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  1. 7 hours ago, admo said:

    Most likely, I see the Texas Rangers playing pretty well.  Starting pitching will be a concern as we lost Montgomery (couldn't afford him).  Fortunately, we get Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer back after All-Star break.  So I'm hoping we aren't too far out of 1st place by then. 

     

    I think we have the best offensive lineup in baseball.  Especially with Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford this year.  

     

    Keep an eye on Langford.  He's built like a young Mike Trout, and has incredible power.  

     

    I love our Manager Bruce Bochy.  Like I said, we should be pretty good.  

    Well…isn’t this precious. We play each other tonight on ESPN.  
     

    My story about the rangers. When I was in grade school, my dad used to do business with an owner (Brad Corbett).  He went a game with him. He brought me home a tee shirt that said “you gotta have balls to play for the rangers”. I wore it once and I never saw it again. Assuming my mom threw it away. 
     

    Side note….he rode the elevator up with George jr before he owned them. 
     

    Side side note…is it bad if your opening day starter leaves the game with a pulled hammy???  f#&%. 
     

     

  2. I'm going to admit I'm a low life coffee drinker.  During the week, I wake up around 5:30 and my first cup is instant.  I know...don't judge.  I'm still half asleep and have no desire to make it any other way.  I sit on the couch and drink my one cup before getting up and ready for work.  

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  3. 2 hours ago, Lorewarn said:

     

     

    We all knew this is what comes next. Ever since the ADL said, "Use of the okay symbol in most contexts is entirely innocuous and harmless.", @BigRedBuster is acting like we shouldn’t use the OK sign because racists and Brazilians are using it badly.

    Naaa...use it with your Brazilian friends all you want.  

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  4. 1 hour ago, Archy1221 said:

    That would be annoying.   Best to ignore and carry on with your dinner which it sounds like you did.  
    What’s with the grits by the way?  Awful stuff:) 

     

    I’m on the road with overnights one or two nights a week usually.  I hardly ever eat at the hotel bar/restaurant.  The one exception is the Waterford in OKC. I like the bartender and food is decent enough.   Otherwise I try and find some local places to try.  

    Sometimes you can find good grits.  These were good.  I always like to find local food.  Shrimp in Alabama seemed like the thing to do.

     

    Yeah...I usually like to find a local place.  But, there weren't any within walking distance and I was tired....didn't want to drive more.  Plus, wanted to have a few drinks and didn't have to worry about driving.  This was actually a locally owned place that happened to be in the hotel. 

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  5. This remains one of the most bad a$$ things.  Hey...the pitcher threw at him.  Even the one that he bunted looks like it was high and inside.

     

     

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  6. 2 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

    I live in an area with a Democrat as House Representative just fyi.   Been a Democrat more often than a Republican since I’ve lived in my house.  

     

    I can quite honestly say I don’t really talk politicians with any of my friends.   If we talk about things outside of sports or kids it’s generally about news events.  The discussions sometimes have a political bent to them but usually not and usually doesn’t incorporate a specific politician.   
     

    My arms length acquaintances wouldn’t have a clue about what party I support and i like it that way.  My close acquaintances know which way I lean when it comes to politics based on discussions about life, but I have never in my life had a heated discussion with a friend or family member to where politics has affected our feelings towards each other.  

    That was me pretty much up until 2016.  But, I live in a MAGA world where everyone just assumes everyone loves Trump and there are people who are very vocal about it.

     

    Heck, not in my home town, but just this week I was at a hotel bar in Birmingham Alabama.  Just sitting there minding my own business enjoying my scotch and shrimp and grits.  I'd been there a couple days and knew that some of the restaurants in the area were out of some items because they were so busy over the weekend because of a huge concert.  

     

    In walks these two guys and sit beside me.  We get to talking.  They mentioned the place down the street not having some food and then blurted out...."Well, if we could get Trump back in, that wouldn't happen".  Me and the other two people in the bar just rolled our eyes and immediately knew they were idiots.

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  7. 1 hour ago, DevoHusker said:

    The only person finding rage is you, and it's because I don't hold the same position or outlook as you do. This is what I believe. I am in the center.

     

    My problem with this vin diagram is that most people I know that are in both top circles.....are not in the bottom circle.  They just think that any environmental action is a bunch of liberal wacko stuff.

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  8. 22 minutes ago, ZRod said:

    I mean, they are soft hippies from Washington. They don't belong here!

     

    I didn't know the sweet 16 was here this year. Wish I was rich enough to go...

    The sad thing is, the original tweet was from a state representative and their GOP chair.  

  9. 19 minutes ago, ZRod said:

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    I'm up overall!

    I just looked at my YTD.  I'm kicking a$$ against the indices.  Down a little since beginning of March.  But, it seems to have stabilized.  Same thing happened early Feb.

  10. 7 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

    Totally agree 

    Got a question for you because, I think you probably live in a very Republican area like me where so many of your friends have supported Trump and most still do.

     

    Are you open with your friends that you don't support Trump anymore?  I've learned to be very cautious about that.  I have a small/close group of friends that know I've never supported him (but they have) and we kid each other a lot back and forth about it.  But, most people who are Trump people, are so into him that it just becomes and argument so I don't say anything.

     

    you?

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  11. I drink a lot of coffee.  Mostly black and I like it strong.  I'm perfectly fine, every once in a while if I'm around a good coffee shop to get a latte or a mocha.  During the holidays I have to have some pumpkin spice lattes.  

     

    I'm not a cold coffee guy.  Even when I worked construction in the middle of the summer in heat, I had hot coffee in the morning on the job site.  


    I also, really don't care how you like your coffee.  I don't judge.  

  12. 9 hours ago, Moiraine said:

     

     

    If the bridge collapse was a universal awful day, then every day is an awful day. 

    Maybe us having an ex President who is running again and is the clear nominee of a major party needing to sell Bibles for 59.99 to help pay his legal bills and about 1/3 of the country still thinks he's amazing and will probably buy them up thinking it gets them a little closer to heaven.

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  13. 17 hours ago, The Duke said:

    I actually really like this concept! Well done! :thumbs

     

    As someone who used to have tickets in South Stadium for many many years and has since moved to East Stadium they HAVE TO do something with South Stadium. Doing nothing is not an option. The further Nebraska waits to upgrade this section of the stadium the more it will continue to fall behind the times in terms of amenities, fan comfort, and safety regulations. Also the longer they wait to do something the more of the cost for materials will continue to increase.

     

    The project needs to:

    • Connect the concourses of South Stadium with East & West.
    • Improve fan amenities and comfort with seatbacks and easier access to restrooms and concessions.
    • Improve the handicap accessible areas to comply with current safety regulations.
    • Slightly reduce overall seating capacity.

    Specifically with the above concept I would love to see:

    1. Students and band moved to the lower section of the bowl to give them their own area.
    2. Maybe raise the upper section to where the top is about halfway up the height of the big screen.

     

    While Trev's original concept should be praised and get credit for its ambition, the truth is it was simply too big and too expensive. The upper deck in Trev's concept looked more like Arrowhead Stadium. I think by shrinking the design to something similar as the picture above strikes a good balance in reducing the cost of the project while also still addressing a major need.

     

    At the end of the day Nebraska MUST do something with South Stadium. They can't wait...but they can scale back the overall design.

    I agree. Something needs to be done.  Probably what everyone is alluding to.  But, under the stadium needs to be enclosed.  On cold days, that area is just miserable going to and from the seats with the long ramps open to the elements. Then you can build all new concessions and bathrooms.

     

    However, I vote for just moving the old troughs into the new bathrooms for nestalgia reasons.

  14. 15 hours ago, Mavric said:

     

    Help me out....

     

    Is this where we start insisting there's something wrong with the culture if so many guys are leaving???

    No. This is just college basketball now. 
     

    for the last probably 5 or so years, I don’t pay much attention to the roster till practice in the fall is about to start. 
     

    Sure, there’s guys I’d love to stick around and build on. But, you never know who is going to be here. 

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