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ha ha... I've been there.

I'm not sure Lou's stance with reporters mattered much with regard to the HOF. It was as Lee pointed out, he never had the BIG year. He was just good to very good for a long time. He was a leadoff hitter then later had some power. He was an easy player to take for granted. He won the silver slugger and gold glove in 83-85 which in theory means he was the best 2B in the AL on both sides of the field.

I was there a week ago. A block from the beach. View from our balcony. The ocean is beyond those buildings. A lot of people sleep on the beach at night. Obviously homeless. They leave during the day. I hope they are ok.

It’s possible that the agreements allow MLB to access all the betting data and they discovered it themselves.

Was it due to time or just "he's not on our team anymore, get him out of there before he gets hurt or something and it voids"? I don't know, I was at Michigan Adventure at the time and trying to get updates on a dying cell phone while standing in line for a roller coaster.

During the strike in '94 and '95 he got a lot of national heat for showing up to the meetings in a limo. But that was his only car. He and his wife owned a recording studio and they used that for clients. That was literally their car.

Bongino had some "cryptic" statement the other day about things he's seen that would "blow you away" and I interpreted that to be a way to walk back his hard line stance and fend off the wolves until they forget about it. "Just wait until I tell you about what I see...." Then in 2-3 years nobody remembers.

and I was mad because my cable system didn't have WOR and WOR would show pro wrestling

I read a book on the Busch family, of Budweiser fame. It's fantastic. Very typical of family business dramas you'd see on TV and in movies. Caray was getting too popualr in St. Louis and was running around with either a Busch daughter or the wife of a Busch son. Also Busch beer was created because of the baseball stadium. The league wouldn't let him name the stadium after his beer so he named it after the family, then created the beer.

WGN played a big part obviously but for me specifically given my age it was huge that they didn't play night games at Wrigley. I was born in '73 so by the time I got to the age where I was too old to "go out and play" during the day, I'd sleep in until 10 or 11, lounge around all day, and watch the Cubs on WGN until going out in the evening or to work. From about 87-89 during the week I was watching them play during the day. I probably watched them more than the Tigers to be honest. That Cubs era has a special place for me.

I'm not an expert but I won't be upset if the team doesn't get Suarez.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMqXVv6SvES/?igsh=dWdhMHlhc2lmOThr According to that, when Clase comes into the game in the 9th, his first pitch “waste pitch” percentage (ball way out of the zone) is 17.5%. Every other pitch is 5%.

Why is Scott Harris making these guys get hurt?

Reese Olson done for the year. So there’s that

Reese Olson done for the year

I'd guess these are for "harmless" bets like certain pitches being balls.

Only 3 participants of the first 10 Wrestlemania main events are still alive. Ted DiBiase, Sgt Slaughter, and Bret Hart. (I'm not counting Mr. T as he wasn't a 'rassler' so to speak)

I feel like I went to every Mike Pelfrey and Jordan Zimmerman start ever made at Comerica Park.

Over the winter someone snuck into the old Hyatt in Dearborn and now's the video. Someone else bought it and from the outside they are doing real work to it. Its been through several owners since it closed as The Edward Hotel. A friend of mine was an electrician there his whole life and told me 1/3 of of it was sealed off at the time of closure. I hope something good can come of it but it's just too large to support as a hotel in today's environment and in that location.

When you go to Target near my house, on "The Hill" in Allen Park, you can a good view of it. Every few weeks I drive by it on Sunday evenings. Personally it will make going to visit our friend much easier as she's not far from the entry point on that side.

Ironic if we trade a prospect who goes on to mash for Suarez who was probably our worst prospect trade ever... yeah I know, Smoltz. But Smoltz wasn't a top prospect at the time and Doyle delivered.

You can see the capsule at the Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton. Although it's stripped of parts. That crew got in trouble for taking some stamps up to sell. It was quite the scandal at the time. They worked out a private deal with a collector to sell them after they all retired to set up college funds for their kids.

Apollo 15 crew was the last to grace the cover of Time magazine. There were two more landings after that. The only thing that made the last landing special, aside from being the last, was it was the only nighttime launch. It's amazing footage. We had a similar experience a few years ago when Artemis I launched. That system is comparable to a Saturn V. The landings evolved to scientific missions and the public isn't interested in that.

Purple shirt guy didn’t like the fact that a black guy, with dreads no less, had control of the situation. A white man needed to be in charge.

and I've seen conflicting accounts on whether the extra runner actually prevents what they claim. I also saw one that so far the visiting team won over 50% of the games and the idea being that since they are likely to score first, that puts the home team at a disadvantage because "team's play differnet when they are trailing...." I don't know. Seems like the goal if you are down in the bottom of the 10th is to still tie the game. You want to score the runner whether it's the top or bottom. In the top you have the pressure of knowing if you score they can tie it. In the bottom you have the advantage that if you are tied and you score, you win. Probably not enough data points to draw conclusions. So I'm against things that are done "just because". I need proof it's doing what you say it's doing. At least with a HR contest we know "This ends now."