I can no longer abide The Management here and its thoroughly unconstitutional power grab and sieg heiling. Follow me on Bluesky, because I've also lost faith in FB/IG/Threads. I'll be deleting my posts in due time. Stay strong, people.
How you gonna keep 'im down on the farm in Manchuria once he's been to Greenwich Village?
cc: @BrianRSolomon (who likely has this story in his GM archives, but what the heck)
"All dressed up for a night on the town, beard and oil, Gorilla Monsoon made his way to Packys’ Village Circle. Gorilla had himself a whale of a time with the girls. He danced and played the piano and ended up taking a pretty girl home"
Gorilla Monsoon's night out 🧵[thread]
BREAKING: Right-hander Justin Verlander and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a one-year contract, pending physical, sources tell ESPN. The future Hall of Famer, who turns 42 next month, will spend his 20th season with the Giants.
As part of my ongoing search for a better social platform, I just hopped on to Bluesky (@loukip.bsky.social). If it's anything like Threads, ugh, but I'll keep trying.
I completed the assignment on Sunday.
I completed the secondary assignment today: stock up at Total Wine and More.
Operation: Day Drinking Copium shall commence shortly.
#USElection2024
22 years ago today, the entire episode of The Late Show with David Letterman is dedicated to Warren Zevon, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He plays three songs and offers this sage advice: "enjoy every sandwich."
So, yes, you should cancel your WaPo subscription based on the owner's pathetic, punk decision to capitulate to fascism. If Bezos is going to use the WaPo as his personal plaything, the least we can do is smash his toy.
Please read Tim Keown’s eulogy of the A’s. He is among the most gifted sportswriters alive, and this is particularly personal to him: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4138…
The Oakland A’s were killed by greed. Do not allow the people responsible for this to spin it any other way. John Fisher did not have to move this team. Major League Baseball and its owners did not need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer.
The A's last game at the Oakland Coliseum is triggering a flood of fans' memories and tears, even for actor Tom Hanks who famously uttered the movie line about "no crying in baseball." cbsloc.al/3XDsWkl
I don't have a blog, but on this off day before the last A's home series in Oakland, I wanted to share a thread featuring some stories. I have worked in A's Productions (aka Diamond Vision) since 1992: