ProudMary

That game ended MUCH better than it began!

I hope you really did dip out on the game early because two GIDPs with the bases loaded is enough to make me want to throw something at my screen. 🤬 I don't have MLB Network. I live stream the games.

Yes, that was him.

We were told that he was a finalist. I looked it up a bit further. He finished second.

I'm an out-of-market Yankees' fan, so I watch the games through MLB.TV. Yankees/Astros is shown as today's Free Game of the Day. The reason I bring it up is because it's the only Free Game of the Day, which has me a bit ticked off. Every year I've had a subscription, all games during the first week of the season have been free for everyone. (MLB, in the past, has also had all games be free to all in the week after the All-Star Game.) I wonder why they stopped it. Nitpick, I know, but was looking forward to being able to see some other games this week.

Seven Hall of Famers, some no longer with us 😢, share some brief thoughts on Opening Day. ⚾ Stay classy Astros.

Happy Opening Day, everyone! ⚾

For several episodes now, I've been convinced that we saw all the fashion we were going to see in the first episode. It's become obvious that we're working toward closing the episodes-long flashback by closing the loop back to the opening fashion show. Still, the Dior story has been an interesting one. It's just not the one I expected or desired. Disappointing. I lost interest in the Chanel story about four episodes in.

Wow, Manny's on fire.

A big thank you to @Mod-Tigerkatze for setting up and opening this Live Chat thread for us.

I've never worked with hops, but I wonder if blanching them would remove/reduce the bitterness. I always do that with broccoli rabe, before using it in a dish. I laughed hard as the chefs came rushing toward them. Kristen pushed Joe F. out of the way and said, "Run!"

I like Kristen's jumpsuit.

From Politico:

Last Chance Kitchen starts tonight for this new season. Here's a Season 21 thread so we can discuss it along with a first episode trailer.

Airs Wednesday, March 27th.

We'll see the new contestant tomorrow, as Last Chance Kitchen premieres.

One of the articles I was reading mentioned that McDaniel has retained counsel.

There's another little side story to go with NBC News letting her go: CAA, who represented her in the deal, also dropped her. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/nbc-news-ronna-mcdaniel-contributor-1235860170/

Watching Ari Melber now. NBC News Chairman confirms Ronna McDaniel is out.

I've been anticipating that. I don't see how NBC News could continue with her after last night's MSNBC excoriation.

All I can think of is, "I hope he destroys Hat Guy David in their cook-off." The phrasing in the article would indicate that he does.

Well, THAT was quite a half hour! TRMS Edited to add: Don't touch that dial! Lawrence O'Donnell has yet to speak.

Here's a video of Ohtani's prepared comments. You can't call this a press conference as no questions were taken. (Skip ahead to 10:35. That's when Ohtani sits down.)

Sam Blum of The Athletic is live tweeting the Ohtani press conference here. The only other way to get it is on MLB Network. Click for the full thread.