Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rays (5-4-2021)

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Second Base said:

Let's see if the Angels can take advantage of the Rays defensive miscues, as the Rays did to the Angels. 

That’s a big no 

[Jason]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

Very sad. 

And predictable 

[Lhalo]

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

This homeplate ump sucks ass too! 

The strike zone is the size of a whale’s vagina with this guy. 

[Slegnaac]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

Platypuses don't have stomachs.

Honey Badger don't care.

[Taylor]

[Revad]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

FYI.  I have more grapes tonight. 

But are they red or green, or perhaps you meant skin color

[Second Base]

If I'm Cobb, I'd live a few inches off the plate the rest of the game. If the ump calls dogshit pitches like what the Rays are getting called strikes, you don't need to throw anywhere near the zone. 

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

FYI.  I have more grapes tonight. 

I don't.  I'm in Big Sur with shitty wifi and shitty food, because none of the good places are open.

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, Revad said:

But are they red or green, or perhaps you meant skin color

Red.  Again. 

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

I don't.  I'm in Big Sur with shitty wifi and shitty food, because none of the good places are open.

Very sad. 

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

I'm in Big Sur with shitty wifi and shitty food, because none of the good places are open.

Is that a metaphor for the 2021 Angels?

[Revad]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

Red.  Again. 

Any seeds in there, we need to know...

[beatlesrule]

Duck Billed Platypus Facts

• The head-and-body length of a male duck billed platypus measures around 50 cm (20 inches), while the female measures at 43 cm (17 inches) in length.
• They have a tail measuring at 100 to 150 mm in length.
• Males are larger than the females.
• The weight of the platypus ranges from 0.7 to 2.4 kg (1.5 to 5.3 lb).
• Platypus displays deep amber and blackish brown to the yellowish chestnut and the greyish white color from below.
• These animals have short and stout limbs while the feet are webbed like in penguins.
• The platypus’s tail seems like a beaver.
• The nostrils of platypus open through its snout on the upper half, and are closer together.
• The young platypuses have small calcified teeth that have stubby roots; whereas adults have no functional teeth but they do have horn-like plates along each jaw. The gland discharges venom which then goes to the spur and is finally injected to the prey animal. The venom is strong enough to kill a dog and can cause agonizing pain to humans.
• The voice of a platypus is not often heard; however, they do produce a growl-like sound. Platypus is known to have a keen eye-sight and hearing but when it is in water, the skin folds cover their eyes and ears.
• Platypus can remain under water for about 1 minute.
• They are usually seen in the early morn or in late evening hours.
• They will remain active all throughout the year and even in cold temperatures of winter.
• The average lifespan of platypus is 13 years in the wild; while in captivity, they can live up to 21 years.

[failos]

Just now, Revad said:

Any seeds in there, we need to know...

There aren’t any seeds in them come on man

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Taylor said:

Is that a metaphor for the 2021 Angels?

yes

[Slegnaac]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

I don't.  I'm in Big Sur with shitty wifi and shitty food, because none of the good places are open.

2 words

Guate Mala 

[failos]

Ok this thread got weird fast

[Revad]

• The platypus’s tail seems like a beaver.

hmmmn

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, failos said:

That’s amazing. Lou continues to amaze.

[UndertheHalo]

3 minutes ago, Revad said:

Any seeds in there, we need to know...

No seeds.  Wtf.  Im not a dang animal.  Im

a person goddamnit. 

[Second Base]

And now it's becoming evident that Cobb will not get the same strike zone the Rays got. 

Electronic strike zones should've been implemented 10 years ago. 

[eligrba]

Platypuses lay eggs and produce venom. And I am told they are mean.

[Revad]

You’re right, you are a person, funny and smart.  I’ll take your word for it.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

No seeds.  Wtf.  Im not a dang animal.  Im

a person goddamnit. 

Haha

He thinks you're poor.

 

[beatlesrule]

• The platypus is an egg-laying mammal found exclusively in eastern Australia, including Tasmania._[1]
• The platypus has an extremely unique combination of features: it has clawed hindfeet, webbed forefeet, a tail that resembles that of a beaver, and a bill, like a duck._[1]
• The platypus and the echidna are the only members of the monotreme branch of mammals. The other two branches are the placentals and the marsupials._[1]
• When preserved specimens of the platypus were first sent to Europe in the late 1700s, naturalists there thought the animal was a fake and had simply been stitched together from different animals by a skilled taxidermist._[1]
• Although the female platypus lays eggs instead of giving live birth, once her young hatch, she suckles them with milk made in her own body, just like other mammals._[1]
• The platypus is one of two families of mammals that lay eggs instead of giving live birth to their young. The other family is the echidna family, also found only in Australia._[1]

The platypus and the echidna are the only known monotremes in the world

• Although a common name for the platypus is the duck-billed platypus, the bill of a platypus is not really like a duck’s bill—where the duck’s bill is hard, the platypus' bill is soft and pliable, allowing it to forage for food underwater._[1]
• Although the platypus has juvenile teeth that fall out at a certain age, just like humans, those teeth are not replaced with more teeth; instead, the platypus grows keratin pads in place of teeth._[1]
• The adult platypus has no teeth, so when it catches its prey, it stores it in its bill, along with little bits of gravel. It then submerges and uses the gravel to mash up its food until it is pliable enough to swallow._[2]

They have more in common with ducks than the bills

• The platypus is an excellent swimmer and has waterproof fur._[1]
• Whereas most other aquatic mammals use their back feet to swim, the platypus propels itself through water by paddling with its front two limbs._[1]
• A platypus can remain underwater for 2 minutes; before diving, it seals the nostrils on its bill, which remain watertight until the platypus comes up for air._[2]
• The male platypus has spurs above its hind legs that it can use to pierce and insert venom into its enemies. Humans who have been pierced report that the venom caused their hands and arms to swell up and lock-jaw to set in, accompanied by severe pain that lasts for weeks._[1]
• Because of the threat of being spurred by a male platypus, zookeepers and researchers  generally pick up a platypus by its tail, unless they are sure it is a female._[1]

Australia is proud of its unique animals

• The 20-cent coin in Australia has the image of a platypus on it._[2]
• Baby platypuses hatch after 10 days and then nurse for up to four months._[2]
• Until the magazine National Geographic published a picture of a platypus in 1939, most of the world had never heard of the platypus._[5]
• The platypus will sometimes bury its bill into mud and then wiggle it to attract prey._[5]
• Platypus babies are born blind and without their waterproof fur._[5]
• The platypus is a nocturnal animal._[5]
• The platypus was one of the mascots for the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia._[5]
• There was a period of time when people wore platypus fur, but the fad has now passed, and the platypus is protected from hunting by laws._[5]

For such a strange creature, they sure are cute

• One nickname for the platypus is the duck mole because it resembles both of these species._[5]
• To date, the oldest platypus fossil found is over 100,000 years old._[5]
• The platypus differs from all other mammals in another way: it can send out electrical impulses to locate prey in deep waters._[3]
• There are a lot of extra-large nerves throughout the platypus’s bill; these nerves send messages to the platypus’s face and allow it to sense the responses to its electrical impulses without the use of sight, sound, or smell._[3]
• The platypus has been featured in several different cartoon shows. Its most popular appearance was as Perry the Platypus, from the Disney Channel show Phineas and Ferb, but platypus characters have also been featured in Camp Lazlo and Taz-Mania._[4]