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The Cincinnati Reds have been around since 1876 or 146 years ago. During that time they have a W/L record of 10,713 - 10,501 for an all-time winning percentage of .505 which is a wonder based on the past decade or two. >:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
We have a historic baseball league here in St. Louis currently. They play by 1880s rules. They wear uniforms of cotton and wool. I used to go to their games occasionally, because they play in our neighborhood park during the summer. They have authentic balls from that period And other equipment is of authentic materials.
One of the funny things is if they swear they’re fined a penny or a nickel, I can’t remember which. They refer to each other as “SIR “a lot.
Well, I wish your team well then Alan. If Missouri can’t win then it’s fine with me if Ohio does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
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Originally Posted by Alan
Congratulations from the KC Chiefs fan - well-deserved! My BFF who lives in Dallas loves the Bengals (still haven't figured out why), so I will cheer them on at the SB.
I hope they are not segregated as baseball was pre-Jackie Robinson.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Well, my son likes to do sports betting on occasion, and this was one of those occasions. So after he did all the stats, all the analyses and all that, he bet on the Chiefs. Then he asked his son (my 4 y.o. grandson) who he wanted, and my grandson picked the "tigers" and won $120. I told my son that he should put that money into H's college fund and to quit while he's ahead in terms of encouraging his son to gamble.
I never care about Super Bowls results, but knowing the Ohio team is up against the traitorous Rams (formerly of St. Louis) I would root for Ohio.
That's what my brother says as well, he'll never forgive the Rams for leaving St Louis. He's since adopted the Chiefs as his home team and texted me a fair amount of trash talk during the 1st half of last night's game. He was uncharacteristically quiet during the 2nd half. :~)Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I like the Chiefs, but have a tendency to root for the "underdogs". As for the Superbowl, I like a good football game and as long as it's not a one-ended blowout, I'll be happy to watch.
Today as i clean out a small shelf of books, I am marveling about our neighbor’s meticulously researched books about Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and and Clark expedition that mapped our great Western United States.
These books are an amazing thing because they were published by Prometheus books, a serious publisher. A respected publisher. So what is so great about that you might ask? The author, Thomas Danisi, installs electronics for a living. He’s not a double PhD at any university let alone at a prestigious university, let alone even the possessor of an advanced degree.
Do ya know how hard it is to break into the legitimate publishing world? Especially with no respected academic credentials.nearly impossible.
He has been focused on Lewis for decades. His meticulous work in uncovering every tiny piece of information about Meriwether Lewis was respected enough by powers that be to publish it. Danisi came up with a non-standard answer to what happened to Meriwether Lewis. The conventional wisdom is that Lewis committed suicide. Danisi doesn’t think that’s what happened.