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"It" = That money!

I was just thinking the same. And it's like this 12 months/year!! Crazy.

Three days was the morning My focus three days old My head, it landed To the sounds of cricket bows I am proud man anyway Covered now by three days

What happened here As the New York sunset disappeared I found an empty garden among the flagstones there Who lived here He must have been a gardener that cared a lot Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop And now it all looks strange It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain

I have a pretty cool Donald Fagen story. At my place of employment (this was about 3 years ago), part of our day was receiving hundreds of fed ex packages/envelopes. An employee came to my office and said, "I'm pretty sure this wasn't supposed to come to us." He handed me a box and in it was a bottle of Heaven's Door whiskey (Bob Dylan's brand). So I looked at the packaging and sure enough, it was addressed to our office. I looked further inside and saw a receipt, with the purchaser's name/contact information. Libby Titus-Fagen. My boss was sitting in my office, and I said, "Hmmm ... Fagen. I wonder if she's somehow related to Donald Fagen. I googled her name and she is his wife. So I called the number on the receipt and got her voicemail. I left a detailed voicemail and a call back number. Five minutes later, she called me back. She was super cool and super nice. I never let on that I knew who she was/who she's married to. She told me that she bought the booze because she loved the artistry on the bottle/label. She went on to say that she and her husband were actually staying in one of Bob Dylan's houses in Woodstock, NY. She went on to give me their address in NYC. Then she says, "let me get our Fed Ex number so you don't have to pay to ship it," then I heard her yell, "Don? Do you have our Fed Ex number? This nice gentleman is sending is a package that was delivered to him by mistake." Next thing I know, Donald Fagen gets on the phone and says hello, then reads off the Fed Ex account number. I said thanks and have a great day and he handed the phone back to Libby. She insisted that I give her my name and address and that she wanted to send me a bottle of Dylan's whiskey for being honest and friendly. She even texted me a couple weeks later to let me know that she'd not forgotten about me and she was, "picking out the perfect bottle." And that was it. I'd love to finish the story saying that I received a bottle of booze and a nice note. But nothing ever came. It was still an awesome experience and a story I love to tell.

Jesus, don't tell her you heard it from me!!!

And she was holding a weed whacker.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-sorvino-dead-goodfellas-1235185779/ And then there were two ....

@Captain Caveman

There was actually a recent procedural change made to the muddying of balls. More of Manfred's genius. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34125576/memo-mlb-require-all-teams-muddy-ball-using-exact-same-technique Major League Baseball is now requiring teams to "muddy" baseballs before games using the exact same technique, according to a league memo sent to all 30 teams on Tuesday and obtained by ESPN. In past years, muddying involved clubhouse attendants preparing baseballs by rubbing Delaware River mud -- which comes in a can -- days before each game. Moving forward, they'll be required to continue to muddy balls on game day only and all with the same technique. The proper technique involves "painting" the full surface of the ball with mud using two fingertips. Then comes a very precise rubbing motion with the ball in between both hands to get mud into the pores of the leather. Muddying each ball is a 30- to 40-second process. The league memo is another attempt to reach as much uniformity as possible for the dozens of balls used throughout major league parks every night. When Manfred abruptly banned sticky stuff last year, players (pitchers AND hitters) complained and said it was going to result in more hit batsmen. This has definitely been the case, with multiple batters getting hit in the head. Instead of admitting that he's a ***** moron and letting pitchers use sticky stuff, he thinks this muddying process will help. Worst commissioner EVER.

She's got me dizzy She sees me through to the end She's got me in her hands And there's no use in pretending Christine, sixteen Christine, sixteen

and your chicks for free?

This immediately reminded me of when Benny Agbayani caught a fly ball in left field and handed the ball to a fan on his way in. Unfortunately, that was only the 2nd out and two runs came in to score.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident The Royals protested the game. Four days later, American League president Lee MacPhail upheld the Royals' protest. In explaining his decision, MacPhail noted that the "spirit of the restriction" on pine tar on bats was based not on the fear of unfair advantage, but simple economics; any contact with pine tar would discolor the ball, render it unsuitable for play, and require that it be discarded and replaced—thus increasing the home team's cost of supplying balls for a given game. MacPhail ruled that Brett had not violated the spirit of the rules nor deliberately "altered [the bat] to improve the distance factor".[7][8] MacPhail's ruling followed his own precedent established after a protest in 1975 of the September 7 game played between the Royals and the California Angels.[13] In that game, the umpiring crew had declined to negate one of John Mayberry's home runs for excessive pine tar use. MacPhail upheld the umpires' decision with the interpretation that the intent of the rule was to prevent baseballs from being discolored during game play and that any discoloration that may have occurred to a ball leaving the ballpark did not affect the game's competitive balance. MacPhail thus restored Brett's home run and ordered the game resumed with two outs in the top of the ninth inning with the Royals leading 5–4. However, he retroactively ejected Brett for his outburst against McClelland, along with Howser and coach Rocky Colavito for arguing with the umpires, and Royals pitcher Gaylord Perry for giving the bat to the bat boy so he could hide it in the clubhouse away from officials.

Shouldn't this be merged with that "deez nuts," thread?

I went through the Springsteen ticket experience and said "EFFFF THIS," pretty shortly in. Ridiculous. Re: Sting - I saw him at the RPI Fieldhouse (Troy, NY) in 1987 ... good seat cost me $19.

Run him till he pukes!

Went to see Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick last night in Saratoga Springs. Cheap Trick sounded great. They played a few unfamiliar tunes, but still played their classics. I was shocked at how good Robin Zander's voice sounded. What struck me as odd was that he never once spoke to the crowd. Rick Nielsen did all of the talking between songs. They played for just about an hour ending with The Flame and Surrender. Good stuff. Rod Stewart is 77 years old. His voice, too, sounded surprisingly great. He gets around the stage really well, too. No surprises ... played all of everyone's favorites. At 51, I can confidently say that I was younger than most of the crowd, which was pretty big. We left before he stopped playing because it started to rain. It ended up being a torrential downpour, so we made the right call. We had lawn seats ($25), so there was no shelter to be found. All in all, a great night of music. It was my first time seeing either act, so I'm glad I went. I'm glad the tickets were so cheap, because the drinks were not. I looked at my account this morning and six seltzers and two bottles of water set me back $120. That's insane, but what the hell.

You've been misinformed.

Do you really think that Josh/his agent - or Beane - didn't realize this was going to happen? Common man. Beane deserves every pat on the back he gets.

Not great news. In the past 21 seasons, Super Bowl winners are 18-3 (7-1 in the past eight seasons) in Week One the following season. In the last 20 seasons, only the Patriots after Super Bowl 51, the Ravens after Super Bowl 47 and the Giants after Super Bowl 46 have lost Week 1. https://www.nationalfootballpost.com/best-bets/bet-against-super-bowl-losers-in-week-1/ Looks like it'll be 18-4 after this year's season opener! GO BEELS!

Nothing. That's always been his problem. He doesn't know when to shut the hell up.

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Post Malone won me over with his pandemic Nirvana cover show. That was ridiculous (in a great way).

NFL wide The Baltimore Ravens will MISS the playoffs The Miami Dolphins will finish 2nd in the AFC East The Raiders will win the AFC West Odell Beckham Jr., will catch a TD pass in the Super Bowl Bills specific James Cook will lead the team in all-purpose yards Dawson Knox will have over 800 receiving yards Josh Allen will be the league MVP The Buffalo Bills to lead the league in offensive touchdowns