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=G-Fafif post_id=8904 time=1556814246 user_id=55] I also like that Seaver in the New York Sports cover is wearing a jersey he'll never wear in actual competition, as the home racing stripes debuted on his back 4/5/1983. Cooperative of him to pose.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I kinda like the darkness of the Carter shot. It's a night game. New York mag had a city nightlife slant, it established the brand and story as one. Though, unless for some expensive dinner in a hotel ballroom or banquet hall, one wouldn't expect the cover subject to be enjoying said city nightlife!

Edgy MD wrote: So, am I correctly understanding that The Rusty Staub Foundation is ceasing operations? It appears so. From their website contact form page. GENERAL INQUIRIES If possible, please limit your inquiries to only those that are in regard to the legacy of the foundation. The Rusty Staub Foundation is no longer active in fund raising event endeavours and donation procurement.

The less said about the nomadic area NHL team, the better!

Edgy MD wrote: It was so interesting, he isn't even Korean. I should be banned for five days. I'll negotiate it down to two days, retroactive to Saturday evening

=MFS62 post_id=5792 time=1554075997 user_id=60] And Bill (please tell Joe Beningo that I'm NOT the guy who makes those numerical projections) Pecota.

I still can't get behind Bronx Brewery beers being sold there. Especially in draught form!

I'm also confused, who are you calling Jussie? Name, nor “Smollett” doesn't seem to appear as a name, full or not, on the current 40-Man.

Edgy MD wrote: Go, Jussie. Not exactly a name one might want to use prominently these days 😉

To quote Billy Wagner, fuckin' shocker.

Hot Take: I'd prefer a statue of him on the mound, bowing to the Shea crowd, following his number retirement ceremony more than him in pitching motion.

Don Gullet wasn't considered an Ace back in the day? Obviously not on Seaver/Carlton/Sutton/Richard level, but on that next tier, but still Ace material?

I'd argue Doc was still presented as such during his final years with the team. Certainly after the exodus of Carter, Hernandez and Strawberry.

An empty Citi Field will appear as part of Thanos' devastation in Avengers: Endgame.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Rivera was basically the best at his job of anybody in baseball over an 18-year period. I don't begrudge him the 100%. I won't be within 200 miles of Cooperstown next July, though. I'd say "me neither," but Rochester appears to be juuuust less than 200 miles from Cooperstown. Mets are in San Francisco that weekend. Sounds like a good time for a Wolfies Family Trip to Northern California!

=seawolf17 post_id=1533 time=1548176082 user_id=91] Andy Pettitte is going to be one and done on the HOF voting this year and I think that is HILARIOUS.

BTW, my point about the uber popular podcast, was that since both hosts are highly noted persons in their professions, and generally lean towards not being very negative towards anyone's private persona. Case in point, a more well known guest, on a live recording in front of an audience of the show, inadvertently revealed a private fact about a dceased person involved with the podcast's topic. The person was well known in his profession, but the detail was only known by those close to him, and has never been made public, even over a decade now since his passing. It wasn't said maliciously, and intended to be an example of his perseverance, but because it was something never publicly disclosed (even if among those who knew him it was a “worse kept secret”) the hosts of the podcast omitted that part of the discussion from the released recording. Yet they've trotted out the negative aspects and opinions about Mother Teresa from Hitchens and other biased sources as if they were generally accepted truths. Hence why I wonder if the negative stuff about her is now, no pun intended, gospel when it comes to discussing her. And not just to be dismissed with a “consider the sources” handwave as 41Forever suggests. And therefore, why a NYT piece from the same week is the only investigative piece on the Rivera pool tragedy.

Frayed Knot wrote: The late British writer Christopher Hichens was solidly in the anti-Mother Teresa camp and wasn't shy about saying so. Not a yardstick by any means, but in the last year or so I've listened to two podcasts who's focus have nothing to do with anything about her, including an uber popular one, mention how horrible she really was (to say nothing about horrible persons list videos she appears in) without any sort of counter balance (getting it from one extremely biased side, etc) so I'm wondering if its now getting to be “generally accepted” that she shouldn't be respected at all. Which gets back to what CF is saying about Rivera. Does seem odd that the linked article is the lone comeback that the “why are you still on this about Rivera” crowd has in their arsenal. You'd think there would have been more pieces (audio, text, video) trying to get to the real story over the years.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Laura Bush killed a guy? As a 17-year old she ran a stop sign, and crashed into a car that killed the other driver. It was an accident and she wasn't charged. The line "Oh yeah! Laura Bush killed a guy!" is from Family Guy, and not meant to say its her Chappaquiddick or anything, but as an example of skeletons from a public person's past that is still open for anyone to research and find out about. Something no one has seemingly done with the Rivera pool tragedy since it happened. And Mother Theresa was hateful and evil? Yes, very much so. There are a slew of books and documentaries about her iron fist rule of her "mission." About how she would rather not heal the sick, but keep them in the impoverished conditions, etc. I could also use worse kept secrets of the #MeToo era, from Cosby to R. Kelly that come to light only because something about them just happen to hit the news cycle.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Laura Bush killed a guy? And Mother Theresa was hateful and evil? 1) Vehicular manslaughter as a 17 year old. She ran a stop sign, crashed into a car that killed the other driver. The line is "Oh yeah, Laura Bush killed a guy" is a quote from Family Guy more so than the incident being her Chappaquiddick or anything. 2) Yes. Very much so. Not a good person at all.

All kidding aside, the coverage of that story was just mind-boggling. As if every member of the media had lost all common sense. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/sports/baseball/sorrow-and-questions-in-a-land-of-dreams.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/sports/baseball/sorrow-and-questions-in-a-land-of-dreams.html It is curious that this piece from that week is the only “investigation” piece on it in nearly 15 years. Especially when the 10 anniversary hit right at the height of the Deadspin/BarStool era of TMZ/social media sports journalism. Equally especially in an era of “oh yeah, Laura Bush killed a guy” and finding out what a hateful and evil excuse of a human being Mother Theresa really was, you'd think this would still be drudged up when Rivera's pristine character is discussed.

Metro North line from Westchester to it

Great, now Sinatra will be in my head all year!

For some reason the guy doing the tracking has been ignoring this story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/weve-officially-found-someone-who-didnt-give-mariano-rivera-his-hall-of-fame-vote/ar-BBQLNvn

MFS62 wrote: I've never heard of anyone called "Buster" who had any credibility. Later Keaton?