growing up i really disliked the way my mom cooked it (Bengali veggie mix up)
but now i rather enjoy both Italian prep style and even my wife's family's style (Gujarati eggplant w/ a sugar and peanut stuffing that all fall out when you cook it)
I never really ate eggplant, and then I moved to China in 1996 and during 1996/97 my most common lunch was 鱼香茄子 - braised eggplant in a claypot. and it's now one of my favorite things.
For large swaths of Mainland China, 茄子 'qiezi'/eggplant is how photographers ask people to smile in photos. (起司'qisi/cheese' is the other one - I think it's kind of a north/south division but not exactly)
Now sure how I am on a 19 point scale. When a coworker and I bought a used table for work, we played everyday and I was better. Right now, probably a 6.
Back in the day, me and the fellas put a ping pong table in the living room and played constantly. I would have sworn I was at least a 14. But then I tried my luck against a retired YMCA director who had played the kids on his lunch break for four decades. He made clear I was still in the single digits.
My coworker and I used to go to a local community center. There would be old chinese people playing. These are people that walked slowly but get a ping pong paddle in their hands and they'll smoke you.
If we’re being honest, we’d be hard pressed to find anything involving hand-eye where you’re > 10…you haven’t sniffed double-digits since the Reagan administration…
I will say I’m bullish on Lincoln Riley + Caleb Williams + Jordan Addison + Mario Williams + Brenden Rice + Travis Dye…that’s a bigger payroll than the Rays.
The explanation doesn't wash with me, either. Only the explanation and the timing (within a few weeks of the season opener) feels like misdirection. Wouldn't surprise me to find that something else is at the root of this action.
Like the white for reading, but also liked the blue and gold style. So it's a toss-up. I suppose I'll get used to the clean interface of the white style.
Alright, but a bit dull. It was in the 90s all weekend with feels like temperatures near 100, so it was too hot to do anything outside. It's just as well, as I've been sidelined from riding my bike since Thursday since the air spring in the fork is leaking. I'm waiting on one last parts delivery today then I can tear it down and swap out all the seals (and old seal is almost certainly the cause of the leak).
Yesterday I smoked an excellent turkey breast. It was brined in a sweeter-than-usual brine with a bit of honey, and it comes through quite well. Only downside is that the 3lb breast took almost 3 hours to smoke rather than the 30-45 minutes per lb I was seeing online. Oh well, worth the wait.
Spent many many hours flushing the coolant out of No 2's car. Need to change the transmission fluid tonight and figure out a way to hook up a dashcam. The 2010 Mazda 3 fuse panel doesn't have any switched fuses so I can't hardware it there. Maybe the dash cigarette lighter is switched so I can splice in a 2nd one behind the dash.
Is there a spare 12v outlet you can use to power it? In my car I have a dashcam plugged in to a 12v-to-usb plug in the center armrest. I have the usb cord running along the headliner, under the A-pillar trim, under a rubber seal along the glovebox, and then under the passenger floormat so it's hidden out of the way.
I think the center armrest cigarette lighter is always powered, as is the USB cord. No 2 uses the center cigarette lighter for a USB charger instead of the USB port. In No 3's Accord there are switched fuses so it was easier.
Good. Had a major carpentry project to redo a portion of the floor in my daughter's utility room/back porch, and got it taken care of in a hot day Saturday (but we knew it would be hotter Sunday). Lazy 100-degree day on Sunday, with fish tacos for dinner.
Had a friend in from . .. well, we met in Shanghai, she lives in Paris, but her boyfriend lives in New York, they flew in for a long weekend. Spent the day walking around Ess Eff, then saw WFC for post dinner.
Yesterday did some weeding. Using a hoe, I was going after dandelions on a path and on the adjacent hillside. Suddenly, I was swarmed by bees and was stung. Dropped the hoe and ran. These were not yellowjackets, although that's what I thought they were initially.
Did you know that there is such a thing as ground bees? They use holes that were created by other critters. There are numerous species of ground bees.
Hot and humid. Dew points have been in the 70s for a couple days. Kicked my butt the end of my run yesterday morning. Saturday evening I went for a walk and saw two turkeys with five poults and that's fun for a city boy.
Waffles are a lot of work, high execution risk, and have relatively modest return. I mean, when they're good, they're great... but I never make them from scratch any more and only really have them at hotels or frozen.
Agreed. It's too hard to get them just right. Pancakes are easier to execute and I'll take a perfect pancake (lightly crisp edge, soft fluffy interior) over a perfect waffle anyway.
Get a good waffle iron. A lot of the problems I read people complaining about have been solved by better technology. I was allowed to pick out a new one a few years back for my Christmas present, and I've never looked back.
those mermaid waffles remind me of the box of Lucky Charms, without the cereal in it (just the marshmallows). I got it as a graduation gag gift, and they loved it!
Waffles are the best, but the Belgium waffles are way over rated. Get an original style waffle icon, brush some butter on the top and bottom, close it to let it heat up again, poor the batter, and then it's just about timing
I feel like pancakes have the steepest ROI decline of all the foods. There is nothing on earth better than the first bite of a diner pancake...but by the third bite it's just meh, and when they cool (which is quickly) they're sorta gross.
The only time I eat them is when I stay at a cheap hotel that has free breakfast. Usually there's a waffle maker and I might use it one out of 20 visits.
Bob's Burgers Movie (9/19, Hulu & HBOMax). They spent a lot more effort on animation and a lot less time on the script. Funny at times, but it's a below-average fluffed up Bob's Burger episode.
Barry (S3, HBO) 19/19. Don't call it a dark comedy. It has scenes that are clearly comedy. And it has scenes that drive the story which sometimes get pretty darn grim some times. I have never seen a show balance the two extremes of cartoonish-characters and very real humans so well. Fricking brilliant.
I wished they had either more episodes or longer episodes, particularly with the lengthy time between seasons. C'mon, Hader! What the hell else are you doing?
Oddly... watched Spiderman #2, and man that movie is SO different than anything Marvel makes today. In the first like 40 minutes there's maybe 2 1/2 minutes of action, and tons of angst and loss for our hero, very different than what they make today. I remember when it came out it was super popular, and it's not at all bad, some very good acting (especially Doc Oct) - but so surprisingly different.
Easter Sunday 7/19 - I really wanted to like this Filipino Bay Area family comedy a lot more, but so many of the jokes fell flat. There was a huge contrast between the experienced actors (Tia Carrera, Jimmy O. Yang, and especially Tiffany Haddish) and the newcomers.
It was pleasant, but I wish it was done a little better. Tons of Bay Area Filipino culture though.
I think she's wearing a white apron. It's over a white outfit, sure, but it's still an apron. You can tell by the creases - she wouldn't wear an un-ironed dress.
Yes, it’s true: I’m considering translating all of Shakespeare’s work into Pig Latin as an excuse to avoid all of Adam Oller’s starts. “Ooh sorry, had to miss that one. I was busy working on “Aiming-tay of the Oo-shray”.
Oller has 5 pitches that are fine based on velocity and movement. It’s just painful to watch his inability to locate them, combined with the admitted lack of confidence that prevents him from working more assertively to polish off a hitter.
The second one can be worked on, but all the confidence in the world won’t save you from pitches misfired a foot off the plate followed by ones accidentally grooved in the batter’s sweet spot (but enough about Lamont Wade Jr.).
The Oakland Athletics nipped at the heels of the San Francisco Giants all afternoon, but the Orange-and-Black were able to skate away with the coveted Bay Bridge Series trophy on another hat trick of home runs provided by Mike Yastrzemski and Thairo Estrada.
Though he bagged the win and kept Oakland hit-less until the 5th, Logan Webb wasn’t at his best in the match-up.
But that’s ok. It’s August. He’s nearing his career high of 148 innings pitched in a season, many of those innings thrown in duress with a lackluster defense piling on unwanted and stressful extra work.
Padres owner Peter Seidler was interviewed during the ESPN ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ broadcast, saying of the Dodgers, “They’re the dragon up the freeway that we’re trying to slay.”
San Diego made incredible strides in roster building this week and in recent years, which should help the Padres both in this postseason and future Octobers. But for now, the Dodgers are the class of the National League West, finishing off a sweep of San Diego with a 4-0 win on Sunday.
Los Angeles, which allowed only four runs in the three-game series, leads second-place San Diego by 15½ games.
Even though it doesn't look like it right now - the Dodgers pitching staff is a hospital ward. Who knows how it will shake out when Buhler, May, Kershaw, Tiernan, Almonte, Graterol all come back.
I thought the catcher was allowed to get in front of home plate if the throw took him there. The first time I saw this yesterday I thought it was a bounced throw, but looking at it just now it was on the fly. I guess it could be argued that he could've caught it a bit on his side and applied the tag rather than straddling the bag.
The catcher fields the ball (in flight) and has possession *before* the runner reaches home plate. It's literally a bang-bang play in the sense that the catcher gains possession of the ball just before the runner's right leg makes contact with the catcher *in front of the plate*.
If the catcher had gained possession after the runner's leg had contacted the catcher's foot in front of the plate, then the catcher would have been guilty of obstruction. If that had been the case, the runner is safe and scores.
The runner began his slide *before* the fielder (catcher) caught the ball. Further, the fielder (catcher) was blocking the runner's base line without possession of the ball *after* the runner began his slide.
The umpire did not rule obstruction (it wasn't, because the runner did not alter his approach, blocked or not), and did not make contact until after the catcher had the ball, and could legally block the plate, while making the tag. Correct out call based on every training session on that play in the last several years, on the field, overturned by replay for no valid reason. Even replay is not fool-proof, because a human is still making a call, just based on their take of a replay instead of live play.
And yet the out call was overturned on review. I don't know, but I'll speculate that the replay umpire ruled obstruction had occurred.
All I'm saying is that I see a reason why it could have been overturned. The rule as it is written now, and the application to the play in question could argue for obstruction.
The catcher was in position where the ball was coming, but he should have positioned himself a foot or two behind where he was, spreading his feet over the base, not in front of it.
Rule 6.01(h)(2) NOTE: The catcher, without the ball in his possession, has no right to block the pathway of the runner attempting to score. The base line belongs to the runner and the catcher should be there only when he is fielding a ball or when he already has the ball in his hand.
Upon further review, the runner started his slide before the catcher fields the throw *and* the fielder is blocking the runner's path to the base. I think that means obstruction occurred.
In 2017, Pete Rose was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14 year old for two years starting in 1973. At the time, Rose would have been in his mid-30s with two kids. When a reporter asked him about the allegations over the weekend, Pete Rose replied "that was 55 years ago, babe", "who cares what happened 50 years ago", and "will you forgive me if I sign 1,000 baseballs for you?".
Anyone under the age of consent legally cannot consent. It's statutory rape.
There may be mitigation in the case where *both* participants are underage. Certainly not if one participant is of age and the other is not.
Legality aside, it's morally wrong for Rose to do what he did whether the girl in question is 14 or 15. She was literally too young to be making that kind of choice. Same thing if the 14 or 15 year old was a boy.
ICYMI: The 2022 NFL Hall of Fame inductees are Tony Boselli, Cliff Branch, LeRoy Butler, Art McNally, Sam Mills, Richard Seymour, Dicker Vermeil, and Bryant Young.
Leeds had a great start & win - yay USA! That was a gooooooool! - then I made the mistake of watching some MLS a SJ game, man that sucks compared to the play in the premier league.
Hey, anyone remember that career test that some of us took around 8th grade in the 1960's? You had to poke holes through several sheets of paper, and then count up the holes.
Even if this is ends up being the best defense of the Wilcox era, I don't think the offense is good enough to capitalize to the tune of 8 wins (though I'd be quite happy to be proven wrong).
To answer my own question I see four wins on the schedule plus four toss-ups. I doubt we'll win all four toss-ups but we're bound to snag one, plus a possible upset. So I can't imagine a four or less wins.
Olivia Newton John has returned to Xanadu at the age of 73
https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1556739320257593344
Sad. An icon.
Eggplant
growing up i really disliked the way my mom cooked it (Bengali veggie mix up)
but now i rather enjoy both Italian prep style and even my wife's family's style (Gujarati eggplant w/ a sugar and peanut stuffing that all fall out when you cook it)
can't abide them. My wife can't either, fortunately.
Not a fan of it.
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I never really ate eggplant, and then I moved to China in 1996 and during 1996/97 my most common lunch was 鱼香茄子 - braised eggplant in a claypot. and it's now one of my favorite things.
For large swaths of Mainland China, 茄子 'qiezi'/eggplant is how photographers ask people to smile in photos. (起司'qisi/cheese' is the other one - I think it's kind of a north/south division but not exactly)
Not my fave by itself, but just fine in a one of many dish to me.
Maybe in Eggplant parm, and that's about it. Battered and deep fried, yes please.
On a 19 point scale, how good at you at ping pong?
I think I finished in the top 4 at the Bowles Hall pingpong tourney in 1990, so I must be 3/19.
1, unless we're playing beer pong. Then I'm a 2.
Now sure how I am on a 19 point scale. When a coworker and I bought a used table for work, we played everyday and I was better. Right now, probably a 6.
i am probably about the same. used to play a lot more in my younger days in HS.
4 at best.
Back in the day, me and the fellas put a ping pong table in the living room and played constantly. I would have sworn I was at least a 14. But then I tried my luck against a retired YMCA director who had played the kids on his lunch break for four decades. He made clear I was still in the single digits.
My coworker and I used to go to a local community center. There would be old chinese people playing. These are people that walked slowly but get a ping pong paddle in their hands and they'll smoke you.
If we’re being honest, we’d be hard pressed to find anything involving hand-eye where you’re > 10…you haven’t sniffed double-digits since the Reagan administration…
Played recently for the first time in years. Haven't lost it. 10-12.
7
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Growing up, we had a ping pong table at home, so until age 13, I was probably a 15. Now, probably a 9. I often forget how much fun it is.
DBD Bootcamp
I’m in
Soap Operas
I remember there was always a group at the Student Union eating lunch and watching All My Children.
Wildcard race
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
USA Today preseason poll released:
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/coaches-poll/
Notre Dame #5
Utah #8
Oregon #12
U$C #15
UCLA #40
Oregon State got 2 votes
rating a pre-season SC in the top 25 has been a fools errand since 2009 and yet people keep doing it
I will say I’m bullish on Lincoln Riley + Caleb Williams + Jordan Addison + Mario Williams + Brenden Rice + Travis Dye…that’s a bigger payroll than the Rays.
It's right up there with "Texas is BACK"
OU's Cale Gundy resigns after saying a naughty word. Says he said it accidentally, which I find highly highly unlikely.
https://twitter.com/OU247/status/1556493418292994048
Maybe he's Ron Burgendy?
The explanation doesn't wash with me, either. Only the explanation and the timing (within a few weeks of the season opener) feels like misdirection. Wouldn't surprise me to find that something else is at the root of this action.
Revised W4C layout
I noticed that I can go to the archived tab and see the previous layout of stories. It's easier to see the new articles.
Though I liked the dark background better.
I really like the dark background better for the ease of reading.
Agree.
Are the layout colors supposed to switch for day and night?
This layout is the grey road unis of the Sonny Dykes era of layouts.
I remember one game with gray unis. Vs. Oregon in the rain where we were down 40-0 in second quarter and Zach Kline played majority of the game.
#tinyhands never forget
Like the white for reading, but also liked the blue and gold style. So it's a toss-up. I suppose I'll get used to the clean interface of the white style.
Cruise
How about a $6k luxury cruise from SF to...
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Bay-Area-river-cruise-costs-6000-17357489.php
A friend and fellow alum forwarded that story to me. I told him some crazy Californians would probably take advantage of it.
How was your weekend?
Alright, but a bit dull. It was in the 90s all weekend with feels like temperatures near 100, so it was too hot to do anything outside. It's just as well, as I've been sidelined from riding my bike since Thursday since the air spring in the fork is leaking. I'm waiting on one last parts delivery today then I can tear it down and swap out all the seals (and old seal is almost certainly the cause of the leak).
Yesterday I smoked an excellent turkey breast. It was brined in a sweeter-than-usual brine with a bit of honey, and it comes through quite well. Only downside is that the 3lb breast took almost 3 hours to smoke rather than the 30-45 minutes per lb I was seeing online. Oh well, worth the wait.
Spent many many hours flushing the coolant out of No 2's car. Need to change the transmission fluid tonight and figure out a way to hook up a dashcam. The 2010 Mazda 3 fuse panel doesn't have any switched fuses so I can't hardware it there. Maybe the dash cigarette lighter is switched so I can splice in a 2nd one behind the dash.
Is there a spare 12v outlet you can use to power it? In my car I have a dashcam plugged in to a 12v-to-usb plug in the center armrest. I have the usb cord running along the headliner, under the A-pillar trim, under a rubber seal along the glovebox, and then under the passenger floormat so it's hidden out of the way.
I think the center armrest cigarette lighter is always powered, as is the USB cord. No 2 uses the center cigarette lighter for a USB charger instead of the USB port. In No 3's Accord there are switched fuses so it was easier.
Was cooped up on COVID quarantine with the rest of my family for the last 10 days. Finally went outside this weekend. It was pretty quiet.
Good. Had a major carpentry project to redo a portion of the floor in my daughter's utility room/back porch, and got it taken care of in a hot day Saturday (but we knew it would be hotter Sunday). Lazy 100-degree day on Sunday, with fish tacos for dinner.
Good!
Friday: work HH -> HeyStudentsBears meetup
Saturday: secret work project -> brunch with coworkers -> Giants @ A's with coworkers
Sunday: found an ugly sweater for another secret work project, caught up on crosswords
the drinking meetup was fun. thanks to all how came by to say hi.
Had a friend in from . .. well, we met in Shanghai, she lives in Paris, but her boyfriend lives in New York, they flew in for a long weekend. Spent the day walking around Ess Eff, then saw WFC for post dinner.
Spent Saturday and Sunday watching a lot of tv.
Not without some excitement.
Yesterday did some weeding. Using a hoe, I was going after dandelions on a path and on the adjacent hillside. Suddenly, I was swarmed by bees and was stung. Dropped the hoe and ran. These were not yellowjackets, although that's what I thought they were initially.
Did you know that there is such a thing as ground bees? They use holes that were created by other critters. There are numerous species of ground bees.
Wedding using a ho?
pqtm.
Great, loved DJ'ing for Sunday dinner - playing a lot of things I hadn't in a long time - often just one side or one song (Stiff Little Fingers).
Fine. Went on a 6-hour whale watching trip yesterday in the San Juan Islands (Washington) saw orcas, minkes, and a humpback whale named Scratchy.
Good, how was yours?
[Emulating my niece]: "Fine."
Hot and humid. Dew points have been in the 70s for a couple days. Kicked my butt the end of my run yesterday morning. Saturday evening I went for a walk and saw two turkeys with five poults and that's fun for a city boy.
Waffles
Waffles are a lot of work, high execution risk, and have relatively modest return. I mean, when they're good, they're great... but I never make them from scratch any more and only really have them at hotels or frozen.
Agreed. It's too hard to get them just right. Pancakes are easier to execute and I'll take a perfect pancake (lightly crisp edge, soft fluffy interior) over a perfect waffle anyway.
Get a good waffle iron. A lot of the problems I read people complaining about have been solved by better technology. I was allowed to pick out a new one a few years back for my Christmas present, and I've never looked back.
Hmmmm... when my wife made them, they were always perfect, but she stopped doing brunches about a decade ago. 😢
Had a waffle iron and it was a devil to get complete waffles off the iron without having them split in half...
One of the best breakfast foods EVER. Made them yesterday.
those mermaid waffles remind me of the box of Lucky Charms, without the cereal in it (just the marshmallows). I got it as a graduation gag gift, and they loved it!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lucky-Charms-Marshmallows-Only-4-OZ-Resealable-Pouch/802583446
Waffles are the best, but the Belgium waffles are way over rated. Get an original style waffle icon, brush some butter on the top and bottom, close it to let it heat up again, poor the batter, and then it's just about timing
Been to a place called Roscoe’s once. Good waffles.
I had one at the HeyStudentsBears meetup on Friday! A good time was had by all!
waffles with maple syrup and garlic naan w/ tikka masala sauce is a good combo at East Bay Spice Co.
It's not popular, but I prefer pancakes.
I feel like pancakes have the steepest ROI decline of all the foods. There is nothing on earth better than the first bite of a diner pancake...but by the third bite it's just meh, and when they cool (which is quickly) they're sorta gross.
The only time I eat them is when I stay at a cheap hotel that has free breakfast. Usually there's a waffle maker and I might use it one out of 20 visits.
DBD AV Club
Bob's Burgers Movie (9/19, Hulu & HBOMax). They spent a lot more effort on animation and a lot less time on the script. Funny at times, but it's a below-average fluffed up Bob's Burger episode.
And too much singing. So much that I turned it off during the second song which was like 10 minutes into the movie
Barry (S3, HBO) 19/19. Don't call it a dark comedy. It has scenes that are clearly comedy. And it has scenes that drive the story which sometimes get pretty darn grim some times. I have never seen a show balance the two extremes of cartoonish-characters and very real humans so well. Fricking brilliant.
I enjoyed season 3. Was really good.
I wished they had either more episodes or longer episodes, particularly with the lengthy time between seasons. C'mon, Hader! What the hell else are you doing?
Prey, on Hulu, a Predator origin story set amongst the Comanche people of the Northern Great Plains in 1719.
Thoroughly f-ing enjoyable!!! Loved it.
I thought it was good too. I also think they should do another version and make it more like the movie Aliens.
It was fantastic.
It was so so so so good. I want to see Amber Midthunder in a lot more - she was fantastic.
Yes We Cannon and I are having a running conversation about other timeframes/situations that would be good for Predator.
My dinner with Andre, and also, The Predator
11 Angry Men, and the Predator
Pride and Prejudice and the Predator.
Three Men and a Baby Predator
Guess Who is Coming to Dinner, The Predator
Eternal Sunshine of the Predators Mind
Y tu Predator Tambien
Oddly... watched Spiderman #2, and man that movie is SO different than anything Marvel makes today. In the first like 40 minutes there's maybe 2 1/2 minutes of action, and tons of angst and loss for our hero, very different than what they make today. I remember when it came out it was super popular, and it's not at all bad, some very good acting (especially Doc Oct) - but so surprisingly different.
Those first two Sam Raimi movies hold up. I think they're basically the reason superhero movies exploded in the ensuing decades.
Lego Star Wars Summertime Special - huge disappointment after the hilarity of the Christmas special from a year or two ago.
Finally saw Lightyear - who was this made for?
I saw it and liked it.
Easter Sunday 7/19 - I really wanted to like this Filipino Bay Area family comedy a lot more, but so many of the jokes fell flat. There was a huge contrast between the experienced actors (Tia Carrera, Jimmy O. Yang, and especially Tiffany Haddish) and the newcomers.
It was pleasant, but I wish it was done a little better. Tons of Bay Area Filipino culture though.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
ABQ seems to have a racist serial killer problem
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/us/victims-muslim-killings-albuquerque/index.html
No wonder TFG complained about low flow toilets
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1556581489059536896
Louie Gohmert: Novaxx Djokovic > 1m dead Americans
https://twitter.com/replouiegohmert/status/1554194976434782209
That guy is such a moron.
Gov. Abbott (R-TX) sends bus loads of immigrants - some against their will - to New York City.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/eric-adams-texas-migrants-new-york-00050235
Busing in voters
Strawman Lindsey
https://twitter.com/popehat/status/1556406238790836224
Bill & Bernard's Excellent Adventures
https://twitter.com/claytoncubitt/status/1556332608774103040
Gov. Hochul (D-NY) is a woman of the people
https://twitter.com/FederalistJC/status/1556409649779380224
Curious what's wrong with the photo?
Grilling with an all-white ensemble is asking for, well, stains.
Mrs Slug wouldn't be caught dead wearing anything white while grilling unless it were an apron.
I think she's wearing a white apron. It's over a white outfit, sure, but it's still an apron. You can tell by the creases - she wouldn't wear an un-ironed dress.
But not the blouse. The apron is from the waist down.
“You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?”
“Which generals?” Kelly asked.
“The German generals in World War II,” Trump responded.
“You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said.
https://twitter.com/CarlosLozadaWP/status/1556604226381516801?s=20&t=A6XMVFIcRqplYbA8qgSewA
Wild he'd go straight for German generals instead of Eisenhower, Patton, or MacArthur. But also totally on brand.
I wouldn't trust MacArthur.
I wonder if Trump's apparent "preference" (such as it may be) for German generals is related to the fact that his ancestry is German.
No, he's a moron, and "assumed" that German generals were more loyal, more obedient.
They also lost and trump doesn’t like losers.
PRO
To Eep-slay, Perchance To Eem-Dray
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2022/8/7/23295763/to-eep-slay-perchance-to-eem-dray-adam-oller-adrian-martinez-kevin-smith-gunnar-hoglund
Yes, it’s true: I’m considering translating all of Shakespeare’s work into Pig Latin as an excuse to avoid all of Adam Oller’s starts. “Ooh sorry, had to miss that one. I was busy working on “Aiming-tay of the Oo-shray”.
Oller has 5 pitches that are fine based on velocity and movement. It’s just painful to watch his inability to locate them, combined with the admitted lack of confidence that prevents him from working more assertively to polish off a hitter.
The second one can be worked on, but all the confidence in the world won’t save you from pitches misfired a foot off the plate followed by ones accidentally grooved in the batter’s sweet spot (but enough about Lamont Wade Jr.).
The Giants are Bay Bridge Series Champions of the Universe!!!!
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/8/7/23296204/mlb-recap-san-francisco-giants-oakland-athletics-logan-webb-mike-yastrzemski-bay-bridge-series
The Oakland Athletics nipped at the heels of the San Francisco Giants all afternoon, but the Orange-and-Black were able to skate away with the coveted Bay Bridge Series trophy on another hat trick of home runs provided by Mike Yastrzemski and Thairo Estrada.
Though he bagged the win and kept Oakland hit-less until the 5th, Logan Webb wasn’t at his best in the match-up.
But that’s ok. It’s August. He’s nearing his career high of 148 innings pitched in a season, many of those innings thrown in duress with a lackluster defense piling on unwanted and stressful extra work.
Tyler Anderson, Cody Bellinger finish off Dodgers sweep of Padres
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/8/7/23295780/cody-bellinger-home-runs-tyler-anderson-dodgers-sweep-padres
Padres owner Peter Seidler was interviewed during the ESPN ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ broadcast, saying of the Dodgers, “They’re the dragon up the freeway that we’re trying to slay.”
San Diego made incredible strides in roster building this week and in recent years, which should help the Padres both in this postseason and future Octobers. But for now, the Dodgers are the class of the National League West, finishing off a sweep of San Diego with a 4-0 win on Sunday.
Los Angeles, which allowed only four runs in the three-game series, leads second-place San Diego by 15½ games.
Despite the big trade last week the Padres still get swept and outscored 20-4. It looks like they have a long way to go...
And 3 of the 4 runs were unearned. So the Pads score 1 earned run over 3 games.
Even though it doesn't look like it right now - the Dodgers pitching staff is a hospital ward. Who knows how it will shake out when Buhler, May, Kershaw, Tiernan, Almonte, Graterol all come back.
I'd laugh, but I've hurt myself slapping a mosquito, reaching for something in my back seat, and walking down some stairs.
https://twitter.com/960theref/status/1556248970275557378
Strained my groin getting out of the shower...missed the mat and slid on the tile. Boo.
Rocket City embraces their identity.
https://twitter.com/StephenQ3340/status/1555769996239929345
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? I AM!
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1555684749972316167
Block or out?
https://twitter.com/timandfriends/status/1556394856473321473
Blocking foul. The defender didn't set his feet before contact.
I thought the catcher was allowed to get in front of home plate if the throw took him there. The first time I saw this yesterday I thought it was a bounced throw, but looking at it just now it was on the fly. I guess it could be argued that he could've caught it a bit on his side and applied the tag rather than straddling the bag.
Pre Posey that was an out. Now I think you need to call safe
Out.
The catcher fields the ball (in flight) and has possession *before* the runner reaches home plate. It's literally a bang-bang play in the sense that the catcher gains possession of the ball just before the runner's right leg makes contact with the catcher *in front of the plate*.
If the catcher had gained possession after the runner's leg had contacted the catcher's foot in front of the plate, then the catcher would have been guilty of obstruction. If that had been the case, the runner is safe and scores.
I'm going to change my assessment here.
Obstruction.
The runner began his slide *before* the fielder (catcher) caught the ball. Further, the fielder (catcher) was blocking the runner's base line without possession of the ball *after* the runner began his slide.
Runner is safe and scores.
The umpire did not rule obstruction (it wasn't, because the runner did not alter his approach, blocked or not), and did not make contact until after the catcher had the ball, and could legally block the plate, while making the tag. Correct out call based on every training session on that play in the last several years, on the field, overturned by replay for no valid reason. Even replay is not fool-proof, because a human is still making a call, just based on their take of a replay instead of live play.
And yet the out call was overturned on review. I don't know, but I'll speculate that the replay umpire ruled obstruction had occurred.
All I'm saying is that I see a reason why it could have been overturned. The rule as it is written now, and the application to the play in question could argue for obstruction.
Block.
The catcher was in position where the ball was coming, but he should have positioned himself a foot or two behind where he was, spreading his feet over the base, not in front of it.
I... don't know, but man, that was shown over and over last night on ESPN.
Out. Catcher has as much right to the area where the ball is as the runner, as long as he isn't "pre-blocking" the plate.
Seems like this is exactly the way the Buster Posey rule was supposed to work.
I thought the rule was that the catcher had to give the runner a lane, even if the ball got there early.
I don't think so.
Rule 6.01(h)(2) NOTE: The catcher, without the ball in his possession, has no right to block the pathway of the runner attempting to score. The base line belongs to the runner and the catcher should be there only when he is fielding a ball or when he already has the ball in his hand.
oh so maybe the throw taking the catcher into the baseline is only when it's as the runner gets to the plate.
Not sure that applies here.
Upon further review, the runner started his slide before the catcher fields the throw *and* the fielder is blocking the runner's path to the base. I think that means obstruction occurred.
I don't think you need to use the word "pre-blocking". Either a fielder is blocking a base or he isn't.
In 2017, Pete Rose was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14 year old for two years starting in 1973. At the time, Rose would have been in his mid-30s with two kids. When a reporter asked him about the allegations over the weekend, Pete Rose replied "that was 55 years ago, babe", "who cares what happened 50 years ago", and "will you forgive me if I sign 1,000 baseballs for you?".
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/pete-rose-dismisses-sexual-misconduct-questions-1.6544400
That dude is such a slimeball
Eh, tacky, but I think she was 15 when it started, and they hung out together a long time.
That doesn’t excuse shit. Underaged is underaged regardless if it was 1975 or 2025.
HOW DOES ANY OF THAT MAKE IT BETTER
Makes it very, very different, than say Rose forcing himself on her. Trump assaulting women in their 40's is much worse.
So he groomed her. wtf cugel
What in the actual fuck? It is, by definition, rape. It's gross.
Anyone under the age of consent legally cannot consent. It's statutory rape.
There may be mitigation in the case where *both* participants are underage. Certainly not if one participant is of age and the other is not.
Legality aside, it's morally wrong for Rose to do what he did whether the girl in question is 14 or 15. She was literally too young to be making that kind of choice. Same thing if the 14 or 15 year old was a boy.
In a legal sense, you're right, but it's worth noting that even in the modern day there are different ages of consent in different places.
For example, in France 15 would be legal.
ICYMI: The 2022 NFL Hall of Fame inductees are Tony Boselli, Cliff Branch, LeRoy Butler, Art McNally, Sam Mills, Richard Seymour, Dicker Vermeil, and Bryant Young.
https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2022/2/pro-football-hall-of-fame-to-enshrine-eight-in-class-of-2022/
Commander's linebacker retires. And he was a rookie. But only retired for one day.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/commanders-tre-walker-unretires-from-nfl/
Fireworks at baseball
https://twitter.com/StephenQ3340/status/1555769996239929345?t=ek3xCOeKyd1RFiwmef510g&s=19
Leeds had a great start & win - yay USA! That was a gooooooool! - then I made the mistake of watching some MLS a SJ game, man that sucks compared to the play in the premier league.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Curlee Thomas gets persecuted by the rest of the team for being true to himself
https://twitter.com/CurleeIv/status/1556487289370550278
Ben Coleman miked up a practice
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1556113561977380864
Hey, anyone remember that career test that some of us took around 8th grade in the 1960's? You had to poke holes through several sheets of paper, and then count up the holes.
DBD test kitchen.
The consensus seems to be that the Bears will finish with the usual five-to-seven wins. If they don't, which do you think is more likely, 4-8 or 8-4?
Even if this is ends up being the best defense of the Wilcox era, I don't think the offense is good enough to capitalize to the tune of 8 wins (though I'd be quite happy to be proven wrong).
Gotta be 8-4. 4-8 is too depressing.
8-4, for sure!
Guys are really flying around out there! And they can't wait to hit someone wearing another color! They're really chomping at the bit!
Real physical
Anything less that 8 regular season wins is an absolute failure for year 6 Wilcox and he should be shown the door.
I agree.
My heart says 8-4 but my head realizes it more than likely will be 4-8.
If we lose to UNLV, Wilcox needs to be fired immediately.
To answer my own question I see four wins on the schedule plus four toss-ups. I doubt we'll win all four toss-ups but we're bound to snag one, plus a possible upset. So I can't imagine a four or less wins.
I'd guess 8-4 is more likely.