२७ ऑक्टोबर, २०१८

At the Saturday Night Cafe...

... you can talk about anything.

६९ टिप्पण्या:

David Begley म्हणाले...

I will be very disappointed if we can’t buy Althouse Aprons this Christmas.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Althouse designer short would sell like hot cakes!

William म्हणाले...

One thing I've noticed about these mass killers is that they post a lot on social media. That's a much more reliable indicator of homicidal tendencies than political affiliations. Those who have posted more than five entries in the past twenty four hours should consider this.

Bad Lieutenant म्हणाले...



Setting aside the grave and excellent speech given by the President, as Althouse would...

https://youtu.be/Ftfgw_z71Ao

At long last, it seems that someone has fixed his hair! Look and tell me the combover crisis hasn't finally been averted. Has this been going on for some time?

rcocean म्हणाले...

Trump's hair has been a surprise to me.

I'd have bet $1,000 before he became POTUS that it was fake, fake, fake.

But now, having seen it in rain, wind, sunshine, snow, hail, and dark of night...

It's really HIS Hair.

Bad Lieutenant म्हणाले...

I dunno rc, if Jimmy Fallon mussing his hair for him on late night TV didn't convince you, you're hard to reach.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Yeah, I forgot about him.

Jimmy Fallon - Hair detective.

narciso म्हणाले...

Quelled surprise:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/10/27/18032930/paypal-banned-gab-following-pittsburgh-shooting

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Yeah, I noticed he tweaked his hair.

n.n म्हणाले...

paypal-banned-gab-following-pittsburgh-shooting

Twitter is still in business carrying The Guardian and Progressives' message targeting "white girls next door". A message of overt racism broadcast by mainstream media and endorsed by left of center groups.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Banking should be controlled by the HR department.

cacimbo म्हणाले...

Same crazy hairdo, just freshly trimmed and gelled into position. Trump looks so much better in photoshops with normal hairdo. Wife and kids must have tried to get him to switch and he is obviously image conscious. So I always wonder if he has a Sampson complex, like he will lose his Trumpness if he breaks down and gets a more standard haircut.

Jimmy म्हणाले...

The first two posts tonight point the way to a very important topic. Not just aprons, but the possible return of the rats. Coffee mugs? The possibilities are endless. Buying Althouse goods, using the Althouse portal at Amazon. And yeah, I thought Trumps hair looked different. What did he do? Kinda looks, oh, normal.

Stephen Taylor म्हणाले...

My wife and I voted yesterday. Ted Cruz, of course. The lines are very long at all the polling places in Central Texas, and the MSM reports records are being broken all across the state. I don't know what sort of conclusions to draw from these reports, but I'm cautiously optimistic. Voting records are being broken all across Texas, not just in blue strongholds like Austin.

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

Cacimbo Cacimbo said...

...he is obviously image conscious.


He is more brand conscious than image conscious. The hair is part of the brand. He'd trademark it if he could. ( The hair itself, not just an image of it )

Jaq म्हणाले...

I will vote on election day. Kind of sick of being hectored by the Republicans, for sure. "You haven't returned your ballot yet!" Wait a minute, I never requested a ballot! I have decided to vote against everybody who makes signs to tug at my heartstrings.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Y'all ever see "Once Upon a Time in the West" by Sergio Leone circa 1968? Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale - damn fine flick. Epic, I'd say.

Bad Lieutenant म्हणाले...

rhhardin said...
Banking should be controlled by the HR department.


getting there

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Y'all ever see "Once Upon a Time in the West" by Sergio Leone circa 1968? Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale - damn fine flick. Epic, I'd say.

Yes. My second favorite western. So weird to see Henry Fonda as a cold blooded killer. The music is fantastic.

glenn म्हणाले...

It’s really HIS Hair.

Well. That’s good news.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Bases loaded, top of the 9th. Sox up by one.....

wildswan म्हणाले...

Would the Althouse apron be a Blue Apron? e.g. BERKELEY WOMEN'S PETITE BIB APRON: MEDIUM BLUE?
https://www.amazon.com/Chef-Works-Womens-Berkeley-Petite/dp/B078VWVVCH

Or a Red Apron? Bourgeois version: Hyzrz Cute Fashion Cotton Flirty Red Aprons for Women Girls Vintage Cooking Retro Apron with Pockets for see https://www.amazon.com/Hyzrz-Fashion-Vintage-Cooking-Pockets/dp/B00DG8C4TI

Red Apron: Commie version: cold master DIY lab Communist Paper Red Patriotism Cooking Kitchen Beige Adjustable Bib Apron
https://www.amazon.com/cold-master-DIY-lab-Patriotism/dp/B07J2K622T


Please use the Althouse Portal.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Bases clearing double. Sweet.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Well that escalated quickly.

Clyde म्हणाले...

Four Jacksonville Jaguars stars arrested by cops at 4am after 'nightclub brawl over £50,000 bar bill'

Apparently some kind of "gentlemen's club" where it's £450 a bottle for champagne. Makes those San Francisco real estate prices look almost reasonable by comparison. Almost.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

Machado just ran over the first baseman's heel.

Jaq म्हणाले...

I feel like the umpire was gaslighting Kimbrel, calling a lot of what were clearly strikes balls, and putting him in tough spots.

Mark म्हणाले...

Game after game after game this year (and for the last several) this inane obsession with relievers has totally blown up in baseball's face. No lead is ever safe no matter how awesome one pitcher has been because he will invariably be yanked regardless.

It really does take a lot of the enjoyment out of the game.

WK म्हणाले...

“Once Upon a Time in the West” has one of my favorite bits of dialog at the beginning.
Snaky: ...looks like we're shy one horse.
Harmonica: You brought two too many.
Charles Bronson being Charles Bronson......

Bricap म्हणाले...

Some great baseball these past two nights. I stayed up through the marathon last night. Definitely some amazing moments in that one, enough to keep me awake.

I don't think either bullpen had much tonight, as they were spent from last night. I don't blame the ump for the Kimbrel adventure tonight. He was not locating like he usually does, and that homer he gave up, he really hung that breaking ball.

Eovaldi last night, what else can be said? Still hitting 101 on the gun at the end, too.

Yes, I saw Machado run over the heel, too. I do not want to see the Cubs sign him.

Jerry Goedken म्हणाले...

Once Upon a Time in the West, my favorite Western. The opening scene with the fly, Henry Fonda tall handsome and evil, and a beautiful woman making good. Even if she took a complimentary pat on the butt.

Mark म्हणाले...

Epic film. Meant to be seen on the big screen in the dark.

You need to watch it three or four times, though, to understand the story.

Mark म्हणाले...

Harmonica: I saw three of these dusters a short time ago. They were waiting for a train. Inside the dusters, there were three men.

Cheyenne: So?

Harmonica: Inside the men, there were three bullets.

FullMoon म्हणाले...

[Donald J. Trump] Watching the Dodgers/Red Sox final innings. It is amazing how a manager takes out a pitcher who is loose & dominating through almost 7 innings, Rich Hill of Dodgers, and brings in nervous reliever(s) who get shellacked. 4 run lead gone. Managers do it all the time, big mistake!

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Mark म्हणाले...

That's what I'm saying.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Saw the WS game was close going into the 9th inning, and gave it a look. Before I knew it was 9-4!

Experts said the Dodgers couldn't hang with the Red Sox.

Guess they were right.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Assume Starting pitcher was pulled after 7 because that's their normal practice.

But Trump has a good point. Why not keep him in, when he's going good?

rcocean म्हणाले...

They need to put pitchers on the clock! Too much time wasted between pitches.

Bricap म्हणाले...

I get why it happens. It's about a starter not facing a lineup for the third time in a game. I have a hard time believing this should be standard, but that's the thinking. After the Dodgers tagged Rodriguez in his third time through the lineup, did that reinforce that line of thinking in Roberts' mind as Hill started through the lineup for the third time? I don't think Cora wanted to pull Rodriguez, given the marathon last night. I doubt Roberts wanted to take Hill out, either, but I'm thinking that scared him into doing it.

Mark म्हणाले...


Story from 2016 --

Ross Stripling ... the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rookie right-hander, had pitched 7 1/3 hitless innings in his major league debut Friday night at San Francisco. . . .
Then, after Stripling issued a one-out walk, new Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made the gutsy move: He removed Stripling after 100 pitches and replaced him with Chris Hatcher, who gave up a two-run homer to Trevor Brown that tied the game at 2.


Even pulls a guy throwing a no-hitter. How many times does it have to blow up before they will learn?

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Mark opines: Game after game after game this year (and for the last several) this inane obsession with relievers has totally blown up in baseball's face. No lead is ever safe no matter how awesome one pitcher has been because he will invariably be yanked regardless.

It really does take a lot of the enjoyment out of the game.


I'm old enough to remember when a pitcher could pitch an entire game!!!

rcocean म्हणाले...

Average pitches in a MLB game =150.

take an extra 8 seconds per pitch thats = 1200 extra seconds.

Which is 20 minutes added to the game time.

Mark म्हणाले...

You gotta dance with the guy who brung ya'. Otherwise you're just pissing and crapping all over your starters.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Sergio Leone made a kinda,sorta "sequel" in 1983 - "Once Upon in America" with Robert DeNiro and James Woods. A sprawling, epic gangster movie, not a Western, but similar big themes.

rcocean म्हणाले...

1974 Complete games pitched of total games = 28%

2014 = 2.4%

rcocean म्हणाले...

Mindlessly relieving a good starter after X number of innings - is just as bad as mindlessly keeping them in no matter what.

Bricap म्हणाले...

The demise of the complete game can be tied to the demise of the young and promising starting rotation of the 1980 Oakland A's that Billy Martin ran into the ground. 100 pitches became a soft limit afterwards.

jaydub म्हणाले...

My favorite version of the theme song from "Once Upon a Time in the West."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=carPlb8SbY8&list=RDcarPlb8SbY8&start_radio=1

mockturtle म्हणाले...

My mother had a theory about relief pitchers: That their contract stipulates that they play x number of innings per week. Not sure if she was being facetious but we were both dismayed at the seventh or eighth inning hook when the starting pitcher was pitching well. At least when Felix [Hernandez, Seattle] was pitching his perfect game in 2012 the manager had the good sense to leave him in.

Churchy LaFemme: म्हणाले...

The setup panels are different for each of us, but the punchline remains the same.

Etienne म्हणाले...

jaydub said...My favorite version of the theme song from "Once Upon a Time in the West."

My favorite is: Un Jour Tu Reviendras

mccullough म्हणाले...

National League managers have a tendency to overnanage games (except for Bruce Bochy)

Because pitchers have to be in the batting lineup National League managers have a tougher job. They need to do more switches. But this can get out of hand. Rich Hill was pitching great. The Dodgers were up 4-0 with one out in the seventh.

The bullpen had pitched 12 innings the night before. There was no reason to take out Hill. Every reason to keep him in.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

National League managers have a tendency to overnanage games (except for Bruce Bochy)

Neither did Joe Torre.

Clyde म्हणाले...

Bricap said...
The demise of the complete game can be tied to the demise of the young and promising starting rotation of the 1980 Oakland A's that Billy Martin ran into the ground. 100 pitches became a soft limit afterwards.


Or what Ralph Houk did to Mark Fidrych in 1976: 31 games, 29 games started, 24 complete games, 250.1 IP... And Fidrych didn't come up until May. He had a Cy Young-caliber Rookie of the Year season, and was never the same afterward. Exhibit A in how not to handle young pitchers.

Clyde म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Clyde म्हणाले...

Correction: Fidrych debuted on 4/20/76, making a pair of relief appearances before making his first start on 5/15. He made another start ten days later on 5/25, and then Houk plugged him into the rotation based on his good performances. The baseball sites don't have any pitch count data from that far back, but we do know that Fidrych faced 996 batters and pitched 250 innings in what amounts to 3/4 of a season, 4-1/2 months. Particularly unconscionable from the modern perspective is that Houk rode Fidrych into the ground in a 74-87 fifth place campaign. We know better now.

BudBrown म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
jaydub म्हणाले...

@Ettiene - that is a nice arrangement.

The Crack Emcee म्हणाले...

100% Honest Words - I Shouldn’t Enjoy This As Much As I Do (But I Do): I Was REALLY Wrong

Birkel म्हणाले...

For the math above:
150 pitches per side, per game

So 40 minutes of game time if every pitch takes an unnecessary 8 extra seconds between pitches.

Eleanor म्हणाले...

If Ann designs it, Cafepress will make an apron we could buy. "The only thing that comes between me and my apron is cashmere"?

Jersey Fled म्हणाले...

I've watched a total of 4 innings of Phillies baseball in the Gabe Kaplan era.

Rosa Marie Yoder म्हणाले...

Aprons made by me will be received by everyone on my Christmas list this year. Vintage-styled ones for the females, maybe with some quilting detail. Outdoor-grilling type for most of the men, although at least one will be getting a chef's apron for his new career path. Practical. Underappreciated. And certainly not inexpensive to make.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

I'd buy an Althouse apron through Amazon. Hell, yes.

Etienne म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Etienne म्हणाले...

jaydub said...that is a nice arrangement.

That clip is so sad. She is excited to meet her new husband, but he is not there. She is confused and finally decides to take a buggy to the mans farm.

There she finds the reason he wasn't at the station. A damned Fonda!

I always feel sad watching her trail off at the end, and that horseman whipping that poor horse who wants only to remain in the city. It knows what lies ahead, and want nothing to do with it.

The song describes the love she has for him; vain hope for his return; and makes a beautiful layer to the scene.

Etienne म्हणाले...

P.S. I think "Once Upon a Time in the West" will always be my favorite movie, and all the actors are at the top of their form. The photography and scenes are packed with quality. The music is wonderful throughout.

My second favorite is "Baby Doll", a black and white film, that leaves me with such disgust and a bad taste, that you know it was a great picture, but an ugly premise, that made the audience thank God they lived in a northern city.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

An Althouse apron with her rat drawings. Ann, you could make a fortune!

अनामित म्हणाले...

Between the "Maybe Bomber" and the nut in Pittsburgh I am more than ever convinced that the world would be a better place if "social media" had never happened.