It happened seemingly overnight, I used to walk to the corner Italian restaurant into the bar area and pick up a large scamotz (how we used to say it) for the family. It is actually “scamorza” cheese and it used to be what all the pizza’s were made with. That and thick pepperoni that had a bite to it and would curl up at the edges as it cooked. All of a sudden scamotz disappeared and mozzarella took its place. I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye. The thin white box, so hot on the bottom you could barely hold it with thin crust and the smell – oh the smell – delicious.
Three Corner’s Italian Restaurant was just a couple of blocks away, across from Gene’s market, where I bought my baseball cards. Well baseball cards, football cards, gum, candy, soda, twinkies, devil dogs, neco wafers, Tahitian treat, Yoohoo you name it. Anyway, Three Corners wasn’t one of the better restaurants around but it was the closest so it served our family well at times. I remember walking up there and entering the smoke filled bar to pick up the large scamotz with pepperoni. The bar was separate from the restaurant and had it’s own entry. I was just a little kid then too, but the bartender and the patrons didn’t care that a kid was in there.
I’ll just never understand how quickly scamorza suddenly disappeared. I’ve heard it had to do with cost and availability but how could everyone have had it one day and not the next. I suppose the change was more gradual 
than I may remember because to me it was abrupt and sudden and leaves me baffled still to this day. Ordering a large scamotz was so simple, it flowed off the tongue. Now it’s a “cheese” pizza and who knows what crap they are putting on there. Large mozzarella sounds idiotic, no one orders a large mozzarella. But they did order a large scamotz, you better believe it.
There used to be a simpler time. A time when you ordered a pizza by the name of the cheese on it. A time when it was a given that Don Shula would have his team in the playoffs and the Big Red Machine would be a factor. Now it’s cheese pizza, Patriots and no one cares about baseball all that much. We, well at least I, want our old pizza cheese back. We want Coach Gase to return the Dolphins to prominence and glory. And baseball, well baseball can still use the All-Star game to manipulate the season.
We are two long weeks away from the opening of camp for most NFL teams and a month or more away from even pre-season games but the hardest stretch is about to be over and we we can live in football harmony once again. Our Dolphins seem primed to break out, properly coached and motivated this is a talented group that has as good a chance as any Dolphin team to make a playoff run.
Man on phone: Hey how ya doin? Let me get a large scamotz
restaurant person: Sure, you want pepperoni on dat?
M: Yea, dat sounds good.
rp: You gonna pick it up?
M: No, I’ll send da boy down
rp: Alright then
Finsmob Unleashed 
Here’s to hoping Foster earns $3.5M this year.
Ditto Mike.
Gase said he was impressed how Grier stuck to the board and it just happened to end up being a heavy offensive draft. That wasn’t necessarily the plan. But most of the moves in the offseason prior to the draft were defense so it kind of balanced itself out.
I’m not sure I buy there wasn’t a plan in place to go heavy on offense going into the draft
These players may have been BPA on their board but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t the plan to go after some guys who can make big plays like Drake and Grant and for that matter Carroo
If you factor in the trade up for Carroo I think its evidence that the Dolphins really prioritized bringing in a receiver with his skill set – and that probably has a lot to do with what Gase wants to build on offense
In terms of prior to the draft I see Willaims as an opportunity the Dolphins could not have passed – so I agree with you to that extent, bc once you add him you decrease the need for DE via the draft
But when you get into Kiko and Maxwell, well the Dolphins could have selected LBs or CBs in after the Tunsil pick to compete with those guys down the line
maybe not this year but down the line
but they chose a different path
and albeit I admit its speculative on my part, I really think the Drake, Caroos, Duartes and Grants of the draft are more about building for a Gase coached team
Most of those guys have mismatch written all over them
maybe he didn’t pull the trigger on the names but I’m sure when they hired him they like his philosophies and were ready to build a team for him….which is a good thing IMO
the stuff said to the media about the offseason can be dribble drabble sometimes
Pig, you’ve played FF before you know how drafts go, it’s really hard to say I want this guy in round 3, then actually take him there, if you aren’t reaching. I think Carroo was dropping and they moved up, but not planned. Like Tunsil dropped, but they didn’t have to trade up.
Carroooooooo!
^ What Gase really said after the draft . . .
He didn’t say that
He blew into a conch and it came out that way…
I’ll buy that
Mike E. says:
July 20, 2016 at 2:32 pm
I’ll buy that
Ok, I sell it to you for $20.00 do you have a paypal account?
You’re cheap, good thing you’re not a woman😉 Vanna charges $300
The Flying Pig says:
July 20, 2016 at 1:34 pm
(part of your post above) “But when you get into Kiko and Maxwell, well the Dolphins could have selected LBs or CBs in after the Tunsil pick to compete with those guys down the line
maybe not this year but down the line
but they chose a different path”
Reply
They did bring in Xavien Howard in the 2nd round to compete @ CB….was a big need and they moved on it early. Let’s not forget we also have young developing Defensive players going into their 2nd-3rd & 4th years @ DE, LB, DT, & in the Secondary.
We need to score more points on Offense, run better plays, control more clock, and Gase saw that immediately as the more glaring year 1 need. Especially with the critical media bashing on the QB that just got paid to be Mr. Franchise.
Score the points, control the game on Offense, and with that the Defense will benefit and can become that more aggressive unit that VJ envisions with an Offense taking some pressure off of them.
RT has been very good when we’ve been able to run it, fix that and suddenly the team looks much better.
As is with any team’s QB…running effectively opens up the coveed passing game.
Steve, also hence the recent Foster signing. We’re seeing a HC that wants to utilize the running game more than 12 bizarrely timed rushes per game. 🙂
I don’t necessarily think Gase was directly related to the Foster signing, but I’m sure they asked him. The FO is talking with the HC and the VP, finally everyone on the same page. Part of Philbin’s issues had to do with the FO not doing what he wanted. I think even Hickey was a dickey at times 😛
Piggy, I don’t know why you wouldn’t buy what they did in the draft. Maybe they thought the BPA was offense as the draft went on and they were up. That’s how you should draft anyway. Gase said he thought the draft would be heavier defense and then it wasn’t. So he’s not lying, he’s saying he was surprised but was impressed by how Grier stuck to their board which means grades on players.
I’m as skeptical as anyone about what HCs say, but I don’t see any logical reason why Gase wasn’t on the level when talking about the O heavy draft. Usually HCs start getting upset or figity or disinterested when they aren’t on the level. I haven’t seen Gase come close to doing that yet. The only thing he’s sugarcoated is when talking about the players, and that’s to be expected, because he doesn’t want to throw them under the bus.
Appearing on WGR 550 Buffalo, ESPN’s Louis Riddick said he’s hearing Bills first-rounder Shaq Lawson (shoulder) “could miss at least half the season and maybe the whole season.”
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It’s ok, we got Super Mario in da house!
I think Williams wants to prove he’s still elite. In this 4-3 scheme if he still is, look out.
He’s just 30, and since he’s not an RB he’s not over the hill, and it shouldn’t even come into the conversation, but the media always has to bring up irrelevant shit. I’m not even sure a 30 yr old RB is old, since we don’t see a lot of every down backs. Foster had lots of carries some years, but with injuries he didn’t have a lot in other years, so I don’t think he’s over the hill. I do know when healthy he steam rolled the Steelers D.
I’d be absolutely shocked, if Mario was worse than his 2014 season.
Tyically when you put great players in a position to succeed they usually do.
Years ago when Williams was a FA who left Houston to go to Buffalo, I coveted him and said that was a guy worth signing (I think we signed Mike Wallace that offseason – yuk)
I still think he is in that class of special player
I’m not buying he is over the hill
If he is still what he was before Rex Ryan then we signed a special player
If somehow we see Wake, Williams, Suh and Phillips on the DL at the same time next season – that is the stuff of Oink Dreams
We signed a special player.
Let Mario be MARIO…I think we’ll see that he has that liberty with Jim Washburn & VJ knowing Suh & Phillips can eat up blockers as well as collapse the middle. The Ends & blitzers should cause havoc, which will also make the secondary better.
I think we’ll see a vastly improved defense in 2016 and you guys can stop whining about not drafting more defense the first year of Gase’s reign….lol
I am just a skeptical oinker I guess
Not the end of the world. 🙂
You are right Piggy the draft was not well executed they SHOULD have targeted a young DE and another CB rather than wast a pick on Caroo I will stand by my conviction on that and this season we lost out on having a young pass rusher to mentor with our two pro bowl DE’s
We can still have that next year….this also gives the staff a chance to see if talent like Fede, Laing, Jordan Williams, Huguenin can develop, especially the first two I mentioned.
I think there will be points this year where we wish we were deeper on D
But that said I do like Ifo Elembre-olomo a lot even though I have to google his name everytime I try to spell it
More than anything the position that worries me is LB
And when did you want to take that DE? Tunsil in the first was the correct choice, as was Howard in the 2nd, and we surely needed an RB before a DE. A DE needs to be a top two round pick, if you were looking to replace a starter. Who was that guy you wanted in Carroo’S spot?
Yeah, after Howard it was just Noah Spence a OLB/DE, Correa OLB/DE, Jihad Ward DT/3-4 DE…the likes of Lawson, Ogbah, Dodd, were all gone between our Tunsil & Howard picks.
Saw this interesting tidbit in Barry Jackson’s Wednesday evening notes:
Pro Football Focus says this about the move: “Assuming Foster gets back to form not from 2015, he should be a solid fit in that scheme as well, but Jay Ajayi’s numbers suggest he might be an even better fit, and shouldn’t automatically get dropped down the depth chart to accommodate Foster.
“In Chicago, Adam Gase ran primarily inside zone as the primary run concept. 48.9 percent of the team’s rushes last season were inside zone runs, and the team was pretty successful running them, averaging 4.2 yards per carry. Foster was bad across the board last year even before injury shut him down, but what is interesting is that Ajayi outperformed not just Foster, but also the Bears as a team when running inside zone. Ajayi gained half a yard more per carry than the Bears and 1.6 yards per carry more than Foster running inside zone plays, and was markedly more productive on those runs than other concepts in 2015.”
Year of the Monkey
Not sure there is much to criticize regarding the Fins draft.
I was not a fan of the Drake pick considering where he was picked vs his injury risk profile.
It was a deep RB class.
Fins could have probably traded down to pick up extra picks if RB was such a need in their eyes.
I liked quite a few backs and thought Paul Perkins & Kenneth Dixon were better RB and went later in RD 4/5.
Extra late round picks could have given the Fins a chance to double down on RB…
In the end, everyone has their favorites and things go differently depending on whos calling the shots.
I like where Miami is heading regardless and can’t wait till this season starts.
I’m with you Markey; the coaching will be different this year.
Sparano & Philbin never called plays on either defense or offense before becoming head coaches (huge problem IMO since you can’t figure out how they handle decision making on the fly in games and judge them by it).
Markey,
I’m not too concerned about DE as in recent years the veteran pass rushers who were good in their youth were still out there performing -> DeMarcus Ware, Julius Peppers, etc.
Wake is coming off his achilles injury which is always scary but Wake is a workout warrior and early reports on his workouts have him looking good. The Fins just have to manage his snaps and rest him if there is any soreness reported on his part during the season.
Mario has height which is something Vernon didn’t have and that helps to block passes when you can’t get by the OL on a rush attempt.
We are 8 days away…
Where is everyone?
Calm before the storm? lol
Subject: The Spanish Teacher
A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
‘House’ for instance, is feminine: ‘la casa.’
‘Pencil,’ however, is masculine: ‘el lapiz.’
A student asked, ‘What gender is ‘computer’?’
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer’ should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.
The men’s group decided that ‘computer’ should definitely be of the feminine gender (‘la computadora’), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
(THIS GETS BETTER!)
The women’s group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine (‘el computador’), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
The women won.
1. We’re always turned on.
2. We can think for ourselves just fine, it’s women we can’t think for, because even women themselves don’t know what they want.
3. Women don’t want their problems solved they just want you to feel what they’re feeling.
4. This one is unisex.
LOL
El Computador or La Computadora
I actually think the real answer is both. But that is just a guess.
Funny stuff Herd
Herd
I would add for myself that despite having a lot of data, I can’t always access it, which is very frustrating. I’ll usually get it eventually, but it doesn’t happen as fast as I would like
Wake, Suh, Phillips and Williams is a pretty frightening lineup base on speed and size.
Let’s hope they’re more frightening to opponents the entire season, and not just before we start playing the games.
Well yeah! LOL
and Oink too
Tim
In other words, I don’t care what we look like on paper, it’s time to play like champions, not paper champions.
I get it! But I really like the potential of our DL. We have good depth too.
I understand demanding results
but I am exited just to see those 4 on the field at the same time on the DL no matter what the results are
Sometimes I like watching football, even when we lose
(Piggy takes his paper trophy and leaves)
LOL
excited not exited
lol Piggy.
Rocky was a “paper champion” until he got the “Eye of the Tiger”. lol
I don’t know what movie you were watched
but the one I saw was “Eye of the Piggy”
Good thing Rocky was chasing a chicken,He would never have caught a pig.
See where you stand.
http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz
I got Bernie Sanders #1 and Jill Stein #2
and I don’t want either as a President
Albeit I like that Stein is a 3rd party
Obvisouly I got the Liberal Pinkos….lol
and that is probably bc I want to legalize all drugs and make immigration easy
Honestly Gary Johnson is my guy
and was at the last election and he was 4th on my list
but he still had a high score of 86%
the only one with a low score was Trump who scored a whopping 24% with me
The fact that I share 24% with Trump makes me think I should re-evaluate my position…lol
I think we had education issues in common bc we wanted to leave things to the states or local authorities…but now that I know that Trump wants that, I think I will do the opposite….lol
My views are 92% compatible w/ Gary Johnson
Lou will be ecstatic about this lol
I’m 78% compatible w/ Jill Stein somehow and 75% compatible with Bernie Sanders.
The last two on the list were Hillary Clinton (71% compatible) & only 34% compatibility with Trump.
I honestly don’t like Stein or Sanders as Presidents and prefer Johnson
but I know I have some fundamental differences with Libertarians about regulation when in concerns discrimination or the environment, so that probably pushed higher scores for them
Piggy,
3rd downs will be more fun with Williams & Wake at DE.
Not sure how Wake will be used but there’s talk of having Branch out there on 1st downs.
My guess is Wake will be used to rip the flesh off the QBs as they drop to pass
I’m not sure if that is what you mean
But I see Wake playing the role of a rabid zombie on the walking dead and Tom Brady as a living person who dies in the first 10 minutes of next season
Yeah and I could see J. Jones also being used as an interior DL on passing downs which is something he’s done throughout his career.
Branch is supposedly a good run defender.
bookman11 says:
July 21, 2016 at 3:52 pm (Edit)
Good thing Rocky was chasing a chicken,He would never have caught a pig.
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He did eventually marry Adrian
True…LMAO!
lol
Piggy, I was over 80% with Gary Johnson. I was in the 60% range with both Hillary and Trump.
I knew by my answers I would get high % for the socialist types
but the survey is missing some questions with some critical distinctions IMO
there is really only one question about cutting gov’t spending which I think is a big difference between Johnson and the others
I may believe in the benefit of a lot of programs
I don’t necessarily want to pay for them all….lol
Yeah I noticed that too. But they also asked questions about funding other programs so that’s where you have more cut options.
Tim / Piggy,
Did you also adjust the factor on the left of each proposed question which is a scale for the significance of the question being answered (significance to the person answering)?
Yes
but a few of them I probably overdid it
I also did a few where I wanted a different answer more than yes and no and then just picked the closest to what I was thinking
No but I did use the “other” answers quite a bit because to me it’s not just yes and no in such a black and white manner.
Same here (used the other part to further clarify a yes or no answer)
Yep!
I believe a lot of entitlement programs can be helpful for people but not just yeah go ahead and spend, spend spend. I also don’t believe in more taxes for the rich. I believe the % takes care of a progressive tax. The more you make the more you pay. I have no idea what Bernie Sanders means by the rich paying their fair share. Who decides what that number is? Taxing the rich at a higher percentage goes against the American Dream IMO. I do believe that’s punishing achievement to pay for those who do not have lofty goals in life and that’s morally unfair to me.
I’ve always been a flat tax guy
but running my own business makes me aware of all the benefits of our tax code and now as a businesss owner – I try to exploit those
and the flat tax would ruin that
So I think the disparity between being able to manipulate our tax code between the rich and the poor and that leaves to some very high incomes paying less than a “fair share”
Running a business is different than your personal income though. Businesses should have write-offs because you invest in your business. You have overhead. But you also have to pay taxes on what you claim to make/clear.
Now do I think people abuse the system, yes, but I think it’s pretty obvious what people are doing. Your business records show it’s worth $5M per year yet the owner claims he only makes $50,000 per year. Yeah okay. LOL
Tim,
The title or group label to some of the questions asked seemed a bit odd.
For example, the question on whether people should be drug tested in order to receive benefits was listed under “economics” question LOL. Seems like a social issue to me.
LOL, I said no. I don’t believe in drug testing just because someone may be struggling and needs temporary assistance. So that person can’t smoke a joint at night to relax? Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
I got Trump (83%)
Johnson (82%)
Castle (76%)
who is castle?
Tim
I totally believe in drug testing. FUCK THAT!!! No dude or dudette is buying weed or meth, or heroin on my tax dollar. Get a fucking job!!!
I understand the logic
but I just don’t care for drug testing in general
I see drug testing as big brother in any arena and I just don’t care for it
I would be more inclined to cut the program if its not helping or leading to independence of the person rather than cutting it bc of a positive drug test
If some one is a heroine addict
but they hold down a job
and eventually they will be off welfare
I’m okay with paying their welfare
of course heroine addicts tend not to be on a path like that….lol
If some one receives welfare
but they are clean as a whistle
and just flat out lazy
and never try to make changes on their life – I would rather see that person lose the social benefit rather than the junkie who is on his way to success
Well said. That’s how I feel.
I get that too. To me being a junkie/addict is different though. It’s not that clear cut to me. Not all people on public assistance never worked. Some fell on hard times. We tend to think everyone is just a freeloader and that’s not really the case. Career dependents are a problem but it’s not the majority and most people paid into the programs.
I find it interesting how people end up with such different percentages with candidates. How can both Trump and Johnson be so close in %, they have quite a few differences?
I was aiming for 0% with Trump
😀
I’d bet there are a higher percentage of freeloaders collecting either unemployment or welfare using drugs than there are hard working poor people that use drugs. Responsible people with a low income realize they can’t afford to buy drugs.
You might be right
but my feeling is
evaluate whether the program is working
not whether abuses may exist
It’s not working, and either are the people benefitting from it! LOL
What about alcohol?
Piggy
That’s what I said, WTF is Castle? lol
Maybe it means your 3rd choice would be a Monarchy?
WTF – do you want Joffrey as your leader Mike E?
Daenerys
LOL
Lol mike,
I didn’t know Richard was running for POTUS
Everyone knows the one true king Is Stanis Baratheon
What camp battle most intrigues you?
Mine is Lippett vs. Howard. I could see both sharing reps though. McCain vs. Ifo in the slot is good too. I like the blend of size and shorter quickness we have at corner. You need both. You have to cover big receivers and those smaller pests.
Jon Snow (Targaryen) might just be the true king
Piggy, I think Trump’s lack of decorum is worse than most of his political stances.
I know it is. It’s probably the only thing keeping him from trampling Hillary in this election.
Agreed!
Tim
I don’t think you can alcohol screen people, but you can drug test.
But it can be just as destructive. Kind of going to Piggy’s point about whether it works or not.
Not diminishing alcohol use, or abuse, but most of all, drugs are illegal, and some drugs are really expensive too, like coke, although crack is cheap, and more likely the culprit. I think we need to cut back on rewarding single parents each time they have a child. If it were up to me, I’d include a survey which asks if you’re currently living with another person, married or otherwise. Too many single moms are actually living with someone out of wedlock, which still entitles them to benefits they don’t deserve. That drives me crazy. It’s so easy to abuse too, in fact the government practically encourages it. Back to the drugs though, if welfare or unemployed people are using, they should be cut off immediately.. That’s how I feel
Lippett vs Howard is definitely one, and I’m not really sure it’s a camp battle, more like a season battle, but I want to see if Carroo passes Stills at some point. Ajayi vs Foster should be fun too. Tunsil vs everyone will be interesting to watch as well
LOL @ Tunsil vs everyone. I still think he’ll start at LG and be groomed as the future LT and current backup when they cross-train him.
If Bushrod can get and stay healthy I see him competing at RG and RT yes even against James. He can also provide depth at LT which he’s been his entire career. I think Urbik’s versatility gives him a leg up on Thomas and Turner because he plays all 3 interior positions. Douglas will compete to win a starting job inside as well or be the game day interior backup vs. Urbik.
The OL competition will be interesting as well.
LOL – I said everyone because he may be competing against Bushrod, Thomas, Urbik, Douglas and maybe even James.
I hear ya! But I think they’ll work him on the left side.
This is how I think it will play out with one ? at RG. They’re all 1st rd picks.
LT Albert 08 (KC)
LG Tunsil 16
C Pouncey 11
RG?
RT James 14
LOL @ Al – My wife loves that show. 🙂
USA Today:
Free agent Ray Rice says he’d donate his entire salary to domestic violence charities if signed for the 2016 season.
“All the scrutiny that I’ve got, it was deserved, because domestic violence is a horrible thing,” Rice said. “Me donating my salary is something that’ll be from the heart for me. I only want to play football so I can end it the right way for my kids and for the people that really believed in me.” Rice’s comments come a week after he admitted his career is probably over. Now 29, Rice’s last carry came in Dec. 2013.
He was on the decline physically as well.
Base DL:
LDE Williams
LDT Suh
RDT Phillips (nothing against Mitchell – just think big Jordan has more upside like a Wilkerson)
RDE Branch
Nickel/Dime DL:
LDE Wake
LDT Suh
RDT Phillips
RDE Williams
Depth:
Mitchell
Jones/Laing
McCain/Jordan
I think Mitchell is a better player than he was last year, but agree that Phillips has a ton of potential, and could have been a real steal in the 2nd RD for us. Like to see him take the job by playing lights out
Totally agreed!
Mitchell at 6-3 310 is a non-stop motor interior D-lineman. He’s just not a star player.
Phillips at 6-6 335 is a monster of a man with rare quickness for a guy his size. He has unlimited potential. It’s up to him.
I think Phillips is in for a HUGE year now with experience working with Suh next to him, along with the tutelage of Jim Washburn too.
Those 2 sealing off & collapsing the interior will cause havoc for QB’s unable to step into throws and getting flushed into either DE…Blitzers & LB’s will feast filling the gaps.
RB’s will get stacked too, and lose time redirecting laterally to find their way around the ends.
The trench work of our massive quick & strong DT’s will set the tone for the rest of the Defense if schemed correctly…there is adequate talent there behind them.
The interior line is key to the scheme. Suh is the guy to open everything up or dominate.
Thanks for letting me know that 😉
Sigh… lol
Rio Don
Huh?!
TWO MORE HITS FOR ICHIRO TONIGHT!!! –NOW 2,996 hits and counting as the Marlins are cruising 9-2 in the bottom of the 8th at Philadelphia. This win will make Miami 3 out of 4 at Philly with a weekend 3-game series at home vs. the Mets starting tomorrow night. Giancarlo Stanton was given the night off by manager Don Mattingly and old reliable, Ichiro Suzuki, came through with a couple of hits, as he has for most of the season. He’s now hitting over .340 again, not bad for a 42 year old, eh??
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Chances are Ichiro will start no more than 1 game against the Mets. But he’ll almost surely get his 3,000th hit sometime during Miami’s upcoming 9-game home stand. Expect hundreds and hundreds of Japanese media to cover what is, from their point of view, one of the biggest events in the history of Japanese-American baseball. I will be GLUED TO THE TUBE as Ichiro’s march to history reaches its conclusion. Indeed, I’m actually giving some thought to going to a game or two in Miami this coming week!
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Lost in the big Ichiro story is the fact that the Marlins have a chance to close the gap between them and the Washington Nationals during this 9 game stand. For the first time in over a decade, this Miami franchise has a pulse as we enter the serious stages of the playoff chase. Wouldn’t it be great if the Dolphins had one, too, this season???
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Man, Ivanka knocked it out of the park last night.
Boom – yes
Yes, but I had a hard time paying attention of what she was saying for some reason😉
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000675736/article/ricky-williams-planned-to-change-name-join-raiders
Son
I read that yesterday. What a maroon! (As Bugs Bunny would say)
I thought everyone knew Mystic Steve.
I did that “I side with” poll again, and I got Fidel Castro
Lol, you commy bastard😀
Why am I thinking this will get a bunch more dudes thinking “cool virgin territory” showing up?
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Arlington Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl
We do not consider playing “Pokemon Go” to be appropriate decorum on the grounds of ANC. We ask all visitors to refrain from such activity.
My kids are all wrapped up in Pokémon Go. It’s crazy. I happen to agree that a cemetery isn’t an appropriate “stop” for a silly game though.
Saw a couple of teenagers blocking traffic on my street a couple days ago as they tried to do whatever you have to do. they were just staring at their phones in the middle of the street.
We all missed the boat on the Nintendo (Pokémon Go) stock. I asked my cousin , if his kids were playing last week and he said, no they were on vacation (heading to Central Park). He gets home and says his kids friends texted them on their way home (Miami), so they started playing, then found out about all the exotic creatures they could’ve gotten in Central Park.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 38m38 minutes ago
Former Vikings and Cardinals coach Dennis Green died early this morning after suffering cardiac arrest, per friend Ray Anderson. He was 67.
Damn – RIP Dennis
I side with Donald Trump on 92% of issues in the 2016 Presidential election
I side with Hillary Clinton on 8% of issues in the 2016 Presidential election
so you wanna build a wall, ship out all 11 million immigrants, destroy NATO and ban all Muslims from entering the country? Good luck!
The Upside is I want all the children immunized!
correct me I’m wrong?
but all “immigrants” have papers for citizenship?
I don’t think that is who I want to get rid of
He didn’t say destroy Nato! He said USA was not going to fund NATO anymore!
You play you Pay!
He never said “Muslim” he said refuges from places in the world that have known terrorist ties!
But too each his own. 😉
Sad day today. My wife’s dad passed away this morning. The best way I can look at it is he will no longer suffer. But I’m going to miss him so much. He was truly a great guy. I’m headed back down to the shore. 😦
This was my favorite song of his from 1961 when he was a singer/songwriter.
Tim — saddened by your loss and most of all your wife’s. No silver lining on it, but know he has been having a tough time. Just celebrate the life as best you can.
sorry to hear that. Condolences.
Tim
Sorry for the loss of your father-in-law. My mom had a colostomy bag, she was miserable with it. I’d prefer to think of it as an end to the suffering. My condolences to you and your wife.
Tim,
Truly sorry to hear that. I hope your family is able to celebrate his life, as Stanger said.
Just A Andante for ESPN writing about the NBA SUMMER League, it isn’t about the winners and losers, it’s about the interest. What a dumbass, the interest was only there, because it’s 4 hours from LA and they had good young players playing. Without Laker Fans it would’ ve been the same dead league, as other years. I was there the first 2 days, all day, and 90% of the crowd were Laker fans.
I finally figured out who “Castle” is
He is the nominee for the Constitution Party
http://castle2016.com/platform/
Kinda Libertarian but more conservative
I’m guessing the constitution party probably won’t be on every state’s ballot
Tim
I’m sorry for your loss
wyoming85 says:
July 22, 2016 at 1:02 pm (Edit)
correct me I’m wrong?
but all “immigrants” have papers for citizenship?
I don’t think that is who I want to get rid of
He didn’t say destroy Nato! He said USA was not going to fund NATO anymore!
You play you Pay!
He never said “Muslim” he said refuges from places in the world that have known terrorist ties!
But too each his own. 😉
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Ron Paul had an interesting tweet/article about Trump’s stand on NATO yesterday. Paul thinks he has been inconsistent. I will see if I can find the tweet and post it for you to read.
He has said “illegal” when discussing the wall and immigration policy consistently. So you are correct. But citizenship in this day and age is a little more complicated then it seems on the face. I recently read the 2014 census stats and last then half of immigrants who have come here actually are citizens. However that includes people on visas that are technically not in violation of any immigration laws. Still there are a large % of Immigrants that can be classified as “illegal” and I really think the distinction is not as black a nd white as people make it.
I do think he specifically said “Muslim” without the caveat you stated but I haven’t seen the quote
Here is the Ron Paul tweet and article I mentioned
I was just talking to his speach last night.
or at least the parts I listened to. 😉
Tim I’m so sorry to hear about your father in law. Peace to you and your wife.
The Constitution Party has as much chance being on the ballot as the Constipation Party
lol
It’s all good Pigster!
I fully know my neck is “Redder” than most folks! 😉
I hear you WY
My feelings on immigration policy are viewed as extreme by most
we live in a country with varied opinions and we should all be thankful that we have that available to us first and foremost
So I never fault anyone (except Trump….lol) for having an opinion that differs from mine
Especially have opinioned I am on certain subjects
Sorry Tim, all my best to your wife, you and your family. God Bless.
ahem, my neck’s a little red too. just sayin’
Major reason we have such an issue with how we deal with item such as immigration and race relations is we are asking people who are so disconnected from the real world of people who make less than 6+ digits, and who deal with these issues daily, vs soaring high above them in their private jets/air force one. The people we get to choose from after the cluster fuck of a two party primary system are not of the people, the choices aren’t by the people, and they are not for the people they are for whatever people paid to get them elected.
My personal opinion of the way it should be is for topics like immigration would be to have a roundtable discussion inviting immigrants that came to the country legally and have lived here as citizens for many years, some new to the immigration process who may be either new citizens or working towards citizenship, some that represent illegal immigrants (yes i know who is going to sign up to be those guys lol), and natural born citizens FROM STATES WITH HIGH POPULATION OF ILLIEGALS. I stressed that last part because i think states that are not strongly affected (in a good way, bad way, or neutral way) by illegal immigration should have any voice in the matter. They do not full understand the impact/lack of impact.
At this round table of people who understand and can relate to the problems on both sides of it, they hash it out and get the bullshit rhetoric from people who dont really understand they just parrot the “oh they are taking our jobs” or the “oh illegals dont represent any more threat to us” of their lib/con agendas. This is when realy people who understand the real problem combine to work out a solution that can be fair for both sides.
You can apply this sort of thing to any number of conflict area problems and what happens is the people take back control for who makes the policies. Instead of one guy who we elected, because he wasnt as bad as the other guy (not indeed a person who we liked) making the decisions we put the power back into the hands of the ones suffering through it.
That was brutal
Tim im sorry to hear that man. I think i get how ya feel. I cant say i know precisely how close you were to your father in law, but from the things you have mentioned i can assume it was a close relationship.
I cared a good deal from my wife’s father in law as well, we were pretty close too. Its kind of odd, the love you can feel for a in-law can be anywhere from passers in the night to close enough it almost makes you feel like you are cheating on your own parents. I guess its the idea of here are these people with no blood relation to you but whom have come to love and treat you as their own, and they didnt have to. They could have stayed on the perimeter, showed love for their child and tolerance or even acceptance for you, but they chose to go even further and open their hearts and family to you and treat you as one of their own. This is not a love of obligation, this love is by choice. I understand that a good parent, there really is no bond that can compare, but a in-laws love, knowing its by choice, can feel almost equally as strong.
I feel for your loss buddy, and condolences to your family.
Condolences & prayers for you guys Tim.
Pokemon Go has become a very dangerous thing. I just saw a video of a cop who was parker at the corner of a street and this SUV comes along and just slams into it and then hits a few more cars parked on the side of the street before coming to a stop. The cops go over to see if the dude is ok and he was playing Pokemon go whole driving down the road. They are already having places where people are setting up ambush spots to rob people, and the had a police station that had to put a sign up outside to keep Pokemon people from going inside the building and making it where other could not get in to access those services. Apprently a few kids have found some dead bodies though, so maybe missing persons cases are getting solved. Nice memory for the kids!
I expect the Pokemon crazy to really settle a lot in a couple months. Only way it extends past that is if they churn expansion packs out pretty fast. A place like NY city, im sure would have so many Poke’ spots that it might take a while for someone to collect all of them in the city, ad with transit to other metro spots in the same area, yeah it could go on a while there before it gets old, but for the rest of America most towns don’t have a lot of spots, and collecting all of them wont take very long, then the option will be, wait for expansion, be bored and delete app, travel to other cities (note to NE peeps, we are more spread out here int he rest of the world lol) which isn’t practical/cheap.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 38m38 minutes ago
Former Vikings and Cardinals coach Dennis Green died early this morning after suffering cardiac arrest, per friend Ray Anderson. He was 67.
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I know people were saying how hard it was for Bowles and how the Rooney rule helped him, which i dont agree with, i think Bowles made it on his own merit in a time where things arent nearly as stacked against black coaches.
Guys like Dennis Green though i feel like did have a really tough road, because he was truly one of the guys to crack that barrier and as is truue with most people who are on the front line, its comes with a lot of struggle to survive and continue to persevere for the people coming behind.
Rip Mr. Green
Correct.
I’ve always respected and admired Coach Green.
We knew who you were and we let you off the hook…
If some asshole kills me playing Pokeman I will make it my after life’s work to spook, haunt and otherwise scare the shit out of that asshole till he’s dead and then I’ll kick the shit out of him.
Some day we’re going to take advantage of the home field. Think about having 3 games at home in Sept., combining the heat, humidity, fast paced offense and stands close to the field. Maybe the 3 home games in Oct, or the Clev game in Sept. will be a preview of what’s to come.
This Jordan Cameron interview alludes to playing fast in the heat/humidity.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-1/2016-Training-Camp-Preview-Tight-Ends/1bc31b0d-633a-4677-9e9e-4fcde728822e
Piggy is this Colonpokey preying in the park and streets where young folks roam?
Colonpokey has a lollipop for Pokemon go players…
Come on Marlins!
Pokemon go
Texting
Drinking
making out
It’s not the habit it’s the choice!
I can’t text and drive because I don’t know what to do with my beer and cigarette!!!! 🙂
Tim – sincere condolences to you and your good lady wife. Very sad to hear this news – you’ve had some tough times recently and I hope you find some peace at least for a short time now.
Mets take Game 1, but today is a tough mountain to climb. Jose Fernandez is practically invincible at Marlins Park, but Mets send one of their best in Jacob deGrom. Should be a great series.
I have deGrom on my fantasy team and would want him to perform well 🙂
You can do that? Root against your own team?
Did the Mets trade DeGrom Mike?
Nevermind, I thought Al was a Mets fan.
D,
The illegal immigration thing is not necessarily a problem in the job capturing part (as you mentioned, many take very low end paying jobs) but there are problems with state/federal benefits being allocated to them without those aliens paying into the system via taxes. At the state level, sales tax is something they all pay when they buy goods at stores but for federal items, they pay no federal payroll taxes since they go undocumented. People here can bitch about legal process and all this theoretical crap but the reality is that it’s much easier to legalize those already here immediate to put them on federal payroll taxes and then work to secure borders after the fact.
Is the easiest thing to do in our best interest? If that bitch Hilary gets in we’ll be flooded with immigrants, just what we need more Tony Montanas running around. I’d like to see these illegals sent back. It’s not right that they come here and the govt pays everything for them, while they sit on their ass or work under the table. Then Americans that don’t have kids get squat. Many of these people cheat the system.
Anyway, less than a week away till we bitch about the depth chart 🙂
Watching the Marlins have success is bittersweet to me.
I cannot stand Loria and want everything to go wrong for him to the point where he will sell the team to someone who does care to put a winning product out there and not a cock tease of a team (make no mistake, this Marlins team is being set up to fail in the final 2 weeks with the lack of pitching depth).
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/six-most-important-nfl-suspensions-heading-into-training-camp/ar-BBuFCtk?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
It’s unfortunate that we have to cover suspensions in the lead up to training camps around the NFL. But it really is the new reality we’re living in today.
Maybe second to only injuries, suspensions seem to have played a major role in how NFL seasons have turned out in the recent past.
This season is no different. A five-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will miss his team’s first four games.
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See anything wrong with this?
https://twitter.com/worldstar/status/756882838226472960
You’d react like that, if Colon pokie was crawling up your ass too😉
“Do you want a ‘you’re fired’ president or a ‘you’re hired’ president?” Kaine asked in Annandale, Virginia, as Clinton nodded. “Do you want a trash-talking president or a bridge-building president?”
Kaine
We just want one that isn’t corrupt.
We’re screwed.