He hasn't had enough time ... to build a video library on his opponents.
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He hasn't had enough time ... to build a video library on his opponents.
ESPN clearly wants tennis fans to use the app to watch matches...ridiculous decisions to air stupid live interviews when actual matches are being played.
You've been waiting for years to post this, haven't you? 😉
Happy Yes Day!
I can only speak for my kids and their friends, but...they might have actually learned MORE in 2020-21 because being at home meant 0 classroom distractions. And it is the disruptive classroom of 30-40 kids, many of whom have behavioral problems, that has been the ongoing issue in schools, not COVID
1. No Time to Die will be re-assessed and considered a classic in another 10-15 years. 2. Martin Canpbell's directing in Casino Royale was amateurish in some places. Fortunately the script and Craig's performance compensated for it. 3. Magda (Octopussy) is the most underrated Bond Girl of all time.
I always remember this as the optical illusion card: the bat looks to be bending like rubber.
and playoffs
Copper finally seems to have found herself.
Where is this pushback with Rs?
This might be the ONLY time in whcih I want to see masked ICE agents coming after a foreigner and haul his ass outta here. (Just kidding...or, maybe not.)
This video is a microcosm of America.
I had zero intetest in this. But now...?
I was agreeing with you. J6 was not ... business as usual. Sorry that didn't quite get communicated.
No, J6 was not. And yes, Garland spun his wheels. But none of that should have compelled left-leaning Dems to throw another hissy fit and stay home (or vote third party) in November.
Biden can't prosecute people for obstruction, if that is what you're getting at. Biden's only flaw, if one can call it that, is that he followed the Constitution and his limited duties as President. The current Prez, with permission from Rs and SCOTUS, has taken a jackhammer to those limitations.
What, exactly, did you want Biden to do? Trump was let off the hook by Republicans in the senate. And then the SCOTUS.
Takes like this are why we're in this mess.
Pitchers with a win and save in first two career outings, since saves official (1969): 2025 Bubba Chandler 1989 Mickey Weston 1978 Mardie Cornejo 1977 Bob Stanley 1973-75 Rick Waits
Noll's longest such streak: 4 years; Cowher: 3 years. Tomlin is now at 8. The Steelers' 16-year Super Bowl drought spanned two HCs (79-95); Tomlin is on the verge of hitting that 16-year mark all by himself.
Welp...I guess I can give up those hopes for another reunion tour.
Since when are "Centrist Dems" supporters of a voucher system and against funding public schools? This labeling and categorizing from within is not a good sign.
"Don't tread on me...but I will tread on thee."
...with a beer chaser. 😉
This doesn't help with online classes.
DFAd today
When I was five, I never thought this sort of character would be President.
He needs to be DFAd immediately
Gettin mad, feeling guilty about Trump, resorting to leesonal insukts. Bye bye. Enjoy these Trump years. You deserve them.
Correct. No divisions. So they were out quickly.
Likely the 1962 Mets. I think they were eliminated on August 8.
Mamdani took a long time to disavow the term Global Intifada, which was a bit of an issue. I think he has since tried to resolve that. Many Jews have endorsed him, so maybe he can bury it. But there's still some concern. I personally don't have a problem with him but I don't live in NYC.
Personal attacks = a bye bye.
Sorry, I don't respond to sea lions. Look it up yourself.
I just got home from breakfast...and the game is already over? 🤣
You are correct. But running for NYC mayor isn't the same thing as running for President. I don't live in NYC, don't follow NYC politics, so it's not my concern. What I do know is that Mamdani is an unknown who has sided with Islamic terrorism and NYC is home to a million Jews. So...
More people did NOT want Bernie. www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/D
I gave you one source. You want more? Pull up a You Tube video of the Berners chanting at the convention. A bunch of young, clueless libs pitching a fit over Bernie, did not instil confidence in the average independent voter. www.npr.org/2017/08/24/5...
Good for you. How many Lefties threw a hissy fit? Too many. Don't give me this whiny "She was a bad candidate" nonsense. HRC was a thorougjly qualified candidate, far more qualified than Bernie.
"You people"? Well, we saw the dangers of a Trump-filled SCOTUS and voted accordingly. You, meanwhile, didn't see the point. And here we are. Give yourself a pat on the back.
www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...
The fact that you don't see the point is the point.
The mistake is assuming who or what the base is.
We blame progressives in 2016 who were too busy whining about Bernie and then in 2024 who sat things out because Kamala didn't pass their purity test. Whenever Insee "defensiveness" from those on the far left, I know it's cover for the guilt.
Or, look at how "progressives" are suddenly worshipping him. 🤷🏻♂️
We blame progessives who threw temper tantrums in 2016 and 2024.
If you're a cancer survivor, thank big city doctors and nurses...and the "elitist/woke" universities they attended.
If you love baseball, you love this. Absolutely THRILLING. #sportsky #WPBL
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Beginning to?
Sadly, we have the President and government that we deserve.
Education, as well
They can't spell "Quiet" either.
What kind of grass? 🤨
There's no one like Scoop. Congratulations, Al Oliver 👏
Keynesian demand-side economics: Pay people more, they buy more...thus the money circles right back into corporations...but then the people have what they need along the way.
I didn't say whether or not there was intent. But one player was stationary and the other one did the colliding.
Let's be clear...Hartley did the colliding.
That K % is about average. But his BB 11% is better than average. That BB% tells the story.
I should post stuff like this more often
Don't worry Blue Jays fans: the Pirates bullpen will likely blow this.
And the Dallas Cowboys have always been in the NFC East. 🤷🏻♂️
Because Californians and New Yorkers are heading to Oklahoma in droves. 🙄
Some of us are showing our age
IYKYK! 🤣
Fall League???
Second game in a row that the Bucs had the go-ahead run on third, in the eighth, and failed to score...and then let the dam burst in the bottom half.
It's become a problem over the past several games.
Breathe on her and it's a foul. Angel Reese wasn't wrong.
Bye bye anti-semite
Damn right I'm vote shaming you. Deal with it.
I voted D up and down, 2016 and 2024. My conscience is clean. I knew the situation. I knew the stakes. Too many like you did not.
I get it, had to navigate it with soccer. The parents (and the kids) are basically forced into this dynamic.
Read more. She had much to say to Bibi behind closed doors. There's a reason he always met with Rs in congress over Obama and Biden. It didn't have to be spelled out.
You can't change the system if you don't change the courts. We had an opportunity to do that in 2016 but the Berners threw a tantrum and delivered the SCOTUS that we now have. It's the greatest "told you so" in American history.
It really was that simple.
Plenty of evidence to suggest Harris wasn't going to give Bibi a blank check. Smart move. Gaza's looking great.
The far left delivered Trump in 2016 and again in 2024. They own this. Plain and simple.
Same first step that delivered Trump to us. Good strategy. Hope it's working out for you. It certainly hasn't for the people in Gaza.
Throw a flagpole, get pardoned. Throw a sandwich, get the book.
I hope people start checking everything.
Whoo boy, Trea Turner just fouled a pitch up into the bill of his helmet. 😬
"On the Level" is one of the greatest songs of the century.
I agree...I am only voicing a concern that youngsters playing the game may not be as intetested in watching it at the MLB level. And I really can't blame em.
If they aren't there to watch the game...no. I was at a game at Target Fld last year (GREAT ballpark!) but I'd guess that 20-30% of the crowd (21-30 age group) had zero interest in watching the game. That's fine. They were having fun. But that doesn't mean they're baseball fans.
Well, we did make paper planes...but we were still in our seats, with the game going on. The difference is that the stadiums back then offered nothing else but the game. If I'd gone to a game only to ask my dad to take me and my friends to the playground in leftfield, there would have been words LOL
It's Milwaukee. Nuff said.
Point is, attendance at MLB games doesn't prove fan engagement. Many modern ballparks offer amenities that attract young crowds (kids as well as 21+) just looking for a night out and they have zero interest in the game itself. That doesn't grow the game, imho.
Not in mine. We went to the game and were indeed engaged. It was a far superior product back in the late 70s than what we are seeing now.
I regularly attend NFL, NBA, NHL, and WNBA events. I can tell you: it's not the case elsewhere...though to be fair, those sports have intermissions.
Well, the other side: ESPN doesn't bother to cover the game very well because nobody's watching.
How so? I see two things going on: 1. Greater participation in youth baseball leagues, but 2. Not enough kids at MLB games (prices?) and the ones that are there aren't watching the game: they're in the concourse doing something else.
Case in point: Ohtani didn't get this sort of univeraal, superstar coverage with the Angels. MLB simply has no idea how to market its sport and its star players.
Pirates could have hired that GM, but...
Make a commercial? He'll reach more people through social media. This isn't the 80s.
And anger the networks, the MLBPA, and casual fans! 🤣
DC's police union has fallen in line, too.
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/s (end sarcasm) is the best note to clarify the tone of a post, fwiw