NJHalo

Has anyone watched After Life on Netflix? It stars Ricky Gervais, who I find hilarious, and has a Curb your Enthusiasm look to it. 

Finishing up the last season of The Americans, and will probably start After Life next.

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

We're doing a tour of the memorial. Is the observatory included in the admission ticket?

We did the observatory a few months after it opened. Had dinner up there. Would not recommend it though. Poor service, food was bland, and very expensive. I know you said your wife was afraid of heights, so I need to tell you she might be bothered up there. If you do decide to go up top, pay for the upgrade to pass the line. It gets long, and does not move at healthy pace. 

You might have your fill of boat rides going to the Statue and Ellis Island, but if not, I definitely agree with Red’s recommendation of taking the free Staten Island Ferry. Nice relaxing and scenic. Just try to avoid it at rush hour. 

If possible, purchase your tickets ahead of time for the 9/11 Memorial Museum. They sell online 6 months in advance, and you pick your time to enter. Walk up tickets should be available, as you are not going at a busy time, but the walk-up line takes a while as it will be a diverse crowd, and many have difficulty. Once inside, everything moves nicely. 

If you want to try something different than the Empire State Building, try going to the Top of the Rock. The view from there is still amazing, and your pics will have both the Empire State Building, and the Freedom Tower in it. My wife is afraid of heights too, but had no problem there. Lots to do in the area as well. 

Restaurant recommendation: San Pietro on 54th Street between 5th and Madison. Easy walk from Rockefeller Center. The best service I have ever had, and the food is fantastic. https://www.sanpietroristorantenyc.com/

Don't waste your time going to Little Italy. It is Tiny Italy now, as Chinatown is slowly absorbing it.  

If you are in Chelsea, take a walk on the High Line. Nice walk, and early May should have everything blooming.  https://www.thehighline.org/ . 

I love the song, but it always reminds me of this movie now.

9 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think it’s funny how they photoshopped the full house chicks daughters head into crew pictures.  Pretty bird brained. 

Anyway, rich people doing stuff to unfairly tip the scales their way ? Shocking. 

Also back in the day that full house chick was   Still looks great for her age. 

Giants were getting tired of OBJ’s act, and seeing what Antonio Brown pulled to force his way out of Pittsburgh, they figured it was time to cash in the Beckham chip while it still had top value. OBJ was sure to do the same thing.

26 minutes ago, Tank said:

for the dodgers: robinson, reese, snider, and campanella

for the yankees: mantle, berra

that's all i can come up with.

Enos Slaughter was a part time player for the Yankees, and was in the lineup the day of Larsen's perfect game. Not sure what number he wore (9 or 17), but I think this picture is from that game. 

50 minutes ago, calscuf said:

We already have a black people fighting a restaurants thread.

True, but I believe that around 6:20 you can hear "It not black peoples this time" 

Comical

https://nypost.com/2019/03/07/massive-brawl-erupts-over-crab-legs-at-chinese-buffet-in-queens/

Full length version with hilarious commentary. Worth watching.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/craziness-brawl-crab-legs-buffet-restaurant-caught-video-123706232.html

16 hours ago, Taylor said:

This feels like a real-life Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. I could see Larry David doing something like this, and then pissing off a bunch of people.

Alex is an institution that many of us have grown up with. Hearing his soothing voice every night on our television is a comfort to many. I wish him well. 

My uncle had Pancreatic cancer about 5 years ago. Had the surgery, radiation, and chemo, and actually outlived his projected life expectancy by over a year. He died from an embolism after falling and hitting his head on his front steps coming home from a chemo treatment. He was holding his own, and should have lived longer. Such a great guy, it still bothers me how it ended.  

I think this should cement his position as AW whipping boy for the 2019 season 

On 3/4/2019 at 6:45 AM, mrwicked said:

oilers already have hughes locked up.

it's the battle for #2 overall at this point.

The hell with the Oilers. They have been the beneficiary of enough rigged lotteries. Time to fix it for the NY Rangers

Easy

I already hate the Phillies and anything coming from that wretched city. This would just make things worse.

Eveeyone likes to make the natural comparison of Mike Trout to Mickey Mantle. Mike should think about the major knee injury Mantle sustained getting his cleat caught on a sprinkler in the outfield. Something like that could happen to him over the next two seasons and throw a wrench into his schedule of baseball and financial immortality. 

Don’t risk it Mike. Your value is peaked. Everyone knows you are the best in baseball and deserve to be the highest paid. Be smart and get a deal done that will set the next century of Trouts up for life with financial security.

It seems that we can all agree that the market price has been set, so wouldn't it be in Trout's best interest to extend now? The market cannot go higher for him. In fact, the market could only go lower, especially if he sustains a serious injury.  

Agree with you on this. Now that the dust is settling down, and the big names are all signed, there is no mystery to the dollar amounts and terms that we are dealing with. It is time for Arte and Trout to show their cards. 

If Arte wants to keep him, he knows what it's gonna cost.

If Mike wants to stay, he knows how much to expect. If he truly wants to go to Philly, speak up now, and you can go sooner than later. 

I can see something getting done just prior to the start of the season, perhaps the day before. 

Now that the the "other guys" have signed, and the bar has been set, it should be easy to get the framework in place. 

I could see him getting an opt-out in four years or so to give the Angels a chance to prove they are committed to winning. If after four years they are still playing games, and signing stop-gaps to one year deals while waiting for the farm to produce, then I don't blame Mike for taking the opt-out. Lets be fair to him. 

The biggest D-bag in baseball goes to the biggest D-bag city. 

It was a match made in heaven.

All hail, King of all D-bags!

Mike Francessa on WFAN: "The first thing I thought of, when I heard Harper signed with the Phillies, is that now the Phillies have the guy they can trade to the Angels for Mike Trout! We all know that the Phillies want him, and that he wants to play there, so I see this trade as inevitable"

What a clueless ass

Just now, Lou said:

Harper to Philly per Heyman 

Great news!