There is some dispute as to the origin of the city of Hayward’s name, but a common belief it was named after a guy - William Dutton Hayward - who built a hotel there.
I'm not sure if Hayward is named after the guy who built a hotel there, but I think that's an interesting story. It seems like he was influential in the area and helped make it what it is today! Please visit my blog, https://rpo.techfetch.com/.
I still maintain that Hayward is an underrated town with respect to the Bay Area. It's not an amazing place or anything but it has a negative reputation that it doesn't fully deserve. It was a fine place to live, and some good people there.
Bill Cosby will be released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced Wednesday that his sexual-assault conviction was to be overturned. The entertainer had served more than two years after being convicted of sexual assault in one of the most high-profile trials of the #MeToo era.
Apparently the reasoning is that the prosecutor pulled a bait-and-switch on him: agreed to provide immunity for a criminal prosecution if he testified in a civil trial, then used said testimony to convict him in criminal court.
That is certainly crappy conduct on the prosecutor's part. Cosby is also certainly guilty as sin.
Except that "the prosecutor" is actually two different prosecutors. The first prosecutor (Castor?) offered Cosby immunity from criminal prosecution if he testified in his civil case, which Cosby did.
Castor's successor (whose name I cannot recall right now) went back on Castor's promise and used Cosby's testimony to convict him in the criminal case for the same offense.
The PA Supremes said that's a violation of his 5th Amendment rights. Conviction overturned.
I think the ruling allows a slimeball out of prison. The ruling also protects 5th Amendment rights. I'm having a hard time disagreeing with protecting 5th Amendment rights.
Agree with this. I think it's the right decision andalso I hate it. It's similar to when I cut a check to the ACLU and then they go defend some giant slimeball, but the system only works if the system works for everyone whether or not I like them so I continue to support.
I feel like in practice it's often the worst of both worlds though; so many underprivileged defendants get their rights trampled by the police and prosecutors, while the rich and/or famous people who have the best attorneys, people like Cosby, get to take full advantage.
On a somewhat related note, I was surprised when I stopped by a Pittsburgh area Cheesesteak chain (Poppi who is famous for a sandwich named after the problematic Ben Roethlisberger) still has a photo of the owner with Bill Cosby up on the wall (as a part of 50 or so celebrity photos). I understand that might use to give Philly credentials to the place in the past, but in 2021!?!?!?
Oof. Mother who was dropping her football-playing son off at the Naval Academy ahead of summer training is killed by a stray bullet during a drive-by shooting.
My guess is it's going to be one of the foreign Olympians, especially if they have a bit of success. Emma Wright (whose Calympian profile is already scheduled for tomorrow, fittingly for Canada Day) if she leads Team Canada Women's Water Polo to contention or maybe Spanish swimmer Hugo Gonzalez. A couple of other Olympians who will be back on campus includes Canadian Hammer Thrower Camryn Rogers (already 2x NCAA champ and might have a shot at a medal) and Great Britain swimmer Alicia Wilson (too many good GB swimmers to overshadow her though). Then there are a few rowing Olympians, but they are part of a crew.
Hmmm... my main thesis is that endorsements flow to superstars, not just good players. And I'd narrow it down to the revenue sports and the endorsement sports (FB, MBB, Golf, Tennis). Ruey can probably correct me, but I see golf & tennis as being mostly good teams, but no superstars. MBB... pqtm. FB? The next potential superstar I see is Kai Milner, followed by Justyn Martin. Brett Johnson is a legit star, but 4-techs don't sell jerseys.
I briefly lived in Hayward before marrying Mrs Slug.
I shared an apartment for 6 months with an old friend. Still, there was about 3 months between the end of that lease and marrying Mrs Slug. I moved to Santa Cruz in the interim and roomed with one of my groomsmen.
Looking at some domestic China tourism this summer. Hainan (China's Hawaii - ha! but it's nice enough for a domestic beach trip), Tibet (maybe, but don't know if I can get a full week off) - otherwise it's Beijing for work in August.
Trains vs. Planes is honestly a seasonly consideration. The reason the Beijing/Shanghai flight sucks is that there are only two flight paths, and if there's anything disrupting at all (weather, pollution, military exercises) then delays stack up and up and up and up. This is summer.
But if its fall, and flights are looser (and there aren't so many stacked up flights) - flying makes slight more sense because it's 4 hours door to door and trains are 6 hours door to door. But trains are ALWAYS six, and flights have like a 80% chance of being more than 4 if it's summer and like 40% chance in the fall. It'll probably be a day-before decision.
The only time that I had an issue at O'Hare, I knew before I boarded my flight in Milwaukee that I will miss my connection and have to spend the night in Chicago. Otherwise, there was a time that I nearly self-inflicted a missed connection by ordering food from Rick Bayless' famed Tortas Frontera.
Well at least there is the Hilton O'Hare if you get stuck there. Happened to me in winter in a thick snowstorm, had to check into the hotel (very noisy by the way) before I boarded my flight to NYC in the morning. I had been scheduled on the red-eye.
Yeah, United paid for a stay there. It's a pretty nice hotel even if I only had a short night of sleep as they put me on a 6 AM flight out the next day (I didn't really need to go home that early in the day).
When my United flight got delayed below, they paid for one of the off site hotels, like a Best Western or something like that. Not great but not bad. What sucked was that the original flight was like 9 or 930 and this was NYD so it was cold and there was snow on the ground. The shuttle took us to the hotel but there wasn't onsite food and nothing right next door. So we couldn't really get anything to eat or snack on.
The last few times I've flown into ORD I haven't had that many problems. The one time we had a flight cancelled was because the incoming pilots were stuck in Denver and couldn't make it.
LA in two weeks for work (altho may go with fam and drive instead), and then HNL in August for same reason (also with fam, but driving less of an option...).
Did PVR at beginning of June. Was not bad (airports and flights). Drop off to gate at both SFO and PVR was like 20 minutes.
Planning to fly to LA next May. I'm not sure if I have any flights before that (a potential work trip to Australia in January was just rescheduled to July).
Gov. Abbott (R-TX) declares a state of emergency related to illegal immigration, vows to build a wall. State of emergency frees up $250m of funding. Gov. Noem responds by sending 50 South Dakota National Guardsmen to help, funded by a scrap yard billionaire - who unironically complain that they immigrants aren't wearing masks.
The Oakland A’s mounted the comeback they were looking for in the bottom of the 9th inning on Tuesday, but unfortunately it was too little too late.
The A’s found themselves down three runs in the final frame and slugged two solo homers, which weren’t quite enough to catch the Texas Rangers in a 5-4 final in their series opener at the Coliseum. Making the result more frustrating was that the Rangers themselves had scored two insurance runs in the top of the 9th, which turned out to make the difference.
The pitching side featured a rematch of starters James Kaprielian and Mike Foltynewicz, who faced each other last week in Arlington, and once again they were both quality. However, Folty got the better end of the duel this time, and by the end of six innings Texas led 3-2.
For the second day in a row, a very good San Francisco Giants pitcher did not have it in the first inning. And for the second day in a row, the Giants held the Los Angeles Dodgers in check for the rest of the game. And for the second day in a row, the Giants offense just could not find The Hit™, and they lost to the Dodgers. This time it was 3-1.
On Tuesday it was the Giants ace, Kevin Gausman, who got into some early hot water. Gausman couldn’t locate the strike zone in the first inning, and loaded the bases via a pair of walks and a hit batter. He did an outstanding job finding his pitches in time to strike out Will Smith, but Chris Taylor ruined the party — I imagine Chris Taylor ruins a lot of parties — by doinking one the other way for a two-run double.
In honor of Taylor ruining the party, I present to you this stat.
Gausman was struggling with grip and command all night, and idiot Stu Scheurwater harnessing his inner-Enrico Palazzo/Frank Drebinth behind the plate didn't help matters much. The 1-2 pitch to Taylor was just a brutal location miss...Gerald Dempsey wanted a high fastball up & away, and it leaked belt-high inner half. Spotting Buehler a 3-0 lead is more than enough.
The Dodgers faced one of the best pitchers in baseball and lived to tell about it, thanks to some timely hitting and an elite pitcher of their own. Walker Buehler and the Dodgers beat Kevin Gausman and the Giants 3-1 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, completing a brief two-game sweep in Los Angeles.
A five-game win streak has the Dodgers back to within 1½ games of San Francisco in the National League West, exactly where they were nine days ago, before a four-game losing streak that Dave Roberts called “embarrassing” and of which Clayton Kershaw said, “I think maybe it was a wake up call.”
The alarm bells sounded for the Dodgers in the first inning, thanks walks by Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger, sandwiching Justin Turner getting hit by a pitch. It’s the first time this season Gausman walked more than one batter in an inning.
A 120th minute goal lifts Ukraine over Sweden. Sweden had been playing with 10 men since the 98th minute due to a red card and they seemed to be lackadaisically waiting for PKs as soon as the clock hit 120.
In Pac12 football terms, imagine a fan base with the success rate of Washington combined with the attitude of USC (Scootie very much excepted), and you're get some idea of why I was supporting Germany. It certainly wasn't because the Germans were playing better soccer - in fact, with a better manager England would almost be a lock to win this iteration of the Euros
ha! You're right, that's more efficient, my suggestion was overkill. The obsession that the latest home-grown talent is a world-beater is another point in common.
I get that, it's just that in this scenario it seems to me that Germany is actually USC. All else being equal (meaning the result has no bearing on Cal's season), I would probably still root for UW to beat USC, even if the Husky fan base is annoying.
So gross that my British not-a-boyfriend could not really enjoy yesterday's victory because it's
"tainted for me by the knuckle-dragging racist bastards who support a fantasy Little England.
Cue the Renaissance of the British Empire… the racist bastards conveniently forget they wouldn’t let the scorer of the first goal in their house for a cup of water."
I cannot tell you how happy I was that Raheem Sterling scored that first goal. The Daily Mail editors must have been shitting their pants - until "proper English striker" (ie lazy and unimaginative) Harry Kane scored.
I'm not sure if Hayward is named after the guy who built a hotel there, but I think that's an interesting story. It seems like he was influential in the area and helped make it what it is today! Please visit my blog, https://rpo.techfetch.com/.
TIL: Pabst Blue Ribbon makes whiskey.
https://pabstblueribbon.com/blue-ribbon-whiskey/
DBD Shopping
I want to get a camper van, but I'm short about $100K for a new one.
ATTN IT'S-IT fans, Groupon has a coupon, $10 for 12 ice creams.
https://www.groupon.com/deals/it-s-it-cookie-dough-2
Maximum of 3 groupons. Also, there is a 1 day only 40% off code (HURRY40).
I got 3 orders for $6 each so 36 IT'S-ITs for $18. You have up to 90 days to use the 3 groupons per email address.
Just shared with my brother
The previous Living Social offer also included chocolate covered oatmeal cookies. Unfortunately this one does not.
I still maintain that Hayward is an underrated town with respect to the Bay Area. It's not an amazing place or anything but it has a negative reputation that it doesn't fully deserve. It was a fine place to live, and some good people there.
@It's so bad even the Cal State System didn't want to be associated with it.@
i thought it was a Cal State school. my mom got her MBA from there when i was at Cal.
i had to type up all her assignments since she didnt know how to use WordPerfect or WordStar. i feel like i earned at least half an MBA ...
They changed the name from Cal State Hayward to Cal State East Bay.
What?!?!?!?
Bill Cosby will be released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced Wednesday that his sexual-assault conviction was to be overturned. The entertainer had served more than two years after being convicted of sexual assault in one of the most high-profile trials of the #MeToo era.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/06/30/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-conviction-overturned/
Apparently the reasoning is that the prosecutor pulled a bait-and-switch on him: agreed to provide immunity for a criminal prosecution if he testified in a civil trial, then used said testimony to convict him in criminal court.
That is certainly crappy conduct on the prosecutor's part. Cosby is also certainly guilty as sin.
Except that "the prosecutor" is actually two different prosecutors. The first prosecutor (Castor?) offered Cosby immunity from criminal prosecution if he testified in his civil case, which Cosby did.
Castor's successor (whose name I cannot recall right now) went back on Castor's promise and used Cosby's testimony to convict him in the criminal case for the same offense.
The PA Supremes said that's a violation of his 5th Amendment rights. Conviction overturned.
I think the ruling allows a slimeball out of prison. The ruling also protects 5th Amendment rights. I'm having a hard time disagreeing with protecting 5th Amendment rights.
Agree with this. I think it's the right decision andalso I hate it. It's similar to when I cut a check to the ACLU and then they go defend some giant slimeball, but the system only works if the system works for everyone whether or not I like them so I continue to support.
Yup. Constitutional rights are a double-edged sword. Either they work for everyone or no one.
I feel like in practice it's often the worst of both worlds though; so many underprivileged defendants get their rights trampled by the police and prosecutors, while the rich and/or famous people who have the best attorneys, people like Cosby, get to take full advantage.
On a somewhat related note, I was surprised when I stopped by a Pittsburgh area Cheesesteak chain (Poppi who is famous for a sandwich named after the problematic Ben Roethlisberger) still has a photo of the owner with Bill Cosby up on the wall (as a part of 50 or so celebrity photos). I understand that might use to give Philly credentials to the place in the past, but in 2021!?!?!?
Some folks DGAF. And they're happy if you are, or anyone else is, offended.
Also: people are lazy.
That, too.
Other College
IT IS LARRY SCOTT'S LAST DAY AT PAC-12
how large of a check is he leaving with?
Well, he was paid $5 million per year, so you can imagine how much the golden parachute might be worth.
Oof. Mother who was dropping her football-playing son off at the Naval Academy ahead of summer training is killed by a stray bullet during a drive-by shooting.
https://www.wbal.com/article/521194/124/police-midshipmans-mom-killed-outside-annapolis-hotel
This kind of thing should never happen.
Saw that, horrible.
College athletes gear up for influx of cash and pressure with name, image and likeness rights set to kick in
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-athletes-gear-up-for-influx-of-cash-and-pressure-with-name-image-and-likeness-rights-set-to-kick-in/
Opinion...whom at Cal is most likely to become a highly compensated star?
In related news, I think Under Armour can go eat a d$*&.
My guess is it's going to be one of the foreign Olympians, especially if they have a bit of success. Emma Wright (whose Calympian profile is already scheduled for tomorrow, fittingly for Canada Day) if she leads Team Canada Women's Water Polo to contention or maybe Spanish swimmer Hugo Gonzalez. A couple of other Olympians who will be back on campus includes Canadian Hammer Thrower Camryn Rogers (already 2x NCAA champ and might have a shot at a medal) and Great Britain swimmer Alicia Wilson (too many good GB swimmers to overshadow her though). Then there are a few rowing Olympians, but they are part of a crew.
Tedford era players if they had the system 15 years ago.
Tha1ToWatch
I think that there will be very few ever who are 'highly compensated' (i.e., something in excess of $25K per year
Probably no one currently on campus.
Hmmm... my main thesis is that endorsements flow to superstars, not just good players. And I'd narrow it down to the revenue sports and the endorsement sports (FB, MBB, Golf, Tennis). Ruey can probably correct me, but I see golf & tennis as being mostly good teams, but no superstars. MBB... pqtm. FB? The next potential superstar I see is Kai Milner, followed by Justyn Martin. Brett Johnson is a legit star, but 4-techs don't sell jerseys.
I'm ready to buy a Justin Baker, Touchdown Maker jersey.
Hayward
I briefly lived in Hayward before marrying Mrs Slug.
I shared an apartment for 6 months with an old friend. Still, there was about 3 months between the end of that lease and marrying Mrs Slug. I moved to Santa Cruz in the interim and roomed with one of my groomsmen.
basketball player
The origin of "hella", according to ex-roommate of mine, who grew up as a member of Team H.
, Keith
I am anxious to see how he does with Deng, Goode, Patu, Croteau.
https://calbears.com/staff-directory/keith-heyward/5124
I used to refer to it as a "suburban slum" back when I delivered legal drugs there.
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Track stadium in Eugene.
That was my first thought even though I have a brother who lives in Hayward.
When and to where do you think is your next flight?
Looking at some domestic China tourism this summer. Hainan (China's Hawaii - ha! but it's nice enough for a domestic beach trip), Tibet (maybe, but don't know if I can get a full week off) - otherwise it's Beijing for work in August.
Not the trains if Beijing?
Trains vs. Planes is honestly a seasonly consideration. The reason the Beijing/Shanghai flight sucks is that there are only two flight paths, and if there's anything disrupting at all (weather, pollution, military exercises) then delays stack up and up and up and up. This is summer.
But if its fall, and flights are looser (and there aren't so many stacked up flights) - flying makes slight more sense because it's 4 hours door to door and trains are 6 hours door to door. But trains are ALWAYS six, and flights have like a 80% chance of being more than 4 if it's summer and like 40% chance in the fall. It'll probably be a day-before decision.
no idea.
Maybe in late August to LA to both visit my sister and attend my delayed by a year "20-year" HS reunion.
August to beautiful Ohio!!! (Although there aren't direct flights right now, so I'm flying through ORD each way.)
I am not familiar with this place "beautiful Ohio."
It's the place that people who think the Columbus Zoo > SD Zoo exists in real life
Where's the beautiful Ohio?
I will start a nightly, silent-prayer vigil for a delay-free O'Hare experience, TBB...
The only time that I had an issue at O'Hare, I knew before I boarded my flight in Milwaukee that I will miss my connection and have to spend the night in Chicago. Otherwise, there was a time that I nearly self-inflicted a missed connection by ordering food from Rick Bayless' famed Tortas Frontera.
Well at least there is the Hilton O'Hare if you get stuck there. Happened to me in winter in a thick snowstorm, had to check into the hotel (very noisy by the way) before I boarded my flight to NYC in the morning. I had been scheduled on the red-eye.
Yeah, United paid for a stay there. It's a pretty nice hotel even if I only had a short night of sleep as they put me on a 6 AM flight out the next day (I didn't really need to go home that early in the day).
When my United flight got delayed below, they paid for one of the off site hotels, like a Best Western or something like that. Not great but not bad. What sucked was that the original flight was like 9 or 930 and this was NYD so it was cold and there was snow on the ground. The shuttle took us to the hotel but there wasn't onsite food and nothing right next door. So we couldn't really get anything to eat or snack on.
I had that same experience once making my way to Iowa to visit my sister over one of the holidays.
The last few times I've flown into ORD I haven't had that many problems. The one time we had a flight cancelled was because the incoming pilots were stuck in Denver and couldn't make it.
On the other hand, let's not talk about EWR...
Hawaii, probably. Hopefully in a month or so, need to plan it though.
LA in two weeks for work (altho may go with fam and drive instead), and then HNL in August for same reason (also with fam, but driving less of an option...).
Did PVR at beginning of June. Was not bad (airports and flights). Drop off to gate at both SFO and PVR was like 20 minutes.
Dallas in September
^^this^^
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Planning to fly to LA next May. I'm not sure if I have any flights before that (a potential work trip to Australia in January was just rescheduled to July).
If I get off my ass, next week to Portland.
flying to Washington state to look at homes in the San Juan islands, ideally a summer place in a month or two.
sounds nice. we have only been there once, rented a place in Aancortes and it was great.
are you looking to buy a summer place for ongoing "month or two every summer" or just rent this summer?
Mainly for future summers, will spend the winters in the Bay Area.
Are you concerned about the recent heat up north?
Slightly. But it could happen in the Bay Area as well.
It seems to happen a couple of times a year now: 1 to 2 weeks of unbearable heat.
true. unexpected has become or becoming the norm
The bigger risk is of Tsunamis - due to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Take your pick, fires in the Berkeley Hills or Tsunamis 😳😳😳😳
Tsunami inundation in Puget Sound is not as catastrophic as on the coasts. Summer smoke is getting worse though…
Hawaii in October then Austin for Thanksgiving
flying to Reno mid-Jul for rock climbing nationals for older daughter.
we are flying Delta so we have a layover in SLC.
not sure we'll have enough time to sneak out to the Red Iguana for dinner
flights also booked to NYC > Bozeman > Dallas> NYC for TCU game
Today in Covid
Illinois summer camps has Covid outbreak despite everyone being old enough to be eligible for vaccines.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/covid-outbreak-illinois-summer-camp-fueled-unvaccinated-attendees/story?id=78554948
I would be willing to get a shiny nickel that it was a church camp from one of the more conservative Protestant denominations.
Yup. https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/more-than-50-covid-19-cases-linked-to-outbreak-at-teen-church-camp-in-central/article_a883ff23-4fb9-5bb3-9420-bb8aded5738e.html
bet not get
Well you get after you bet.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Elections officials in New York continue to be incompetent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/nyregion/adams-garcia-wiley-mayor-ranked-choice.html
jfc.
Trump-backers want to export the Arizona ‘audit’ across the country
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/2020-election-audit-arizona-497049
They do, but it looks to be poison to independents in AZ.
Stupid Trumpers have signs about the Arizona audit on an overpass over Highway 24 in Lafayette.
Gov. Abbott (R-TX) declares a state of emergency related to illegal immigration, vows to build a wall. State of emergency frees up $250m of funding. Gov. Noem responds by sending 50 South Dakota National Guardsmen to help, funded by a scrap yard billionaire - who unironically complain that they immigrants aren't wearing masks.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/29/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-send-national-guard-troops-texas/7802513002/
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/auto-scrap-billionaire-who-paid-to-send-national-guard-to-southern-border-sounds-off-on-why-he-did-it
Private citizen funding the deployment of state actors to address his "crisis" of interest. Yep, that's totally normal behavior in a democracy.
I lack the means to express just how wrong this is.
The CEO of Cyber Ninjas starred in a Qanon conspiracy theory film that was released on Saturday.
https://gizmodo.com/cyber-ninja-ceo-leading-gops-hoax-audit-of-arizona-elec-1847186787
i'm shocked, shocked....ok, not really.
This is exactly what an intelligence agency would like you to believe
https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1410025399032193027
Maybe this is Tucker admitting that he's a paid foreign agent?
PRO
They lady who caused the crash in the first stage of the tour de France turned herself in.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/police-find-and-arrest-spectator-who-caused-mass-tour-de-france-crash/
Game #81: Two homers in 9th inning not enough for A’s to catch Rangers
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2021/6/29/22556905/oakland-as-game-81-texas-rangers-score-result
The Oakland A’s mounted the comeback they were looking for in the bottom of the 9th inning on Tuesday, but unfortunately it was too little too late.
The A’s found themselves down three runs in the final frame and slugged two solo homers, which weren’t quite enough to catch the Texas Rangers in a 5-4 final in their series opener at the Coliseum. Making the result more frustrating was that the Rangers themselves had scored two insurance runs in the top of the 9th, which turned out to make the difference.
The pitching side featured a rematch of starters James Kaprielian and Mike Foltynewicz, who faced each other last week in Arlington, and once again they were both quality. However, Folty got the better end of the duel this time, and by the end of six innings Texas led 3-2.
I thought that after Andrus got a hit that Pinder might come through, but alas he hit a high pop-up on the first pitch he saw.
In fitting fashion, Giants leave the tying run on base in the ninth inning
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2021/6/29/22556747/san-francisco-giants-dodgers-recap-max-muncy
For the second day in a row, a very good San Francisco Giants pitcher did not have it in the first inning. And for the second day in a row, the Giants held the Los Angeles Dodgers in check for the rest of the game. And for the second day in a row, the Giants offense just could not find The Hit™, and they lost to the Dodgers. This time it was 3-1.
On Tuesday it was the Giants ace, Kevin Gausman, who got into some early hot water. Gausman couldn’t locate the strike zone in the first inning, and loaded the bases via a pair of walks and a hit batter. He did an outstanding job finding his pitches in time to strike out Will Smith, but Chris Taylor ruined the party — I imagine Chris Taylor ruins a lot of parties — by doinking one the other way for a two-run double.
In honor of Taylor ruining the party, I present to you this stat.
Dodgers were better in this game. In the first game, the Giants let a lot of opportunities go to waste.
Gausman was struggling with grip and command all night, and idiot Stu Scheurwater harnessing his inner-Enrico Palazzo/Frank Drebinth behind the plate didn't help matters much. The 1-2 pitch to Taylor was just a brutal location miss...Gerald Dempsey wanted a high fastball up & away, and it leaked belt-high inner half. Spotting Buehler a 3-0 lead is more than enough.
Dodgers weather Kevin Gausman’s split, avoid split with Giants
https://www.truebluela.com/2021/6/29/22556850/walker-buehler-dodgers-kevin-gausman-splitter-max-muncy-home-run-giants-recap
The Dodgers faced one of the best pitchers in baseball and lived to tell about it, thanks to some timely hitting and an elite pitcher of their own. Walker Buehler and the Dodgers beat Kevin Gausman and the Giants 3-1 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, completing a brief two-game sweep in Los Angeles.
A five-game win streak has the Dodgers back to within 1½ games of San Francisco in the National League West, exactly where they were nine days ago, before a four-game losing streak that Dave Roberts called “embarrassing” and of which Clayton Kershaw said, “I think maybe it was a wake up call.”
The alarm bells sounded for the Dodgers in the first inning, thanks walks by Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger, sandwiching Justin Turner getting hit by a pitch. It’s the first time this season Gausman walked more than one batter in an inning.
SWEEEEEP
Yes it's just a 2-game series but I don't care, a sweep is a sweep
GBBR
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A 120th minute goal lifts Ukraine over Sweden. Sweden had been playing with 10 men since the 98th minute due to a red card and they seemed to be lackadaisically waiting for PKs as soon as the clock hit 120.
https://twitter.com/EURO2020/status/1409999103266807818
Seems like there's been a lot of that in this tournament, lazy defending leading to unexpected late goals.
England defeats Germany 2-0
https://twitter.com/EURO2020/status/1409933592977985541
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
well at least someone is happy ;)
I can understand not liking England . . . but would a Germany win have been any better?
In Pac12 football terms, imagine a fan base with the success rate of Washington combined with the attitude of USC (Scootie very much excepted), and you're get some idea of why I was supporting Germany. It certainly wasn't because the Germans were playing better soccer - in fact, with a better manager England would almost be a lock to win this iteration of the Euros
So basically Washington.
ha! You're right, that's more efficient, my suggestion was overkill. The obsession that the latest home-grown talent is a world-beater is another point in common.
I get that, it's just that in this scenario it seems to me that Germany is actually USC. All else being equal (meaning the result has no bearing on Cal's season), I would probably still root for UW to beat USC, even if the Husky fan base is annoying.
Heh, true
The booing of the German national anthem prior to the start of the match was very on brand
Yeah, I might find England supporters a little annoying generally, but the worst ones are really gross.
So gross that my British not-a-boyfriend could not really enjoy yesterday's victory because it's
"tainted for me by the knuckle-dragging racist bastards who support a fantasy Little England.
Cue the Renaissance of the British Empire… the racist bastards conveniently forget they wouldn’t let the scorer of the first goal in their house for a cup of water."
I cannot tell you how happy I was that Raheem Sterling scored that first goal. The Daily Mail editors must have been shitting their pants - until "proper English striker" (ie lazy and unimaginative) Harry Kane scored.
He's Scottish - just roll with it.
Ahhh
Trae Young sits, Giannis goes down with a knee injury in the 3rd (look like a bad hyperextension), and the Hawks win to tie the series at 2 games each
http://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/1410069426595143686
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Zach Kline is remarkably introspective about his career at Cal. Also, you won't believe what he is doing now.
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/zach-kline-from-football-to-music
Good for him!
PFF names their preseason All Pac-12 Team.
Highlights:
Mike Saffell (1st team)
Kekoa Crawford (2nd team)
Brett Johnson (2nd team)
Josh Drayden (2nd team)
Daniel Scott (3rd team)
Elijah Hicks (3rd team)
Chase Garbers (HM)
McCade Mettauer (HM)
Nikko Remigio for punt return (HM)
https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-rankings-pff-preseason-all-pac-12-team-2021