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January 5, 2018: These Things Matter

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Though I'm still pretty sick, I stayed up much later than intended in part because nibs and I were riffing on Italy-centric puns and I simply couldn't bail until we found one for "Florence." We might be sorta square, gang.

37 thoughts on “January 5, 2018: These Things Matter”

  1. Was watching the ending of The Untouchables last night, and I recognized the actor playing Al Capone's hatchet man -- hey, Ed Chigliak (Northern Exposure). I took a look at the cast list, and no, it's a different actor named Billy Drago. For the heck of it, I looked up Darren Burrows anyway, and Billy Drago is his father! Good God, they look like clones.

  2. If you ask me, Omar Vizquel appearing on nearly 30% of HoF ballots while Johan languishes with 2% is a pretty clear sign there’s something severely wrong with the balloting system and the electorate.

    1. Johan will just have to come out of hiding and starting slinging the ball for the Twins and reset his HoF clock.

        1. You’re more right than I want you to be. People talk about Vizquel like he’s the new Ozzie Smith, never mind that even Ozzie’s OPS+ was 5 points higher.

          Both of the players below have exactly the same number of Fielding Grammies over their 20 season careers. One is still active; the other recently retired & will doubtless be called an inner-circle HoFer once elected on the first ballot. Who are they?

          Player Total rWAR oWAR dWAR OPS+
          Player A 71.8 95.5 -9.7 115
          Player B 93.9 70.1 27.8 117

          If you’re still trying to figure it out, here’s a clue:

          Player Fielding Runs Errors Grammies
          Player A -246 254 5
          Player B 230 301 5

        2. Using awards voted on by people as the basis for an award voted on be people seems to double down on flaws.

  3. North Dakota State will go for its sixth FCS title in seven years tomorrow. If they win, that would make 14 titles -- all in my lifetime -- and the eleventh since I first enrolled at NDSU. It would also be the tenth title game in a row that they have won. What a program.

    I'll be in SBGville watching the game with Butch.

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              1. Pete's playing the Big Brother game I'm running, as he's oft wont to do, and I sent this nonsense about the Create-a-Challenge competition:

                "Genoa challenge that could win this comp?
                Don't forget to Turin your work before the deadline
                And don't let it be a Pisa shit
                Or else you won't be able to win and Padua stats"

                Later, I said I was looking for more but didn't Siena more opportunities.

                1. What do you call it when all your relatives pile into a tub?

                  'I don't know, what do you call it when all your relatives pile into a tub?' SelectShow

                    3. I read it yesterday afternoon but just got it now. Thanks for the Missoura tip, Zee.

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                    4. Or better known as All Y'all. Or from my grandmother (Springfield, Missoura), You'ins.

                      Those in the room = Us'ins. Everyone else - Them'ins.

  7. Awesome watching Erin Jackson qualifying for the women's speed skate 500m slot on the Olympics team.

  9. Here's the four possessions that I saw in the Wolves game tonight:
    1. Crawford shoots, gets slapped in the face, no foul.
    2. Irving barges into Jones who is standing still. Foul on Jones, two free throws.
    3. Crawford turns out over in no look pass to no one.
    4. Butler hustles back to defend the 2-on-1 and cleanly blocks Smart's shot. Foul on Butler, to free throws.

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