The Swamp

Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:56 am 1 year free subscription if you're a T-Mobile customer via their T Mobile Tuesdays app.

Sabo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:10 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:56 am 1 year free subscription if you're a T-Mobile customer via their T Mobile Tuesdays app.

That might explain why The Athletic was down for an hour or so earlier today.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:24 am Starting Lineup figurines collector group. Lots of us are in the sweet spot, age-wise, for this.

My two Alan Trammell's (home, road) say hi from wherever I put them when we moved.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:48 am Definitely going to read this, but Cox's stuff always loses me by the second act.

Sabo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:00 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:48 am Definitely going to read this, but Cox's stuff always loses me by the second act.

He's pretty extraordinary, considering he's almost entirely self taught. I know Jonathan Wilson was a huge influence on him. Sometimes his writing isn't very clear, but the information he provides is very good.

ETA: It would be great if they could use GIFs to explain his points, but I understand they can't use GIFs for copyright reasons.

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:25 am Gotta admit, I never expected to see a Blackpool FC story on The Athletic, but we live in strange times.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:44 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:39 pm Generally speaking, advertising pulls out fast and subscriptions trickle away, if they leave at all in a time where reading is up. So I guess its possible they forecasted infinite linear growth and when that wasn't met, this became "necessity", but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if this was in part a convenient time to cull a bit.

I went looking, and still haven't found someone that I read that was cut, (notwithstanding the Quarashi news). That's vastly different to the gutting of Banner Society. I'm so fucking pissed about that.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:33 am https://theathletic.com/2195101/2020/11 ... gue-teams/

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:33 am https://theathletic.com/2195101/2020/11 ... gue-teams/

Gary Varsho watched from the bench one night in June 1992 as the Montreal Expos rolled up a 9-0 lead on the Pirates. In the ninth inning, after Steve Buechele drew a one-out walk, Leyland sent Varsho into the game as a pinch runner.

“So I go out there, and it’s (three) pitches, inning over,” Varsho said. “I come back into the dugout and ask if he wants me to stay in the game. Jim goes, ‘Fuck, no.’ I sit down, but I didn’t get it.”

The next day, Varsho was still peeved. Leyland walked up to him during batting practice.

“Jim goes, ‘You’ve got (contract) incentives, don’t you? Games (played) incentives?’ I did, but I still didn’t understand what he was getting at,” Varsho said. “He goes, ‘Well, you’re going to make $20,000 with that appearance. Now, your next incentive is probably a ways away and if I keep doing this shit, my ass will be fired.

“‘But, last night, I figured you’d fucking earned it.’”

Once, in the summer of 2014, a 30-something New York native named Joe Franquinha showed up at a park in Manhattan to be a guest goalkeeper for a squad from an ad agency. As he warmed up, Franquinha noticed an athletic looking guy wearing green shorts, green shoes and a white jersey repping Miss Lily’s, a Jamaican restaurant in lower Manhattan: “Is that fucking Steve Nash over there?” Franquinha asked.

It was. According to Franquinha, Nash balled out.

A few years before that, Kyle Martino, a retired MLS player living in New York, was coaxed by a friend into joining a team from Phebe’s, a bar in the East Village. The squad was known for its ringers, so Martino wasn’t surprised to see some former pros warming up. He was, however, shocked by what he saw on the field at Pier 40.

“I looked over and I was like, ‘Is that fucking Steve Nash?’” Martino recalled. “(My friend) was like, ‘Yeah, man, he plays on our team, too.’”

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:03 am Pretty damning article on Omar Vizquel.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:24 pm As we’ve all always thought - Mike Brown, progressive...

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:33 pm They're doing $1/mo subscriptions again for first timers, BUT THEY ALSO MADE THE FRONT PAGE A DAMN NIGHTMARE.