cowboys and 49ers will be a hell of a game. So, what does Dallas do about a kicker who misses 5 straight extra points (counting one in last game?) it’ll be interesting to see if Dallas sticks with him.
Hope you all have a good day.
Hope you get out today Austin —I’m starting to think you are hanging around just for the food.
Interesting NFL game last night. Brady looks finished. Cowboys and 49ers will be a hell of a game. So, what does Dallas do about a kicker who misses 5 straight extra points (counting one in last game?) it’ll be interesting to see if Dallas sticks with him.
Hope you all have a good day.
Good Tuesday Morning
Our cold snap continues with a temperature of 35° . It will be sunny today and 0% chance of rain as the high reaches 71°. Very good sleeping weather
I trust all are well and a special prayer for Austin with hopes he is discharged home today. I have a lot of odds and ends to do today but nothing critical. I might go down and swap out my license tag for one of these DeSantis plates
Our cold snap continues with a temperature of 35° . It will be sunny today and 0% chance of rain as the high reaches 71°. Very good sleeping weather
I trust all are well and a special prayer for Austin with hopes he is discharged home today. I have a lot of odds and ends to do today but nothing critical. I might go down and swap out my license tag for one of these DeSantis plates
Good luck! Hope today is the day.
I am having difficulty adjusting to this new culture of wait, wait, wait on repair parts. I need to replace the control panel for my heat pump I use to heat the pool. The unit is working fine but I can not control the temperature so I need to replace the control panel.
I was told yesterday there is a minimum 6 month back log on this control panel and a more realistic time to wait would be 9 to 12 months. The part comes from China, of course. The unit is manufactured in the U.S. with Chinese parts.
I am getting fed up with our dependence on China for the simplest of things.
I was told yesterday there is a minimum 6 month back log on this control panel and a more realistic time to wait would be 9 to 12 months. The part comes from China, of course. The unit is manufactured in the U.S. with Chinese parts.
I am getting fed up with our dependence on China for the simplest of things.
Doubt they cut him, but wow, has any kicker missed 5 straight? EVER?
Dallas played well enough to not need those points, but from here on out every point is going to be important.
Do they put a back up kicker in uniform in case his yips continues?
Good morning D Leaguers. Today is the day my daughter finally gets out of Memphis. I'm sure Madison will be much safer and her mom and I will worry much less.
Good morning D-League. It's currently 49° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a partial clearing of the skies and a high of 60°.
Have a great day.
Have a great day.
I don't THINK they will cut him, but with Jerry Jones and that organization, it would not shock me. Think of the Bengals' run last year - without McPherson nailing everything they probably don't make it out of the first round. Almost every playoff game after the first round is decided by five points or fewer and many come down to a last-possession FG attempt.
The look on that guy's face after he missed that fourth straight EP last night was heartbreaking. He looked like he'd just walked away from an IED blast.
Good morning everyone.
My wife has been sick the last few days but getting better now. I've not caught it yet. We missed church and our nieces B-day party.
Not much on tap today. It's game day you know. I sure don't like the 9 PM tipoff. It will need to be a pretty good game to watch until the end.
I hope everyone has a great day.
My wife has been sick the last few days but getting better now. I've not caught it yet. We missed church and our nieces B-day party.
Not much on tap today. It's game day you know. I sure don't like the 9 PM tipoff. It will need to be a pretty good game to watch until the end.
I hope everyone has a great day.
Hey ATX, you were probably watching, but Bertfan has been the leading scorer in the PT since you have been on the injured reserve list! You and bertfan are going to be a great combo against the hated enemy!!!!
It is always a good feeling when a parent can take one less worry about their children off of the table. I pray she enjoys her new home and and I know she will.
As she leaves she can sing this song in reverse.
Yeah it was love that got her to Memphis in the first place. Her fiancée got a job there so she moved down when they got married.
The new coach at Georgia is making an impact. The Cats need to get off to a good start and play ball for 40 minutes. I hope Cal uses the same lineup he used at Tennessee.
Morning D-League. It is a sunny 57 here on our way to 64°F.
@AustinTXCat good news. I hope thing start improving.
I hope we get our second win in a row tonight.
@AustinTXCat good news. I hope thing start improving.
I hope we get our second win in a row tonight.
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Ugh a 9pm start?
Really?
And it has the makings of a total let down after a big win.
Would it be asking too much if we blow someone out?
Really?
And it has the makings of a total let down after a big win.
Would it be asking too much if we blow someone out?
I went down and swapped out my truck license tag for the new issue. The girl told me they are selling like hot cakes.
I have seen a few on out of state cars, Virginia for one.
I have seen a few on out of state cars, Virginia for one.
Just came across an interesting note on the "This Day in Baseball" FB page. I'm actually quite surprised to learn that when he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974, Mickey Mantle had played more games for the Yankees than any other player, including Lou Gehrig. You always think of Mantle losing significant parts of his career to injuries.
EDIT: I got curious and compared Mantle's games played stats to Wilie Mays. Both first played MLB in 1951. Through Mantle's last year of 1968 he and Mays played in a very similar number of sames over 17 seasons: Mantle 2,401 and Mays 2,446. Mays hung around for five more mostly mediocre years and ended up with 500 more games played. But through the last year either played a full season they were well matched in games played.
On January 16 1974 — The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to the Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees rank second only to Babe Ruth, and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more wins (236), innings pitched (3,171), strikeouts (1,956), and shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
EDIT: I got curious and compared Mantle's games played stats to Wilie Mays. Both first played MLB in 1951. Through Mantle's last year of 1968 he and Mays played in a very similar number of sames over 17 seasons: Mantle 2,401 and Mays 2,446. Mays hung around for five more mostly mediocre years and ended up with 500 more games played. But through the last year either played a full season they were well matched in games played.
On January 16 1974 — The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to the Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees rank second only to Babe Ruth, and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more wins (236), innings pitched (3,171), strikeouts (1,956), and shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
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162 game schedules add games and AB's to modern players totals. Ruth missed half a season with the Yankees (may have been a suspension-can't recall). Also read a story that they x-rayed a Ruth bat from a museum. It had been corked.
I searched for something on Ruth and a corked bat. I found no link, but evidently Bill James repeated the story in one of his books. I did find that Ruth used a laminated bat till it was banned in 1923 by the American League prez.
Funny, with all the great players & teams they've had, their pitchers' quality lags behind everything else imo.
A strange brew.... but delectable. (How Ya'll?)
Hello all,
Started early and finishing late. I was at a doctor appointment with My Darling in between. good news...for this one, two more for her and one for me in the next ten days or so. (I can speak for My Darling in this instance when I state; We are thankful..)
The only day I will miss going into work is probably this Friday but I plan on working some..
I am sitting for a bit, I do hope you all are well. ATXC phone home or, just git home... Git-r-Done....
Started early and finishing late. I was at a doctor appointment with My Darling in between. good news...for this one, two more for her and one for me in the next ten days or so. (I can speak for My Darling in this instance when I state; We are thankful..)
The only day I will miss going into work is probably this Friday but I plan on working some..
I am sitting for a bit, I do hope you all are well. ATXC phone home or, just git home... Git-r-Done....
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For anyone interested, Ruth was suspended for six weeks in 1921. At the time, there was a rule that world series participants were not allowed to barnstorm after the World Series. Baseball feared players would repeat the series again to make money and that would devalue the official World Series. Ruth and a couple of others broke that rule and were suspended. That was before Ruth was making big money.
I sure liked the Babe Ruth story with William Bendix (I have it.), I watched the one with John Goodman and could not stomach the portrayal. Some may call Babe Ruth a lot of things. John Goodman portrayed Babe Ruth as a fat slob. Babe Ruth was far from the Goodman betrayal whether historically it was more accurate as far as the events than the Bendix movie... Just my take... Babe Ruth was NEVER a fat slob...
The below was during Babe's last season, not the beginning...
Babe's early 40's were rough on him but this...
NEVER...
The below was during the final three homeruns of Babe's career...
To the movie portrayal...
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Afternoon. Hope y'all are well.
Great to be back home with family. Wife and pup greatly missed me.
Plan on watching game later. Let's go, Cats!
Great to be back home with family. Wife and pup greatly missed me.
Plan on watching game later. Let's go, Cats!
HALLELUJAH (AGAIN!!!!!) Bless you ATXC, God Bless you!!!
Good news Austin.
Listen to me UK Cats, I plan to start watching the game but I need to hit the hay early so don't even think I am watching anything. Just go out and play like BBUK is NOT watching. (You know, like you did against UT...) The heck with the cell phones....
I will be watching.
I have not missed a game since December 1964, come hell or high wind.
Fantastic, there is no place like home. Enjoy the game watching on your TV.
"So, you calling me a liar??" (Had a friend of mine on a charter fishing trip say that to a crew member when his line kept getting all tangled up. You had to know this guy. He'd reminded you of Woodrow on Sanford and Son. This had to be twenty-five or so years ago and I still laugh when thinking about this guy.)
BBUK's home screen when he's multi-tasking. ... Just a minute or two ago... 😬 😅 😁
Anyway, I got to thinking about Babe Ruth again and thought I'd just watch it. May not watch it all now but who knows...
Go CATS!!!
BBUK's home screen when he's multi-tasking. ... Just a minute or two ago... 😬 😅 😁
Anyway, I got to thinking about Babe Ruth again and thought I'd just watch it. May not watch it all now but who knows...
Go CATS!!!
Ruth played in 152 of 154 games for Yanks in 1921. 1922 (110 games) or 1925 (98 games)?
His "big money" maxed out at $80,000.
I don't have the article in front of me. Perhaps he was suspended in 21 after the series for the 22 season. Eighty grand was a lot of money back then.
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