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Post by cbpinstripes on Apr 14, 2018 13:31:54 GMT -5
I guess the one advantage we have with "Brandy" is that she can't get on our lap and fart. On the other hand, if you're sitting in a chair and she's standing facing away from you, the business is at face level... I swear she barks from both ends... (:  |
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Post by inger on Apr 14, 2018 23:38:00 GMT -5
1976 was an odd season in the AL. Greg Nettles of the NY Yankees led the league in HR with a meager total of 32. You would think that perhaps there were maybe four or five hitters that were hot on his tail for that title, but did you realize that only Reggie Jackson, then with the Orioles and Sal Bando of the A's hit were within five of him with 27? What about the fact that only a total of 10 AL players even hit at least 20 that season? Yankee team mates Chris Chambliss, Thurman Munson, and Oscar Gamble were tied for second on the team with 17. The entire California Angels team hit only 63 HR with Bobby Bonds leading the team with 10 HR! The KC Royals only hit 65 despite having a luminary like George Brett in the line up (he was healthy all season, but only hit 7 HR). The team leader was Amos Otis with 18, and John Mayberry rather famously hit .232/13/95 that season. He must have been GREAT with runners in scoring position, right? Would you believe .255 with 4 of his 13 HR and 84 of his RBI? It must have been magic...
To find another year with a similar cast of HR leaders in the AL you have to go back to the year of my birth, 1954. Larry Doby led the AL that year with 32 HR, same as Nettles. Ted Williams gave chase with 29, followed by Mantle at 27. The Orioles only hit 52 HR as a team that year, with Vern Stephens leading the team with 8 home runs...
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Post by cbpinstripes on Apr 15, 2018 13:01:12 GMT -5
In the vein of truly miscellaneous non-baseball things - A guy I used to be really good friends with was just sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for robbing a store with a knife. Used to hang out with the guy every day for a few years, then he got into hard drugs again(ripped me off of about a hundred bucks I loaned him, not knowing what it was for), so I cut him out. A friend of mine sent me an article, so when I read it and finally saw his name my heart sunk. He was a pretty good guy, really funny, then he went on the methadone program and it was all down hill from there. His family raised a ton of money to send him to rehab before he robbed the store. He has three kids under three years old, and now they're being raised by family. It really showed me how much hard drugs can change a person, because he was a truly decent person before all of this. This is honestly the first time I've known anyone go to prison for anything as serious as this, so it hit a little close to home, even if I didn't talk to him anymore.
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Post by inger on Apr 15, 2018 14:20:35 GMT -5
Good story cb. We've all had that friend that went the wrong way. If we were lucky, we let him go. While I never broke of ties completely with people that I saw headed in the wrong direction, I certainly did stop hanging out with them or encouraging them in any way.
When I was a kid, I had a friend that stole a set of temp tags at a used car lot. He had them under his shirt, and he slipped them under my car seat. Then the idiot left them there for my older brother to find. I took the tags to a local cop, and told him that I had no idea how they got there. That was sort of true. I didn't see him put them there, but he was the only one that had ridden with me. We used to stop and look at cars together a lot. I quit hanging out with him. He wound up in jail for dope for about 2-3 years a few years later. He looked 15-20 years older than me by the time he got out...
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Post by Do Me Please on Apr 15, 2018 14:27:25 GMT -5
Tequila & I have a list of 111 songs from the 'The Summer of Love' plus from the 70's 80's,90's etc.
We have just added two more songs to our awesome list:
Johnny Cash: 'The Man Comes Around'
Bob Dylan: 'Don't Think Twice, Its Alright'
Tequila loves 'The Man Comes Around'...go figure!
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Post by cbpinstripes on Apr 15, 2018 15:57:30 GMT -5
Good story cb. We've all had that friend that went the wrong way. If we were lucky, we let him go. While I never broke of ties completely with people that I saw headed in the wrong direction, I certainly did stop hanging out with them or encouraging them in any way. When I was a kid, I had a friend that stole a set of temp tags at a used car lot. He had them under his shirt, and he slipped them under my car seat. Then the idiot left them there for my older brother to find. I took the tags to a local cop, and told him that I had no idea how they got there. That was sort of true. I didn't see him put them there, but he was the only one that had ridden with me. We used to stop and look at cars together a lot. I quit hanging out with him. He wound up in jail for dope for about 2-3 years a few years later. He looked 15-20 years older than me by the time he got out... It's very unfortunate indeed that people follow that path. I feel for his parents, because I know they are both excellent people. It makes me at least feel good that I never went that way with my life, because I easily could have. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 15, 2018 17:18:40 GMT -5
In the vein of truly miscellaneous non-baseball things - A guy I used to be really good friends with was just sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for robbing a store with a knife. Used to hang out with the guy every day for a few years, then he got into hard drugs again(ripped me off of about a hundred bucks I loaned him, not knowing what it was for), so I cut him out. A friend of mine sent me an article, so when I read it and finally saw his name my heart sunk. He was a pretty good guy, really funny, then he went on the methadone program and it was all down hill from there. His family raised a ton of money to send him to rehab before he robbed the store. He has three kids under three years old, and now they're being raised by family. It really showed me how much hard drugs can change a person, because he was a truly decent person before all of this. This is honestly the first time I've known anyone go to prison for anything as serious as this, so it hit a little close to home, even if I didn't talk to him anymore. That sucks cb. The worst part is the dude has kids too. It must have been shocking to see your former friend in the papers for a crime. Hopefully, he can turn his life around when he gets out of jail. |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 15, 2018 19:08:14 GMT -5
Drug addiction is a terrible problem in this counntry and it's sad what it makes some people do. That has to be tough for this guy's family and close friends.
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Post by cbpinstripes on Apr 15, 2018 19:09:35 GMT -5
In the vein of truly miscellaneous non-baseball things - A guy I used to be really good friends with was just sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for robbing a store with a knife. Used to hang out with the guy every day for a few years, then he got into hard drugs again(ripped me off of about a hundred bucks I loaned him, not knowing what it was for), so I cut him out. A friend of mine sent me an article, so when I read it and finally saw his name my heart sunk. He was a pretty good guy, really funny, then he went on the methadone program and it was all down hill from there. His family raised a ton of money to send him to rehab before he robbed the store. He has three kids under three years old, and now they're being raised by family. It really showed me how much hard drugs can change a person, because he was a truly decent person before all of this. This is honestly the first time I've known anyone go to prison for anything as serious as this, so it hit a little close to home, even if I didn't talk to him anymore. That sucks cb. The worst part is the dude has kids too. It must have been shocking to see your former friend in the papers for a crime. Hopefully, he can turn his life around when he gets out of jail. Yeah I really feel for those kids. I grew up without a father, so I know what it's like. But I couldn't imagine not having both my parents in the picture. I think he is too far gone, but I hope I'm wrong. |
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Post by inger on Apr 16, 2018 0:20:17 GMT -5
That sucks cb. The worst part is the dude has kids too. It must have been shocking to see your former friend in the papers for a crime. Hopefully, he can turn his life around when he gets out of jail. Yeah I really feel for those kids. I grew up without a father, so I know what it's like. But I couldn't imagine not having both my parents in the picture. I think he is too far gone, but I hope I'm wrong. Growing up without a father happens in many ways. I was a fetus when mine left my mother, and he denied being my father until we met 20 years later. It's hard to deny when the son looks almost exactly like the father, you see...I'm sure I missed a lot of things that happen between father and son, but I seem to have born up under them. Hopefully those kids will also... When the man returns to society, you will have to make a judgement of who he has become to determine if friendship can be in the cards again. One thing that always seems uncomfortable to me is that when these folks come back, they want to stay in their home towns. It's their right to do so, but it also puts them back into contact that they got into trouble with, reopening those doors. It also puts the old friends that are choosing to stay away in the difficult position of looking the villain for having "turned their back" on an old friend. Sometimes I think they'd be better off to move away so everyone could start fresh... Maybe that's too easy for me to say because I have relocated several times in the past 19 years, after never having done anything like that for the first 45 years...So relocation doesn't really bother me a lot...As long as I feel like I belong where I am, why should it??? (: |
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Post by cbpinstripes on Apr 16, 2018 16:37:16 GMT -5
Yeah I really feel for those kids. I grew up without a father, so I know what it's like. But I couldn't imagine not having both my parents in the picture. I think he is too far gone, but I hope I'm wrong. Growing up without a father happens in many ways. I was a fetus when mine left my mother, and he denied being my father until we met 20 years later. It's hard to deny when the son looks almost exactly like the father, you see...I'm sure I missed a lot of things that happen between father and son, but I seem to have born up under them. Hopefully those kids will also... When the man returns to society, you will have to make a judgement of who he has become to determine if friendship can be in the cards again. One thing that always seems uncomfortable to me is that when these folks come back, they want to stay in their home towns. It's their right to do so, but it also puts them back into contact that they got into trouble with, reopening those doors. It also puts the old friends that are choosing to stay away in the difficult position of looking the villain for having "turned their back" on an old friend. Sometimes I think they'd be better off to move away so everyone could start fresh... Maybe that's too easy for me to say because I have relocated several times in the past 19 years, after never having done anything like that for the first 45 years...So relocation doesn't really bother me a lot...As long as I feel like I belong where I am, why should it??? (: I honestly had stopped talking to him about 6 years ago. I only recently started talking in the last two years because I ended up messaging him to join a fantasy hockey league I run, but he never joined and didn't talk again until he messaged me twice asking to borrow money. I live about 4 hours from my home town, so it struck me as odd that not only do I hardly speak to him anymore, he also is asking me and not close friends or family. I spoke to another old mutual friend after the sentencing and he said he sent him the same message asking for money and the guy actually sent it to him, and never got it back. I definitely wish the guy the best, but it's likely the end of the road for us. I have a little boy myself now, and I just wouldn't ever trust him around him. Maybe a bit overly cautious on my part, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. |
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Post by inger on Apr 16, 2018 22:26:22 GMT -5
Nope. Smart. Safe. Not Sorry. All the correct thing to do. The guy is poison. You're a smart man...
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Post by inger on Apr 17, 2018 16:48:48 GMT -5
Here in Southern Colorado, depending on exactly where you live, most cities and towns get somewhere between 10 and 19 inches of rain per year. Well, we aren't getting hardly any for the past nine months or so, and now the wind is blowing about 50-70 MPH in gusts. So the grass fires and the dust are horrendous today...We've been having the grass fires for weeks, but this particular storm has even more wind than we've had, so the dust and the tumbleweeds are quite a sight. A few small towns on the plains east of Colorado Springs are being evacuated today, and so is Alamosa, which is couple of hours to the west of Pueblo...due to fires...
Every form of nature has it's beauty and it's anger...Can't really see those big, beautiful mountains from our house today for the dust and perhaps smoke, as well...
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Post by kaybli on Apr 17, 2018 16:57:55 GMT -5
Here in Southern Colorado, depending on exactly where you live, most cities and towns get somewhere between 10 and 19 inches of rain per year. Well, we aren't getting hardly any for the past nine months or so, and now the wind is blowing about 50-70 MPH in gusts. So the grass fires and the dust are horrendous today...We've been having the grass fires for weeks, but this particular storm has even more wind than we've had, so the dust and the tumbleweeds are quite a sight. A few small towns on the plains east of Colorado Springs are being evacuated today, and so is Alamosa, which is couple of hours to the west of Pueblo...due to fires... Every form of nature has it's beauty and it's anger...Can't really see those big, beautiful mountains from our house today for the dust and perhaps smoke, as well... Here in the east coast, it seems Mother Nature has forgotten about Spring.  |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 17, 2018 19:35:34 GMT -5
I'm home brothers
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