The LA Dodger culture? Is that where you can make a right turn on a red light and eating sushi at a game? Couldn’t be anything like the Brooklyn Bums.
Dodger Dogs, beer, and nachos
Dinner at the Taco truck on the way home.
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I grew up sitting in the cheap seats with family and it was a real rush. Some of my best memories have taken place in Chavez Ravine and had nothing to do with Hollywood glamour or grandiosity. As a kid it was fun rushing home from school to catch Vin Scully’s voice and (at the time) a fairly mediocre team. That’s when I learned to love baseball. It’s a special feeling for a 12 year old kid. I’m sure you can understand.
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I was seriously thinking about getting to a Dodgers game, specifically the game they were giving out Billie Jean King bobbleheads.
But then my PTSD from Bobby Riggs’ defeat kicked in from when I was 11 years old, and I just… couldn’t… do it.
Heroes from that era that are sacrosanct - Bobby Riggs, Steve Odom, Evel Knievel, Dandy Don Meredith, Pat Paulson, Neil Armstrong, Flip Wilson, the Smothers Brothers, Thurston Howell III, H.R. Pufnstuf, etc. Uhhhh… wait.
Ok, on further reflection, it may be time to let bygones be bygones.
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I think the creators of H.R. Puffnstuff and Sigmond and The Sea Monsters,Sid and Marty Croft dropped acid with Art Clokey
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They just hate us cause they ain’t us.
I grew up going to Angels and Dodgers game (Inland Empire was equal distance). Nothing like a Dodger gameday experience.
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Man, HR Puffinstuff… what was the name of that stupid talking flute? I remember the house that sneezed a lot. To be a kid in the 70s, some of the stuff on tv had to make you wonder, at least in retrospect. Perhaps those dudes were on acid, or magic mushrooms.
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I watched HR Puffnstuff when I was quite young and naive and didn’t catch up on a lot of somewhat obvious references to certain illicit activities.
Hard to believe it all got past the censors.
Years later mighty mouse got wasted on poppies which ended that show’s run.
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Freddie the Flute?
I was talking about that show to some of my team about 15 years ago. They looked at me weird, with big eyes. Then they told me the term H.R. Pufnstuf was the current slang for smoking weed.
Back then we had a temp who knew the whole song from that show. Then my eyes got big.
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Freddy the Flute
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This meme is no longer accurate as of last season, BTW
Hey, us Yankee fans need to take whatever small victories we can these days
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This guy has an amazing podcast! His videos have some foul language but if that doesn’t bother you check this out.
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I just wish there had been a crowd there to see this.
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Don’t look now but the Padres swept the Rangers. I had given up on the overwhelmingly underperforming team, but they’re doing their best to suck me back into caring again.
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Maybe you should buy this shirt in honor of Joe Kelly, the all-time MVP of red-■■■■■.
https://shop.jomboymedia.com/products/thank-you-joe-kelly-t-shirt?variant=35673186369698
I do have a Joe Kelly shirt…
From The Athletic:
How many times can we do this bit? It feels old at this point. And yet, it keeps happening. Two incredible, independent facts about last night’s Angels-Marinersgame:
- Shohei Ohtanistarted the game on the mound, throwing four scoreless innings. He also hit his MLB-leading 40th home run. He remains the unicorn. As MLB researcher Sarah Langs pointed out, Ohtani is the first player with a stolen base and a home run in a game he started on the mound since Mudcat Grant did it in 1964.
- The Angels lost, 5-3, thanks to Cade Marlowe’s ninth-inning grand slam.
What more can Ohtani do? Throw a complete game? Duplicate himself and bat twice in the lineup?
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He will sign with the Dodgers in the off season, and the Angels will struggle for another 10 years.
Arte Moreno has to go.
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Why do you hate Ohtani so much?
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Lately I’ve been noticing the stats being put up by the Atlanta Braves infield. I’m no Braves fan by any means, but what they are doing appears to be historic. Matt Olson (1B), Ozzie Albies (2B), Orlando Arcia (SS) and Austin Riley (3B) are going to crush some collective offensive records for infields this season. The stats are going to be comparable to the mid-70s Reds and the late 2000s Yankees. If you throw in catcher Sean Murphy it becomes even more impressive. Braves fans must be pretty happy about this.
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