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Post by andydp on Oct 23, 2022 16:38:42 GMT
With the nation having a knipshin about the Yankees and their "performance" vs the Astros I give you Yogi:
It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't.
Yogi Berra
I also found this one. I have not posted it on my FB page because of the fear of being horsewhipped.
The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?" "The New York Yankees," Butch replied.
J.R. Ward
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Post by goldenvalley on Oct 24, 2022 4:21:01 GMT
Butch is correct. Yankees done been swept and will be watching the series on tv. They at least made a better try during this final game.
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Post by andydp on Oct 24, 2022 10:02:41 GMT
In commemoration of the loss, I present the last stanza of "Casey at the Bat"
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out.
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Post by andydp on Oct 25, 2022 12:18:08 GMT
Truth is hidden by the golden veil of the mundane. Pierce through this thin glittering sheath and know that you are the Sun.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Post by andydp on Oct 26, 2022 12:59:12 GMT
It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
George Eliot
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Post by andydp on Oct 27, 2022 12:47:28 GMT
Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.
Mike Schmidt
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Post by andydp on Oct 28, 2022 12:22:09 GMT
Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.
Joe Torre
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Post by LFC on Oct 28, 2022 13:59:05 GMT
Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.
Mike Schmidt Philadelphia, the only city in the world where "Yo!" is a complete sentence. |
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Post by andydp on Oct 29, 2022 12:00:37 GMT
Continuing the World Series theme. (Phillies won game 1 6-5 in 10 innings.)
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
Babe Ruth
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Post by pnwguy on Oct 29, 2022 15:37:53 GMT
Continuing the World Series theme. (Phillies won game 1 6-5 in 10 innings.) Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
Babe Ruth It sure was last night  Four times winning game 1 on the road. For a team that shouldn't be there, they are sure exceeding expectations. |
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Post by andydp on Oct 30, 2022 12:45:46 GMT
In keeping with the WS theme, a few words from the "Old Perfesser":
There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.
Casey Stengel
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Post by andydp on Oct 31, 2022 11:17:42 GMT
More baseball insights by a true master of the game:
I led the league in go get 'em next time.
Bob Uecker
I want to add this to show Philadelphia's sporting attitude:
The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.
Bob Uecker
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Post by andydp on Nov 7, 2022 20:25:07 GMT
I was out of my comfort zone in Nashville TN. I wasn't able to provide you with guidance from the elders. For today, I bring you a definitive method of surviving a bad day:  |
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Post by andydp on Nov 7, 2022 20:31:41 GMT
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Post by pnwguy on Nov 7, 2022 20:45:56 GMT
More baseball insights by a true master of the game: I led the league in go get 'em next time.
Bob Uecker I want to add this to show Philadelphia's sporting attitude: The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.
Bob Uecker The first games I went to as a child were in Connie Mack Stadium, in west Philadelphia. It was a classic old “shed” park, until the completion of Veteran’s Stadium, down in the part of south Philly where JFK Stadium sat empty most years except for the Army Navy football game every fall. |
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Post by Bact PhD on Nov 7, 2022 21:21:26 GMT
More baseball insights by a true master of the game: I led the league in go get 'em next time.
Bob Uecker I want to add this to show Philadelphia's sporting attitude: The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.
Bob Uecker The first games I went to as a child were in Connie Mack Stadium, in west Philadelphia. It was a classic old “shed” park, until the completion of Veteran’s Stadium, down in the part of south Philly where JFK Stadium sat empty most years except for the Army Navy football game every fall. Sigh. I didn’t move to the area until the Phils had already moved to “The Vet.” My frame of reference for Connie Mack Stadium (nee Shibe Park) was seeing the TV news coverage the day they tore it down, well after baseball had vacated the place and it was a derelict shell. Sigh. |
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Post by pnwguy on Nov 7, 2022 21:56:48 GMT
Sigh. I didn’t move to the area until the Phils had already moved to “The Vet.” My frame of reference for Connie Mack Stadium (nee Shibe Park) was seeing the TV news coverage the day they tore it down, well after baseball had vacated the place and it was a derelict shell. Sigh. I remember that before the last out of the last game played at Connie Mack the fans began to tear seats and any souvenirs they could get from the park, since it was supposed to be torn down. If memory serves me, they had at least one arson fire there before the wrecking ball. Did you do some education in Philadelphia? I think at one point there were 5 medical schools in the city, and there are ring of pharmaceutical firms in all directions within an hour drive, including J&J in central New Jersey. Philadelphia is quite a hub for medical research. My mother was a nursing graduate from Penn. I grew up about an hour west of the city, in dairy farm areas. |
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Post by andydp on Nov 8, 2022 11:51:07 GMT
Since its election day:
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you !
Pericles
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Post by Bact PhD on Nov 8, 2022 18:20:25 GMT
Sigh. I didn’t move to the area until the Phils had already moved to “The Vet.” My frame of reference for Connie Mack Stadium (nee Shibe Park) was seeing the TV news coverage the day they tore it down, well after baseball had vacated the place and it was a derelict shell. Sigh. I remember that before the last out of the last game played at Connie Mack the fans began to tear seats and any souvenirs they could get from the park, since it was supposed to be torn down. If memory serves me, they had at least one arson fire there before the wrecking ball. Yup. Video of it is somewhere on YouTube; that’s where I’ve seen it. And yup, the arson fire was in maybe ’74 or ‘75; IIRC that fire was something approaching the final straw for getting it torn down. In the Philadelphia area, the education I did was late elementary/about half of middle school, and that in South Jersey. The closest I came to a return to the area to live as an adult was when I got as far as an interview for a post-doc position at what was then SmithKline-Beecham in the mid-‘90s. Via his undergrad days, Chem PhD is better acquainted with the farm country in that part of PA than I am. Interestingly, two acquaintances of mine from grad school days are on med school faculties there now, and one set of family friends has been there and in the chemical/pharmaceutical business for about a quarter-century. |
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Post by andydp on Nov 8, 2022 19:59:00 GMT
I remember that before the last out of the last game played at Connie Mack the fans began to tear seats and any souvenirs they could get from the park, since it was supposed to be torn down. If memory serves me, they had at least one arson fire there before the wrecking ball. Yup. Video of it is somewhere on YouTube; that’s where I’ve seen it. And yup, the arson fire was in maybe ’74 or ‘75; IIRC that fire was something approaching the final straw for getting it torn down. In the Philadelphia area, the education I did was late elementary/about half of middle school, and that in South Jersey. The closest I came to a return to the area to live as an adult was when I got as far as an interview for a post-doc position at what was then SmithKline-Beecham in the mid-‘90s. Via his undergrad days, Chem PhD is better acquainted with the farm country in that part of PA than I am. Interestingly, two acquaintances of mine from grad school days are on med school faculties there now, and one set of family friends has been there and in the chemical/pharmaceutical business for about a quarter-century. Since my wife is a South Jersey girl what town ? |
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Post by Bact PhD on Nov 8, 2022 21:59:57 GMT
In the Philadelphia area, the education I did was late elementary/about half of middle school, and that in South Jersey. The closest I came to a return to the area to live as an adult was when I got as far as an interview for a post-doc position at what was then SmithKline-Beecham in the mid-‘90s. Via his undergrad days, Chem PhD is better acquainted with the farm country in that part of PA than I am. Since my wife is a South Jersey girl what town ? Near Camden—Pennsauken, later to Cinnaminson—and gone shortly after Carter moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. |
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Post by andydp on Nov 9, 2022 12:26:03 GMT
In my case: Shop Rite Bourbon** vs college rye.
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
Roger Kahn
** There was such a thing in 1968. It was like drinking turpentine, but it was cheap. I have to say, it did stop my frat brothers from mooching my booze since they thought I only bought rotgut. Their idea of "good stuff" ? Bali Hai flavored wine.
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Post by andydp on Nov 14, 2022 12:29:43 GMT
Back from Philly !! Expected "time on station" more than a week. The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
Francesco Guicciardini Bonus quote from an Italian comedian named Toto` To be gentle doesn't mean you're stupid. To be happy doesn't mean you're without problems. If you're educated doesn't mean you're a fool.  |
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Post by andydp on Nov 15, 2022 13:24:19 GMT
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Post by andydp on Nov 16, 2022 13:19:42 GMT
To commemorate of our first snowfall of the season.**
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
Anne Bradstreet
** Should be gone by noon.
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