SinceThe70s

Baseball is the best of the four bcause it's a non-contact sport so both high-end offense and high-end defense can be on display.

LOL - 90% is about right for me since well, the 70s. But I did not see that comeback and I also missed Piazza's HR to win the first game back after 9/11. LFGM!!!

Your point about mind adjustment hit home for me. On a recent leisurely drive in upstate NY I could see that rain was coming, but driving at highway speed conditions devolved more rapidly and intensely than I expected. It was pretty much a white-out and at an interchange with a bunch of semis around me. Wifey suggested to pull off to the shoulder - and a bunch of cars did just that - but I felt safer pressing on at a slower speed with the hazards on. TBH not sure whether that was the right decision or not, but it worked out because the storm was short-lived.

Seeing it live has to be Matt Franco's GW 2 RBI single in the bottom of the 9th against the immortal Mariano Rivera to cap off a 9-8 mid-season win. The game was epic. The Bronx Bombers lived up to their name with 6 no-doubt-off-the bat HR's. Pretty sure Posada and O'Neill had two each. Piazza hit the longest HR of the day - a three run blast that I think reached the parking lot to make it 7-6. Bottom 9, bases loaded, two outs, 8-7 Yankees, Rivera on the mound. With two strikes on Franco the ump calls a ball - it was close and having seen the replay could have gone either way. The next pitch Franco wins it with a somewhat close play at the plate:

That's epic!

I didn't know if you were kidding about flag football and had to google it. I would watch it.

I love the uncommon sports. It was cool seeing my high schooler get into the biathlon competition this year. Winter olympics has done a nice job including snowboarding and things like short-track speed skating.

IMO, the World Cup soccer tournament makes soccer the #1 global sport. No other sport that I can think of has an equivalent global championship with mass interest across so many countries.

No propulsion, his control was limited to going up or down and spinning the balloon. At one point he dropped down to the river and the balloon started going backwards. What was cool was that he has multiple launch sites and he picks the site based on the prevailing winds to try to maximize time over the gorge.

Are you folks aware of who is batting 9th tonight for the Braves? It's our old friend Robinson Cano!

I don't follow the farm system at all, I generally know the names of the top prospects but I don't follow their progress, so it was nice to see the post from @ExWNYer What I hope Cohen does is use his financial might in any deals instead of mortgaging the farm system. I think it's important to have a pipeline of talent to fill some of the MLB roster spots. For example, 2 of the 3 4 Met All Stars this year are home grown.

Thanks! I got some great tips from this thread - very much appreciated. We had the Ginny Lee Cafe on the to-do list but it didn't work out. The driving was just a bit too much.

RIP Corporal Agarn. He was the main reason I tuned in to F Troop. Well, maybe Wrangler Jane too. Ironically a friend brought up F Troop in a few days ago.

On our way back from Watkins Glen we took a detour to Cindy's, but we ended up having a Chevy Chase/Vacation moment - 'Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front should have told you'. After a beautiful drive through farm and vineyard country when we got to Cindy's she had a sign up that she was away for the week visting relatives. We ended up buying a grape pie at the local diner. Good times!

Cool. Our operator gives a bottle of wine to the property owner - apparently it's a tradition dating back to the first balloon flights in France.

Apologies in advance that this is long-winded - cliff's notes version is it turned out great and adventure is somewhat apropo. First day of vacay we're settling in to our airbnb (i.e. - cocktails) and my boys spot balloons. We are pumped! We had made a reservation for a few days later but weather for that day looked sketchy so fingers were crossed. We see balloons every night, but forecast doesn't improve for launch day so anxiety rises. At some point we realize there is more than one balloon company and maybe the other one is better than the one we reserved. Weather doesn't improve, our ride is cancelled and by a stroke of luck we are able to reserve for the next day with the other company. Launch: The weather is better but windy enough that it might get cancelled as we are preparing to launch. At the launch site (basically someone's backyard that the pilot knows) it's still a game time decision - but we get the thumbs up. In retrospect, the pilot called the launch 'sporty'. Ahead of the launch I was concerned about clearing the tree line. During the launch I was convinced we were dumping into the pond next to the launch but we got off the ground and cleared the trees. Ride: More amazing than I imagined. Reached an altitude of 4000 feet. He would have gone higher but wifey balked (which I was fine with). The crazier part was dropping down low. He skimmed trees so we could (and did) grab leaves off the top of trees in Letchworth and then to my amazement dropped down into the gorge to the point that the bottom of the basket was probably inches from the water (a bit downstream from the lower falls). At one point he asked some Letchworth hikers to post pictures of us to his Facebook page. Saw an amazing sunset - before the trip he told me that on the sunrise trips he rises and lowers so they can see multiple sunrises. Landing: a bit sketchy. He had to find an open field and spoke to a few people on terra firma requesting permission to land - not everyone is amenable to having a balloon land on their crops. Landing was a bit rough - we were running out of daylight and the wind was kicking up and it was a bouncy landing that ended up just shy of a tree line. I could go into a lot more detail about how awesome it and the operator was and why if anyone wanted to do this they would want to use https://balloonletchworth.com/ and not the company sanctioned by the state park.

Looping in @SDS - might be related to recent issues with the site.

It's amusing that it was pretty much because of Madoff.

I've been eviscerated by friends for a similar opinion. As an aside, if someone likes a post in this thread does it mean that they agree with the unpopular opinion or that they agree that it's an unpopular opinion?

We took this trip to Garden Grove It smelled like Lou-dog inside the van, oh yeah

When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much

You make me come You make me complete You make me completely miserable

Losin' friends, losin' friends You got nothin' to lose You don't lose when you lose fake friends