I haven't listened to the old podcasts, but he wasn't my favorite guest host by a long shot, and if he used his insider status to get himself selected, that would really tick me off.
of course he selected himself. He was/is the Executive Producer, he just had to sell himself to Sony, and make the rest look terrible in his presentation.
I am not a Cal alum, but I chose Cal as my football team after listening to a radio broadcast of the Cal/Texas AM game in the early 80's. Joe Starkey's energy from that radio was infectious to me. So I enjoy being a Cal fan, love the whole vibe of the campus and stadium, but I am not good at picking teams. It's too late now....I could not switch if I wanted to. And I don't.
One problem is that picture is not of Mt. Shasta. its true that most west coast mountains' snow pack is below average early in the season, but false information isn't helpful.
Yep, W, NW flank of Shastina which is predominantly convex and does not hold snow that well in "normal" years. Diller Canyon predominantly western exposed is very wide with few tiny patches of snow on upper northern exposed canyon slope. North and east exposures of Shasta have a few glaciers and hold snow better than western and southern exposures.
Most web cams view Shasta from the west or from the south of it. The Mt. Shasta City webcam basically points west. The only cam I know that will take views, on occasion, of the north side is the Herd Peak fire cam on the growing network of fire cams here: http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?v=fd40737
I'm actually pretty bad at shooter type video games despite watching a ton of them (even on the professional scale). I'm also pretty bad at cooking aside from burgers and pancakes, (by the way does anyone need/want to take a look at the knives that I've been promoting)
I can't even play 1st person shooters. I get nauseous within 30 seconds if I try to play. The only 1st person type game I can do is flying games for some reason. Probably because they don't turn as quickly and you don't jerk around.
I almost got a job selling knives door to door in the Summer after my junior year of high school, but fortunately (for my situation) I got lost on the way to the "interview", went back home to call them (this was one of those large multi-level marketing companies that border on pyramid schemes) and the lady on the line gave me a ton of attitude, so I said forget it. Shortly thereafter I got a job through a friend doing landscape construction (brick walkways, patios), that became my summer job for a few years and I loved it.
I will be in the market for some high quality knives after I renovate my kitchen.. though I'm not exactly sure when that will happen. Why is that a dependency? I dont know, I just have it in my head to do the kitchen first, then spoil myself with nice new knives after. And also, the kitchen reno would include a magnet strip on a subway tile wall so I can show them off.
When my friend visited Japan and was about to fly home, his friends came to say good bye at Narita Airport. His friends gave him a Japanese knife as souvenir. He put it in his carry on and went through the security where he was taken into a separate room. After convincing that he was not a terrorist, he was finally released and was able to board his flight home. He could have been arrested. Both were stupid.
Once when going on a White House tour a guy just ahead of us was stopped by the Secret Service because he was carrying a switchblade. He kept trying to argue that it was legal under DC law. Finally one of the agents said he could surrender the knife and proceed on the tour or he could surrender the knife and be arrested but that he was going to surrender the knife.
The Christmas after we renovated our kitchen at Casa de Slug, I bought Mrs Slug a gift certificate large enough to cover most of a purchase of Wusthof Classic knife set.
I will always remember buying the gift certificate at Sur La Table on 4th Street in Berkeley. I told the cashier the amount I wanted and a woman two customers behind me said, "...and a Merry Christmas to you, too."
I tried to go to the gamerhood website the other day and see if there were still escape room games. Looks like the demise of flash made most of those games go away. When googling I did see there are now online escape room games, many of which are trying to do the team building thing. That seems weird for team building.
I haven't tried escape rooms either in person or online. I'm still trying trying to avoid crowds, so I'm thinking of trying an online version. Does anyone know a good one?
We did an online one for work - hosted by live people. It was through Roobicks.com. Meh. It was all right. 9/19. WB if it was free. WNB if I had to pay. Definitely way worse than in-person escape rooms. Half the fun is being locked in a room trying to figure out how everything fits together, whereas online rooms are sequential puzzles.
We're signed up for a bimonthly escape room box subscription service through Escape The Crate. Each step is password gated, totals about 2 hours of puzzling split into two 1 hour adventures. Pretty good puzzles, occasional props, fun themeing, and comically bad voice acting for ~$30 a box. 15/19 WB, it's no live escape room but easily the best mailed experiences I've had.
Huh, according to Fbook memories, I "inadvertently caught Walk the Moon live" on this day in 2013. I love them and wish I hadn't forgotten this memory, as the details of this live experience have been lost to the sands of time.
i was never really good at sports but i always really liked it. luckily i had great friends and coaches that were encouraging and grew up in an era where everyone got to play regardless of how good or bad you were.
HeyAlumniGo and I played a lot of tennis in HS. we tried out for the team every year but with out proper lessons or country club memberships we were clearly not at the same level on pretty competitive HS team.
after all these years i am taking tennis lessons again and playing a little more regularly.
Golf is a sport I've never really tried, other than mini golf. During middle school we played golf (maybe for 1 week) which consisted of hitting a golf ball with a wedge to a cone maybe 150-200 feet away. There were just a few lefty clubs and I think I basically had 1 or 2 good shots toward the cone. Everything else was bad. Never tried hitting a golf ball since. Neither of my parents played golf and golf isn't really something you can just go out and try.
Exactly. In an average round of golf, I hit some really good shots...definitely more good shots than bad. But I don't score for schitt...1 step forward with the good, 2 steps back with the bad...and at the end of the day, it's not all that enjoyable.
I'm not really looking to improve snowboarding to be honest. I've reached my ideal of being able to cruise down wide blue runs and just have a lot of fun that way. Cycling I would like to get in better shape though.
The Vuelta in on NBC's Olympic Channel. The finish today they were barely moving up the last few Ks. Watch if you get a chance. I think they said 14% at times.
That's how I approach surfing now, I've been doing it for almost four years and realized I have the most fun on long right point breaks in the sub 3ft range. I'm hoping to push it a little more this winter, but 4-5ft feels significantly more difficult and dangerous than 3ft or less.
I try to go at least once a year - which leads me to the cycle of day 1 - getting my legs back day 2 & 3 - this is the best sport ever day 4 - I am so tired, I'm just going to go eat a tonkatsu curry and take off for the onsen at like 2pm
Playing video games. I used to be good, but age has led to loss of muscle memory, plus I don't have the same level of dedication to it as I did 10-15 years ago. I still try to play with my son, but end up being the feeder of our party and he has to carry me.
For many years, my wife has made an Asian chicken and rice dish, with green onions. It is tasty, I think it originally came from a recipe, but I'm sure she hasn't referred to that in decades. She used to make it more often, made it last night, this time with orange bell peppers, and somehow it was different, lighter, less greasy - and honestly, I liked it the old way better.
Deng Xiaoping picked up a taste for croissants when he was a student in Paris, so even through the entire post revolution period when he was both in power and out, he had a personal chef making croissants.
I stumbled across these weekly S2 recaps (unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a dropdown menu on the page for other articles, so I had to use the search feature).
Finished the 8th and final episode of S1 of The Defeated on Netflix...I haven't heard if there will be a season 2. Interesting premise for a show...set in a devastated and destroyed Berlin in the immediate aftermath of WWII, it stars Taylor Kitsch as a NY cop from Brooklyn sent to Berlin to help organize a small police dept. in the US sector. IMDB users have given it a 6.6/10...about accurate.
I feel like a bit of an idiot because I didn't see "Tim Riggins" on the cast list and just spent [unspecified amount of time] on IMDB figuring this out.
But if you skip season two you miss the Saracen monologue in the shower where he thinks everybody leaves him. Probably one of the best scenes in the show.
There was a deranged Republican bomber who wanted to blow up the Library of Congress yesterday (but was obviously stopped). Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) gives a supportive tweet of the bomber & blames Democrats.
Prosecutors against Kyle Rittenhouse want to submit this video clip, which is Rittenhouse 15 days before he killed 2 and wounded a third in Kenosha. It allegedly has him saying how he wish he could shoot people who he thinks are looters, which would act as a base that Rittenhouse had a history of wanting to use deadly force in situations that didn't warrant it let alone involve him.
The Oakland A’s finished a tough road trip on a positive note.
The A’s beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Thursday, avoiding a sweep in the series finale at Guaranteed Rate Field and snapping a four-game losing streak.
Oakland got just enough of everything this afternoon. Their rotation gave them a quality start, their lineup hit three homers and earned an elusive bases-loaded RBI, and their bullpen nailed down the save even despite some unnecessary extra drama.
For the fourth time in only seven days, the Dodgers picked up a win over the Mets. After sweeping the weekend series last week, LA took the first game of the four-game series, 4-1.
It’s now their seventh straight victory and the Dodgers trail the Giants by only 2.5 games in the division.
The Dodgers jumped on the board in the second inning, putting two runs on the board. Corey Seager began the inning with a walk and Will Smith doubled to put two runners in scoring position. AJ Pollock brought in a run with a groundout, putting LA up 1-0.
Typical Dave Roberts game. Used 7 pitchers and 2 pinch hitters for them. Only reason he didn't use more is the game got over without needing extra innings.
Considering it was a bullpen game for I think the 3rd day in a row, 7 pitchers to go 9 innings wasn't too bad. He let them hit for themselves when the situation warrented. The day before was a bullpen game but the bulk guy went 7.2 innings because he was effective. The one before that was also a bullpen game and the bulk guy was in his debut major league game and went 4.
They've got 1 of the 6 projected starters active. How many other teams can have the 2nd or 3rd.best record when down to 1 opening day roster starter?
After the paper route I had a gardening business in high school. One of my clients was Nobel Laureate Charlie Townes (maser, laser) so there is a slight connection. He was delighted when I got accepted to Cal.
Jeopardy producer Mike Richards has dismissed one of the new hosts
https://twitter.com/grynbaum/status/1428720141831921670
He lasted only 0.7 Scaramuccis.
Backstory: his comments on his own podcast came back to bite him in the ass.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jeopardy-mike-richards-host-producer-podcast-1235044209/
I haven't listened to the old podcasts, but he wasn't my favorite guest host by a long shot, and if he used his insider status to get himself selected, that would really tick me off.
Here's some commentary that I relate to: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027426388/jeopardy-host-mike-richards?utm_source=pocket-newtab
of course he selected himself. He was/is the Executive Producer, he just had to sell himself to Sony, and make the rest look terrible in his presentation.
Saw an interesting summary about another boring white guy failing upwards.
Mark Fox?
I am not a Cal alum, but I chose Cal as my football team after listening to a radio broadcast of the Cal/Texas AM game in the early 80's. Joe Starkey's energy from that radio was infectious to me. So I enjoy being a Cal fan, love the whole vibe of the campus and stadium, but I am not good at picking teams. It's too late now....I could not switch if I wanted to. And I don't.
That was an incredibly costly ballgame to listen to for you, Steve W!!
Put some duct tape on it. It'll be fine.
https://twitter.com/bird_liam/status/1428315155675369475
oh dear.
oooooooh nooooooooooooooooo
Oh man
Negative 100 points for House Slytherin
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/08/20/harry-potter-store-shots-fired/
Mt. Shasta has no snow.
https://twitter.com/evren__7/status/1428066140996063234
it snowed at Snowbird yesterday -- mid Aug!!
One problem is that picture is not of Mt. Shasta. its true that most west coast mountains' snow pack is below average early in the season, but false information isn't helpful.
It's Shastina, with the peak of Shasta behind it.
Yep, W, NW flank of Shastina which is predominantly convex and does not hold snow that well in "normal" years. Diller Canyon predominantly western exposed is very wide with few tiny patches of snow on upper northern exposed canyon slope. North and east exposures of Shasta have a few glaciers and hold snow better than western and southern exposures.
I tried looking at a Shasta Web cam to see what it looks like. Nothing but smoke.
Most web cams view Shasta from the west or from the south of it. The Mt. Shasta City webcam basically points west. The only cam I know that will take views, on occasion, of the north side is the Herd Peak fire cam on the growing network of fire cams here: http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?v=fd40737
I'm actually pretty bad at shooter type video games despite watching a ton of them (even on the professional scale). I'm also pretty bad at cooking aside from burgers and pancakes, (by the way does anyone need/want to take a look at the knives that I've been promoting)
I can't even play 1st person shooters. I get nauseous within 30 seconds if I try to play. The only 1st person type game I can do is flying games for some reason. Probably because they don't turn as quickly and you don't jerk around.
I almost got a job selling knives door to door in the Summer after my junior year of high school, but fortunately (for my situation) I got lost on the way to the "interview", went back home to call them (this was one of those large multi-level marketing companies that border on pyramid schemes) and the lady on the line gave me a ton of attitude, so I said forget it. Shortly thereafter I got a job through a friend doing landscape construction (brick walkways, patios), that became my summer job for a few years and I loved it.
I will be in the market for some high quality knives after I renovate my kitchen.. though I'm not exactly sure when that will happen. Why is that a dependency? I dont know, I just have it in my head to do the kitchen first, then spoil myself with nice new knives after. And also, the kitchen reno would include a magnet strip on a subway tile wall so I can show them off.
i sold knives in HS also. that was my first real job assuming one can call it that.
we upgraded to some nice Japanese knives a bunch of years back
Same for me as of now, only really doing it for the summer and I think I work for that company's rival or something.
I didn't know there was more than one of those companies. I saw the one HSB sold for selling knives at Costco.
I buy all my knives in Japan now - one per visit. A handful of JDM Global Pros, plus some smaller utility knives.
When my friend visited Japan and was about to fly home, his friends came to say good bye at Narita Airport. His friends gave him a Japanese knife as souvenir. He put it in his carry on and went through the security where he was taken into a separate room. After convincing that he was not a terrorist, he was finally released and was able to board his flight home. He could have been arrested. Both were stupid.
Once when going on a White House tour a guy just ahead of us was stopped by the Secret Service because he was carrying a switchblade. He kept trying to argue that it was legal under DC law. Finally one of the agents said he could surrender the knife and proceed on the tour or he could surrender the knife and be arrested but that he was going to surrender the knife.
My Swiss army knife was confiscated entry an Iron Maiden concert :( - it wasn't a switchblade! Just a tool!
Just don't bring it back on a carry-on
I got you covered when you eventually renovate that kitchen
The Christmas after we renovated our kitchen at Casa de Slug, I bought Mrs Slug a gift certificate large enough to cover most of a purchase of Wusthof Classic knife set.
I will always remember buying the gift certificate at Sur La Table on 4th Street in Berkeley. I told the cashier the amount I wanted and a woman two customers behind me said, "...and a Merry Christmas to you, too."
Anyone have any info about the Under Armour deal?
Escape rooms
I tried to go to the gamerhood website the other day and see if there were still escape room games. Looks like the demise of flash made most of those games go away. When googling I did see there are now online escape room games, many of which are trying to do the team building thing. That seems weird for team building.
There is a Cal writers escape room mini group. I've gone with nam and rob and larry and avi in phoenix and nam and rob in Richmond
I haven't tried escape rooms either in person or online. I'm still trying trying to avoid crowds, so I'm thinking of trying an online version. Does anyone know a good one?
We did an online one for work - hosted by live people. It was through Roobicks.com. Meh. It was all right. 9/19. WB if it was free. WNB if I had to pay. Definitely way worse than in-person escape rooms. Half the fun is being locked in a room trying to figure out how everything fits together, whereas online rooms are sequential puzzles.
Thanks for the ideas!
We're signed up for a bimonthly escape room box subscription service through Escape The Crate. Each step is password gated, totals about 2 hours of puzzling split into two 1 hour adventures. Pretty good puzzles, occasional props, fun themeing, and comically bad voice acting for ~$30 a box. 15/19 WB, it's no live escape room but easily the best mailed experiences I've had.
Huh, according to Fbook memories, I "inadvertently caught Walk the Moon live" on this day in 2013. I love them and wish I hadn't forgotten this memory, as the details of this live experience have been lost to the sands of time.
The picture they picked for this...
https://twitter.com/DispatchAlerts/status/1428740650808352777?s=20
the photo people are having a good time at least.
Heh
Something you're bad at but keep doing anyways
i was never really good at sports but i always really liked it. luckily i had great friends and coaches that were encouraging and grew up in an era where everyone got to play regardless of how good or bad you were.
HeyAlumniGo and I played a lot of tennis in HS. we tried out for the team every year but with out proper lessons or country club memberships we were clearly not at the same level on pretty competitive HS team.
after all these years i am taking tennis lessons again and playing a little more regularly.
Actually I think I only tried out sr year. Looking back I wasn't very good at all.
Vlad Belo was the city of Gilroy's Male Athlete of the Year like in 1987 or 88 as a high school senior.
Better him than Ohio Bear!
Singing!
Me too!
I'm not *bad* but I am a mediocre golfer, cyclist and snowboarder. but these (and travel and eating) are where i spend most of my discretionary cash.
Same for golf. I'm not terrible but I'm not good. I don't play enough to get better but I really enjoy time out on the course with friends.
Golf is a sport I've never really tried, other than mini golf. During middle school we played golf (maybe for 1 week) which consisted of hitting a golf ball with a wedge to a cone maybe 150-200 feet away. There were just a few lefty clubs and I think I basically had 1 or 2 good shots toward the cone. Everything else was bad. Never tried hitting a golf ball since. Neither of my parents played golf and golf isn't really something you can just go out and try.
CGB Golf Invitational next spring.
Exactly. In an average round of golf, I hit some really good shots...definitely more good shots than bad. But I don't score for schitt...1 step forward with the good, 2 steps back with the bad...and at the end of the day, it's not all that enjoyable.
i would say the same about being mediocre cyclist and skier, but a good portion of vacation and extra $$ go to this.
luckily, once you are mediocre it is very enjoyable and there is some hope of getting slightly less mediocre
I'm not really looking to improve snowboarding to be honest. I've reached my ideal of being able to cruise down wide blue runs and just have a lot of fun that way. Cycling I would like to get in better shape though.
riding up the Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier NP in a few weeks. hoping that i am in good enough shape to "enjoy" the 2 hour climb ..
The Vuelta in on NBC's Olympic Channel. The finish today they were barely moving up the last few Ks. Watch if you get a chance. I think they said 14% at times.
i caught the end of the stage. looked brutal. pro riders going sideways up the road, so it must be extra steep.
Yikes! That road is no joke…good on ya! Only way I could ride up that road on our visit was in our rental car.
That's how I approach surfing now, I've been doing it for almost four years and realized I have the most fun on long right point breaks in the sub 3ft range. I'm hoping to push it a little more this winter, but 4-5ft feels significantly more difficult and dangerous than 3ft or less.
I like to snowboard as well. Last time was a Whistler a couple of years back. But I'm really not very good having picked it up after age 30.
I try to go at least once a year - which leads me to the cycle of day 1 - getting my legs back day 2 & 3 - this is the best sport ever day 4 - I am so tired, I'm just going to go eat a tonkatsu curry and take off for the onsen at like 2pm
Playing video games. I used to be good, but age has led to loss of muscle memory, plus I don't have the same level of dedication to it as I did 10-15 years ago. I still try to play with my son, but end up being the feeder of our party and he has to carry me.
I play games like Animal Crossing, which requires no reflexes or coordination at all.
Heck, much equivocating. Question should have couched in contemporary CFB "fan" language of being either elite or dogshit.
Surfing, but it's fun, good exercise and an enjoyable meditative activity.
Some people might say dancing, but I think they're wrong.
[Alcohol]: "Psst... my friends and I all say that you're actually pretty good at singing and dancing."
Singing? Never claimed that!
i am bad at dancing and singing, but i dont try anymore except if i am driving alone in the car (the singing that is ...)
Like Elaine in Seinfeld.
Being a Cal Football fan!
Yes, this.
Accidents
DBD Test Kitchen
For many years, my wife has made an Asian chicken and rice dish, with green onions. It is tasty, I think it originally came from a recipe, but I'm sure she hasn't referred to that in decades. She used to make it more often, made it last night, this time with orange bell peppers, and somehow it was different, lighter, less greasy - and honestly, I liked it the old way better.
Maybe she used to put MSG in it
people claim to have msg sensitivity . . .but then I see you eating them Doritos.
🙄
I just learned that Ho Chi Minh was once a pastry chef at the Parker House Hotel in Boston (home of the Boston cream pie)
Deng Xiaoping picked up a taste for croissants when he was a student in Paris, so even through the entire post revolution period when he was both in power and out, he had a personal chef making croissants.
no wonder he went ballistic on the West.
living in Boston would push anyone over the edge
I was in Boston for maybe 48 hrs 40 years ago, and have no desire to go back.
DBD AV Club
listened to some CDs on my drive up and back to upstate NY this week
- Paul Simon Graceland
- Led Zeppelin IV
- Fleetwood Mac Rumors
- some unknown Mexican guitar duo
i still have 200+ CDs that i get some occasional use out of.
Misty Mountain Hop is a great tune to throw in just past Glens Falls on I87N....
Rodrigo & Gabriela?
For the Ted Lasso crew...hey there, Scootie! ;-)
I stumbled across these weekly S2 recaps (unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a dropdown menu on the page for other articles, so I had to use the search feature).
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1016518274/ted-lasso-recap-season-2-episode-1-premiere-jason-sudeikis
Fun reads in a clever format. Found myself both smiling and getting misty-eyed just reading the recaps!
Finished the 8th and final episode of S1 of The Defeated on Netflix...I haven't heard if there will be a season 2. Interesting premise for a show...set in a devastated and destroyed Berlin in the immediate aftermath of WWII, it stars Taylor Kitsch as a NY cop from Brooklyn sent to Berlin to help organize a small police dept. in the US sector. IMDB users have given it a 6.6/10...about accurate.
Interesting story, if not execution.
Oooooh I'll watch Tim Riggins do just about anything.
I feel like a bit of an idiot because I didn't see "Tim Riggins" on the cast list and just spent [unspecified amount of time] on IMDB figuring this out.
I guess you never watch Friday Night Lights? Great show, but skip season 2.
But if you skip season two you miss the Saracen monologue in the shower where he thinks everybody leaves him. Probably one of the best scenes in the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4YCP1P-Zjo&ab_channel=FridayNightLights
I have not watched it
He was the highlight of True Detective S2...
Our Crumbling World
There was a deranged Republican bomber who wanted to blow up the Library of Congress yesterday (but was obviously stopped). Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) gives a supportive tweet of the bomber & blames Democrats.
https://twitter.com/RepMoBrooks/status/1428422048368533515
Less Brooks is what I say
They are both extremist terrorists who hate America.
Prosecutors against Kyle Rittenhouse want to submit this video clip, which is Rittenhouse 15 days before he killed 2 and wounded a third in Kenosha. It allegedly has him saying how he wish he could shoot people who he thinks are looters, which would act as a base that Rittenhouse had a history of wanting to use deadly force in situations that didn't warrant it let alone involve him.
https://twitter.com/Evanryt/status/1428472437092593665
Lt. Gov Patrick (R-TX) forgets to keep the racist shit in his head quiet.
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-blames-black-community-democrats-covid-spread-1621312
Also, it a lie. So, a racist lie for political gain. I am so tired of this stuff.
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/unvaccinated-americans-whiter-more-republican-vaccinated
The Taliban's mask slips further after militants kill journalist's relative
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/asia/afghanistan-taliban-rule-friday-intl/index.html
Today in Covid 19
How's it going in Jacksonville FL? Well, it's not pretty.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/us/florida-covid-library-antibody-treatment-center/index.html
Pro
Game #122: A’s win finale to avoid sweep in Chicago
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2021/8/19/22633160/oakland-as-game-122-chicago-white-sox-score-result
The Oakland A’s finished a tough road trip on a positive note.
The A’s beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Thursday, avoiding a sweep in the series finale at Guaranteed Rate Field and snapping a four-game losing streak.
Oakland got just enough of everything this afternoon. Their rotation gave them a quality start, their lineup hit three homers and earned an elusive bases-loaded RBI, and their bullpen nailed down the save even despite some unnecessary extra drama.
A's call up Chad Pinder, send Seth Brown to Triple-A. Go figure...
Giants do not lose to the dreaded off-day.
Bullpen helps Dodgers pick up seventh straight win
https://www.truebluela.com/2021/8/19/22633632/los-angeles-dodgers-mlb-news-recap-trea-turner-blake-treinen-bullpen
For the fourth time in only seven days, the Dodgers picked up a win over the Mets. After sweeping the weekend series last week, LA took the first game of the four-game series, 4-1.
It’s now their seventh straight victory and the Dodgers trail the Giants by only 2.5 games in the division.
The Dodgers jumped on the board in the second inning, putting two runs on the board. Corey Seager began the inning with a walk and Will Smith doubled to put two runners in scoring position. AJ Pollock brought in a run with a groundout, putting LA up 1-0.
GBBR
GBBR
Typical Dave Roberts game. Used 7 pitchers and 2 pinch hitters for them. Only reason he didn't use more is the game got over without needing extra innings.
Considering it was a bullpen game for I think the 3rd day in a row, 7 pitchers to go 9 innings wasn't too bad. He let them hit for themselves when the situation warrented. The day before was a bullpen game but the bulk guy went 7.2 innings because he was effective. The one before that was also a bullpen game and the bulk guy was in his debut major league game and went 4.
They've got 1 of the 6 projected starters active. How many other teams can have the 2nd or 3rd.best record when down to 1 opening day roster starter?
Other College
Nick Rolovich concedes. Will get vaccinated. He is obviously unhappy about it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BrennaGreene_/status/1428422382792822789
There better be video proof.
What an idiot. Either stand by your principles and quit, or STFU about it.
boo hoo
Arizona Wildcats are 100% vaccinated
https://mobile.twitter.com/ArizonaFBall/status/1428524674904821761
They're the first in the conference, right? I wouldn't have predicted that Arizona would be first...
FYI here are the Pac-12 vaccination rates as of earlier this week:
UCLA: 98%
Arizona: 97%
Washington: above 95%
Colorado: 94.5%
Oregon: 90% to 95%
Utah: above 90%
USC: above 90%
Oregon State: 88%
Stanford: 85%
Washington State: 80%
Arizona State: not available
Cal: not available
I wonder what Cal's vaccination percentage is.
Lower body injury
I liked Dykes' and other coaches' use of the word "deal". "He's got a leg deal" or a "He's got a shoulder deal"
Would've loved to hear Dykes add "and shit" at the end. "He's got a leg deal, and shit"
"dont say an stuff. just say "there are whores here, dad"
[The Athletic] Pac12, Big X, ACC confederation to be announced soon
https://theathletic.com/news/big-ten-pac-12-acc-alliance-expected-to-be-formally-announced-soon-sources/qQ7aaP9CvLAD
“Do you want to form an alliance with me” —the Big 12, probably
So soon we will be Confederates.
SEC fans will be kicking themselves for missing out on that opportunity.
Coaches who are jerks
I nominate Nick Rolovich!
Cal
Luc Bequette's literally follows his dreams back to Cal
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1428447176938516485
I had a lawn mowing business when I was eleven, then a paper route starting at age 13.
Go young entrepreneurial Bears!
very Cal related, well done
After the paper route I had a gardening business in high school. One of my clients was Nobel Laureate Charlie Townes (maser, laser) so there is a slight connection. He was delighted when I got accepted to Cal.
Townes was the graduation speaker the year i graduated ('92).
the guy who won "best undergrad research" did some work w/ lasers and he said that "the research was pretty solid"
Townes was still taking the H-line up to SSL at 100.