SinceThe70s

Didn't mean to bring you down! There's a lot I agree with in the article, some I don't, but I still watch nearly every night. In an attempt to get that good feeling back, me and the fam' just shared a good laugh about the Steve Lyons incident. Even wifey laughed out loud:

I came across the following this morning and thought it was pretty good. The main theme is Hall of Fame players with a get off my lawn mentality about the current state of baseball. It's definitely a one-sided article, could've used more perspective from the analytics folks, but ironically the writer uses stats throughout. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2791455-i-find-it-very-difficult-to-watch-why-mlb-greats-think-baseballs-in-trouble?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

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How many years have they been playing this Wiliamsport game? It was new to me, what a cool idea. Best part was hearing the crack of the bat. And maybe I should head over to PPP but this cracked me up. I was asking my youngest which Little League team was sitting behind home plate and he told me it was Mexico. I wondered out loud why they got so lucky and he told me it was probably because Trump would "shoo them away" afterward.

I always have a hard time comparing QB's from different eras. Times change. But this one seems straight forward to me. Brady is the best of his era. Peyton Manning gave him a run for the money for a while, but Brady's been better. Jim Kelly was great, but he was never the consensus "best of his era".

Cool story. Hope the guy doesn't regress.

This ones for the old timers. Probably the only song I know from The Hollies, but a great one.

The Jets open the season with 3 games in the span of 10 days, two on the road. That alone might be reason enough to delay Darnold's debut until after opening day. Granted it's not the toughest competition, but the NY media will have a field day if things don't go well.

That's great. During the telecast they mentioned that Arietta gave up more runs in his 7 losses then DeGrom has given up all year.

IMO, if the season ended last week he deserved it. Yankee game and today just added to my opinion. But with 6 weeks left a lot can happen. Scherzer and Nola are crushing it too. Jacob's ERA will need to continue to be much better to win it. Right now its 1.71/2.11/2.24. If that tightens up or Scherzer/Nola have big games in big spots it will be a tougher sell to give it to a guy on a bad team.

Complete game (including a rain delay), 0 earned runs and he's finally over .500. The season Jacob is having is remarkable. I'm happy for his individual success, seems like a great guy. A great competitor without the attitude. Lets Go Mets.

Right there with you. Just before game time NFL Network announced that Bills/Browns would be shown everywhere except Buffalo and Cleveland...and then they put on Panthers/Fish. Never realized that I live in Buffalo. I wonder if there's a Duff's nearby.

Happened to me on a flight from Orlando to NYC. Hit me just before take-off.

Rico Brogna! Nice. But how could you forget Dykstra? And then you have to include Juan Samuel. For the old folks: Del Unser and Mac Scarce (and no, I didn't make that name up)

I'm not surprised by that at all, just disappointed when I see it. In my profession I've seen tech folks put into managerial roles because that was the next step up, not because that's what they were good at or even wanted to do.

You may be a sociopath, but I don't think that's a precept to basic managerial skills (just a means to an end): set expectations, ensure they are adhered to or exceeded otherwise replace. Rinse and repeat.

Holy crap. I wish I could say I forgot that, but Bowa as a Met didn't even register and I had to google. Bob Boone was a decent catcher for those Phillies teams and brought us Bret and Aaron.

I'm coming into this late and haven't read the responses so I may have missed additional facts. It sounds to me like mistake #1 was not starting the meeting by ensuring that anyone expected to contribute was not "present". That's on your bud 100%. Attempts could have been made to loop her in or failing that, mea culpas and a promise to follow up appropriately with the missed info she was expected to provide. As to Linda, on the face of it "some type of food poisoning incident" is way too little to decide on her professionalism. She apparently tried to let your guy know (last minute) she couldn't make it. That's a good sign. Whether the food poisoning was legit or she should have said something sooner is something your guy needs to figure out. In the end he needs to be able to trust his employees.

Yup, that's the era. Only third baseman to win back to back MVP's! Greg Lusinski was another lesser known great from those teams. And who can forget: "Water covers two thirds of the earth...Garry Maddox covers the rest!"

I was just telling my boys the same thing. Granted a lot of these guys are playing for their next contract, but they also haven't given up on the manager. Since I'm not a fan of Mickeys Clubhouse I'm not sure where I stand on that. But since I sense we are stuck with him for another year I guess it's a good thing. BTW, the powder blue Phillies unis bring back memories....although I thought those were road colors.

Yankee fans were at their worst after their run of success around the turn of the century when their mantra was "Any season that doesn't end in a Word Series championship is a failure".

I haven't changed a tire in ages. Since forever I've kept an inflator in my car. Every nail I've had only ever resulted in a slow leak. Every few years the inflator saves me, including a month ago.

Best version I've heard of this:

Bottom 9, two outs, Cubs hit a walk off grand slam to win 4-3. I did this a ton of times growing up except it was a 3-2 count and in the world series.