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Well the Yankees may end on a high note here today. I give Eric Swanson a pass, his kid was hit by a car in Florida in spring training. The little boy is recovering but it was pretty serious. So Swanson has been through a lot.

I haven't watxhed many games until the last couple days. I dunno if it's just me but I still find these uniforms awful. I can see the outline of their shirts tucked in and whatever they're wearing underneath plain as day in some shots. Also seeing a lot more sweat, to the point where some of it just seems gross. It's not even summer yet. Wait til these are soaked straight through. Billion dollar industry and they can't figure out the balls or the unis.

Well the Jays aren't very good tbh. They should have fired the GM a year ago.

Happy Opening Day! I'm ready for this GD team to break my heart again.

Didn't the translator give an hour long interview to ESPN with an Ohtani spokesperson standing by, saying that Ohtani loaned him the money? Beforw the lawyers pulled it back? That is what gets me. Something like that doesn't just happen imo. The interpreter wasn't meeting ESPN in a back alley. I find it hard to believe that interview was set up without Ohtani having any knowledge, given how tight lipped he is with media. Also how stupid would this guy be to brazenly lie like that to an espn audience of millions? I dont buy it myself. But I believe they need someone to blame, they will blame the interpreter, and that's that bc it's Ohtani.

I could be wrong, but I think it was an illegal bookie/gambling operation. I believe the feds are investigating, but I may have those details wrong.

Yeah Ohtani's own camp saying he was aware and then suddenly changing their tune- is fishy to me. I think it is exactly what was initially said- the guy had gambling debts and Ohtani wanted to help him out, not realizing the implications. The bigger issue to me is will MLB give Ohtani a pass, which I assume they will. And then what message will that send long term, now that gambling is becoming ever more entwined with the games?

The next step is they will quietly fix the issue and then continue pretending there was never anything wrong.

Thanks for the info on Laurelton, I really didn't want to wade through it all, so it helps pare it down. I'm watching the start of Sean and Monica's affair. Before it started, Monica was convinced Alan was cheating on her but I never found enough of the story to see if it was true. This was Dec 85. Does anyone recall? It's bugging me lol.

I'm wondering what the Dallas fans think of Dynasty? Original recipe. I tried it a few months ago bc the eps have been airing on TV, but I couldn't get into it, although I'm a soap fan Not sure if I'm just soaped out or not, but I couldn't get past the first couple eps. Never saw Dallas, too young.

I'm almost at the end of it. I did skip a lot, but I started to watch a bit more of it at the end when Frisco was working with Sean. This is sort of the conclusion I've come to. I havent even seen clips of him, so I guess I'll find out. But I've been trying to figure out the order. I think I'm around Dec 1985. So I was thinking of watching some of Monica/Sean, and then Laurelton, and then Mr.Big/Duke is the order? Although I'm not sure how much of Laurelton I'll be into. I will probably only watch Lucy's scenes to see how she starts. I sort of feel like I'm on the downward slope of good GH in the 80s. I have watched 94-2003 ish. So it's just 86-94 left, and I'm not sure how much it will appeal to me. I've been tempted lately to go back to the late 70s/early 80s, when the Qs were really good.

I'm at the part where Blake and Alan Michael sleep together. I think if Ross died, she should've ended up with AM rather than Frank. But I'm not planning on watching after 2003. I've read a lot of complaints about the Buzz Cooper character, but he's just startling here. As an SB fan, I do like Justin Deas, but what is with the weird half accent lol. Watching him and Maeve Kincaid in scenes together is fun, bitchy Vanessa is the best Vanessa. ETA oh they are taking a looooong time to bring in Marj Dusay. I guess it took them quite a while to figure out what to do when BM left. I do know the story On that, but I was expecting Dusay by now.

I've just started watching Archer and Stranger Things. On the topic of Archer- I'm on season 3 and I just watched the ep where they're taking a terrorist across the border into Canada. As a Canadian I have to say- It's completely unrealistic, bc in one scene there are two groups of mounties (one of whom might be terrorists masquerading as mounties) and the two groups pull guns on one another. Not one 'I'm sorry, eh' among the bunch. There should be at least 4 or 5 I'm sorry, eh's across the 2 groups as they were facing off. Yesterday in the grocery store I slightly bumped into this woman while walking by her. I said Sorry. The woman following her (thus walking towards me) then said sorry to me, just in solidarity I guess although she was like a foot away when I bumped into the other woman. I managed to not say sorry to the second woman in return, bc otherwise we would've all been there for like half an hour going round apologizing 😆

Taxi is great, but the lack of continuity is so weird given how TV evolved. Like I think in one or two eps Tony adopts a kid and then the kid just vanishes.

From what I recall, everyone thought the thing with Lane and Zach was terrible. Logan- maybe more of a mixed bag. I can't remember, I didn't pay much attn to Rory's storylines. Funny I was considering recently whether I will ever do another rewatch, and I probably will, just not sure when. Old shows I am watching- Bates Motel. Man Vera Farmigia is incredible. I'm on season 3 and just watched the ep where Caleb basically collapses saying he's sorry. So intense. I hate this part of the show, bc I hate what ultimately happens to Norma and Romero.