stevewin

The random "20 yrs ago I was playing pinball with Carlton from Fresh Prince and he got mad I mentioned Silver Spoons" story might rival the Josh story 😛

Awesome story - and Happy Birthday! Your comments about his Mom made me think of my son meeting his family at TC one year. My Dad, son and I were sitting in the VIP section of the bleachers at TC (when there used to be such a thing) and we noticed that some members of Josh's family were sitting a few rows down - his Mom, Dad, sister, grandmother (not Patricia, the other one), and Britt. We had brought the pic in my avatar, which was from a previous TC Josh's rookie year (my Dad and son in photo) hoping to get near him again and see if he would sign it (we tried to play the old man card later - propping my Dad up by the fence waving the pic - or rather more accurately, stoically holding it aloft like an 85 yr old Lloyd Dobler - but alas Josh did only sign for kids that day, and not old men) As a joke I told my son he should go down and get Josh's family to sign the picture, not thinking he would do it - but sure enough my son popped up and went right down and struck up a conversation with them about the picture, and how we were going to try to get Josh to sign it later - maybe they all could too? Instead of acting put off by this kid coming out of nowhere with this goofy request - they all just good-naturedly went along with. Especially his Mom and Dad struck up a conversation with him for a few minutes, talking and joking with him. I came away with such a good impression of his family from that brief encounter - just seemed like such genuine, good, down to earth people. Below is a pic of them on the field after practice that day with Josh - and their sigs on the back of the pic

I was wondering about how the stadium is oriented wrt to the prevailing wind vs the sun - assume they took both into account. One thing I was thinking is that you would be much better off buying tickets on the side of the prevailing wind - on the other side even if you are under the edge of the canopy the rain/snow will blow on you. On the side with the wind at your back you will definitely be protected if you are on the edge of the canopy or probably even a little over.

The thing that will be heartbreaking is if/when they confirm after his passing that his brain turned into mush from CTE

Whenever I hear Xavier I think of an IBM company league softball team I was on as an intern back in the 80's - there was a guy on the team who had recently graduated and had been a walk-on for the basketball team at Xavier. Became a friend of mine and I started following Xavier because of him. Over the years lost contact with both. My daughter also went to a few of the hoops camps at chapel hill while in HS (eventually attended college there and played on the club team)

This makes so much more sense

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2025/06/16/keon-coleman-basketball-60-points-damar-hamlin-celebrity-game-buffalo-bills-michigan-state/84222765007/

Regarding the McD rookie/vet playing discussion - one thing he emphasized in one of last week's PCs is not putting someone out there if their "teammates don't trust him". A reminder that there are things factored in that we as fans don't necessarily know anything about.

And how much wind are they breaking

And the wind confusion coefficient

My biggest issue with illegal streams is all the spyware and other crap I imagine is being downloaded to my computer. I will gladly pay the cost of standalone ST to just know I have reliable access each week. I already have subscriptions to all the other streaming services so there is no net additional cost for me for those

Interesting side note - article noted he was the last remaining player on the team from when it played in SD

Another design element to confuse the wind

At my rehearsal, the 'Monsignor' was an old school priest who had been the head of my wife's parrish forever and was treated like the Pope by all the parishoners - nobody ever dared question anything he did (I always thought he was an a-hole but kept the opinion mostly to myself). At the rehearsal there was a point in the Mass where my wife wanted us to turn to the congregation and he forbade it - saying God was present on the alter or something and my wife defiantly said "God is everywhere!" making a grandiose sweeping gesture. There was immediate tension - and he responded with something patronizing which riled my wife up even more. I was prepared for my 'temporarily insane, high-strung sociopathic' wife to throw down. The next day, of course my wife made sure that we turned to the congegation at that point during the actual Mass 😛