Johnny Lunchbucket

I assumed by his name that he was from Japan but he's as American as Tom Seaver, born in CA and grew up in San Diego

Typewriter Chewing Gum will have to really work hard to beat the Wonderama set

I'm the man right now

This is about as dreary a May day as you can imagine. Cold, windy and steady rain

Looks like the heavy stuff will taper by 4 and start up again at 7 so there could be baseball today

Normally when a team sucks you could say, "Hey at least we have a young top draft pick contributing," but Jonathan India has been on the DL twice already. And you could say, we have future hall of fame, but Votto is out with COVID. And the only pitcher worth anything on the club has been hurt all year. The Commish should step in and force them to take Cano, and sign Conforto.

Retire 24 for payson

This whole thread is an all-time classic. Agreed. Game threads usually suck but the "Fuck Aerosmith" Game shall live in CPF History

Disgraced short-time Met Kyle Farnsworth is... scouting ballplayers in Uganda, apparently. This is an amusing kind of Twitter thread if you read it, with appearances by Megill's Mom, back and forth between fans, a few funny remarks and a pretty wild opening video

This is great.

Great game story in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning. I always try and think how I'd handle these kinds of stories which test your ability to present uncomfortable truths. Scott Lauber is the writer. The forecast is calling for rain Friday. But on a clear, cool Thursday night, the sky fell on the Phillies. Leading by four runs after the first inning, seven runs after the fourth, and six runs with three outs to go in what should've been a series-opening giggler against the division-leading New York Mets, the Phillies lost — yes, somehow they lost — 8-7 before an announced crowd of 24,040 stunned patrons at Citizens Bank Park. How it happened is almost secondary to the fact that it actually happened. But James Norwood and closer Corey Knebel combined to allow seven runs in the ninth inning — four of which scored with two outs — in a loss that had to be seen to be believed. Even then, it strained credulity. Consider this: Phillies manager Joe Girardi, who managed a Game 7 loss in the 2017 American League Championship Series that preceded his firing by the New York Yankees, called it “about as hard [a loss] as I've been through.” “Shouldn't have happened,” Knebel said after giving up three two-out hits in a row, including Brandon Nimmo's game-tying two-run single and Starling Marte's go-ahead double that split the gap in left-center. “Got to be better. Offense did their job tonight. [Aaron] Nola, awesome outing. The game's on me. We've got a seven-run lead, six-run lead going into the ninth. It can't happen.”

Wwos has to be the best opening sequence in TV history. Duan I watched a little of that curling, that guy was into it even though I can barely understand him. Tipperary v Kilkenny is always a Cracker ye

Realmuto was not really competitive. Hoskins flattened. B o o o k s

Destroyed Quinn there

If good Diaz shows up the Phillies shan't recover this season

Omg

Holy shit

It's now up to Zimmo. They've had 6 hits this inning

Oh nice rip. 7-5, 2 out 2nd +3rd

All up to Jay Dee

Tying run will bat. Whoa

Yeah I'm not even considering bands born in the 80s

I gave 8 or 9 legit American contemporaries I'd consider ahead of aero in a best-American Band list

They should sign Conforto and Cano NOW. what's the worst that could happen

I'd also say BoC