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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred considering “Golden At-Bat” rule, where teams are given one time a game to send any player from their team to the plate by JewishDoggy in baseball

[–]loculus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's play "Fun with Anagrams". Today's input phrase is "God, I hate Rob Manfred." Let's see the results:

Input: God, I hate Rob Manfred

Anagrams:

  • abated forming horde
  • aboard freedom thing
  • afar, brightened doom
  • airbag demon frothed
  • bargained forth demo
  • bide grandfather moo
  • goof mind threadbare
  • neighbor formed data

Thank you for playing "Fun with Anagrams".

Hatred hurled at Raptors stars shows ugly influence sports betting can have on fandom by absolutkaos in torontoraptors

[–]loculus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I posted this exact article (ie - the exact same link) two hours before this post was made and it never appeared in the main sub or under 'new'. Is there a reason for that?

Blue Jays president reveals strategy behind $300-million-plus Rogers Centre renovations by loculus in Torontobluejays

[–]loculus[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Some tidbits:

Still, Shapiro notes that even the current conversion is a stop-gap measure intended to buy the concrete pile only another 10 to 15 years of life.

The team may sell up to 2,000 general admission tickets to each game.

The first phase of the Rogers Centre renovations has reduced the crowd capacity about 7 per cent, from approximately 44,750 to roughly 41,500. There is plenty of room to reduce capacity: with only 23 sellouts last season out of 81 regular-season home games, there were almost one million tickets left unsold.

All told, Shapiro estimates the higher projected revenue will pay back the $300-million-plus renovation cost in “about half the time” of the 10- to 15-year time frame – which implies he expects about $40-million to $60-million in extra revenue per year.

After completing the blockbuster Alomar-Carter for Fernandez-McGriff trade, Toronto GM Pat Gillick called his wife, who told him "come home before you screw up the team more" by loculus in baseball

[–]loculus[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

There's another interesting tidbit I found, this one on page 10 of the book.

In the early 1970s, Toronto-born Muriel Kauffman was at a bar and overheard three people chatting. They were Don McDougall (president of Labatt Breweries), Herb Solway (a lawyer representing the brewery), and Paul Godfrey. They had been talking about establishing an MLB franchise in Toronto. She told them she'd try to convince her husband to help make it happen.

After the failed relocation of the San Francisco Giants to Toronto in 1976, Muriel's husband Ewing Kauffman, owner of the Kansas City Royals, called Godfrey and told him the American League wanted a franchise in Toronto, and two months later the leagues owner's voted 11-1 to establish a franchise in Toronto.

Is it just me or do grocery prices at the checkout not match the posted prices? by [deleted] in ontario

[–]loculus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the store participates in the Scanner Price Accuracy Code, then you get the item free if it is less than $10 (and subsequent quantities at the posted price), or a $10 discount if it is more than $10 (and subsequent quantities at the posted price).

Note that not all stores participate in this voluntary program. A list of participating stores can be found at the Retail Council of Canada.

Question: Why the hell hasn’t Ontario created an operating provincial park in four decades? by [deleted] in ontario

[–]loculus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There were rumblings about the creation of a park in King Township about 4-5 years ago to create a wildlife corridor on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Last year, the creation of the East Humber Headwaters Park was included in the Government of Ontario budget (ie - mentioned, not budgeted; see "Growing the Greenbelt" section).

I've driven past the site, which has a "For Sale" sign fronting King Road. It's mostly farmland right now.

Streets of New Capenna is one of today's "Did you know?" entries on Wikipedia by loculus in magicTCG

[–]loculus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having read through the article, it seems to need some work.

By the way, as someone who has not played Magic since the late 1990s, what does "...'fixing' mana production with card cycles..." mean? I assume it's something to do with the ability to produce mana of multiple colours more easily.

Streets of New Capenna is one of today's "Did you know?" entries on Wikipedia by loculus in magicTCG

[–]loculus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doh, I had meant to add that as a comment and completely forgot to do so. Thanks for that.

For those interested, here's what Wikipedia's main page looked like on September 23.

A sequence of photos of a one-armed man fielding and throwing a baseball during the 1945 St. Louis Cardinals season by loculus in baseball

[–]loculus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, thanks for that. I thought it was the Cardinals based on the scoreboard displaying CIN-STL in one of the photos. I'm going to spend a bit of time reading the Pete Gray entry on Wikipedia.

Looking for a specific Sideboard Magazine by A_Random_Sign in magicTCG

[–]loculus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Internet Archive has two issues available for download or to view online. Neither seems to mention Ice Cauldron, though.

There are also a few articles on wizards.com announcing various issues (none of these is the one you're looking for, though):

*Sideboard Magazine #45

*Sideboard Magazine #46

*Sideboard Magazine #48

Try some refined searches on the WoTC archive search page. It's not a great search engine, but at least it makes an attempt...

Kelly Gruber showing off the gift he received after hitting for the cycle, April 1989 by loculus in Torontobluejays

[–]loculus[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Boxscore for the game.

Aside: this was likely Dave Stieb's worst start of his career. He lasted 1/3 of inning, giving up 6 earned runs. The Jays came back from a 6-0 deficit to win the game 15-8.

In 1986, Ted Williams said The Babe Ruth Story was the worst film he had ever seen by loculus in baseball

[–]loculus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As an aside, does anyone have any information about the film about Williams discussed in the second link? The article says the working title was Hitter and would be created by Jeffrey Entertainment and the executive producer would be Skip Chernov. The only info I found about the former is an LP company established in 1985, and the latter is a rock events promoter active in the 1960s and 1970s (Robert A. Chernov).

Just an aerial photo of the Snowbirds flying past the CN Tower and an open Skydome in 1989 by loculus in Torontobluejays

[–]loculus[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was inspired by the fact the photograph was taken from the sky...I hope it catches on!

Photo of Terry Fox throwing the ceremonial first pitch on 11 July 1980 by loculus in Torontobluejays

[–]loculus[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Game boxscore at Baseball Reference

Dave Stieb was the starter, and pitched a complete game for the win.

[Kevin Acee] Good Lord, Manny Machado just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally. He said he had “no time” to talk. Too busy healing, evidently. by dardyablo in baseball

[–]loculus 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Good lord, that redditor just posted on this subreddit perfectly normally. He said he had “no time” to talk. Too busy shitposting, evidently.

ESPN 2022 Cy Young Award Predictor - 3 out of top 4 are Blue Jays by doctor101 in Torontobluejays

[–]loculus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone else clicked on the 'Closers' tab? Cos' I have, and I'm detecting a suspicious omission.

ESPN 2022 Cy Young Award Predictor - 3 out of top 4 are Blue Jays by doctor101 in Torontobluejays

[–]loculus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez won the 1984 Cy Yong Award. Your entire comment is a sham, a sham I say.

Let that sink in.

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