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Under water

October 10, 2024

First year since 2018 that the Tampa Bay Rays were not in the postseason.

Good timing. Since Tropicana Field is now missing a roof.

(And it’s a different Bay… but there is an empty MLB stadium about 2500 miles west that might be a bit of a dump but may be a lot more usuable for 2025..)

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Meanwhile, Fox Sports announcers with the “keen grasp of the obvious” award after the Cleveland Guardians have been shut out twice in a row by the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS.

“They have to find a way to score some runs tomorrow.”

It wil take days if not weeks to understand scope of devastation from Hurricane Milton, but a sad reminder- the Gulf of Mexico’s water is abnormally warm right now, which means we are likely to get more major hurricanes this year. Science doesn’t care if you believe in it or not.

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Tropicana Las Vegas imploded at 230a Oct 9.. Used to love their $5 blackjack (for us who don’t gamble seriously) & great Comedy Club/Laugh Factory. But having Trop imploded in middle of night, when few are awake/paying attention, seems appropriate for John Fisher’s As

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Wonder how many of these videos and interviews of people staying put for Hurricane Milton will be played at their memorial services?

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Ron DeSantis as Milton approached: “If you’re hearing something that’s just outrageous, just know in the state of Florida, none of that stuff would ever fly, so you don’t have to worry about that.” If this weren’t such a potential tragic hurricane that statement would be funny.

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Yes, understand Hurricane Milton is top story right now.

@FoxNews nonetheless found space on website front page for Donald’s supposed plan to have rally at MSG. Fox hasn’t managed to find space to cover Trump’s giving COVID machines to Vladimir Putin. We’re waiting.

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Whether you believe in God, Mother Nature and/or Karma, one or all of them seem to believe that Ron DeSantis deleting climate change from every Florida state document and law was a REALLY bad idea.

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Most Florida airports have shut down and almost the entire state is dealing withsevere weather. Tone deaf award, again, for the day goes to Donald Trump with his latest fundraising email. “YOU’RE INVITED TO MAR-A-LAGO!”

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Storms ahead

September 26, 2024

As we approach the MLB postseason

If you are looking for a team to root for in the playoffs.

In the bottom 10 of MLB payrolls

21. Royals, $115,257,261

23. Brewers $105,833.094

24. Tigers $103,834,833

27. Orioles $94,520,400

28. Guardians $93,333,629

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OTOH

Top 5, Mets − $305,624,274

Yankees − $303,322,047

Dodgers − $249,823,654

Phillies − $243,476,617

Astros − $236,524,482

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-As an SF Giants fan whose team was at one point the worst in baseball hitting with RISP, must admit I felt for Minnesota Twins fans tonight. Winning run on 2nd and/or 3rd in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. And still managed to lose in 13 to the 100 loss Marlins.

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Stanford supposed to fly to South Carolina to play Clemson on Saturday. Since it’s all charter planes anyway for football teams why doesn’t Clemson just come to California? We have a perfectly good stadium and sunshine this weekend.

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For days forecasters have been saying Helene could be biggest hurricane EVER in parts of Florida, even inland. And reports are many people haven’t evacuated since hurricanes were never problem before. Maybe if Deathsantis hadn’t banned using term “climate change” in Florida.

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As Hurricane Helene bore down upon Florida, Joe Biden has already (2 days ago) approved federal disaster relief, unconditionally, without threats or attacks on a state that didn’t vote for him. It’s so nice having a President.

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(Got the the usual bots & trolls attacking me on social media for pointing out that Biden was helping Florida… many of them made comments like “well, it’s bare minimum,” or “how could you make it political.” Did they forget or not see that Trump says he will withhold disaster aid from California?)

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Reports from a couple Florida friends that Ron DeSantis didn’t make toll roads free today in Florida ahead of Hurricane Helene. If true, evacuees will have insult added to injury by having to pay for their escapes. And would be very on brand.

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Has FLORIDA RESIDENT Donald Trump said one positive thing or even written a message of hope for his state during one of their worst hurricanes ever?

(I’ll wait.)

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Fox News and other right wing media were all over Kamala Harris wearing an $800 pair of earrings at the DNC. For some reason they seem to have missed that Donald Trump is hawking $100,000 watches.

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Indicted by the Feds.

Eric Adams

Robert Menendez

Hunter Biden

Donald Trump.

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But tell me how Joe Biden has weaponized the DOJ against Republicans?

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Stephen Colbert on Pete Buttigieg playing J.D. Vance in debate prep for Tim Walz. “Must be difficult for Buttigieg to get into character.. since Vance has none.”

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BCS -Big Conference $

January 10, 2009

As perhaps the most contested BCS – Big Conference $ – bowl season has come to an end….should we be surprised that the pivotal contest occurred in Florida?

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Barack Obama has renewed his call for a college football playoff to avoid such contested results in future.   George W. Bush for his part believes we should use a more time-tested method to choose a winner – the Supreme Court.

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And another but not the last comment on the excuse of not having playoffs because it wouldn’t be fair to the student-athletes….  Right, like Florida wide receiver Louis Murphy, a senior majoring in  –  I am not making this up -Recreation Event Management.

(Didn’t that used to be called partying?)

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Barack Obama is now bringing his mother-in-law to Washington, so grandma will be in the White House.   Sarah Palin promptly accused Obama of stealing her 2012 campaign slogan.

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Two of the most critically acclaimed movies now out are “Doubt” and “Defiance.”  Both might do better at the box office, however, if so many Americans didnt think they were documentaries on Rod Blagojevich.

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Aother funny line from Bill Littlejohn:

 Milton Bradley donned Sammy Sosa‘s old No. 21 as he was introduced in Chicago.When someone asked him about his anger issues, Bradley suddenly couldn’t speak English”
 

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Shane Lechler, the Oakland Raiders punter, was named this week to his fourth All-Pro team.   Not to diminish this achievement, but to be fair, Lechler does get more than his share of practice.

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Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh, who has not signed his recent (and supposedly agreed-upon) contract extension, is now rumored to have interviewed for the New York Jets job.

So if Harbaugh ends up coaching Brett Favre will he tell Stanford that he wasn’t “fully committed” to his contract extension, and that he “felt pressured to make a decision?”

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