Two Strike Noise

Lol, I was not the only one I noticed. Past her bed time or needed to get home for that Fox News programming, or both

A proper send off

Please add Frank Howard for scale?

We may agree the GWRBI is a beautiful thing (not really but I still love it) but I think Ron Darling is only as good as who he's working with.

Wow, I've never actually seen an actual picture of the Dauvray Cup! And honestly, it's way better than I ever thought it would be. It's been lost to time though, if I'm correct?

While waiting for baseball to start today I did what everybody else did, I assume. I tuned into the Jai-Alai championship match! And look who presented the game ball!
Insert Eric Gregg (RIP) joke here because I couldn't come up with one.

I wanted to believe that was mustard on those dogs, but it kind of looks like squeeze-cheese. So I don't think his day is going to get any better.

a cartoon chef is pointing at something with perfection written on the bottom ALT: a cartoon chef is pointing at something with perfection written on the bottom

As Chandler Bing once said to Jill Goodacre when asked if he wanted a piece of gum while stuck in a bank vestibule during a city-wide blackout, "Perfection!"

My starting9 Stats:
Sep29 W-L: 9-0
HR:⚾⚾
AVG/SLG: .818/1.636
Career: 24-3 HR:6 .571/1.143

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It's like looking in the mirror!

I am now well aware of Ed. Thanks for pointing him out on stream!

Live look at the strike zone in Cleveland.

OMG. This is a phrase I use often and had actually forgotten where it came from! This picture brought back memories of watching this episode at college and immediately putting it in my everyday rotation!

The only Full Force I respect.

Wow, that was quick! Were any of them national, I guess I should have added that. Or were these just regional to their teams? Maybe the Reggie bar was really the only true national baseball one?

I am trying to think (don't recommend, BTW, it hurts) did athletes from other sports get candy bars? Was there a Magic Johnson bar? A Walter Payton bar? Cereal boxes maybe, but candy bars?

We talked about Bobby on Monday. Great day for Bobby, great birthday present!

Since my stream was set to Private this morning (stay on your meds kids!) nobody saw me finish off the week strong!

My starting9 Stats:
Sep22 W-L: 8-1
HR:⚾⚾ AVG/SLG: .571/1.214

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My wife does not follow the Mariners closely and guessed wrong on who was the eager fan and who was the 60-homer hitter.

Obligatory only captain in Mariners team history comment.

I think in one episode we just went through M's third basemen. We also both have worked and still do work for the M's, so it's a little unfair!

I do know the answer because I only know things that do me no good, but I just want a Lenny Randle answer because Lenny Randle!

We're off to an auspicious 2-1 start.

Davis Schneider is me (with better facial hair), unsuccessfully looking for my 8 pairs of reading glasses I keep in every room of the house.

I don’t remember Richie Cunningham’s cup of coffee with the ’81 Expos.
Then again, the outfield of Dawson, Raines, and Cromartie didn’t leave much playing time.

Bo’s back. That was it. Early ’90s baseball copywriters had one idea. Fortunately, Bo’s back was broad enough to carry it. The amount of time I spent figuring out how to get away with stealing that poster instead of studying 🤯

Donnie Baseball. A rare Yankee immortalized in Springfield, not Cooperstown.

I don't know what baseball movie you're watching this weekend, but if it's not Battlefield Baseball, you're doing it wrong.

Not much for power this week, but there was more Eddie Joost & Tim Foli, so we're good.

Sep08 W-L: 8-1
HR:⚾
AVG/SLG: .571/1.000
Career: 122-22 HR:34 .550/1.171

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He and Aubrey Huff can do a duet then fuck right the hell off.