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23 seasons, including one in the Negro Leagues when he was only 17. 2900-plus MLB games. 3,293 hits. One batting championship.
660 home runs. Over 1,900 RBI and 2,000-plus runs scored. 24 All Star games, including a few when they played two a year. 12 Gold Gloves.
A lot of ballplayers are defined by what they can't do. Willie Mays? What *couldn't^ he do?
Say Hey.
Hello people of the US, Germany here.
We have a bit of experience with a convicted felon and radical right-wing extremist becoming leader of our country.
Our advice: Don't do it.
Considering me unshocked at the idea that the proxies for the godhead of this nut-cult would stoop to this.
The only thing worse than Trump are his more unhinged followers. The mouthpieces can say what they want, but if the zealots who follow them were dumb enough to undertake January 6th, they're also dumb enough to do any number of other things.
37 years after its release, Big Black's _Songs Aboyt Fucking_ is still one of the most beautiful excursions into what would later be typified as "noise rock" ever.
Steve Albini is gone. His music sure isn't. And that's the way he'd want it.
Yeah, I'm a dick. But having the prosecution's case burst into flames because of the testimony of a racist asshole cop doesn't mean he didn't do it.
https://www.theonion.com/o-j-simpson-allowed-to-remain-living-after-coffin-does-1851403804
LAS VEGAS—With onlookers gasping as the former football star made a big show of being too big for the casket, O.J. Simpson was reportedly allowed to remain alive Thursday after his coffin didn’t fit. “If the coffin doesn’t fit, you must let him live a bit.” said O.J. eulogizer Tommie Lochran, who advocated for Simpson…
In Memoriam
Akira Toriyama was a true giant in the field - capable of completely ridiculous humor on one page and utter seriousness with the next.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237072321/akira-toriyama-dragon-ball-creator-dies-manga-anime
"Creepy narcissistic old man threatens military and diplomatic alliance in order to engage in demagoguery; world entirely unshocked."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/10/politics/trump-russia-nato/index.html
Just another indication that the "sociopathy or dementia?" question is still alive and well: Letitia James was first admitted to the bar in 1989 (the very year Sparky here is making his accusation about), and she didn't become New York State AG until *nearly three decades later* in January 2019.
This would be funnier if he didn't have such an overwhelming lead in the polls due to a voting bloc that couldn't care less how insane he actually might be.
Jens Clasen