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April 21, 2021
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
posted by yerfatma at 09:02 AM on April 21, 2021
Speaking of the Irish, I got my second Moderna dose today. I can now attend Celtics games with impunity! Wait...that's not me. THIS VACCINE TURNED ME INTO HOWARD! I AM NOW IN A CHURCH!!! NOW I AM UMPING A BASEBALL GAME!!!
posted by NoMich at 11:17 AM on April 21, 2021
Erin Go Mich
posted by beaverboard at 11:59 AM on April 21, 2021
This part Irish, part German, part Portuguese, mostly English umpire is sad today. My games are raining out faster than we can play them. I lost another one today to predicted rain, and my game for tomorrow was canceled last week. The bad part is that the weather is supposed to move in about 5:00, it was a 3:30 game, I had the plate, and I know I would have had those little monsters off the field before the rain. Strike zone? How about dugout corner to dugout corner, top of the backstop to the ankles. That'll get 'em swingin' the bat. So far I have done 2 games and had 3 canceled
I will attend my first Celtic game since March 13, 2000 on the 30th of this month. I was able to get tickets for 3 games with the reduced attendance rules, but with Massachusetts limiting travel from New Hampshire, I let my son have the games. I've had both my shots, I only live about 3 miles from the armed border between MA and NH, but the ban was there nonetheless. MA has opened up since, so the problem has really gone away. Maybe I'll go to church and pray for good weather and some common sense when dealing with the virus.
posted by Howard_T at 03:15 PM on April 21, 2021
In this state? Good goddamn luck.
posted by yerfatma at 07:42 PM on April 21, 2021
Speaking of the Irish, I got my second Moderna dose today. I can now attend Celtics games with impunity! Wait...that's not me. THIS VACCINE TURNED ME INTO HOWARD! I AM NOW IN A CHURCH!!! NOW I AM UMPING A BASEBALL GAME!!!
On the upside, you now have the knowledge to fix a jammed torpedo port on a nuclear submarine.
posted by holden at 08:54 PM on April 21, 2021
+1 to NoMich and holden, and erin go bra to Howard. I had my second Pfizer shot yesterday, so far no transmogrification.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:09 AM on April 22, 2021
Subs, shamrocks, and strikes:
April 11 was National Submarine Day, celebrating the commissioning of the first USN boat, which was designed by an Irishman.
April 11 was also the day that Carl Yastrzemski made his first MLB appearance, playing left field, getting a hit, and throwing a guy out at home plate.
Among the umpires that day were sons of the sod Flaherty and Hurley. And Kinnamon, a Scot.
posted by beaverboard at 11:39 AM on April 22, 2021
So, the only real side effects that I experienced today was an onset of a dull headache and stiffness/soreness. I eventually took a few Advil and a looong hot shower and I was then right as rain.
posted by NoMich at 08:58 PM on April 22, 2021
Ice up son.
posted by beaverboard at 09:26 PM on April 22, 2021
LOL I did! But in the form of a hot shower. I should probably get a biscuit from Bojangles tomorrow morning just in case
posted by NoMich at 10:06 PM on April 22, 2021
I was not great yesterday, with chills and feeling a bit woozy. But a good night's sleep and I seem back to normal. Yay! Also, would like one of those biscuits NoMich.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:32 AM on April 23, 2021
The Steve Smith biscuit bounce beats the Terrell Owens popcorn cascade every time.
Trying to remember who was caught on camera eating hotdogs on the sideline. Might have been one of the legendary immortals like Sanchez or Leinart.
I helped put the "dern" in Moderna. Saving my Pfizer vouchers for other, more pressing needs.
posted by beaverboard at 01:09 PM on April 23, 2021