GasMan

If he can't hold down the starter at first I don't know what there is for him to do.

He is hardly a threat as a pinch hitter unless the situation calls for a strikeout or a popup. Although he may (not likely) hit a lucky swing.

I wouldn't put him in as a defensive substitute.

And he sure as hell ain't pinch running for anybody.

It's a shame but there it is.

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Your melt over a college baseball game is glorious.

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Ain't nobody melting here dumbass.

Instead of watching that crap I went outside and hauled some catfish out of my ponds.

I'm feeling great.

This shite is unwatchable. It’s too pretty outside to sit in and watch this misery. Saving LSU baseball for rainy days now.

For the record I appreciated Luis.

:bow:

Sprouts for me too.

Brandy

Buttermilk

Minneapolis Lakers

I had one get away from me here years ago. I was burning a fair size brush pile. We had had light rain for the past two days so I figured I could just get it kind of smoldering and let it burn slow.

I went inside my shop to work on something for about an hour (my fault all the way) and when I came out to check on it it had creeped over into my neighbor's pine tree lot and the needles were going. What the hell, the ground was fairly damp.

I ran to call the county FD.

Well it was a holiday for sure. My place was behind a gate with a line of trees along the road, so I guess the fire dept guys figured it was a good chance to see what was back there. Guys showed up with their wives and kids in their vehicles and pretty soon there's redneck kids running all over and some of them were throwing a football. If they had known I had a pond I'm sure some of them would have brought fishing poles. Several of the wives stood around in clusters chatting and laughing. I could almost swear I saw a wine box.

The chief had the guys put on backpacks and they had it out in just a few minutes. One punk kid came up to me and said "It's too dry to be burning." I said boy it's been raining the last two days. I apologized profusely to the chief and thanked him profusely as well. I don't think anybody minded. They had a big time of it.

Once they were sure all clear they rounded up kids and everybody reluctantly got back in their vehicles and drove away.

I expected to get a bill in the mail but never heard anything else about it.

Life in rural Mississippi.

The long, slow spiral continues.

I have been to a couple of the plant sales in there. Great place, lots of ghosts. Got a cold drink and went and sat in the stands and took it in for a few minutes.

IIRC, when Will Wade was here (oh boy here we go) it seemed like there was some preliminary talk of having a throwback game there but nothing ever came of it.