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  • Originally posted by Kepler View Post

    From Mets reddit (this has been posted at least once a month since 2018):

    Also acceptable for Baylor basketball.

    Cornell '04, Stanford '06


    KDR

    Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
    iwh30 I wish I could be as smart as you. I really do you are the man
    gregg729 I just saw your sig, you do love having people revel in your "intelligence."
    Ritt18 you are the perfect representation of your alma mater.
    Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
    TBA#2 I want to kill you and dance in your blood.
    DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

    Test to see if I can add this.

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    • Originally posted by French Rage View Post

      Also acceptable for Baylor basketball.


      Found out recently the coach who covered that up was a Cornellian. We are Legion.
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      • Sort of an interesting MLB story.

        Joe West, the umpire, successfully sued former Met Paul Lo Duca, for defamation. Won half a million dollars.

        Lo Duca had gone on a podcast and told a story in which he claimed that Billy Wagner came into a Phillies-Mets game worked by West behind the plate, when Lo Duca was catching, and Wagner said that he had bribed West with use of his '57 Chevy to give him a wider strike zone. Wagner then strikes out the side.

        The problem is, there was only one Phillies-Mets game worked by West behind the plate while Lo Duca and Wagner were teammates, and Wagner didn't pitch that game. Oops.
        That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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        • Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
          Sort of an interesting MLB story.

          Joe West, the umpire, successfully sued former Met Paul Lo Duca, for defamation. Won half a million dollars.

          Lo Duca had gone on a podcast and told a story in which he claimed that Billy Wagner came into a Phillies-Mets game worked by West behind the plate, when Lo Duca was catching, and Wagner said that he had bribed West with use of his '57 Chevy to give him a wider strike zone. Wagner then strikes out the side.

          The problem is, there was only one Phillies-Mets game worked by West behind the plate while Lo Duca and Wagner were teammates, and Wagner didn't pitch that game. Oops.
          Lo Duca became persona non grata in the Mets community when it became apparent he liked his girls on the youngish side.

          You are a professional athlete in New York City. How much of a burden is it to ensure the conga line to your bed is legal?
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          ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
          Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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          • Originally posted by Kepler View Post

            You are a professional athlete in New York City. How much of a burden is it to ensure the conga line to your bed is legal?
            And provide them with nice parting gift baskets!

            Cornell '04, Stanford '06


            KDR

            Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
            iwh30 I wish I could be as smart as you. I really do you are the man
            gregg729 I just saw your sig, you do love having people revel in your "intelligence."
            Ritt18 you are the perfect representation of your alma mater.
            Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
            TBA#2 I want to kill you and dance in your blood.
            DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

            Test to see if I can add this.

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            • Originally posted by French Rage View Post

              And provide them with nice parting gift baskets!
              I mean, it's only fair.

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              Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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              • Something we didn’t see last year due tot he universal DH: Apparently the extra innings rule states that if a pitcher occupies the spot behind the lead-off batter, then you can choose to put the player two spots in the lineup behind the lead-off hitter as your runner.

                Yesterday the Mets purposefully did a double switch that put a reliever in that spot so that they would have a better base runner for extras.

                Evidently the same thing happened in the Marlins/Braves game too.
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                Go Tigers, Go Packers, Go Red Wings, Go Pistons

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                • The Twins have led or have been tied in the eighth inning of each of their ten games so far. They are 5-5. Outscored 15-0 in the ninth and tenth innings.
                  the state of hockey is good

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                  • Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                    Something we didn’t see last year due tot he universal DH: Apparently the extra innings rule states that if a pitcher occupies the spot behind the lead-off batter, then you can choose to put the player two spots in the lineup behind the lead-off hitter as your runner.

                    Yesterday the Mets purposefully did a double switch that put a reliever in that spot so that they would have a better base runner for extras.

                    Evidently the same thing happened in the Marlins/Braves game too.
                    Yup, it's Manfredball. It's so stupid there are no words except... it's Manfredball.

                    I love 7-ining games, though. I'm old and 9 innings is just too much.
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                    • Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
                      The Twins have led or have been tied in the eighth inning of each of their ten games so far. They are 5-5. Outscored 15-0 in the ninth and tenth innings.
                      Nice pen.

                      If it's any consolation, May has sucked so far for us.
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                      ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
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                      • Originally posted by Kepler View Post

                        Yup, it's Manfredball. It's so stupid there are no words except... it's Manfredball.

                        I love 7-ining games, though. I'm old and 9 innings is just too much.
                        That’s the best part and I completely forgot to mention it! It was extra innings, but since it was a double header it was only the 8th inning.
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                        Go Tigers, Go Packers, Go Red Wings, Go Pistons

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                        • Today in Darwin.

                          Minnesota Twins shortstop Andrelton Simmons has tested positive for the coronavirus and was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday before the team's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox.

                          Simmons has said he doesn't plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which was made available in a single-shot dosage to the team at Target Field last Thursday.
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                          Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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                          • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            Today in Darwin.
                            This is the kind of thing that ticks me off.

                            The entirety of my workforce is now fully vaccinated, both shots.

                            Except one. 25 year old girl. Feels invincible.

                            So I went to her the other day and asked her if she was scheduled for the shot, now that Minnesota is open to everyone. Told her everyone else is vaccinated. Her response was, "well, I feel like I'm pretty good because I've already gone through five exposures and I didn't get it, so..."

                            My response, was "it's free, I'll give you the time off to get it. If it affects you, I'll give you the time off to recover."

                            Her response was "I really don't think I'm going to get Covid, knock on wood."


                            By the way, this is the person that on at least four separate occasions during the last year would call me during the evening with a story like "a friend of my roommate got Covid from his mother, should I stay home from work?"
                            That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                            • Atlantic League making two rule changes.

                              Mound will be moved back a foot to 61' 6".

                              DH rule will be amended to only apply when the starting pitcher is in the game. Once he is removed, the pitching position enters the spot.
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                              1966, 1986, 2007

                              Go Tigers, Go Packers, Go Red Wings, Go Pistons

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                              • Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                                Atlantic League making two rule changes.

                                Mound will be moved back a foot to 61' 6".

                                DH rule will be amended to only apply when the starting pitcher is in the game. Once he is removed, the pitching position enters the spot.
                                I'm cool with both of these.
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                                ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
                                Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

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