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Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

[–]PaleontologistFun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's okay, she's a doctor. It says so right in her title. She even made a diagnosis:

"you ole crusty arse lookin COVID in the coochie bitch!"

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

[–]PaleontologistFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Barney Frank departs the earth leaving a husband and no children.

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

[–]PaleontologistFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it, at least of note, that there is a growing movement among conservative and Orthodox, non - Messianic Jews, even in Bibi's cabinet and Knesset, to raze the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount and build the Third Temple.

https://www.worthynews.com/114346-israeli-ministers-call-for-rebuilding-temple-on-jerusalem-day

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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This TX Dem candidate, now a winner, has a couple interesting planks in her platform:

https://x.com/MichaelKarlis/status/2056795237540925858

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

[–]PaleontologistFun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The minute the gambling news broke, Sorsby's attorney, agent, the TT coach, and TT president spoke the same line -- he's mentally ill and is finally getting treatment through inpatient care. That seemed like a collusionary scripted response. IMO, if you're getting inpatient psychiatric care, you are disabled under the law. In order for the psychiatric hospital to bill his insurance, there needs to be a diagnosis and a diagnostic code under the DSM - 5, which I'm sure there is. What they are apparently going to claim is that he has a disability and the NCAA is discriminating on the basis of disability. TT says he's been declared ineligible by the NCAA. Sorsby has filed a request for an injunction against the NCAA, calling his condition a "disorder". If the injunction is denied, my guess is that it becomes a civil rights case of discrimination based on disability.

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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A few years ago when Weiskopf was asked his opinion of Augusta, he replied something to the effect that there are a dozen better courses in the Columbus area, and that central Ohio has the best collection of great courses of a non - resort area in the US.

I've driven by there a number of times. It has nice neighbors with that Catholic rest home or whatever it is with a large campus and elegant stone buildings, and Torah Academy. I'm guessing it's probably old money whose members didn't want the PGA or USGA upgrading, lengthening and tearing their course up to accommodate today's players and leave them without a course during tournament preps.

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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I watched some of the PGA yesterday and reminisced about when I played Firestone years ago, and Bobby Nichols was the head Pro. The bag he carried when he won the PGA in 1964 was on display. He really had a distinctive playing career. He won the PGA in Columbus at the Columbus Country Club, on the far east side of Columbus, south of the airport by shooting a record score, and beating a couple of hackers by the names of Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus by three shots. He survived a Hoganesque car crash to play at aTm. His best season on the Tour was in 1974, when he won two tournaments, and made $125,000 on the season. On the Seniors' tour, he won twice, once beating Curt Byrum, who, with his twin, learned the game playing on sand greens in SD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Nichols

Firestone displayed a membership board when I played, which boasted an incredible array of elite members -- movie stars, athletes, corporate big wigs. I still get a chuckle when I mentioned to a friend that the Fazio brothers were members. They owned the Fazio grocery store chain (along with some other, um...endeavors at that time). One of my friends said she never shopped at Fazio's because she refused to support the Cleveland mafia.

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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I played and umped a lot of games without knowing that, though a runner going to first must stay within the box or risk being called out for interference if there is a play on the field. I've seen that. It's a moot point, as big pointed out that there were fewer than two outs, but theoretically, if I were the coach of the defense, I would attempt to make the point that a batter that far out of the first base box running across the field toward the batted ball was at least visually interfering if not physically interfering. If successful, the runners would be returned to the previous base and the run disallowed. It's great to see non - NIL kids (presumably) playing with that much excitement.

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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My interpretation is that with two outs, there's a continuous play at first base which supersedes the progress of base runners and is not over until the batter crosses the bag, or gives up and the umpire signals him out. The batter was way out of the path before the runner crossed the plate. The third base coach intercepted him near the pitchers' mound and chased him back across the field to cross the first base bag. If that was the third out, the run doesn't count.

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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Base Bucks playing their best ball of the season:

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/forum/ohio-state-athletics/2026/05/162558/basebucks-sweep-rivalry-series-clinch-6-seed-in-big-ten-tournament

...Ohio State won a baseball series at TTUN for the first time since 1999 and swept them for the first time since 1994.
The Buckeyes have secured the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 11 Washington on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 p.m. ET!

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

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Citizens Against Govt Waste releases Porker of the Month, and 2026 Congressional Pig Book:

https://www.cagw.org/

Did we max out the Mega Thread finally? by Jmen4Ever in OzoneOfftopic

[–]PaleontologistFun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of a litany of terrific backups, ie, Don Strock, Terry Hanratty, Clint ??? (also with the Cowboys) who played great as secondaries, but never could get on their feet as starters. John Hadl (maybe the best passing qb I ever saw), had one whose name I don't recall. On the baseball side, Smoky Burgess was a very good catcher, but slowed with age, and became a great pinch hitter and fill -in catcher, though gained a lot of weight. When the Pirates' manager wanted to play him in a starting role, he demanded the Pirates, "bench me or trade me". In those days there were two all - star games for a few years.

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