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I could listen to John Sterling read the phone book.

I knew it had to come sooner than later—he’s what, 85? But the finality of it is sobering. And no more personalized home-run calls. 😟

John Sterling announces retirement

DJ LeMahieu has fracture in foot Le sigh. 😒

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Jeff Nelson and Joe Girardi have similar speaking voices?(I initially thought Joe was doing this afternoon’s game, but he’s in Mexico with Bob Lorenz.) ETA: Actually, Nelly’s in Mexico, so maybe Joe was in Florida?

Bringing this post up from 2018 on the “Book Moments That Angry Up The Blood” forum: And that includes her parents, who, after threatening to have him arrested for statutory rape, allow her to continue dating him.

Cole to get MRI on pitching elbow Do you think that if I scream TOMMYJOHNTOMMYJOHNTOMMYJOHN in a mirror three times, it won’t happen?

I reinstalled the YES app so I can watch the Yankees game…🤦‍♀️

And Joe Girardi is coming back to the YES booth. I’ve always enjoyed his commentary.

And it’s funny to me how, when an ex-Yankee signs with another team, usually the first thing they do is grow a beard. Merry Christmas to my fellow Primetimers who celebrate! 🎄🎁🎅

Ryan Minor, who replaced Cal Ripken Jr. to end The Streak, dies at 49 Fuck cancer.

Yankees claim Jeter Downs off waivers from Nationals. And yes, he’s named after you-know-who. 😛

Hell, he would have fired Girardi for not making the playoffs in 2008.

Or King.

Yankees acquire Verdugo from Red Sox

I just hope he doesn’t kick our butt the first time he pitches against us.

Gerrit Cole wins AL Cy Young; Blake Snell wins NL

Guardians name Stephen Vogt new manager

Not me, but I just saw this on a FB thread and I’m LMAO. The Fifth Dimension, “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” Wrong: “This is the dawning of the plate of asparagus” Right: “This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius”

Aaron Judge wins 2023 Roberto Clemente Award

Didn’t he get his GED after his junior year so he could enroll in community college and enter the draft sooner?

Several years ago, after NYS ended its religious exemption on vaccination, I got an ad on FB: “Concerned about NY’s new vaccination policy? Homeschool! ETA: I have a thought regarding the woman whose afternoon “school” schedule consisted of chores: most conservative Christians believe that a woman’s primary purpose is to be a wife and mother, so I wonder if this was considered “practice” for the role; maybe her parents thought “Why do you need a college degree anyway?” I’m reminded of the woman in the “Shiny Happy People” documentary whose father told her that she didn’t need to go beyond fractions in math because “you’ll need them for baking.”

Also, “Owning human beings is wrong.” I know at least one of the three Christian homeschooling curricula John mentioned in the broadcast basically said “Slavery really wasn’t that bad; not all masters were cruel, and many slaves were brought to Jesus!”

John Denver, “Thank God I’m A Country Boy”: Wrong: “I’d rather have my fiddle and my farm in tune” Right: “I’d rather have my fiddle and my farming tools” My version made sense to me because you’d obviously want to have both your fiddle and your farm running smoothly, even though it doesn’t completely rhyme with the previous line, which is “I’ve never been one of them money-hungry fools.”

Mets GM Billy Eppler has resigned.