What the heck is intercostal irritation? From a search (Medical News Today): Intercostal muscle strain is an injury affecting the muscles between two or more ribs. Symptoms can include sharp, direct pain, stiffness, and mobility difficulties. The intercostal muscles have different layers that attac...

Nice collection.
Have you ever calculated what percentage of the players who signed minor league cards never made it to the majors? Or are they all major league cards?

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Some numbers: MLB OPS: .697 - lowest since 1989 (.695) MLB BA: .239 - lowest since 1968 (.237) MLB OBP: .312 - tied for lowest (2022) since 1972 (.311) MLB SLG: .385 - lowest since 1992 (.377) 1968 was the year of the pitcher and that led MLB to lower the mound, so the BA that year isn't shocking. B...

Centerfield wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 12:17 pm Pitching matchup favors the Mets.

Not so far.
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It may even start at 25 or 6 to 4.
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Yes. 4:10 PM start.
I hope they can make a game of it.
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Starting with his age 34 season in 2018, Charlie Morton has made 30 starts (HOU), 33 starts, 9 starts (pandemic year) both for TBR, and then with the Braves 33 (led the lg), 31, 30. Tonight is his 7th of this year. iow, he's made every single fuckin' start from age 34 thru 40! while pitching to a 3...

I blame Judge Green.
He was a bell buster.
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While you wait for the game, be sure to listen to the latest episode of "National League Town" as G-Fafif and I discuss my trip to "The Lou". I don't want to sound judgy, but why would anyone want to listen to a podcast about your bathroom activities? I'd tune in to find out if ...

Thank you, Scooby Doo.
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His habit changed when Scott met Trey McLoughlin, a reliever in the Mets system who first became his teammate at High-A Brooklyn. McLoughlin turned Scott on to the Orange Dreamsicle flavor of Reign Total Body Fuel, a pre-workout energy drink that contains, according to its website, 300 milligrams o...

The idea of getting a service to get one particular show, then cancelling after you've seen all the episodes sounds intriguing to me. I'm thinking of doing that to Paramount + to see a ten episode series when it is released in 2025. Of course, by that time they'll probably have changed the rules to ...

kcmets wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 12:55 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 9:22 am Oops indeed, quiz cancelled.

I'm dying here. Slowly, but amused nonetheless...

He's cancelling a contest because I misremembered a name?
I don't find that funny at all.
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At least he didn't totally suck last night: 4.2 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 3 K

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Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 9:37 pm I'm not sure who Lou Johnson is. If you mean Lou Thornton, he's not one of our guys.

OOPS. Lance Johnson. Still not sure which of the two.
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Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 3:11 pm
Yes, a player can count as a "product" of more than one institution.

Is there one player who went to the two we're missing? The 1988-1992 player?
I still don't have the foggiest, but maybe that will help somebody else.

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IIRC, Lou Johnson went to one of the two Universities of Alabama, but I don't remember whether South or West.

That's all I got, y'all.

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Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 10:28 pm And his girl friend is internet star LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne

Livy Dunne kindled my interest in women's gymnastics. The funny thing is, the LSU team was on ESPN and Livy wasn't good enough to be a starter for them. She is also the TV spokesperson for Vuori, a brand of workout clothing.

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Lefty Specialist wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 5:36 pm I feel sorry for the worm.

At least the worm got a meal.
If it had been in Eric Trump's head, it would have starved to death.
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 11:58 am Joins Met greats who've gone on to become Angels like Kirk Niuwenhuis and Hansel Robles

There was this young pitcher we gave up in the Leroy Stanton deal for a washed up infielder.

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I'm still waiting to find out which is the real deal McNeil.
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Disney and MAX are teaming up to offer a bundle ,this is happening, details to come in the next few months, no idea what this means for current subs to both ,if anything I heard a report that Disney reported much lower than expected earnings from Disney +. This may be a move to shore up the bottom ...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 4:41 pm Holy cow! I live in the Philly metro area and I had no idea the Phillies were doing so well.

It's comforting to know how well I've been able to tune them out.

The Phillie fans haven't been too vocal about their success because they've been too busy eating their young.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 2:57 pm I wonder how many fans are still in the ballpark?

The ones who still have beer money.
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If he denies it, it is a case of "he said-she said".
But she has described so much detail of the encounter (the room, what he said, what he wore) that she may have turned it into a believable "He said-she saw" case.

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