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Can you imagine prehistoric times when this happens? I'm thinking a group of cavemen types, with little "education", not places like Egypt or Aztecs. Just sitting around getting food ready, fishing, whatever... then the sun gets covered up and things go dark. Would they think the world was ending. Did they find the nearest woman and start having sex?

I'm just waiting for some ignorant asshat to schedule a meeting during the time of the eclipse.

I hate weather. The forecast for Friday's home opener went to **** too... last week it was partly sunny and mid 50's. Now it's mid 40's with possible spotty showers... and breezy. **** April.

Those people on the west side of the state are one degree away from the Mormons in Utah.

The Beyonce Country song Texas Hold Em is catching on with me. I listened to Jolene once and it didn't hook with me. But this song is catching me like a commercial jingle would. I'm not a Beyonce fan and favor the kind of Country that Tater does but it is what it is... I didn't ask for this but I'm kind of digging it.

If the Tigers had Paredes then perhaps they aren't in a position to draft Lankford in 2023.... meaning a lower draft psoition.

I-75 near the OH border will look like the Florida Space Coast during an Apollo launch.

I remember reading in the 90’s that the Catholic Church and one of the Orthodox churches removed their excommunications of each other.

today's forecast says "light rain" for Queens this evening... so maybe that will give them a window to trudge through a shortened game in miserable conditions.

it got me too... I almost merged the threads.

I just got MLB Network again and.... I can't get over Carlos Pena being referred to as "Los". As for "celly"... yeah Buddha's right. Hockey players like to shorten everything up, names, etc. I think it comes from being out of breath on the ice so you reduce syllables and exertion it takes to say things.

FYI, this is the 2023 MLB thread, there is a 2024 MLB thread.

Bruce was great on Curb this week.

I think it being the only series between the clubs the league is involved.

I'm just assuming there won't be baseball until Friday. Home Opener weather took a turn... breezy and mid 40's. But.... it's been worse.

I grew up and still live in a flight path of DTW and I didn’t notice it.

Regarding tipping at the ballpak… on the kiosks. I was told on 3 occasions by workers to not tip there. They don’t get it. I mean I guess they do somehow but it’s split among everybody and the implication I got was we aren’t doing what’s in the spirit. In one scenario the machine was acting up so she took over and said “hit zero for that, you don’t want that” and on another occasion I tipped and the worker said “just so you know we don’t really see that. It gets spread out”. So now I don’t. Especially since the ballpark went cashless. I always tipped a few books for the seat vendor who’s hauling a few cases.

I’m not informed enough to say whether this puts FL in play for Biden but I will say it helps Biden bigly because now the depleted Republic party has to spend resources in what was considered a safe state.

In some markets I suppose TV overrides the attending fans. NY and LA appears to be the only games starting after 7 today and tomorrow and Wednesday.

It’s 3 games in the rear views mirror. They only have to play .500 ball the rest of way to have a winning record.

Our priest told a joke last week at a memorial. “St Peter is showing a new arrival around Heaven. He approached a room and tells the guy “this is where the Baptists are. Be quiet when you walk by. They think they are the only ones here”.