Rob Hanna

Haha.

Yep!

Was supposedly one of the best shortstops of the 19th century. Was nicknamed "Pebbly Jack" b/c he would pick up pebbles in the infield, and put them in his pockets.

Incredible name.

Jimmy Dykes succeeded Connie Mack as manager.

He managed Sad Sam Jones, who broke in in 1914, and was teammates w/ Babe Ruth, and Sudden Sam McDowell, who pitched until 1975.

Connie Mack managed Jack Glasscock, who was born before the Civil War, and Bobby Shantz, who is still alive.

KC Stengel broke in with the Dodgers before they moved to Ebbet's Field.

He was managing the Mets when the Beatles played at Shea Stadium. He was Tug McGraw's manager when Tugger broke in.

I've seen Eleanor Roosevelt on that show.

They had Chuck Connors on, and they surprised him w/ Branch Rickey. Connors was so grateful to Rickey for having given him a shot in baseball.

Pelé was born during the Battle of Britain.

He liked Messi, but he thought Neymar was better.

Hell yeah, Louis!

Louis Armstrong probably listened to Sgt. Pepper.

(This is one of the reasons the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to his throne, was such a big deal. Franz Joseph was suuuper fucking old.)

Around the time Lincoln met JQA, Franz Joseph I became the Emperor of Austria.

He was still emperor when the First World War broke out.

Yeah, it's so neat.

That is, you can get from the American Revolution to the atomic age in 3 moves.

John Quincy Adams was a kid during the American Revolution. Knew George Washington.

He met a young Congressman named Abe Lincoln towards the end of his life.

When Lincoln was killed, there was a young kid named Samurl Seymour in the audience. He talked about it on TV as an old man.

Could be.

Very curious about that.

Yeah.

They *had* it that year, and they've never recovered.

Yeah. She did!

A few of us redoubled our efforts, but a lot of people were staring.

Sucked. It felt like they were gonna ask for their money back, or something. Way too many of that sort of bandwagon fan at playoff games these days.

Had a very good series last year, had what could have been the key hit last night.

circling back for another opportunity to play casty’s translator: this isn’t a critique of the fans, it’s an acknowledgement of the fact that the players playing tighter when they feel the tension in the building, which is absolutely a reasonable human reaction!

I think you can't go into a playoff series w/ your butthole clenched, and expect good things to happen.

I'm pretty Negadelphia. Grew up w/ all that...

And our teams tended to underachieve in the playoffs.

Also, Watters is a Penn Charter guy.

Nobody from Penn Charter has been macho, or tough. Ever. Posers, the whole way down.

Well, I'd start him game 3. But it looks like he's the backup plan if Nola doesn't have it?

Cris would be on regular rest for game 4.

1) Agree with this, and would be amazed if they can get off the money.

2) I don't blame Casty a bit, from his perspective.

3) They picked it up some, after the booing.

4) I think a vibe shakeup is necessary, there's just kind of a lot of stagnation. Need some fresh air.

If they do find a way game 3, you've got Cris and Luzardo...

Unlikely, but not impossible.

Playing maybe the most-talented team I've ever seen, certainly since the late-90s Yankees this tight is really upsetting, given that we've been so close.

But it's not no-showing, like last year and the DBags series.

I waas at the no-hit WS game.

A woman next yo me was trying to make noise and cheer, just trying to help get us going. We weren't out of that game.

Some guy in a golf shirt and a sweater vest shushed her. "What do you think you're watching?" he asked.

I am still pissed about that.

Agree.

Yeah, agree.

Bear in mind Middleton dealt Cliff Lee b/c he wanted to lengthen the window.