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1 hour ago, romad1 said:

You do or do not believe in the great "man" or great person school of history? 

It doesn’t apply to Jackie.  Branch Rickey wanted to improvise his baseball club. 

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Branch Rickey was no racist. 

I’m not referring to specific individuals but the MLB hierarchy as a whole. One man doesn’t absolve an entire league.  If they want credit for doing the right thing then it wouldn’t matter who they selected. In fact they wouldn’t have had to “select” anyone. They would have just invited them to spring training and picked the best players. 

2 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

I forgot about Sen O' Rourke and Sen Harrison.  How have they done in the Senate?

55 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

When Von Hayes went to the Phillies. Pete Rose said: "I was suprised to find out that you were white because everybody told me how fast you were." To give the devil his due, Rose was not racist though.  He reportedly went out of his way to befriend Black players at time when things were still segregated.  

In Bouton's book he relayed a story Joe Morgan told him about Rose.  Rose had slid home but was called out. Back on the bench he told Joe "If I was black I'd have been safe".  Joe said "If you were black you wouldn't have had to slide"

it's not a criticism of Jackie but a reminder of why we know of him beyond being a great player.  When we say he broke the color barrier what we mean is he was picked by racists as acceptable in an attempt to make it look like they were righting their wrong.  To me it's like someone writing a check to charity for domestic violence support after being discovered as an abuser.

I have to do my taxes tonight.  

I have my thoughts on Jackie Robinson day.  It's great we honor him and what he had to go through and he deserves all of it.  But I've always felt that the way MLB frames this is an attempt to absolve them of the reason we need a Jackie Robinson Day.  There's one reason we have this day and it's because MLB was run by a bunch of racists who didn't want blacks in baseball.  Jackie didn't break the color barrier because "finally we had a qualified back person that could play".  He broke it because of the courage of some to decide it was time.  Still others didn't believe that and orgs like Boston and Detroit held out even further.

I care less about my senator's vote for a cabinet official who would have won anyway and I care more about my senator's appeal in the rest of our state that outside of a few metro areas, can be as red as Alabama and if that vote makes it more likely they'll get some votes they otherwise wouldn't get, then fine.  

What Obama did in 2008 is ancient history.  The world and landscape is different now and he's not running.  Al-Sayed is not Obama.

One game that always gets mentioned in lists like this, outside of those with playoff implications, is the 1998 game against the Cubs.  I was there and it seems like everybody else was.  I had just started working, shirt and tie kind of job, recently married, and met friends there on the way home from Warren.  So there I am in July at a game in a shirt and tie.  Kerry Wood pitched.  Matt Anderson made his MLB debut, threw one into the backstop during warmups, Sammy Sosa hit a HR breaking Rudy York's record for HR In a month.  I believe he got a curtain call.

28 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Are you a Turtle? 

You bet your sweet ass I am. 
 

astronaut Wally Schirra was asked this during a mission  He had to answer thru a private channel 

weather might be an issue on this one...

On 2/14/2026 at 7:23 PM, Stormin said:

Not baseball,  but I still think Chuck Long is the best QB name of all time.

That was my dads name 

I understand that sliver of voters but if they fell for his schtick in '24 then that tells me they are stupid and will fall for anything and can't be counted on.

I have Polish colleagues and there was one who was known by Peter Kielbasa.

I figured they were just ****ing with him to separate him from the other Piotr we had in the group.  Like saying Johnny Bananas

Nope.  That was his name.

Did Harbour wear a fat suit?  Someone with his girth should have a fuller face I think.

Just now, ewsieg said:

I might be annoyed at where they put their 'red' line, but happy when folks realize it's been crossed.

I take it to mean "Ok, you say that now just to move on and not have to defend it, but next week you'll forget about it."

I mean... how much more proof do we need of anything negative you could possibly say about him that wasn't there in 2016?

There is a Weather Channel soundtrack/playlist available on spotify...

yes it was. I was wondering how they were going to pull it off but I liked it.  

Sometimes the obvious answer is the best one, rather than some crazy twist at the end, but if you tell the story correctly it can work.  Loved the Homer character too.

My only complaint is that Clark's ASL skills were too advanced for the limited amount of learning he had.  They did a good job at balancing the flaws but showing us why they have those flaws.

and having a son like Richard sure pulled at the heartstrings.  When they were on the bus after he acted out.... damn.  Been there done that.

I had this goofball thought that I wonder if we'll see a situation where a catcher calls for the wrong kind of ABS... meaning they are so intuned to their task and the immediate reaction becomes instinctive... so Dingler is catching, a ball is called a strike but since he has to think about this **** as both a hitter and a catcher, he taps his helmet.  

I could see Miggy doing that as a hitter.  "No no, that was a strike man, give the P his due.... he earned it.  I'll hit the next pitch for a HR anyway..."

When Trammell played his final game in 1996 it was against the Brewers.  He gave a little speech after the game and Phil, who managed the Brewers, told his players to stay on the field to pay their respects.  That said he was ok with me.  

I lack confidence in the American people to do the right thing when it really counts. They failed us in ‘16, ‘18, ‘22, and ‘24 despite all the handwringing from th Lincoln project and bulwark and podcasters.  Remember when Graham and Cruz and Collins were going to lose?
 

Dobbs was supposed to end the GOP.  That’s ancient history. Yes it’s cute when an R district goes from +47 to + 18 or a Democrat wins dog catcher in Montana.  Until the House and Senate flips and then the White House goes D I’m not getting excited. This country elected Trump again after ‘16 and Jan 6.  It’s who we are.  It wasn’t an outlier. We are at the mercy of idiots.