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Off the bat, thought he had his first HR.

Hitting the ball well tonight!

Not till next week.

Strikeout with the ball hitting the dirt shows how nice that curve ball was.

I generally like Ridley Scott films, but this one does not look promising to me.

That had to be the least amount of Sox fans I have ever seen or heard at an Angel game. Probably a combination of the state of the team combined with Angel season ticket holders not giving up their seats for the home opener.

Just meant that I always assumed it was a female screen name, till today.

I was today years old when I found out PattyD was a guy.

Definitely been too long!

The thought of hating Piano Man never entered my mind.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears

Haha, thanks for the love, but no I won't be there this year. I certainly don't think I would attain special guest status if I went!

Well, I was more talking about how he doesn't care if he has a lack of power from his clean up hitter.

He is somehow managing to not use modern statistical analysis or "old-school manager" thinking as he explains his thought process here.

Belisle's in Garden Grove.., mostly what I remember is the massive portions. Went there after a game when I was a kid and saw Bobby Grich there.

I would go with no. I can't imagine a good hitter not being a good hitter because he is on a bench in between innings instead of on the field. If you don't have the metal fortitude to stay focused as a DH, you probably would have been exposed long before you made it to the big leagues.

I think that the "can Rendon stay healthy" question needs one of those pie charts that says "No" and "also no, but in a different color."

A documentary, not a movie, but finally watched The Battered Batards of Baseball on Netflix, I really enjoyed that one.

Well, if a 7th Day Adventist is working on Saturday and going to church on Sunday, clearly his back pain was punishment from God.

I have used Chiropractors off and on for some specific problems and they have helped. But yes, there is undeniably psuedo-science involved. The one I liked when it was covered by my insurance would do his spinal manipulation thing, but then the TENS unit and a 15 minute massage. The benefits were probably more about the relaxation and massage, but my back did great. I had another one that seemed more like he fancied himself a health guru, and I would hear him give some dubious medical advice to keep people from going to actual doctors. Of course, I have a lot of issues with modern medical practice.., take pills with massive side-effects, but God-forbid you address any underlying causes! So basically, I guess I don't have faith in much of the stuff going on out there!

Yeah, I really thought he was going to be a viable alternative,conservative policy's without the toxic narcissism, and a veteran to boot. His lackluster campaign and the side-show fight with Disney really knocked him down a peg.

You think DeSantis does that? I'm not saying he won't, but he can lick his wounds, bide his time as governor of a red state and try again in 4 years. Vivek and Haley seem more likely to me to lose their dignity hoping for being transportation secretary or some other useless ego-feeding political appointment.

Wow, what a thing to go through. I can't even imagine.

Great article, enjoyed that write up!

Belfast is one of the parts that I missed since I mostly went south. I definitely want to go back and see the many things I missed. I agree with your statement that you can't go wrong in Ireland, beautiful country.