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Too true. There was an incident in NYC on July 4 where a drunk substance abuse counselor killed/injured a bunch of people. https://www.foxnews.com/us/3-dead-8-injured-addiction-counselor-accused-mowing-down-july-4-crowd-while-drunk-report

Dweezil Zappa and band tonight. Much respect that he's still out there promoting all of Frank's music, not just the most well known. He also invoked his dads legacy with oddbal stuff on stage with the band. But even if you didn't know the songs or didn't care for the oddball stuff it'd still be hard not to appreciate Dweezil's solos - highlight(s) of the show for me all night long.

Angels are calling up Sam Aldegheri who will become the first pitcher born and raised in Italy to play in Major League Baseball https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41044487/italy-aldegheri-top-prospect-dana-make-starts-angels

Two brutal losses, both at the hands of Diaz, ugh. I'm happy to report that I missed last nights meltdown. I was exhausted and figured it was a loss down 3-0 and getting dominated by the Dbags starter. We were this close to going into todays game with the chance of a 8-2 road trip. This isn't the time of year for moral victories and even if we get to 6-4 it's a lost opportunity. I'm getting tired of thinking 'there's still time left'. The sands of time for me the Mets 2024 season are running low.

Came across this innocuous song the other day, fits my summer listening. Looking forward to hearing a harder edge from Dweezil and band this Friday, apparently opening with this. Can't wait.

ty I hate playing the injury card - hell, look at the Braves this year - but it struck me when I saw Senga coming off a strong performance last year.

@ExWNYer @Another Fan @Gugny Turned on SNY early tonight and they were replaying an epic win against the Dbacks in early July. What struck me was that Senga went 8 and only gave up one run before a 9th inning rally. When was the last season that the Mets didn't have a frontline starter miss significant time? DeGrom, Scherzer, Verlander, Senga. We have to be going on 5+ years, no?

Would have been a better chart if they broke the Status Column into two: 2020 Stats and Status.

@Another Fan I grew up with Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner and Lindsey Nelson on WOR/9. I'm pretty sure they'd do 3 innings each and then also do radio for the same game. They may have kept two in the TV booth and one on radio. Another fun fact is that back in the day for the WS they'd bring in a home team announcer to join the national crew for each teams home games. Lindsey Nelson got the nod in '73.

He wants Texas back. Never mind, that was Valenzuela

Completely agree that the season is playing out the way I hoped/expected but the road to where we are right now has been unexpected. It's hard to believe in a team that as been so inconsistent. I'm OK with Mendoza. He gets credit for keeping the clubhouse together the first two months when they were playing poorly and I like that he isn't afraid to experiment with different lineups (assuming that's his call). I've been critical of some of his moves with the starting pitching and bullpen, but I think that's a common complaint for any manager.

@Another Fan @ExWNYer @Gugny Not much to add beyond what's already been said. It's been a feat or famine season for the most part. I figured they'd level out after their hot streak but instead they've had too many bad losses. I thought the Angels series was deflating. It'll be interesting to see how they fare in the next 10 games, I feel like they've played better against good teams this year, but I'm not really confident. I give credit to Stearns for some of the in-season moves. Nothing flashy but Torrens and Iglesias were positive additions, Winker was an improvement over Stewart, Vientos looks like a major league hitter and even though it hasn't worked out, he definitely tried to turn the bullpen over. Also, starting pitching has held up for the most part despite gettting nothing from Senga. Unfortunately among other problems, Pete hasn't been Pete, Squirrel has been disappointing until recently, Marte can't stay on the field and Alvarez hasn't distinguished himself at the plate.

Altuve hits a ball through the manual scoreboard! https://www.facebook.com/reel/513909537862346

Came across that fact too while checking my post. That was new to me. Epic. I also have a vague memory of him appearing on Hollywood Squares - maybe as a contestant - or maybe not a real contestant but before the real game started.

My recollection is that he was one of many that made their way to fame in the 80's through MTV. Had a bunch of good songs - and off the top of my head can't think of any that I didn't care for. RIP

You love humidity? I gotta think that's a small fan club, can't remember anyone ever saying this weather is pretty good just not humid enough for me. I suppose folks in the southwest or similar climes. Fun fact: a number of years ago I struck up a conversation with an elderly woman in Fairbanks Alasksa who claimed that sub-zero temps in AK were more tolerable to her than 20's in the Boston area - and she attributed it to humidity in the Northeast.

I look forward to (and lament) the passing of each season. Whether it's the weather, the sports being played (football, hockey and baseball for me), what we're cooking or what we're doing, it changes with the seasons. I just try to make the most of each - for the next month or two I'll try to spend as much time as possible chilling outside knowing that it won't be until next spring before I'll do it again - at the same time, what's better than a fall/winter Sunday spent on the couch locked into the NFL with the smell of a winter meal (soup/stew/chili/sunday sauce etc..) in the air. Good times.

You beat me to it. His son was an MLBer

Sorry to hear the news, good luck with the job search. I work in IT but for a very small company. I've never heard of Incident Management - sounds like a pipe dream for us. What you described sounds like it has tentacles into areas like business/requirements analysis, project management, tech support, etc. (all areas where we struggle as a small org). Might be opportunities to bring your experience from a large org like Yahoo to a smaller org. Good luck.

I grew up with an in ground and have had two above grounds over the past 20+ years. Pluses and minuses to both. Both of my in grounds were 24' round. Thats's a nice size for an above, a bigger oval would probably be better, but I wouldn't want to go much smaller then 24' unless the property isn't big enough. In grounds are great if you like to lounge around the pool, if you want it to blend into or enhance a landscaped backyard or if you want a slide or diving board. Above grounds are more utiltarian. Nobody I know ever looked at an above ground and thought it made the backyard look better. But one thing I like about above grounds is once the kids get tall enough it's better suited for play: volley ball net, basketball hoop,etc... Treading water in the deep end of an in ground gets old quick imo. On the other hand you could consider an in ground without a deep end, pretty sure that's an option. Another thing to consider is that above grounds are disposable. I was actually in an above ground at a party when the side blew out many years ago - epic. I remembered that when my first above ground showed signs of aging and I was able to easily take it down myself. On the other hand, my aging Mom hasn't used her in ground for years, but has to maintain it yearly - the cost to fill it in along with the collateral damage to the property makes it cheaper to keep the pool. I flew into Montreal recently and what struck me was how many yards had pools.

LAMP time. I never listened to Steely Dan much growing up. I knew and liked the hits but I was listening to other stuff at the time. Cut to 10-15 years ago, a friend burned me (remember CD's?) the box set and I realized the error in my ways. My sons (18 and 21) ended up listening to more Steely Dan than me growing up and they both think their music is great - despite the fact that they both listen to rap more than anything else and I think are amused at most of 'my music'. Good times.

As a Mutts fan I've noticed that the last couple of Padres wins came in the 9th or later. Padres are feeling it right now. On the other hand Braves look like pretenders lately. Plenty of time left to see which of these middling teams (Mutts included) end the rgular season on a high note and make the playoffs.

Opeth without the Cookie Monster vocials covering an early Iron Maiden song: