D. Hocking

Are you talking about TV or some of the game threads?

I don't personally, but I had a friend who just had a hair line fracture in her foot, and it was missed in the first round of X-rays and then was caught when she had them done again a week later.

I was wondering about that. I liked the first season, but thought for season 2 they will need to be a little more coherent, because the total weirdness will start to wear thin. I don't have cable, so I won't be able to judge for myself until I can stream it on Hulu. Anyone watch Dark on Netflix? It was recommended to me as being a "darker" Stranger Things. I have only watched on episode, but it was pretty creepy.

I was out for a walk and went by a house with the radio on in the back yard, and I heard runners on first and third no outs. I kept walking not wanting to hear the carnage or hear another game slip away in the late innings, but luckily it appears there was none.

There is a feeling of deja vu. In 2015 they seemed to have turned the corner and people expected that to be built on in 2016. Not only did they not get better in 2016 they dropped off a cliff. It is odd because it is not like there are radical difference in make-up of the team from year to year, but the results were completely different. Hopefully they can pull out of this tail spin, because it will a shame if they are completely irrelevant by Memorial Day and 2017 like 2015 won't seem like a cruel tease in retrospect.

This summarizes it better than I would: Morgan J. Freeman ‏Verified account @mjfree 6m6 minutes ago So I’m clear, @realDonaldTrump gaslighted a reputable reporter while en route to his golf course while past presidents paid respects at Barbara Bush’s funeral?

I can understand why he aggravates some people, but I would be hesitant to imply he got complacent because of the contract. Other factors are he lost his Metrodome home-run sweet spot, he had health issues in 2011, and again post concussion the end of 2013 to who knows when. There are too many other factors since his contract kicked in to do a comparison pre-contract and post-contract numbers.

That might not be as an effective argument in Tampa.

How about batting title in the regular season and MVP of one of the play-off series?

I am still hoping a World Series ring in the next couple of years is what pushes him over the edge. Extra points if it is because of a walk off walk.

He is a descendant of yours? Are you close to Chief's age?

Some say she is on an island somewhere composing a symphony reflecting the highs and lows of being a baseball fan. I have also heard she is in jail.

You are lucky the moderator Chitown is not around anymore - she could be intense and you would be facing serious consequences.

I think baseball more than any other sport, even your favorite players are going to aggravate you from time to time. The chance of failure is about 70% regardless of their game-plan, and it is easy to second guess them once the at-bat is over.

I think James J could be pretty controversial for a game thread. Best stick to the abusive cat with gluttony issues. http://facts.zone/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/U.S.-President-James-Garfield-could-write-Greek-with-one-hand-and-simultaneously-write-Latin-with-the-other..jpg

Understood - no more Garfield Heights discussion.

One of my college roommates was from Garfield Heights. He stayed in Minnesota after graduation and usually tried to find a job on campus during the summer. He never really seemed like he wanted to return.

The two are somewhat related.

Teenage girls are usually pretty laid back about their hair -- you must have been pretty surprised at her reaction. My sisters were in high school during the home perm era. It did not always (ever?) end well.

I am not a huge Barbara Bush fan, but how classy of Trump to finally acknowledging her health problems by just retweeting the RNC tweet - no words of his own. Although when you keep tweeting about your poll numbers, it is hard to spend time on other less important, less narcissistic issues. Speaking of the RNC, the fact that they set up a web-page calling "Lyin Comey and have adopted Trump's name-calling tactics will make it a bit harder for them to distance the party from Trump if his Presidency collapses. He really is the party and whether they pretend otherwise or not, they have adopted right down to his dog-whistles and his questionable endorsements.

I was just going to post about Hannity. I know you should not wish ill on anyone, but I would not be overly upset if Hannity somehow went down in all of this. At a "journalist", should not he have revealed his connection when reporting stories involving him? It might raise questions of whether he is impartial and non-biased.

Don't you think you are insulting Morons by calling him this?

They are off.... (I am assuming that is a chocolate cigar in Mauer's mouth).

Has anyone asked Chief if this is how the last few ice ages started?

I think he if gets a few more solid years at 1B it will help him, not necessarily because the numbers will HOF worthy, but it will help show that his subpar seasons with the big drop-off were due to the concussions. It also adds to the story of someone who always was at the top of his game sticking with it and playing through some bad seasons and having a bit of a come-back.