I don't know how I missed this but this FCS game from last year had an absolute bonkers ending due to a combination of multiple coaching and player gaffes at the end of the game.
Norfolk State is down by 3 with less than 2 minutes to go. They stop Virginia State and receive the punt. Through some miraculous plays, they get down to the VSU 13 yard line with a first down. They do three quick runs to set up the FG... but wait, Norfolk State's coach wants to go for it on 4th and 1 down by 3 at the 4 yard line. The video is only 2 minutes long...
He’s been amazing!!! Now if someone on the Cubs could get a goddamn hit, we might actually get somewhere. The league seems to have figured out Michael Busch, Bellinger and Suzuki are in deep funks, and Happ has been so bad that there is chatter about DFA’ing him.
It was comebacks galore in Oakland today, as the Athletics pulled off not one, not two, but three late-game comebacks against the Colorado Rockies. The cherry on top was a Tyler Soderstrom, walkoff walk that put the A’s back on a winning track.
That's a horrible call. Is it interference if the runner doesn't even know where the fielder is and all he's doing is ambling back to the base?
I know that if you're running to a base you have to go around the fielder, but in that case you're looking at the fielder. In this case, you're looking up at the pop fly and then back at 2nd. And Gunner, the SS, ran straight in, then over diagonally. So he wasn't even initially going straight to the ball. Though the ball is tailing to his right due to the lefty hitting the ball.
It’s well known that sportswriters are not supposed to root for the team they write about. But it’s a little bit less well known that there are certain restrictions and caveats that apply.
Andrew Baggarly has openly admitted that the one time he roots for the San Francisco Giants is when he’s on deadline and they’re winning in the ninth inning; it’s at that point that a win preserves a nearly-finished game story, where a loss blows not just a lead, but a writer’s hard work.
On January 27th, 1951 - the US set off a test nuclear bomb in Clark County Nevada. The mushroom cloud was clearly seen from Vegas and was one of more than 900 nuclear tests conducted at the site. More than 2.3m people live there and I doubt they are aware of the amount of radiation that they live with.
If you watch the original Superman, one can fly around the Earth backwards and it turns back time. Look it up. It would totally work and wouldn't rip everything off the surface of the earth as things decelerated and then accelerated in the opposite direction by about 2,000 mph.
[BASE] I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU BECAUSE THE SOUND OF THE CAL BEARS'S DEFEATING TOP-SEED ARIZONA IN SCOTTSDALE TO ADVANCE TO THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIS IS TOO LOUD
good choice. i like this one and the Paper Plane a lot
The Last Word is about as close to perfect as cocktails can be. But like with many classics, creative bartenders—both of the professional and at-home variety—have found ways to create variations on the Last Word. The Paper Plane, invented by NYC barkeep Sam Ross in 2008, is a liberal take on the original that features bourbon.
Some people have to learn the hard way that cows are dangerous. And bulls are even more dangerous.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1790845064681226679
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
I don't know how I missed this but this FCS game from last year had an absolute bonkers ending due to a combination of multiple coaching and player gaffes at the end of the game.
Norfolk State is down by 3 with less than 2 minutes to go. They stop Virginia State and receive the punt. Through some miraculous plays, they get down to the VSU 13 yard line with a first down. They do three quick runs to set up the FG... but wait, Norfolk State's coach wants to go for it on 4th and 1 down by 3 at the 4 yard line. The video is only 2 minutes long...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xQ5DRXKEc
D2 beating D1 FCS!
Welcome to the Era of Pro College Sports. It's official.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40206364/ncaa-power-conferences-agree-allow-schools-pay-players
From players’ POV makes total sense.
From fans’ POV, it just feels like college sports just died and something new and less interesting is replacing it.
maybe they will have to start paying graduate students too, who are more or less indentured servants in labs in exchange for Phd ??!!
DBD AV CLUB
Tea give me a headache
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwOPU7Ja-B0
i still vividly remember this "how many lumps do you want?"
Morgan Spurlock dies from cancer. He was 53 years old and I am sure that the 30 days of eating McDonalds didn't help.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/morgan-spurlock-documentary-filmmaker-super-size-dies-53-rcna153915
Not good.
PRO
"That guy isn't very good, but he is unhittable". A good long-piece on the Cubs pitcher Imanaga
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40204808/mlb-2024-shota-imanaga-chicago-cubs-pitcher-japan
He’s been amazing!!! Now if someone on the Cubs could get a goddamn hit, we might actually get somewhere. The league seems to have figured out Michael Busch, Bellinger and Suzuki are in deep funks, and Happ has been so bad that there is chatter about DFA’ing him.
Busch had that 2 week stretch where he couldn't miss. now he can't hit anything.
Comebacks galore ends with A’s walk-off walk
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/5/23/24163606/oakland-athletics-colorado-rockies-joey-estes-daz-cameron-jj-bleday
It was comebacks galore in Oakland today, as the Athletics pulled off not one, not two, but three late-game comebacks against the Colorado Rockies. The cherry on top was a Tyler Soderstrom, walkoff walk that put the A’s back on a winning track.
O’s win when former Bear Andrew Vaughn called for interfering with a catch of an infield fly rule pop up for a game ending double play. https://www.mlb.com/orioles/video/craig-kimbrel-in-play-out-s-to-andrew-benintendi
That's a horrible call. Is it interference if the runner doesn't even know where the fielder is and all he's doing is ambling back to the base?
I know that if you're running to a base you have to go around the fielder, but in that case you're looking at the fielder. In this case, you're looking up at the pop fly and then back at 2nd. And Gunner, the SS, ran straight in, then over diagonally. So he wasn't even initially going straight to the ball. Though the ball is tailing to his right due to the lefty hitting the ball.
Repeat thievery [Giants win 7-6 over Pirates]
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2024/5/23/24163368/giants-pirates-recap-matt-chapman-paul-skenes-joey-bart-heliot-ramos
It’s well known that sportswriters are not supposed to root for the team they write about. But it’s a little bit less well known that there are certain restrictions and caveats that apply.
Andrew Baggarly has openly admitted that the one time he roots for the San Francisco Giants is when he’s on deadline and they’re winning in the ninth inning; it’s at that point that a win preserves a nearly-finished game story, where a loss blows not just a lead, but a writer’s hard work.
Fallout
On January 27th, 1951 - the US set off a test nuclear bomb in Clark County Nevada. The mushroom cloud was clearly seen from Vegas and was one of more than 900 nuclear tests conducted at the site. More than 2.3m people live there and I doubt they are aware of the amount of radiation that they live with.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/complicated-legacy-of-nuclear-testing-in-nevada-lives-on-in-bodies-politics
I was born in Las Vegas 23 years later. I do not glow in the dark, hoping this bodes well for my longevity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE
"War... war never changes."
Was a wild ride on Amazon Prime…
Welcome to the DBD. The date up top might be wrong but our opinions are all right.
If you watch the original Superman, one can fly around the Earth backwards and it turns back time. Look it up. It would totally work and wouldn't rip everything off the surface of the earth as things decelerated and then accelerated in the opposite direction by about 2,000 mph.
Go Bears!!!
[BASE] I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU BECAUSE THE SOUND OF THE CAL BEARS'S DEFEATING TOP-SEED ARIZONA IN SCOTTSDALE TO ADVANCE TO THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIS IS TOO LOUD
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/23/baseball-bears-hang-on-advance-to-semifinals.aspx
Big win.
drink of choice ...
Last Word
good choice. i like this one and the Paper Plane a lot
The Last Word is about as close to perfect as cocktails can be. But like with many classics, creative bartenders—both of the professional and at-home variety—have found ways to create variations on the Last Word. The Paper Plane, invented by NYC barkeep Sam Ross in 2008, is a liberal take on the original that features bourbon.
https://www.liquor.com/recipes/the-last-word/
average drink .. a negroni or a manhattan variation.
bourbon on the rocks is usually later at night or if am hanging out w/ my whiskey-drinking uncle.
normally i prefer to mix a cocktail of something strong - something sweet - something bitter.
Cal