From Spy
Though I may not agree with Ms. Rapinoe’s attitude toward the White House, I will give her props for her answer yesterday, in which she said this is a great country and we should strive to be better.
She’s right and she’s right. So in the footsteps of “Family Feud,” she gets the “good answer! good answer!”
Good luck in the tournament, Coach.
Spy –
Thanks my man, and I completely agree with Megan Rapine’s answer after the hubbub after she said “Bleep the White House” earlier in this World Cup.
Hey, I completely understand that a lot of people are never going to like Donald Trump. I also understand those who turn down invitations to the White House because of those emotions.
But I appreciate Rapinoe seeing that she is a real-life role model to millions of young American females and she went over the top, especially with her word choice.
As for the Fightin’ Signal 8s, we play at 8:30 this morning and got a huge pool play win over Parkwood in the opener. We got two today trying to get into the double-elimination bracket this weekend.
From Jules
Here’s a random question: With all this talk about bullpens, why in the actual heck are coaches and managers still “calling the bullpen” from a phone that looks like it was in my parents’ kitchen in 1985? Maybe they can get an extra long cord to stretch it into the tunnel and have a private conversation. Shouldn’t they just send a text to the pen to let them know who should start throwing? Is there some kind of MLB Handbook that requires that phone? Or maybe Brian McCann put it in his contract to return to Atlanta to make sure they play the game the right way.
Jules –
Excellent point. Considering how stale baseball can be in so many directions – seriously the manager needs to wear the baseball pants and the jersey? – maybe we should just be thankful that they are not using smoke signals or carrier pigeons.
This also brings up the point that in a game in which they still use hand signs for pitches and offensive options, why do they cover their mouth with their gloves?
I think you could trim significant time off of baseball games with technology in the hats and helmets of the players on each side.
No more elongated looks into the catcher and shaking off three signs to go back to the first sign.
No more batter stepping out every single time with someone on base – especially in an age when the stolen base has been completely devalued.
But Jules is right. It would put McCann into such a snit he would like charge the press box.
Rushmores
Rushmore of movies with a holiday in the title: Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, Halloween, Independence Day which is on the so bad it’s fun short list.
Rushmore of Tom Cruise movies: All the Right Moves, Rainman, A Few Good Men and Top Gun. (My favorite role for Cruise was the agent in Tropic Thunder. Man, Tropic Thunder is the most recent movie that could never be made today, don’t you think?)
Rushmore of best movies from books: Godfather, the Bond collection, Shawshank, Silence of the Lambs
Rushmore of sports faces from 2019: Tiger at Augusta, Zion everywhere, Pats at the Super Bowl, Clemson over Alabama.