The Swamp

MaxWebster

can't wait and we are past ready for the ball/strike challenges. this is so fucked up. i was watching a minor league game yesterday for the first time and the system seems great - I'd not yet seen how it works: pitcher didn't like the call, taps his head immediately, they go to the tennis-like-recre...

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damn. :( David Carle totally outcoached Greg Brown. That game was fascinating - I was worried about what would happen if Denver got the first goal - which they obviously did - and fk me they played a perfect game. That 2nd period especially was an absolute clinic on how to successfully shut down an ...

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Dad took me to my first NFL game in-person sometime around '76/'77? i saw the Juice play. i think i was 5. it was a night game. it was the 70s, irresponsibility was the law. ...as for the "chase" i was drinking w a friend watching Empire Strikes Back on VHS (obv) and we stopped the movie t...

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apparently BU just didn't want it enough

(sorry AB; some things just run deep. I hope Jack Parker is off whining somewhere this morning)

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agreed with the idea/theory(/fact?) that pitchers no longer pace themselves but this was interesting:

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oh weird ok so the *team* gets a draft pick if he's 1/2 for ROY - ok. i've read a little that they were trying to avoid the first 2 weeks of heavily facing lefties and working on D which i'd immediately roll my eyes at if they didn't call him up a day before he would have lost a year of service (aga...

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If Holliday wins the American League Rookie of the Year, the Orioles won’t gain the draft compensation for having him on the roster all season, but Holliday will still be eligible to earn an extra year of service time if he finishes first or second in the Rookie of the Year voting, meaning that kee...

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someone else can fill in details better than i can but i'm pretty sure the newest CBA did address these - in fact by him getting called up today he *does* get a full year of service time. I think it's something about if he finishes top X in ROY the team gets a bonus draft pick? I really hope the nex...

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this is exactly how i've felt for the last ~7 hours. Even with clouds - we had breakthrough at totality and I can't possibly put it all into words. A life memory. My dog starting doing full speed zoomies in the yard at the moment of totality - it was awesome. Honest to God, the full eclipse is one f...

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if you decide to keep driving you're welcome to park in our driveway and hang here with us!

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:00 am 99.6 percent is not enough for my son and I, so we are off to some village between Hamilton and Niagara Falls. Figure we'll avoid the big crowds and get 3 minutes of totality.

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lol i hear you. i was perhaps hoping rather than projecting but in our points h2h league i took him round 2, 11th overall

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cloudless weekend here and of course at 11pm tonight it'll be clear. FUCK

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that's the toughest part. he's a fine player in a vacuum but you can't escape the projections and sadly the hype. and that one killer season. he's still so young too but ... ? idk. i'm not reactionary wrt sports possibly to a fault but i finally hit a point this week where i think the front office h...

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i wanna channel your good vibes, L-Jam. just so bummed out that even at 630am today it was looking ok and now.... not. :( I’m pretty excited for today. Checking out the R&R HoF at 10:30, then hanging out by the lakefront for the show, then come back and catch the ‘Dians home opener at 5. Looks l...

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Yordan Alvarez is exactly who we all thought Vlad was going to be.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:01 pm Someone needs to unplug Vlad and plug him back in.

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fking fk

2 days ago the forecast was sunny and at least a day+ on either side. now 78% chance cloud cover here at 3pm i'm gonna cry

or drink. probably both.

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gonna stop myself after this one but

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pretty sure he got down to the last out on consecutive starts too. Definitely on the list of best players not in the Hall and if he had the exact same numbers 20+ years later he might be first-ballot. Lack of wins killed him (and maybe lack of those no-nos) Didn’t Dave Steib miss by one batter three...

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I can't even comprehend the slowing down of your brain to think about that move on the rush - insane.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:44 am One of the sickest assists you'll ever see, especially given the stakes.

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Pruitt - that's really cool to have that personal experience w/ Joe. And of *course* I'm gonna ask about this variety special!? I'm with you - SCTV was legendary humour in my youth as well - how to even document favourite characters/skits/themes... Words can't convey how much I loved "SCTV"...

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Count Floyd / Guy Caballero. RIP

(Joe Flaherty)

https://www.tvinsider.com/1129950/joe-f ... and-geeks/

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there's a phrase in the music business that's something like "change a word, get a third" meaning that if (when) artists - and this happens almost all the time with pop artists in the last few decades - are in the studio and they have their team (producers, engineers, whomever) in there an...

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couldn't believe when i was watching that last night that the Astros have had 17 - that's a crazy high amount, no? Great story last night and after the game was a runaway we were all rooting for the no-no. Blanco was dominant and quick. We’re just not a very good March team. And that’s ok. March 32n...

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headline got me at first

https://canucksarmy.com/news/vancouver- ... -of-honour

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damn. see, just another reason to hate BU As you may or may not recall my wife’s niece is a photographer for several RIT Tigers teams in their athletics department. She’s slated to graduate in May. They finished the regular season 27-11-2, and won the Atlantic Hockey Tournament before dropping their...

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Leonard has a shot that's already NHL-caliber and i also expect opponents - and other fans - are gonna hate him immediately.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:05 pm Guess I am pulling for BC as Ryan Leonard is a caps draft pick and expectations are high for his contributions

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that's pretty awesome - rare corporate win. yeah i'm putting in for vacation time from 1:30pm on; i wanna go out back with a drink and not worry about anything else. except clouds. Head on over. Although, getting in and out this weekend is going to be nuts. Don't come to my place for the eclipse. Sp...

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Weck is the shortened form of Kummelweck roll. There is a Buffalo dish called beef on a weck , which is a roastbeef sandwich with au jus and horseradish on a kemmelweck roll. It's pretty damned good, and not sure why it hasn't spread. The roll has kosher salt and caraway seeds (think rye bread seed...

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why shouldn't Oreo change - they're the one that sucks. (or something like that. reminded me of...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgS_vMGgzY Then rename it so something that doesn't sound like a cleaning product for fuck's sake. Just, like... what the fuck. If a syrup brand was once branded Syphl...

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dammit rass

rass wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:56 pm I meant Hydrox would have been more embarrassing.

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hydrox were the original and the infinitely superior sandwich creme cookie dammit. <fistbumps and/or hugs to everyone here who needs them. can relate.> Is there a version more embarrassing than "my teeth are so weak a (fresh) oreo (WF brand knock-off) broke if in half"? Getting punch by AB...

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I enjoyed that far more than I expected.

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I knew she'd been mentioned somewhere here in the past - I'm right now in a live SBA chat with Rep. Crockett; she's giving a talk about (obviously) small businesses, and strategies for black entrepreneurs to access capital etc. Putting aside the important takeaways from this presentation (really lay...

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this. fking this all day every day. it's literal misinformation otherwise. ... although that's really not a catchy slogan L-Jam. too long. ;P yes true on the surface, but the problem/danger with framing it like this ignores the fact that the Republican party is solely and always the ones who prevent...

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yes true on the surface, but the problem/danger with framing it like this ignores the fact that the Republican party is solely and always the ones who prevent positive action and help to the citizens of this country. When we read stuff like "Congress doesn't do anything" it is inaccurate &...

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you get an A-. Dizzy gave up just 2 hits. :) "It was an easy win for Dizzy. Even the Brooklyn fans cheered him." [/i] this...i do not believe. lmk if you'd like to re-read about the Dean brothers :) I had that same book! That’s how I knew the 5 home runs in a doubleheader story! Is that th...

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lmk if you'd like to re-read about the Dean brothers

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:03 pm I had that same book! That’s how I knew the 5 home runs in a doubleheader story!

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found the book

i think i got it when i was ~7

cover and the chapter on Musial/Colbert

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this and Rush on the Iditarod championship track at age 7 - feels like we're amping up for a 20th (25th?) Swampiversary Gala or something.

I love it - let's go WHO'S NEXT

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!!! yeah echoing Sybian here - tell more! what do you mean by "we" - your family? school? club? this is so cool and unique - Rush you've got a story here! We had a dog sled team when I was a kid. Recreational at most (we only had 10 dogs max) though I did the kid and mutt at the Alpo races...

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