OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

[CobbWebb71]

I've stated B4 I hated that position in baseball. All others I have no problem with.

He freaked out when he was younger and played catcher, he hated it!
When I asked him why he said he was afraid of getting hit in “the junk”
I got him a cup and he was like a different player!!

 

[Halph66]

He freaked out when he was younger and played catcher, he hated it!
When I asked him why he said he was afraid of getting hit in “the junk”
I got him a cup and he was like a different player!!

My son attended a baseball at Tennessee. Coach Raleigh came out to check on the catchers. My son was the youngest one out there, had just gotten nailed in the ribs doing a drill. Coach went over to check on him, he was tearing up, but told him to leave him alone so he could finish the drill.

Coach Raleigh walked away. As he passed by me he looked at me and said, "there has to be something wrong with a kid that will sit there and let someone throw a 90 mph baseball at them. Catchers are not right in the head".

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

WTF is that flying 2500+ mph across the southern states & into the Gulf?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I bought me some Blue Bell Rocky Road ice cream today at Kroger.
I'm going to have myself a good time for a while. Another milkshake
from Chick-fil-A on my way home. You only live once.

 

[Halph66]

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[Halph66]

I bought me some Blue Bell Rocky Road ice cream today at Kroger.
I'm going to have myself a good time for a while. Another milkshake
from Chick-fil-A on my way home. You only live once.

No sir. You only die once. You should live, everyday. Have the milkshake.

 

[Halph66]

Learn the game, and you will fall in love with it.

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[Halph66]

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[Halph66]

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[Halph66]

The science of protecting young pitchers arms.

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[Halph66]

Composure at the plate.

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[MAD]

@CobbWebb71
Beer humor




Get it?

 

[Halph66]

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[Halph66]

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[chuckiepoo]

I've stated B4 I hated that position in baseball. All others I have no problem with.

Always involved. One of my twins caught in HS.

 

[chuckiepoo]

WTF is that flying 2500+ mph across the southern states & into the Gulf?

A Boolid meteor. had the reminants of one go through a roof in Georgia earlier this week.

 

[Halph66]

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[CobbWebb71]

@CobbWebb71
Beer humor

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Get it?

 

[CobbWebb71]

I bought me some Blue Bell Rocky Road ice cream today at Kroger.
I'm going to have myself a good time for a while. Another milkshake
from Chick-fil-A on my way home. You only live once.

I like Blue Bell!!

 

[BruisedOrange]

WTF is that flying 2500+ mph across the southern states & into the Gulf?

 

[BruisedOrange]

@CobbWebb71
Beer humor

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Get it?

Since it is beer... does it have something to do with hops?

 

[Halph66]

Protect the 3Ns. Neck,kNuckles, and Nuts.

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[MAD]

Since it is beer... does it have something to do with hops?

I laughed

 

[Halph66]

This is a guy you want coaching your players.

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[Orange.]

Barbenheimer was one of the most unlikely heroes this country has ever seen. Nearly $2.5B in combined box office gross.

Wifey didn't like "Barb," was disappointed, and thought it a missed opportunity. I thought it was basically a nothingburger. There were a few little details that I was interested in. The saturated colors, for example. For some reason, I kept thinking about "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" (1967) while watching "Babs." Not with respect to the plot, but the "look and feel." One day I'll rewatch "Demoiselles."

We both loved "Oppenheimer" and even went to see it second time. Not the last time I will see it.