Things I'm happy about today

[VolNExile]

Well boo, they’re not showing the intro tonight.

Gotta sell more commercials, I guess.

 

[CubsFanTN]

I'm not as big a fan as I was, but I still enjoy it. I used to drive to Atlanta from Kentucky, and to Cincinnati to watch the braves play. Watching Greg Maddox pitch was like watching art to me. I loved Smoltz, Glavine, and Avery also, but Maddox was the man.

Yes sir, that's why I named my dog after him I don't care...he was a Cub first!

 

[joevol33]

I will say also, that even though I wasn't a fan of their teams, there was players I loved. Tony gywnn, Andre Dawson, curt Schilling, Ken Griffey Jr, Nolan Ryan, Orel Hershiser, canseco, McGuire, Darrell strawberry, I could go on.

 

[joevol33]

Yes sir, that's why I named my dog after him I don't care...he was a Cub first!

I always liked Sosa, hard not to pull for him.

 

[CubsFanTN]

I always liked Sosa, hard not to pull for him.

So did I. I can still look back fondly on the memories, more so than the man himself. The '98 home run race was the most memorable summer of my entire life.

 

[joevol33]

So did I. I can still look back fondly on the memories, more so than the man himself. The '98 home run race was the most memorable summer of my entire life.

It made baseball so much fun. You couldn't help but tune in every night to watch, or see updates. I remember cameras flashing all over the stadiums during those games.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

We'll need to see a pic of her in the outfit to see if you made a good choice. No need for you to be in the pic, we're not interested in your outfit

I figured this was reverse psychology to see my outfit so here ya go.

 

[joevol33]

I figured this was reverse psychology to see my outfit so here ya go.

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I saw this exact picture in a stall at a truck stop!

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I saw this exact picture in a stall at a truck stop!

Buc-ees?

 

[82_VOL_83]

I saw this exact picture in a stall at a truck stop!

You seem to visit a lot of truckstops.

 

[joevol33]

Buc-ees?

You seem to visit a lot of truckstops.

I gotta have my beaver nuggets!!

 

[theFallGuy]

I gotta have my beaver nuggets!!

Wtf

 

[VolNExile]

Ok, well THAT was a new ad for me. I used to have to code it, but I didn’t think I’d be seeing an ad for it...

 

[NorCalVol67]

It was honestly pretty incredible and couldn't have ended any better. Was good enough to make me forget about my hatred for the Sox for a brief moment.

Incredible 9th inning. The players entering from the cornfield was both cheesy and absolutely awesome.

 

[CubsFanTN]

Incredible 9th inning. The players entering from the cornfield was both cheesy and absolutely awesome.

It absolutely worked. Not sure it should have, but it did.

 

[NorCalVol67]

My first two were summer babies (end of May and end of August). While waddling around trying to get comfortable, since I didn’t watch soaps or Oprah, I watched the Cubs on WGN, who played only in daytime AS GOD MEANT IT TO BE. @CubsFanTN

And since I’d been to Fenway Park several times while visiting now-former in-laws, I watched the Red Sox when I had to resort to AL games.

And then in SF, when he had access to Da Suite (Hubs’ employer), I followed Los Gigantes, who are five games in front in NL West but do not exist on TV in the East.

Just sort of fell into it.

I have really enjoyed listening to the Giants radio broadcasts and having the tv broadcasts as well. They have great announcers. Jon Miller did the Orioles broadcasts when I lived in the DMV, and I was stoked when I moved to SF and heard him on the Giants broadcasts. I had no idea he had moved back to the bay.

 

[NorCalVol67]

So did I. I can still look back fondly on the memories, more so than the man himself. The '98 home run race was the most memorable summer of my entire life.

I saw Sosa play in old Comiskey when he was a Sox.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Oh, and the Cubs and Braves both suck.

 

[VolNExile]

Oh, and the Cubs and Braves both suck.

You’re half right!

 

[NorCalVol67]

 

[NorCalVol67]

Sorry @CubsFanTN, that crossed the line.

 

[CubsFanTN]

I saw Sosa play in old Comiskey when he was a Sox.

That's really cool. The Sox fought for my fandom back then. In fact, the first Sox game I watched in its entirety, Wilson Alvarez threw a no-hitter.

 

[joevol33]

Oh, and the Cubs and Braves both suck.

You need help!

 

[CubsFanTN]

Sorry @CubsFanTN, that crossed the line.

Oh, that's OK. Ultimately I'm more disappointed in how Bartman was treated. He did what an innumerable amount of other people would have done if they had that same seat.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

@NorCalVol67- I'll be thinking of you when I'm at Jacks Creek BBQ tomorrow...