[MLB Thread]

I would love for Andy to get in, but his relatively high ERA and the PED thing will probably keep him out.

(He’s in Monument Park, though, so that’s fine.)

[MLB Thread]

Aroldis Chapman reportedly signing with Royals.

Good riddance.

[Say What?: Commercials That Made Us Scratch Our Heads]

On 1/8/2023 at 3:02 PM, peacheslatour said:

At least there was some protein in that. But just straight ketchup? Eew.

I personally consider ketchup to be its own food group, but not on spaghetti.

[In Memoriam: Those We Have Lost from the Music Industry]

Robbie Bachman, drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dies at 69

Roll on down the highway, Robbie. 

[Misheard Lyrics (Mondegreens): There's A Bathroom On the Right]

Jim Croce, “Workin’ At The Car Wash Blues”:

Wrong:  “Workin’ at this end of Niagara Falls is an undiscovered Howard Hughes.”

Actual:  “Workin’ in this indoor Niagara Falls is an undiscovered Howard Hughes.”

[MLB Thread]

Fuck cancer.

[MLB Thread]

But nobody’s counting, right? 😛

[MLB Thread]

Dodgers release Trevor Bauer. About time.

[MLB Thread]

I didn’t have that on my FA bingo card…😶

[MLB Thread]

Notification I just got:

”Giants sign OF…”

Me:  Oh shit!

”Mitch Haniger…”

Me:  Whew!

*Waits for heart to descend from throat*

[Podcasts: True Crime For Your Ears]

I just finished Father Wants Us Dead, about the John List case.  It includes interviews with surviving family members, friends of the kids, and law-enforcement officers and attorneys.  

Spoiler

They even tracked down List’s second wife, but she declined to be interviewed.

[Skipping Christmas (John Grisham)]

Yes, and I also have the “Christmas With The Kranks” movie(which I’ve never got around to watching).  Believe me, there’s been times I wished I could skip the whole thing!

[MLB Thread]

Judge named one of People magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive

They do know he’s married, right? 😛

[MLB Thread]

Did anyone catch Bob Costas’s blunder yesterday?

”The Yankees haven’t been to the World Series since 2009, and haven’t won since Joe Torre’s three-peat.”

Me:  WTaF?

commercial break

Costas:  “Before my phone blows up, I do know that the Yankees won the World Series in 2009.  I was there.”

🤦🏼‍♀️

[MLB Thread]

11 hours ago, ProudMary said:

Also, I'm an odd Yankees' fan in that I've never hated the Mets. Unless the Yankees and Mets are playing head to head, I always pull for the Mets. I love it when both teams are winning. It's great for the city.

As the widow of a Mets fan, I agree.

What a weird schedule for the Yankees:  game last night, off tonight, game tomorrow, off Friday, and games Saturday through Monday if necessary.

[MLB Thread]

6 hours ago, Jane Tuesday said:

Sad end to the Cardinals season, but I was glad to see both Yadi and Albert hit on their last ABs. It's going to be incredibly weird to not see Yadi behind the plate next year. 

So.... go, Mets! 

What about Waino, is he coming back?

[MLB Thread]

Supposedly, Carlos’s contract only covered a limited number of games(although he was in the studio for at least one pre/postgame afterwards).

[MLB Thread]

Yep, she always takes the High Holidays off.  Former pitcher Jeff Nelson is filling in for her.

[MLB Thread]

HE DID IT! 👨‍⚖️ 

[In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths]

I remember going to my town’s(now long-closed)one-screen movie theater to watch Coal Miner’s Daughter, especially the scene where the kids all get new shoes from the mail-order catalog, and seeing the baby and thinking “That’s got to be Crystal Gayle.”

RIP, Loretta.
 

Just now, smittykins said:

I remember going to my town’s(now long-closed)one-screen movie theater to watch Coal Miner’s Daughter, especially the scene where the kids all get new shoes from the mail-order catalog, and seeing the baby and thinking “That’s got to be Crystal Gayle”(although now I think Loretta was already married when she was born).

RIP, Loretta.
 

[Late Night With Seth Meyers - General Discussion]

Seeing as Seth is a Red Sox fan(TIL!), I was glad to see him give Aaron Judge a pass on “Ya Burnt!”

[MLB Thread]

Judge gave the ball to his mom. D’awww…

[MLB Thread]

Maybe clinching the division(which I know is more important to Judge anyway)will ease the pressure a bit.

[Misinterpreted Song Meanings]

In Tom Jones’s “Green, Green Grass of Home,” I did realize until fairly recently that when he wakes up from his dream, it’s the morning of his execution(I could never decipher the line “There’s a guard and there’s a sad old padre”).  I knew he was in prison, but I assumed he was serving a life sentence.

[MLB Thread]

On 9/22/2022 at 5:54 PM, smittykins said:

They DFA’d Andújar. 😟

Claimed off waivers by the Pirates today.