Four games today on Funski Friday.
Have at it.
Let’s Go Base-ball!
[Photo Via: It’s a Long Season]
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February 22, 2025
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Out of Order
The beat goes on for Alex Rodriguez vs. MLB.
Meanwhile, if you’ve never seen this legendary bit of hambone acting, you’re in for a treat.
Arthur Kirkland’s Legendary Opening Statement from gwenie on Vimeo.
First Time, Long Time
Belated, but not forgotten, here’s your comedy for the week:
Nothing Shocking
Ah, 2004, when the Yanks decided not to sign Carlos Beltran. It was a move we talked about over and again in this space. And so yesterday, there was Beltran, still playing well, hitting a home run against AJ Burnett, who is still doing his thing. Burnett was a mess in Game 1 of the NLDS and while I felt bad for him and the Pirates fans I also felt relieved that he was someone else’s headache.
[Photo Credit: Elsa/Getty Images North America]
Let’s Play Two!
The National League plays today. Cards vs. the Pirates, Braves vs. the Dodgers.
Enjoy it, y’all and:
Let’s Go Base-ball!
[Painting by Aleksander Balos]
Spy Games
File Under: Figure, Go.
The Secret of Success
I’ve never read any of Tom Clancy’s books. My step father loved them and since I spent most of my high school years locked in battle with my step father (he: Republican, me: not) I just piled Clancy on top of my hate pile. Clancy died yesterday. I liked this part of his obituary in the Times:
Mr. Clancy said none of his success came easily, and he would remind aspiring writers of that when he spoke to them.
“I tell them you learn to write the same way you learn to play golf,” he once said. “You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired — it’s hard work.”
Where & When: Game 6
Welcome back to another edition of Where & When, where we try hard not to peek at the photo credits while sleuthing for the answer to the $64 questions about New York City, past or present. Speaking of which, I’m presently trying to bring some of these challenges to the present, but it’s not an easy thing to present. Instead, I drag you back into a familiar era (a present for you already!) and present you with this:
Maybe some of you are familiar with this place, which still stands as it did over a hundred years ago and is surprisingly still in use, but for a lot of commercial urban crap. If you were to go there today, the remnants of this building, which served a long-defunct train line that is now used mainly by Amtrak and Conrail (clue!), are still visible. Regarding the picture, it was taken 22 years before the train line it served closed.
So you know how this goes; you try to figure out where and when this was taken, and perhaps flash a little knowledge such as who designed the building or what was the name of the train line and where did it begin and end, or even what significant features of today are missing from the picture… or the name of a store that presently occupies the building?
Send your answers to cixposse at gmail dot com (Doggone spambots) First one to get it right gets a root beer, those following suit get a cream soda. I’ll check in with you later in the day and post the answer here and in the latest thread at or after 6pm (or earlier if you figure it out sooner). Have fun!
Tribe Vibes
I’ll be rooting for the winner of tonight’s game vs. Boston so in one way I don’t care who wins. Ideally, whichever team matches up better against the Sox, right? But Hell, I’m pulling for the Indians. Nineteen-forty-eight? C’mon. Gotta go for the Dream.
[Photo Via: Seconds from Disaster]
"This ain't football. We do this every day."
--Earl Weaver
--Earl Weaver