OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

[VolPack22]

Why aren't you in the baseball game thread?

I’m about to head in. I was at work.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[VolPack22]

I would just like to say that damn groundhog lied. No sign of spring coming soon.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I would just like to say that damn groundhog lied. No sign of spring coming soon.

Next week ... it'll be here then.

 

[Volprofch05]

I would just like to say that damn groundhog lied. No sign of spring coming soon.

It’ll be Spring as soon as I leave Knoxville

 

[VolPack22]

Next week ... it'll be here then.

Not here. Going to be in the 40s and 50s

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Not here. Going to be in the 40s and 50s

Ooops, my bad.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Need to add "Equal Pay Day" to the list ...

 

[VolPack22]

Need to add "Equal Pay Day" to the list ...

I left that one out to refrain from politics

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I left that one out to refrain from politics

I wasn't aware of it being political? If it is, it'll be deleted.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I can't get enough of Stevie Nicks w/this song ....she's so pretty in this music video.

 

[VolPack22]

I wasn't aware of it being political? If it is, it'll be deleted.

I personally don’t care either way. I believe in people getting paid whatever someone is willing to pay them. There is a reason NBA contracts are larger than WNBA. The NBA brings in $10B/yr while the WNBA brings in $60M/yr. Do people want the elite WNBA players making as much as the entire league brings in on an annual basis? Because the elite NBA players make roughly $50M/yr now. The league wouldn’t last 1 season. It’s simple economics

 

[VolPack22]

Jacksonville State beats Ole Miss 10-6

 

[VolPack22]

On March 15 in Baseball History...​

• 1945 - With wartime travel restrictions still in effect, the Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York with 15 players in camp. Seven teams � the Browns, Tigers, Reds, Indians, Cubs, Pirates and White Sox � are training in Indiana, the most of any state. The Red Sox are at Tufts College while the Braves are prepping at the Choate School in Connecticut.
  
  
• 1945 - Bert Shepard, a one-legged veteran of the war, tries out as a pitcher for the Senators (and subsequently appears in a league game). The symbol of wartime baseball, outfielder Pete Gray of the Browns, will field and bat with only one arm.
  
  
• 1975 - The Dodgers sign free-agent pitcher Juan Marichal. After two poor outings, Marichal will retire on April 17, leaving a career record of 243-142, 52 shutouts, and a 2.89 ERA.
  
  
• 1977 - The Pirates trade outfielders Tony Armas and Mitchell Page, and four pitchers, including Rick Langford, to the A's for second baseman Phil Garner, infielder Tommy Helms, and pitcher Chris Batton.
  
  
• 1978 - The A's trade Vida Blue to the Giants for seven players and an estimated $390,000 in cash.
  

Baseball Birthdays on March 15... ​

• 1856 - McDermott, Sandy
• 1860 - Latham, Arlie
• 1861 - Wise, Bill
• 1868 - Coughlin, Roscoe
• 1870 - Casey, Doc
• 1872 - Flynn, Mike
• 1873 - Miller, Ralph
• 1876 - Hallman, Bill
• 1879 - Disch, George
• 1885 - Peters, Rube
• 1889 - Mullen, Charlie
• 1890 - Mollenkamp, Fred
• 1898 - Ryan, Rosy
• 1899 - Kime, Hal
• 1902 - Bennett, Fred
• 1907 - Fette, Lou
• 1915 - Lang, Don
• 1917 - Bowles, Charlie
• 1919 - Wietelmann, Whitey
• 1919 - Noble, Ray
• 1928 - King, Nellie
• 1933 - Scott, Dick
• 1938 - Locker, Bob
• 1944 - Watkins, Dave
• 1944 - Granger, Wayne
• 1946 - Bonds, Bobby
• 1949 - Kern, Jim
• 1952 - Stroughter, Steve
• 1955 - Hatcher, Mickey
• 1957 - Martinez, Alfredo
• 1959 - Baines, Harold
• 1960 - Pagliarulo, Mike
• 1967 - Rose, Bobby
• 1968 - Batiste, Kim
• 1974 - Fick, Robert
• 1975 - Perkins, Dan
• 1975 - Nunez, Vladimir

Baseball Deaths on March 15... ​

• 1905 - Meegan, Pete
• 1917 - Munce, John
• 1923 - Anderson, Goat
• 1923 - Wood, Pete
• 1930 - Townsend, George
• 1933 - Stocksdale, Otis
• 1939 - Broughton, Cal
• 1949 - Cissell, Bill
• 1966 - Geygan, Chappie
• 1968 - Watt, Allie
• 1982 - Mulligan, Eddie
• 1984 - May, Buckshot
• 1986 - Patton, Bill
• 1993 - Cooper, Pat
• 1993 - Easterling, Paul
• 2007 - Martinez, Marty

 

[VolPack22]

3/15 Holidays

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Day
Kansas Day
*Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Pears Helene Day
Shoe The World Day


*Everything You Think Is Wrong Day, a day where decision-making should be avoided, as your thoughts are (according to the founder of this holiday) wrong. It is also a day created for some people to realize that they are not always right.

 

[Volprofch05]

3/15 Holidays

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Day
Kansas Day
*Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Pears Helene Day
Shoe The World Day


*Everything You Think Is Wrong Day, a day where decision-making should be avoided, as your thoughts are (according to the founder of this holiday) wrong. It is also a day created for some people to realize that they are not always right.

Kansas day should never be a thing

 

[volz2wallz]

Kansas day should never be a thing

Perhaps a day to thank them for ahuna

 

[VolPack22]

Kansas day should never be a thing

The only good things they have given us is an iconic line in The Wizard of Oz, sunflowers, and Maui Ahuna of course

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[MAD]

Jameis Winston put on a few.

 

[VolPack22]

Jameis Winston put on a few.

Had one too many crab legs.

 

[VolPack22]

Auburn and GT in extras. They have been in several wild ones this season. I’ve got to hit the hay though.

 

[vol66]

I see you 26! GT strikes out the side! Headed to the 12th