Recent content by mburner

Hey, Philip. Looks both our teams, my Mets, your AL team Jays, were each sellers from the cellars.

This is true for virtually any beach in ye olde Europe, especially in the more southern regions: Spain, Italy, Greece, the Balkens, France, and the like. Some just have better views than others, such as where you were. And these are often not segregated "topless" or even nude beaches. Just...

Creepier. Barron looks ghoulish as if he stepped off the set of The Addams Family. Must be a joy to be around, eh! Like Ma and Pa.

Crikey!!! When was the last time--if there ever was one --you saw a 20 year old North American kid always dressed like an undertaker?

And Philip, if you're reading, check your messages.

Interesting. Just to show how the role the reliever changed by the late 90s, look at Rivera"s stats. That 107.2 innings in 96 was when he was used primarily as a set-up man. Once he became the closer the following season he reached 80 innings only once and worked mainly in the 70s throughout the...

Yup, another day, another headline....and another victory for mankind. This from WaPo (Washington Post): Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction Regulatory changes to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act also demand that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

From Maureen Dowd's NYTImes column today: Trump seemed very low-T in his East Room address. I’m surprised that Pete Hegseth, who says his “High-T Department of War” will start screening testosterone levels of “war fighters” age 30 and older, didn’t rush over to shoot up the flaccid 80-year-old...

Fast food: In it goes, out it goes. Very quickly.

A reliever of the old sort, the pre-pre-pre Mario who feasted on road kill. As a Dodgers fan back in the day, I loved it. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/sports/baseball/phil-regan-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ylA.L18l.EWUzaJhwrpt3&smid=url-share

Yup, a bunch military T-Wrecks. Heggy thinks these monsters would be a good thing.

Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/world/canada/wildfire-smoke-toronto-ontario-northeast.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.JqEF.FhcExEfypYUN&smid=url-share We talk a lot about hygiene here. How about applying our rightful concern for that to climate change---yes doubters, it's complex, I...

Philip, I agree with you about Hoffman. Then again my team, the sad, sad, sad-sack Mets, signed Devin Williams for whatever reason. Once he could do it, now he can't. It seems to me the story of baseball is two-fold: pitchers, both starters and relievers, are fragile and very few can be...

Every spend-happy MLB team thought he was worth the money. Had the Jays not paid him, these other teams would have. Tail offs from a successful season or two are fairly common in sports these days, especially if players just experienced a deep playoff or tourney run. Just look a soccer, au...