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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 14, 2022Author

Easy come, easy go. Bitcoin below $23k. Down 51.8% this year.

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BTC-USD?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlz-bRtKv4AhWAkGoFHS3SAkIQ-fUHegQIDBAX

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i liquidated my BTC holdings about a week ago finally after a couple good years.

happy to just watch it bounce around now. initially i bought some just so i would "learn to play the game" but not interested in it as an investment or anything else, yet ...

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try today's Semantle .. if you have not already.

i gave up but regret doing so

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DBD AV Club

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I watched Old last night on HBO Max and found it entertaining enough.

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Roped into watching First Kill on Netflix, a soapy lesbian teen vampire romance that's only got about three bubbles in it. The cast is mostly decent but lifeless direction and incredibly inconsistent writing make it a very difficult watch. 3/19 WNB

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Watched a fun, but pretty silly French movie: Moliere 2007 - 14/19 WB - about the 17th cent playwright.

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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 13, 2022

Banged out a Kevin Kline comedy exacta this weekend with two circa 1990-classics on HBO/Showtime....Soapdish (1991) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Both are just fantastic...

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Love French Kiss…Bub, Bub DY-Lynn

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Rewatched Michael Clayton - really did not appreciate how good Clooney was as a guy just stuck in a terrible situation with a job that he is excellent at but appears to hate.

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It's a great film, and I guess due for a re-watch - only seen it the once.

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It’s a really good film

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This is a great, great film.

The Best Actor race was really tough that year: Clooney in this, Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (he won), also Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises. Any of those could have won the Oscar in a different year.

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All three of those movies were very good. Viggo was great in Eastern Promises. The bath house fight scene is underrated.

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Michael Clayton is a brilliant movie....Clooney's best role.

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Watched the film Contact last night. It has aged fairly well. I first saw it on Showtime in 1998. I had just quit my job working on the e-commerce strategy team at a Fortune 50 firm in favor of co-founding a start up web software company. It was unfunded at the time so I was pining in real life to find an S.R. Hadden type figure to back our harebrained idea.

Loved the wormhole to Vega scene and also the bit where Jodie Foster meets her Dad on the shore of a cosmic ocean. Ironically the inspiration to watch the film again was the speech by Matthew McConaughey about the Uvalde tragedy. McConaughey has a significant part in the film. As Carl Sagan's novel turned into film it is worthwhile...

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Contact is so good. Great cast, the wormhole scene is such a fun scene. It is like being on a rollercoaster.

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People hated on it because of the ending, but that was one of my favorite things about it.

Having rewatched it recently, I like pretty much everything related to the discovery and investigation of the alien signal. I never buy that McConaughey and Jodie Foster have any romantic chemistry, though.

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I didn't notice any real chemistry either

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The thing is that you could make this movie without any romantic subplot and it would be fine. The whole thing feels a bit forced.

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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 13, 2022

The ending was very good and the whole movie is excellent.

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i like this movie a lot. thought provoking and very well done in terms of the drama of building the alien communication device

i like how they say "First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?"

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DBD test Kitchen

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We had quite a good meal last night, Started with a NV Rose Champagne - my fave - had Moroccan meatballs, with Taboulleh and cucumber yogurt salad w/Tahini & lemon - paired with what I think is the best Chateauneuf du Pape I've ever had: 2015 Saint Cosme.

My daughter made Coriander/Pistachio millionaire's shortbread - opened a bottle of '64 Armagnac, good, but no where near as good as that '73

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this was a great post w/ the great wine pairings

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What's a sports record that will NEVER be broken?

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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 13, 2022

Every passing record that Tom Brady sets once he retires.

All time NFL rushing record set by Emmitt Smith will never be broken.

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The 11+ hour Wimbledon match of Isner vs. Mahut. It can't happen again because they implemented tie breaker rules. You can relive all of it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGO0RU7aVk

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Surprised no one mentioned Cal Ripkin Jr's consecutive starts, no one is even close and I don't see anyone ever reaching it with the increased focus on player health

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It's been mentioned

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I totally missed it!

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the number of technical fouls Draymond will rack up over the course of his career ...

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well maybe not. i was reading about Karl Malone and how far in the lead he is

https://fanbuzz.com/nba/most-technical-fouls-in-nba-history/

Karl - 332

Draymond - 131 as of 2021

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Johnny Vander Meer's Back-to-Back no hitters

Wilt Chamberlain's 20,000 partners

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Heh

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Edwin Moses 122 consecutive victories over nine plus years.

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(if we're looking at modern baseball records rather than records like Cy Young's 749 complete games pitched)

Cal Ripken Jr's 2,632 consecutive games played

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The entire current active MLB roster combined has 500 CG with 144 pitchers taking 127,272 innings pitched to get there (>87 seasons worth of games). The guy who has the fastest pace of CG per innings pitched is Corey Kluber (out of pitchers with more than 100 IP). If Corey continued to do CG at that pace, he will tie Cy Young's mark shortly after his 237th birthday.

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Records related to complete games and pitcher wins seem unattainable at this point. No one really values those things anymore.

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Maybe Hershiser's 59 consecutive innings streak won't be broken, especially now that spider-tack is banned.

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I could actually see that one being broken someday but by an elite reliever, TBH.

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Hmm...maybe. I guess I was thinking from a starter, but you make a good point about an elite reliever.

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I mean, it would take an epic, epic season…like 50 some-odd consecutive appearances, but with these guys throwing harder and harder, and strikeouts so much bigger an issue, then who knows.

Did Hershiser give up any unearned runs in the streak at all, or ALL zeros?

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Doubtful anyone even comes close to that one...only cal alum Marcus Semien played all 162 last year...rare for players these days to play everyday.

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Joe DiMaggio's consecutive games hit record.

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I was gonna say that. I remember the last person to really threaten DiMaggio's record was Pete Rose in the summer of '78 (?). If Rose couldn't do it, there's no one now that could.

Let's put it this way: the hitter that will break Di Maggio's consecutive game hitting streak probably hasn't been born yet.

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Rickey Henderson's stolen base record.

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Out of the things currently listed, I think this might be most likely to be broken only because MLB is actively trying to change the game. The larger bases by itself won't do it, but I can imagine additional rule changes (concerning a pitcher's ability to pick off, perhaps) that might encourage the stolen bases.

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I think the proposed rule of not being able to attempt a pickoff 3 times is lame.

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Weather

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June Gloom in the morning and then hot afternoons. Today is going to be the only day in the 70s for the next 10 days.

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Upper 50s and drizzly in the PNW. Usually it would be nicer by this time of year.

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It was nice M-W of last week, then the atmospheric river appeared.

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was responsible for flight delays on 2 consecutive weekend trips only 14 days apart.

a perfectly normal 300p flight from FLL > LGA gets delayed 5-6 hours and eventually cancelled. i dont think the rain or thunderstorms were particularly bad but the system seems particularly fragile right now.

stayed in FLL an extra night and took flight first Mon morning w/ minimal hassles. same thing happened on the way to Nashville 2 weeks ago but in that case it took away a full day from long weekend trip.

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Was out at Point Reyes on Saturday and it was so so sunny and warm, especially for being on the coast.

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It's been a beautiful few days in the Bay. Headed to Philly in a couple of hours where the weather app assures me I am landing in a sweaty swamp. Yay.

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You’ll likely be booed upon arrival as well, because Philly ;-)

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As long as she can dodge the batteries.

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Mid 80s and humid in the mid-Atlantic, in contrast to the pretty glorious weather we've enjoyed for most of the last few weeks. It looks like we're being spared from the incineration going on throughout much of the country today.

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It's going to be 100 degrees tomorrow and close to it today. With our humidity, that's miserable weather. Heat Index of 115 degrees.

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Not that bad here but still warm and humid. As a skinny guy I don't sweat all that much but was sweating up a storm this morning after my run/

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Elsewhere in college

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USA Today sued Univ. of Nebraska after their FOI-act request for contract details for the Huskers' HC for football (Scott Frost) and basketball (Fred Hoiberg) were denied.

https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/usa-today-sues-unl-over-scott-frosts-fred-hoibergs-restructured-contracts/article_98231cc0-4441-5a16-8495-4c23479bfa16.html

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Can Cal play the spoiler???

With his Notre Dame honeymoon nearly over, Marcus Freeman looks to keep the hype train rolling

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/with-his-notre-dame-honeymoon-nearly-over-marcus-freeman-looks-to-keep-the-hype-train-rolling/

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CS Sonoma President is forced to resign after she retaliated/covered up her husband's and others' allegedly sexual harassment actions.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Sonoma-State-president-steps-down-amid-sexual-17223597.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-Editors-Picks

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Drop

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We're waiting for a fourth Cal commit to drop. There are very strong indications that it's DT Champ Sanders, but it hasn't been officially confirmed by Cal staff yet.

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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 13, 2022

His video from the official visit is fantastic.

https://twitter.com/champsanders55/status/1536127596554883073?s=21&t=4oozOSlNE3PqcdJayu0lfA

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Just looked him up on 247 - big dude.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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1.4% of global oil production just went offline via Libya. Brandon is somehow behind this.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Libya-Loses-11-Million-Bpd-As-It-Shuts-Down-Nearly-All-Its-Oil-Fields.html

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Gov. DeWine signs law to allow Ohio teachers to arm themselves. What could possibly go wrong?

https://apnews.com/article/business-education-ohio-columbus-gun-violence-65da23964f0282393a68208bff694780

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Lin Wood - the pro-Trump lawyer on the "Kraken" team - has come out as a flat earther and moon landing denier. This should surprise exactly nobody.

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1536320324500869121

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Today's J6 public hearing finished. Everyone is trying to CYA, distancing themselves from Trump saying that they warned him that the Big Lie was not true. Everyone seems to be focusing on throwing Rudy and Trump under the bus. The key issue is that Trump knew full well that he lost and was going to try and pull a coup regardless.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/politics/jan-6-hearing-takeaways-monday/index.html

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Trump backers unbowed in push to overtake state election offices

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/13/trump-state-election-offices-00038956

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Gen. John Allen (Ret.) resigns as President of Brookings Institute after the FBI catches him as an unregistered lobbyist for Qatar. I don't know about you, but I like to call unregistered lobbyist a "spy".

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/12/john-allen-brookings-qatar-00039086

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I don’t. They’re just garden variety white collar criminals

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Bipartisan Senate support for gun safety agreement. It's not a lot, but it's something.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/12/senators-strike-bipartisan-gun-safety-agreement-00039019

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Need to do something in order to combat the widespread resignation that change on this issue is impossible

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The perfect should never be the enemy of the good. I will take any progress on this issue.

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I agree. This isn’t a lot but it is something and hopefully it energizes people to vote Democratic and fight for more.

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Thirty-one white supremacists who believe that LGBTQ support = grooming children planned to have an armed confrontation against a Pride parade. They were arrested on misdemeanor charges.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/12/patriot-front-arrests-idaho-pride-00039089

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It amuses me that the police took the masks off the patriot front oafs

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Trump/Eastman plan to overturn 2020 election was weighed upon by Pence's lawyer, who then advised him to not go along with it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/11/pence-trump-jan-6-lawyer-memo-00038996

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Sarah Palin has apparently advanced in the US Rep AK primary. Unfortunately, Santa Claus only has a remote chance to advance as he is running sixth and only the top four qualify.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/alaska/primaries

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/politics/alaska-special-primary-election-preview/index.html

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PRO

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Jack Del Rio deletes his Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/coachdelrio

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San Diego-area mom (soon to be 33) and her friend (soon to be 37) get another chance to play soccer

https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states-usaw/story/4684646/megan-rapinoealex-morgan-return-to-uswnt-roster-for-2022-concacaf-championship

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i thought they were both retired from national team?

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Game 5 tonight, Iggy and OPJ listed as Day to Day as is Robert Williams III. This would be a huge win for the Dubs, but neither team has lost two in a row this whole post season.

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If that's the pattern of this NBA Finals, then Boston wins in 7. To which I give a big Bronx cheer.

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WE had a discussion last night about who will win, my son picked the Celtics. I'm really not sure, but I think we'll get to game 7.

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Given that this is essentially now a best-of-three series, it seems likely. Of course, if one team catches fire, the Finals could end in 6.

This Finals is an epic back-and-forth struggle.

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GO DUBS!

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Cubs first baseman throws a 35mph pitch. Results were unsurprising.

https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1536089675621879809

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From a pitcher that eephus might work, but from a position player you are sort of expecting it

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Another pair of Ferrari DNFs allowed Red Bull to finish 1-2 at a rather dull Azerbaijan Grand Prix

https://www.thedrive.com/news/max-verstappen-wins-2022-f1-azerbaijan-gp-leclercs-engine-fails

Max Verstappen just won the 2022 F1 Azerbaijan GP, following both Ferrari drivers exiting the race before the halfway point, increasing his lead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the driver's championship. The Azerbaijan GP got off to an exciting start, with Red Bull's Sergio Perez jumping ahead of Leclerc, who started from P1, after he suffered an early lockup. However, Leclerc was able to not only hold off Red Bull's Verstappen but continue to create distance. Behind Verstappen, was Leclerc's Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz.

In lap nine, Carlos Sainz went off and crashed, suffering some sort of hydraulics failure. "Something has failed," said Sainz over the radio, as his day ended early in Azerbaijan. Sainz's crash caused a virtual safety car, which allowed Leclerc to pit for hard tires, dropping him to P3, leaving Max Verstappen in P2, who followed his teammate Sergio Perez in P1. However, team Red Bull told Perez to let Verstappen by and he did, giving Verstappen the lead.

By lap 17, Perez hit the pits, which allowed Leclerc to head into P2, behind Verstappen and gaining. Just two laps later, Verstappen headed into the pits, giving Leclerc the lead and some hope to break his several-week streak of bad luck. However, just another two laps after that, tragedy struck Leclerc yet again, as he suffered engine failure, ending his day in Azerbaijan in lap 21. “It hurts, we really want to look into it to see it doesn’t happen again. It’s really disappointing. We didn’t change too much, if anything to make it better. I have no news, I don’t know what’s going to happen.” said Leclerc after his exit.

With team Ferrari entirely out of the race, only team Mercedes posed a real threat to Red Bull, as George Russell in P3 threatened Perez in P2. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton took P4 after passing AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly. However, Mercedes' car troubles continued, as the cars' bouncing issues were causing Hamilton serious back pain, which gave team Red Bull a comfortable lead.

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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 13, 2022

I’m worried Mercedes’ proposing is going to permanently injure Hamilton, and/or drive him into early retirement. https://streamja.com/pM4Za

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37 is a good run as a formula one driver, I don’t think anyone (reasonable) could blame him for saying this was enough

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Last season was more an aberration than anything else. F1 is back to one team dominating again...unless Perez pulls a Nico Rosberg and actually beat Verstappen in the end

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Gotta wonder how much further ahead Max would be in the points if he did not have 2 DNFs himself.

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24 hours and roughly 3,200 miles later, Toyota finishes first at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/toyota-takes-fourth-consecutive-win-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans

Fun fact: actor Michael Fassbender was a driver for the #93 Proton Competition team in the GTE Amateur class (they finished 51st overall and 20th in their class)

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Number of NASCAR tracks in CA, OR, VA, NH, IL: 9

Number of NASCAR tracks in TX, MS, AL, GA, SC, AR, KY, TN: 8

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A little more into this season and the Reds, Diamondbacks, and Orioles have improved their batting. Meanwhile, Moneyball is now dead last in MLB batting average. Moneyball is also #4 in steals, fourth to last in walks, and third to last in runs.

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Seventh in strike outs too.

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Jun 13, 2022·edited Jun 13, 2022

Bethancourt has been a bright spot in an otherwise dreary season with another home run and solid contact.

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SF Giants sweep the Dodgers for the first time since 2016. On Sunday, Urias was mowing the Giants down - but two mistake pitches and Carlos Rodon's pitching was all it took.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401355135

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Dodgers had men on base in just about every inning in the last two games and couldn't score.

Bwahahahahaha.

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2nd time Urías got screwed by the Dodgers O. He had a 1-0 loss earlier this year. Maybe against he Pirates? or the Nats?

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I'll take Matt Cain for $400, Mayim....

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CAL

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Go Bears!!!

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[T&F] Track & Field season ends as the women finish the final day of national championships

https://calbears.com/news/2022/6/11/track-field-women-wrap-up-ncaa-competition.aspx

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Team-wise: Men finished 21st overall (12 points) and Women finished 18th (13 points)

Florida swept the team titles with 74 points (men) and 54 points (women)

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