Ho-hum NYD bowl for the gridiron Wildcats.
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So UL keeping their football coach but Ole Busch Light Vince to FSU?
What happened that made people think Mario Cristobal is a good football coach? Very strange.
I spent the past 2 weeks serving Jury duty. Another guy in the pool had an uncanny resemblance to Vince Tyra only to realize that it was in fact Vince Tyra.
I thought it was strange that he wouldn’t have succeeded in avoiding serving it, but now it appears he likely preferred it to slumming on Floyd St.
I thought it was strange that he wouldn’t have succeeded in avoiding serving it, but now it appears he likely preferred it to slumming on Floyd St.
Cards rolling into the SERVPRO First Responders Bowl on a Tuesday at 3:15.
I know it’s cool these days to name babies with urban first name with a ‘L’ ‘ or packed with Q’s, apostrophe or referring to odd beverages…whatever.
But in practical application this weekend, I went to a bustling famous burger restaurant (White Manna) and two separate dudes come in for their pickup order mumbling their ‘unique’ first names to the host and both these poor bastards had to repeat their names at least 5x. It took lip reading, hilarious misinterpretations, and a team of restaurant people to locate their food. No doubt the original food order exchange over the phone to some Latin line cook wasn’t a Swiss watch at documenting who was on the other end in the first place.
As a matter of fact, I bet a lot of these guys with funky/cool names will use boring-*** code word (like ‘Frank’ or ‘Larry’) out of sheer hunger. Like most things in life, it’s only cool if you’re a celebrity or a highly paid athlete.
But in practical application this weekend, I went to a bustling famous burger restaurant (White Manna) and two separate dudes come in for their pickup order mumbling their ‘unique’ first names to the host and both these poor bastards had to repeat their names at least 5x. It took lip reading, hilarious misinterpretations, and a team of restaurant people to locate their food. No doubt the original food order exchange over the phone to some Latin line cook wasn’t a Swiss watch at documenting who was on the other end in the first place.
As a matter of fact, I bet a lot of these guys with funky/cool names will use boring-*** code word (like ‘Frank’ or ‘Larry’) out of sheer hunger. Like most things in life, it’s only cool if you’re a celebrity or a highly paid athlete.
I guess Llama has more influence than previously thought.
Well I guess if Harold Baines can be in the HoF, why not put career .288 with 11 HR hitter Buck O’Neil in there too.
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Only warning. You better not say anything else about Buck.
Me too. That’s why I have no take on the Buck dude. I am, however, glad that Stoops is apparently sticking around. Shoutout to Jenn for the scoop....
If Harold Baines is in 95% of MLB players are gonna get in
You beat me to it. It’s the “Hall of Fame” not the “Hall of Good”.
Harold Baines is only in the Hall of Fame because Tony Larussa almost singlehandedly put him there. F them both.
Harold Baines - .289/.356/.465 with 384 home runs and 1,628 RBI (30th all-time)
Not saying he deserves to be in, but surely there are folks in there with worse numbers.
Not saying he deserves to be in, but surely there are folks in there with worse numbers.
There are, and they suck as a Hall of Fame honoree even worse than Harold Baines does.
What about Ozzie Smith? Even as a Cardinal fan I have mixed emotions about him being in Cooperstown.
Can someone explain to me Buck’s credentials for getting in the Hall other than having a great personality?
Buck is known as the greatest ambassador to the Negro Leagues, and his list of accomplishments is a mile long. He was even awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by G-Dub. He should be in as a contributor.
For years the Hall stiff armed Buck and Marvin Miller. It took a while, and unfortunately both are being recognized posthumously, but they did finally get it right.
For years the Hall stiff armed Buck and Marvin Miller. It took a while, and unfortunately both are being recognized posthumously, but they did finally get it right.
that kind of sounds like a long-winded way of saying 'great personality'.
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Everybody knows Buck doesn’t deserve to be in the Hall. That’s why they gave him a special award ~15 years ago. This is stupid. “Great ambassador to the game”? Give me a f’ing break. If that’s all it takes then Dale Murphy should have been first ballot.
Anybody that can belt 300 homers in the sweltering Atlanta humidity with NO batting glove deserves a mention.
Yesterday my mom gave me a little button (about the size of a nickel) with Gil Hodges on it. She found it cleaning out my granny's house. Looked it up and these things were sold for a penny out of vending machines in 1956. A couple hours after I get home, Gil Hodges is elected to the HoF. Pretty crazy coincidence.
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Murphy doesn't get in because of his looks -- that whole John-Boy mole thing.
Fred mcgriff is biggest omission of the HOF and it isn’t close.
Football is worse. If you're just going to induct QBs and WR's let us know. How are you a hall of famer when you were never a top 5 QB? Yeah, you won a couple of super bowls, but you were never 1st or 2nd team all pro at any time in your career.
Can’t wait until that slack jawed dope Eli Manning gets in. Completely undeserving country bumpkin.
Can’t wait for the Chumps meltdown when Big Ben gets in the HOF.
He’s getting screwed because he played in the steroids era and never used steroids. But yeah, absolutely. I would argue Barry Bonds deserves it regardless of his cheating. He was the best player I’ve ever seen by a long distance.
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