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Post by kaybli on Apr 25, 2018 3:26:30 GMT -5
My damned vampire blood is flowing again tonight. At one time 11:48 wasn't even my "bed time" yet, so I suppose I'm bitching about so little. I ate at a Popeye's Chicken today. That is dreadful crap. I think it's at the very least not helping me to go to sleep...Who loves Popeye's? Not me... Popeye's will mess up your stomach too. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 25, 2018 3:28:13 GMT -5
Since I posted on this site recently about the record for most pitches ever seen in an MLB AB (recorded history only), which had been 20 by Ricky Guitierrez (and the pitcher was Bartolo Colon), Brandon Belt just broke that record with a 21-pitch at bat (pitcher was Jaime Barria). Even the most obscure records are now tracked and make the newspapers. I'm becoming less relevant by the day...But wanted to make sure you all noticed the new record... I saw that. 21 pitches. Wow. I actually watched the replay that showed every pitch. Only a true baseball fan would torture himself like that.  |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 27, 2018 18:48:24 GMT -5
My damned vampire blood is flowing again tonight. At one time 11:48 wasn't even my "bed time" yet, so I suppose I'm bitching about so little. I ate at a Popeye's Chicken today. That is dreadful crap. I think it's at the very least not helping me to go to sleep...Who loves Popeye's? Not me... Popeye's will mess up your stomach too. Never had Popeyes... Guess I'm not missing much... |
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Post by inger on Apr 28, 2018 10:02:45 GMT -5
Popeye's will mess up your stomach too. Never had Popeyes... Guess I'm not missing much... Good laxative... |
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Post by inger on May 1, 2018 13:15:27 GMT -5
Here's an interesting fact I ran across...(or should I say it came across my desk?) (:
In the third inning of his May 10, 2013 start against the Padres, Alex Cobb faced four hitters, struck out all four and still gave up a run (WP, SB, SB, balk).
I looked into this a little deeper after I read it, and I found that Cobb's Tampa Bay Rays won the game, but that Cobb only went 4 2/3 innings, allowing a reasonable 3 runs off of 5 hits, but was trailing 3-2 when he departed. In a more impressive side to the game, Cobb logged 13 K's and 2 BB's in those 4 2/3 innings!!!
* He threw 117 pitches...
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Post by rizzuto on May 1, 2018 18:28:32 GMT -5
Never had Popeyes... Guess I'm not missing much... Good laxative... Tip...do not eat Popeyes outside of Louisiana. It's just not the same. |
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Post by michcusejoe5 on May 2, 2018 7:26:16 GMT -5
Tip...do not eat Popeyes outside of Louisiana. It's just not the same. You mean the Popeyes in the strip mall in Jersey City is probably no good? |
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Post by kaybli on May 2, 2018 9:46:02 GMT -5
Tip...do not eat Popeyes outside of Louisiana. It's just not the same. You mean the Popeyes in the strip mall in Jersey City is probably no good? I know exactly which Popeyes you mean.  |
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Post by inger on May 2, 2018 10:42:25 GMT -5
Makes me think about Don Zimmer. "Popeye" was the perfect name for him...He played in MLB for 12 seasons, compiling unimpressive numbers in 1,096 games. He only appeared in over 120 games four times in his career. He was also nicknamed "Gerbil" during his MLB playing career, which spanned my birth year of 1954 to 1965. He was in my personal baseball card collection, and I can tell you he already looked like he was 50 years old on some of those cards.
What a tough little son of a gun! July 7, 1953 playing in the minors, he was beaned so badly that he woke up two weeks later and thought that it was the next day after the beaning. He had sustained a brain injury that required surgery, and his injury was the one that spurred MLB to require the use of batting helmets, with Phil Rizzuto being the first to begin wearing them in MLB. (both were tough little sons of guns)...
Once he made it to MLB, he spent most of his time as a utility infielder, playing more 3B than anything else but also spending time at 2B, SS, a few games at each OF corner, and then...surprisingly took up catching in 1964 at the age of 33 by going to the minors to learn the craft. He appeared at that position twice in MLB in 1964 and in 1965 he caught in 33 games for his Senators as a 34 year-old. (Again, what a tough little son of a gun)...
After he retired he went to Japan to extend his career, but struggled to a .182 average while hitting 9 HR in 231 AB, earning the respect of the Japanese media, who called him the equivalent of "Little Soldier". (Tough little son of a gun).
We all know he went on to manage in MLB, and then to coach. His being struck by a line drive in the 3B coaches box led to installation of safety fences for the dugouts. He also was beaned in MLB 1956 sustaining a broken cheekbone. Rumors of a steel plate in his head were false. (tough little son of a gun)...
The Tampa Rays have retired #66 in Zimmer's honor...(partly because he was a tough little son of a gun)
So, there it is. A guy that turned a mediocre baseball career into a full life of work...(because he was a...you know by now)...
One final note, though there are many more stories to tell... The Pedro "thing" etc...He married the girl he had started dating in 10th grade at home plate in Elmira before a MiLB game in 1951. It was a marriage that would last the remainder of his life...
*Correction: The nickname of "Gerbil" was bestowed upon him by pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee, with whom Zimmer had a mutual hatred during the time Zimmer managed Lee and the Red Sox team...
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Post by kaybli on May 2, 2018 10:47:33 GMT -5
Makes me think about Don Zimmer. "Popeye" was the perfect name for him...He played in MLB for 12 seasons, compiling unimpressive numbers in 1,096 games. He only appeared in over 120 games four times in his career. He was also nicknamed "Gerbil" during his MLB playing career, which spanned my birth year of 1954 to 1965. He was in my personal baseball card collection, and I can tell you he already looked like he was 50 years old on some of those cards. What a tough little son of a gun! July 7, 1953 playing in the minors, he was beaned so badly that he woke up two weeks later and thought that it was the next day after the beaning. He had sustained a brain injury that required surgery, and his injury was the one that spurred MLB to require the use of batting helmets, with Phil Rizzuto being the first to begin wearing them in MLB. (both were tough little sons of guns)... Once he made it to MLB, he spent most of his time as a utility infielder, playing more 3B than anything else but also spending time at 2B, SS, a few games at each OF corner, and then...surprisingly took up catching in 1964 at the age of 33 by going to the minors to learn the craft. He appeared at that position twice in MLB in 1964 and in 1965 he caught in 33 games for his Senators as a 34 year-old. (Again, what a tough little son of a gun)... After he retired he went to Japan to extend his career, but struggled to a .182 average while hitting 9 HR in 231 AB, earning the respect of the Japanese media, who called him the equivalent of "Little Soldier". (Tough little son of a gun). We all know he went on to manage in MLB, and then to coach. His being struck by a line drive in the 3B coaches box led to installation of safety fences for the dugouts. He also was beaned in MLB 1956 sustaining a broken cheekbone. Rumors of a steel plate in his head were false. (tough little son of a gun)... The Tampa Rays have retired #66 in Zimmer's honor...(partly because he was a tough little son of a gun) So, there it is. A guy that turned a mediocre baseball career into a full life of work...(because he was a...you know by now)... One final note, though there are many more stories to tell... The Pedro "thing" etc...He married the girl he had started dating in 10th grade at home plate in Elmira before a MiLB game in 1951. It was a marriage that would last the remainder of his life... *Correction: The nickname of "Gerbil" was bestowed upon him by pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee, with whom Zimmer had a mutual hatred during the time Zimmer managed Lee and the Red Sox team... Thanks for the historical blurb, inger! Some good info in there! |
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Post by michcusejoe5 on May 2, 2018 15:10:24 GMT -5
You mean the Popeyes in the strip mall in Jersey City is probably no good? I know exactly which Popeyes you mean. [img class="smile" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/udcwFqPimnXDtjoTmoVL.gif"] I have to admit...I have been there  |
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Post by kaybli on May 2, 2018 15:45:13 GMT -5
I know exactly which Popeyes you mean. [img src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/udcwFqPimnXDtjoTmoVL.gif" alt=" " class="smile"] I have to admit...I have been there [img src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/UhLYtfPmGggOgPkFrmgW.gif" alt=" " class="smile"] So have I.  |
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Post by inger on May 2, 2018 15:51:45 GMT -5
My visit was in Colorado Springs. That doesn't make me proud, though...Ugh...The guy I stopped for lunch with loves the fries. I find them worse than the chicken...Quite repulsive. Not only did I not like the seasoning, but they were limp...sort of wet...Like the potatoes were put through a car wash after they were cooked...
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Post by kaybli on May 2, 2018 15:59:24 GMT -5
Any steak afficianado's out there? I visit Peter Luger's in Brooklyn at least twice a year and have been to most of the good steakhouses in Manhattan including Wolfgang's, Del Frisco's, Keen's, Strip House, Sparks, Club A, BLT Prime, and Quality Meats just to name a few. Have I missed any good ones?
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Post by michcusejoe5 on May 2, 2018 16:02:45 GMT -5
My visit was in Colorado Springs. That doesn't make me proud, though...Ugh...The guy I stopped for lunch with loves the fries. I find them worse than the chicken...Quite repulsive. Not only did I not like the seasoning, but they were limp...sort of wet...Like the potatoes were put through a car wash after they were cooked...  |
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