Greybeard

Just get a separate box. Can't get much cheaper than a Firestick. This is good advice. About 8 years ago my daughter had a Vizio go out. She looked everything up on the internet and asked me if I would help. I said sure take it apart and let me know what you need. When I got home from work the next day she had it apart on the kitchen table and told me she needed some caps. The only thing she wanted me to do is solder them in. TV still works. I wouldn't give up on anything today without first checking the internet for repair info.

During one of the pregame post-season shows, Pero Martinez said when he threw his curve he would jam one finger up against the seam at its narrowest point on ball. His next finger was right next to it and then there was a space between the second finger and the other seam. When he takes one of the current balls, he said look, there is no space, so he said the seams were closer together. I think he was also implying the ball was wound tighter. I would have thought any Pro pitcher could instantly grab a ball and tell if it was bigger or small, heavier or lighter. It makes a big difference in your ability to be consistent and make the ball move. Even a bigger deal on the pitchers confidence level. What wasn't mentioned in the article is a rougher ball will offer more resistance to the air, so in affect, it should move more than a slick ball. Take that and an umpire who seemed to miss more calls than I would believe, and the pitchers are in for a long game. A bit off topic, but after watching more baseball this year than I have ever watched before, I think if it time to let the video systems make the ball and strike calls. It's a big difference when as a pitcher the third pitch brings you to 2 and 1 instead of 1 and 2. I admit the calls go both ways but it makes a big difference when they happen. It is not fair to either pitcher or batter if the calls are not correct. Put a buzzer in the umps hand and if it is a strike, buzz him. He can still make the call.

Yes. Fast ball pitcher vs fastball hitting team and the ball really travels here. Guess he gets to do it next inning. Something must be up with the ball. There hasn't been this many home runs since players were juicing.

Expect Jansen to give up a HR here.

So where is the Garden State Brickface commercial that follows this?

Thanks, now I don't have to look that up.

Good post, I would argue that you can take any of the QB's that made it, let them get drafted by the Bills and the odds go way down they would still make it. For whatever reason, the Bills seem incapable of developing anyone. Oddly you can even say this of Kelly who started in the USFL.

As a Dodger fan, I agreed with pulling Hill. It would have been his third time through the line up and even by just observing this team, a lot of their starters struggle the third time through. Maybe true of the entire league. I thought he should have let Morrow continue though. Much better odds with him and he has been super of late. Through the year, especially the big Dodger win streak, everything Roberts did worked. It was amazing. Then, all of a sudden it did not. That was the losing streak. Mattingly who was the Dodger manager before Roberts basically did the same thing but was not as successful at it, IMO. I used to say Mattingly rotated through the pitchers until he found the guy with the off day. Maybe the Yanks will sign him for next year if he is available. It is a crap shoot though, on what you get when you bring in a reliever. Many of them seem to have control problems when they come it. And walking the leadoff guy amounts to a run scored about 70% of the time. A personnal observation which was reinforced by a Met announcer years ago but maybe does not hold up statistically.

TIL ........

Thanks, for this. Very interesting. Can I assume you have read books on this subject besides what is posted on Wikipedia? I just watched a movie which can be found on-line for free, "The Admiral: Roaring Currents." A Korean Admiral, with 13 ships, takes on the Japanese Navy which has 330 ships. It is dubbed in English. I think I would have preferred sub-titles.

The Dodger bullpen that didn't give up a run consisted of Maeda, Morrow and Jansen. Once they go past that it is pot luck, McCarthy being the worst. I still can't understand how Jansen can be so effective. His ball must move most of the time but he is subject to home runs, although it appears even all the best pitchers are this year. The next game should be very interesting. I view it as the key to the series for the Dodgers. Does Darvish hold the advantage because he seen the Astro's or do the Astro batters. Darvish also has an issue with homers. He is likely to pitch a 3 hitter, all home runs. I have a lot of 1 AM nights invested in the Dodgers. Much harder to do this year without Vince.

We did have one at TBD,

I think the general population does not fully understand this. Nothing presented in print or on TV is without bias, especially today.

When the Dodgers left, the Giants left. So both of groups of fans had to put up with Yankee fans. With that option I could see still routing for the Giants or the Dodgers. Also, the players then didn't make big bucks. Many of them lived in the neighborhood near the ball parks. It was an entirely different player/fan relationship.

A few years back a white basketball player on the Syracuse team was called a thug. Maybe not in the newspapers but I heard several fans call him that.

Google maps is my friend. Not sure why I didn't think about using it before. The intersection I was trying to describe is Walmore and Niagara Falls Blvd. There is another road crossing that intersection so it is one of those 6 corner things. I thought I remembered a Wagon Wheel bar there on the right hand side if you were driving towards Buffalo. Maybe I just don't remember correctly. I am thinking in the 60's and 70's. I thought I remember a big Wagon Wheel outside of the place. The Bell plant I refer to is the Bell Areonautics, which later I think became Calspan and now Lockheed Martin. They probably employed over a 1000 back in the 60's. That was also the site where the first hovercraft was built. It is the south eastern corner of the Niagara Falls Airport. Looks like there is a Subway and something else there now. I checked out the current Wagon Wheel and I remember seeing it but not the place I thought I remembered. Just 3 blocks from Buzzies.

is Wagon Wheel the place that used to be or maybe is still there on the Niagara Falls Blvd at that funny intersection next to the old Bell plant? No one has mentioned Swistons in Tonawanda. Is that place still there?

The two members of Bigstar who wrote this have passed on. I recently saw a documentary on Bigstar which was quite interesting. Seems Bigstar influenced a lot of bands, but never really became big when they were together.

After surving on the Grand Jury in upstate NY about 20 years ago, why does it matter? A license isn't required to drive.

In all the coverage of his death, I have not heard one mention of the song "Refugee." An oasis in the desert of disco. My favorite song of his.

With this issue on giving out money, I guess N. Carolina gets a three year delay on anything happening to them. You have to think someone at NC has something on the NCAA.

My eye color sounds a lot like yours. I also have a lot of yellow at times. Father had blue eyes, mother had hazel. My brother in law, who also had blue eyes, had cancer on the optic nerve of one eye. He lost one eye to that. The army doctor he had told him, blue eyed people should make sure they wear eye protection in the sun. Something you typically wouldn't think about.

If this was last years D, the Bronco's would have had another 100 to 150 yards of offense on yards after the Defensive player touched them. The most frustrating thing last year was watching how many yards the Bills gave up trying to bring a guy down after they grabbed him. And that is not even counting Gilmore's constant whiffs. This year they actually look like an NFL team on D.

Anyone who lived through the last couple of years of Jack Kemp should understand this. When he lost his zip to the outside he gave up quite a few interceptions. Sadly I remember Jack for that more than I do his accomplishments two or three years before. Just can't get that image out of my mind.

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