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53 minutes ago, FootballZombie said:

It was certainly a fair call to the letter of the law, but to:

 

-Decide the game

-Kill a rally

-Go against the home team

 

Yeesh. If that happened to my squad and I found that Ump in the parking lot I'd be "asking" him what part of Eatonville he was from.

 

 

I was a little pissed as someone who's rooted for the Orioles for 40ish years. I was in the middle of hate-watching the bullpen at that point, so I was in a win-win situation: either they wriggled out of it and won or they blew a 6-run lead against the White Sox. I was kind of cheated out of both when the umps awarded them a win with a standing 8 count. 

I couldn't believe that ending. 4 runs in before 1 out was even recorded. Tying run on base. And the umpires gift the visiting team the final out like that? 

As someone said, I'm sure by the letter of the law it was correct, but that SUCKS and I'm even annoyed it ended that way. You have to let the winning run bat there. 

I guess I'm just hoping we can take 3 of 4 this weekend and keep the Yankees in sight. We need to do something about the bullpen ASAP. 

It was bound to end, but a pretty frustrating way for the sweepless streak to end. The O's have looked pretty toothless for a while...they need to wake up soon!

17 hours ago, Tsailand said:

Opinions on Trump aside, here are the facts:

 

1. Snyder supports Trump

2. Snyder tried to fund a movie which would make Trump look good.

3. Snyder ended up funding a movie which showed Trump as a horrible rapist.

 

This is the level of competence which the Redskins had running them for almost 25 years.

When you really think this through, it's amazing that they had ANY winning seasons during his ownership. They even won a playoff game in 2005. Hell, it's amazing that they got payroll out the door on time more often than not. 

Not sure why this thread lasted more than the first reply.

18 hours ago, Spearfeather said:

I think the helmet looks o.k.

The jersey looks more like a hockey jersey. 

Agreed, but if it's really 90-100 years old, that's what uniforms looked like. Some of the old throwbacks to the 20s and 30s are like that (Green Bay and Pittsburgh come to mind). 

31 minutes ago, El Mexican said:

Man, this classic combo slaps.

 

It's just very classy and aesthetic allaround.

 

 

It truly does! The contrast of burgundy, gold, and white is beautiful. I can't believe I was getting sick of it and wishing for a rebrand at certain points of my life. That's what I get! 

It would be great if they re-adopted the 1960s era throwbacks. I'm sure, at some point in time, a Commander of some army in history led a group of men who carried spears. Then, when they inevitably rebrand, do so around that image. Warriors, Spartans, Natives, or something. It'll be far better and honor the past much more. 

2 hours ago, kleese said:

I think Tues/Wed will remain off limits other than special circumstances like Christmas. I also think they will always avoid Saturday until college schedule calms down in December. I do think some sort of Friday package could be on the table in the coming years. 

I actually think the opposite about weekdays. I think they'd be more likely to avoid Fridays and creep into Tuesdays for the same reason they avoid Saturdays (they are honoring their pipeline by leaving Fridays to the high school kids and not fighting the folks who will be sitting in bleachers at those games). 

40 minutes ago, Larry said:

 

It's the name of someone who's sole notable achievement was literally being willing to kill Americans.  

 

(I do think the rest of your post was a valid point, and very reasonable.)

Thanks, I appreciate the respectful exchange! 

Very well-said, @tshile

Very good...it's a nice post, @Jumbo and I agree that you are more in tune to the daily leanings. 

That said, I agree with you overall about there being common things that span all humans. I think defending slavery or Hitler or child grooming would be pretty easy to all agree on. I guess where I'm just off my rocker is that I don't think it's cut and dry that a group of people wanting to maintain some memory of people who represented their history/states/etc. rises to that level. Yes, I understand the Civil War and the key disagreement within it. But, the desire to not want to whitewash history is certainly more nuanced than "I like some Civil War names, therefore I loved the idea of slavery."

9 minutes ago, Jumbo said:

 

You don't rock the boat. That's laughably pretentious on your part. As is your other allegation. 

 

You just embarrass yourself with most of your posts. And it has zero to do with "right" or "left."

 

It has to do with the large number of very. critical adjectives that can accurately be attributed to a majority of your comments.

 

And since you want to gratuitously insult the forum at large one more time, make sure you remember no one is forcing you. 😉

 

If you need to be cut off for your own peace of mind but can't stop yourself, let a mod know you need help. 👍

 

We like a wide range of intelligent debate, including dissention with any "majority view" here, in any discussion.

 

You routinely offer drivel-laden drive-bys followed with frequent whininess when you get absolutely appropriate feedback.

Appreciate the feedback. It's funny to me that what I provide is considered embarrassing, but it is what it is. I'd recommend you truly evaluate the statement of yours that I underlined, bolded, and italicized above. There is absolutely an echo chamber atmosphere, especially if anyone dares to introduce an opinion that isn't considered perfectly PC, mainstream, or status quo. It's perfectly fine, of course...you guys are free to create the place you want. But, don't try to convince yourself that it doesn't exist. 

2 minutes ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

“Stonewall Jackson and Thomas Jefferson?  Pretty much the same dude, really.” ~ A guy who knows a lot about history, probably

Exactly the point I was trying to make. Flawless reading comprehension. 

6 minutes ago, tshile said:

as a life long Virginian - civil war is baked into everything. Virginia was a key state with lots (majority? Not quite sure) of battles taking place and even more taking place just outside its borders. 
 

It’s not surprising to me outsiders don’t understand this. It’s also not surprising that many people take the “we disagree that means you’re a racist and evil person” stance. It’s prevalent these days. Almost seems to be the default way of analyzing things for most. 

Yeah, I got blown up in the other thread where this came up. Just because I can see both sides and don't think a community wanting to hold onto traditions automatically equals pure evil...I'm basically an enabler or apologist. 

My stance on all this is that people in general are flawed. All of them. If we are going to name anything after anyone ever, we should just acknowledge that and be OK with their flaws. The ones who lived 200 years ago were all probably racist, sexist, and any other "ist" you can find. But, many of them did some good things too. If people want to find community and pride in that, let them. 

But, it's a very slippery slope to strip every town of a name, because to say that Stonewall Jackson's racism outweighs his service in the Mexican-American War but Thomas Jefferson racism doesn't outweigh his patriotism is a very arbitrary line to draw. 

It's always fun to be reminded that every topic is completely black and white in here. It really is exhausting sometimes. Sorry to rock the boat. 

Just now, Jumbo said:

 

Of course. Gotta allow the wishes of ignorant racist morons to manifest in continuing the glorification of the pile of feces that was the confederacy.👍

 

Good thing they have a reasonable  thoughtful  spokesman among the lost souls of this hellacious forumscape. 😎

OK. I just don't think everything is always that cut and dry. I don't believe that you can always draw a direct line from "wanting to keep names of schools and streets" to "support every ideal held by the individual" 

Otherwise, we better just rename every city and take down every statue...

32 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

Should we be afraid to do the right thing because of potential backlash?

If a majority of people disagree with a decision and overrule it, then is it clear that it was the right thing to do? It's possible that, at least in that community, rushing to rename every school and remove every statue was *not* the right thing to do or there wouldn't be so much backlash. 

50 minutes ago, PokerPacker said:

If anything, the fact that people are going out of their way to rename public institutions after confederates proves it wasn't overboard and something that needs a reckoning.

I don't agree. People like traditions and are attached to things. I would guess that not every person who preferred the name Stonewall Jackson did so because they are racists or hopes the South rises again. They might just have fond memories of the school they attended, not want history erased, or appreciate some of their heritage being preserved. To jump to the conclusion that this requires a reckoning is a bit extreme. It’s a name of an American…relax.

I don't know...it might be a little much to spend taxpayer money to rebrand again. It's just a school name. But I think it just proves that we may have gone a little overboard a couple years ago finding anything with any name relating to a Confederate or someone who may have owned a slave and just wiping those names out of existence. 

17 hours ago, Riggo#44 said:

I don't think we will--our offense is worse than Taylor Heinike running a Bill Callahan scheme. But the pieces are coming--Abrams is awesome, Garcia is breaking out (hopefully, finally). House, Crews, Wood, and Hassell give a lot of promise. I love seeing Jake Irvin and Mitchell Parker (who has been a great surprise) being competitive, competent starters. You'll see Parker tomorrow. We are really 2 years off.

You would know better than I do...but from a few miles away, it just feels like the team is a year or two ahead of schedule. We shall see! 

2 hours ago, TheDoyler23 said:

It’s been a while since the O’s and Nats were .500 or better for this matchup as both teams have been rebuilding. Nats aren’t a contender or anything yet, but they’re frisky. 

Yep. My son follows the Nats as his second team and I told him last year that I thought they were ahead of schedule. It would be VERY exciting if they could make some wild card noise into the late-summer this year. I think they are a 2025-and-beyond playoff contender. 

38 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

 

Yeah, I don't get the "I missed a graduation so boo ****ing hoo" aspect of it.  

Do you think the people who had their college life disrupted during Vietnam protests during the 60s and 70s want to hear these millennials **** and moan???? *end sarcasm* 

When I started dating my wife (we are both on our second marriage), I wanted to pay for everything. She made/makes pretty good money, but it's more that I feel like the guy should take the girl out. There were times when she would treat (like if she took me out for my birthday) or she would have me over and make dinner and we'd have the wine or alcohol she had at her house. But, if we went out, I insisted on picking up the check or buying the tickets or whatever. 

Now that we are married we don't have any separation of finances. It all goes into joint accounts and flows out (sometimes just as fast, it seems). 

On 4/22/2024 at 7:20 PM, NickyJ said:

Broncos uniforms look more like UVA uniforms.

 

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Oooh, nice, blue and orange Chargers lightning bolts on the shoulders. Looks like the Broncos took some inspiration from Washington using Dallas's stars.

 

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The throwbacks are sweet (obviously) and the white jersey paired with orange pants are actually pretty cool. Everything else I could do without. 

Also, the part the screams "fiction" to me is the dramatic smoking scene under a tree. That feels like a scene pulled from Good Will Hunting more than something that would happen in real life. In actuality, if this happened, they would just go and talk in someone's office.