Frayed Knot

Santiago did last long enough to add to the all-time NYM World Capitals team, joining Claudell Washington, Miguel Cairo, and of course Jose Lima Maybe there are others. Perhaps Greg (Port au) Prince knows of some?

Helps that there was no one on base and that the Redbirds were up 4-0 at the time

Is a Rowan Wick what you use to light your Rowan Candle?

And now it's the fucking Astros turn to suck!! 10-6 losers yesterday (and it wasn't that close - a couple of garbage runs after it was 10-3 in late innings) tonight they've scored once despite several leadoff runners on and just left two on to end the game (4-1 final). That's now 5-0 vs TBR & HOU this week. Yanx were playing the weak sisters of the poor early in the season, but not now. Nats beat the Braves 4-3 tonight in Keuchel's 2019 debut. Marlins leading the Phils 2-1 in top 9 in Philly ... P.S.: how is a 2-1 game not yet finished 3 hours and 10 minutes in?!?

Bound Pages with Writing!!!

Edgy MD wrote: Once was the time when it wasn't automatic to pinch-hit for the starter with eight innings under his belt in that situation. Once was the time when the starter -- even the fourth time through the lineup and 100+ pitches in -- was considered leaps and bounds ahead of anyone in the bullpen. And I don't mind the Lugo vs Diaz argument, only that they were having it as if the third spot in the lineup for the coming inning wasn't even a consideration.

Cubs fans get far too riled up over routine fly balls. It's an obvious thing in the bottom of the 9th in a one run game, but they've been doing it for the previous 17 innings too.

Uh, Gary & Ron: you can't be having this Lugo vs Diaz discussion without at least bringing up the fact that Lugo was due to hit this inning. It's a no-brainer that you PH for him rather than essentially giving up any chance to add to a one run lead.

And suddenly it's the Cubs who are making odd outs (the Rizzo HBP/swing) and outs on the bases (a pick-off, plus Rizzo trapped between 2nd & 3rd). Our side has been the one making far too many of those lately.

His job is to speak in class.

GiDPs R Us

Recently saw a low budget docu (on some low budget cable station) on Terry Kath produced by his daughter. She, being only a year or so old at the time of his death, never knew him so this was a "searching for" kind of thing. The remaining veteran band members (Pankow, Lamm, etc.) appeared as did his widow and brother. Didn't deal at all with the circumstances of his death -- which was basically a, "Don't worry, this thing's not loaded", type of situation -- and had some suggestions that maybe Kath wasn't long for the band at the time anyway. Kind of weird, definitely not winning any Oscars. We now return you to your regularly scheduled IGT, already in progress (even if the game is not): Cubs are 40-33, 1/2 game up on the Brewers atop the NLC Not one of their regular position players seems to be hurt at the moment (wonder what that's like?) unless you include Ben Zobrist who, for some reason, could possibly miss the remainder of the season dealing with his divorce the country/religious singer whom he accuses of "violating their marriage vows" (probably not code for: failure to take out the trash promptly). Eight different players currently have 200+ PA on the season (as opposed to five NYM) and I think Joe Maddon has had all eight players each play all eight positions on the field (although I'm still checking into that) Starter Kyle Hendricks is IL'd so we'll miss him, as is big money reliever Brandon Morrow who I'm not sure is ever NOT IL'd

Edgy MD wrote: I could be wrong, but I seem to recall a period of Philadelphia 76er history when they played a few home games in Syracuse to honor their forebears. Am I making this up? I'm making it up, aren't I? The 100-point Wilt game was in Hershey, PA rather than in Philadelphia Not sure if that was a one-off or some occasional side trip.

BAM!!!

My only problem with that video is that I see Peter Cetera and I want to grab the rest of the band by the throats and beg them not to turn over writing/singing duties to him should anything happen to Terry Kath or else their stuff will turn into a bunch of sappy garbage. I mean, sure, they were already heading downhill by that point anyway, but by focusing on Cetera it put them on an express line to the yacht. And then he wound up leaving them anyway for a solo career which was also a bunch of sappy garbage to the point where I can't tell the difference between Cetera solo and Cetara-era Chicago. Cetera also skipped the band's HoF induction. I guess after such a stunning solo career he probably didn't want to admit he was ever in the band.

I think those were tomahawk chops with cell phone lights. Nice job getting out of things by Flexen

=kcmets post_id=13586 time=1560993861 user_id=53] Well the lights weren't off, just felt like it...

=kcmets post_id=13586 time=1560993861 user_id=53] Well the lights weren't off, just felt like it...

Four hits in the game for the Braves: Single followed by HR in the 1st; Single / HR in the 6th oe: OK, now it's five, but still.

Clicking in briefly on the Nats/Phils game. Not only is Scherzer pitching with a busted nose from yesterday but he now also has a black eye to go along with his blue one and his brown one. And he's also got a 2-hitter w/10 Ks in the 7th 1-0 Nats, top 7

So that's two more outs on the basepaths tonight, and neither looked like a good idea at the time.

"Authorities" in the DR are now saying that Papi wasn't the intended target of the shooting. So if this was part of some drug ring beef, their hit squads aren't very good at their jobs and, if the other stories about the DR in the news are accurate, they'd increase their kill pct simply by sending their victims out on cruise ships.

"Authorities" in the DR are now saying that Papi wasn't the intended target of the shooting. So if this was part of some drug ring beef, their hit squads aren't very good at their jobs and, if the other stories about the DR in the news are accurate, they'd increase their kill pct simply by sending their victims out on cruise ships.

12-1 is your final in the Bronx. Nats beat Philly in the first of two and the first game they've been able to play in three days. Last I heard, Scherzer is expected to pitch tonight despite his busted schnozz from yesterday's BP bunting accident.

=smg58 post_id=13529 time=1560969149 user_id=62] [bennett Lesion is] polling ahead of the mayor...