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BillyGoatHill

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  1. I had told her many times before, no more dogs. But when the wife showed me this one I said bring him home and let's see how he does with the others (we had 4 at the time). Another rescue that had been abused in his short life (10 months old now) and his left eye had to be removed due to some trauma that his asshole owner had caused. The foster that we got him from was calling him Seymour (WTF ?) and I told the wife we cant have a 10 lb scruffy dog with one eye being called Seymour, so he has become Jack, or "one-eyed Jack". He fits in great with the others and loves picking on and harassing the bigger gals (27, 40 & 45 lbs). The pack is now five.
  2. Loved that they cast the real Gen. Chuck Yeager as the old man sweeping out Pancho's....
  3. On Amazon at least for a couple of more weeks.... Just Say No, Barry Seal, money launderers, Pablo Escobar's cocaine and his distributors, and an undercover US Custom's agent. The Infiltrator
  4. Army refers to them saving the world during WW2. And let's not forget the great war where they went off to fight while UT students sat on their porches sipping iced tea. Funny that we are the ones that have their stadium named (Memorial Stadium)for those student athletes that went to France and never returned while they bury their dogs so that they can still see the scoreboard. They still constantly brag about how many officers came from the Corps during WW2, stating more officers came from A&M than West Point and the Naval Academy combined. But they ALWAYS fail to note that A&M had 4x the enrollment of either academy during WW2 and at least double if both of them were combined. Whenever I hear one state this claim about aggy officers and turning the tide, WINNING the war....I always retort, "And that is why it took us 4 years to win the war". Uncover is also a military term of removing your hat, especially indoors. Marines still refer to their 8 point utility caps as a cover. Weird ass fuckers. Making sheep nervous since 1876....
  5. ...but yeah, other than that it's a lot like Bastogne.
  6. Roster limits for ‘24 have been increased to 40 players (we definitely have more than that) and a change from the 27 student athletes dividing 11.7 scholarships to 35. (The amount of scholarships should have been increased but wasn’t) and there still could be seniors ( not sure if we have any) that still could be eligible for a pandemic waiver. Took that info from informedathlete.com but If some body knows more or has better info, chime in as I’m not the expert on this. [emoji869] Either way, with still having 11.7 scholarships to divvy up, all the more reason to donate to the Texas One Fund (you can designate for baseball [emoji461]️)and keep as many players here as possible.
  7. Try tickpick.com....price is as listed.
  8. We were underdogs (with them being ranked and us not) during the 4 years of Peter "the Great" Gardere. Also starting an ALL Freshman backfield his freshman yr. My daughter was born (today) 10 days before the '90 game....I almost spiked her in the living room when Keith Cash caught the winning pass on 4th and 7 from the 16 with 2 minutes remaining.
  9. That Vietnamese coffee, followed by the fried Fireball shot sounds like a damn good way to get a day at the Fair started.
  10. Sooooo, talked with one of the players (not gonna say who) at the Surly tailgate this Saturday and he said there could be a change for the fall ball schedule this year. I hope this is wrong or at least heard it wrong, but he stated that a set roster (# of players) was needed beforehand if playing other schools (ie San Jac, Cougar last yr) and because of that Pierce was not going to have other teams come in due to the # of players we have right now and wanting to evaluate guys further. I hadn't heard of that before, but maybe that is something new. Definitely wasn't that way when I was in school and playing, but I have the olds. So maybe this year more intersquad stuff + the Fall World Series. Guess we'll see in a few more weeks.
  11. 36' crest for Seguin that year. Amazing to see the water mark on on the tower down by the river there by the Max Starcke golf course. Yep...2015. And I seem to remember you and some other Shaggy/Surlyites helping with the cleanup. 🤘
  12. I thought people smoked grass to make you mellow?...🤷‍♂️ Just think how cranky he would be if the gubment had shut down and the welfare couldn't buy his weed ???
  13. My father-in-law yesterday and NOW Tim Wakefield today? FUCK YOU Cancer 😠 RIP to both.
  14. Wind from the South and you just described Abilene...
  15. I thought it was an '84 , but you are right it was older than than that. Looks like the one I "won" was made from 73-78, so I bet it was a '74 year model which would make more since for used car night. I also remember Wernig's No-hitter reading about it the next day in the Tribune. I was mad about not going cuz I had meant to. Closest I have witnessed are some one and two hitters, both for the home team and visitor's. Was there for the gem in the 09 Regionals though. I missed the first 3 innings due to not getting off work that night until 7pm, and instead of buying a ticket I just hung around the tailgaters (Occupy LeftField ) out by the foul pole drinking beer. I was there 'til 1AM , Austin Wood threw his masterpiece against Boston College in the 2009 Regionals, winning 3-2 in 25 innings, with him throwing 12.1 innings of no-hit ball before giving up his 1st hit.
  16. 1984 Mustang II fastback 😝 (It was 5 yrs old so one of the better/newer cars there that night in 1989) Poop brown color. TLDR....won a car at Cheney Stadium/Tacoma Tigers Car Give-Away-Night Detailed version follows if interested... If you followed Tacoma Baseball, which my girlfriend (soon to be wife ....2 yrs later ex 🤷‍♂️) did by her growing up in T Town, you knew to not miss Used Car Give Away night at Cheney Stadium. I had only lived there a few years but had been to a couple of those nights. Myself, the girlfriend/fiancee, plus a new co-worker and some softball buddies and their girlfriends all went. About 10 of us total. I had gotten the tickets plus the raffle ones and passed them out pregame. This year, cars would be driven or pushed onto the field between innings, a ticket number called out and the winner scrambled up to the press box for confirmation. The game went into an extra innings and even though it was a mid June night, many fans had left due to the temp dropping into the 50's after the sun went down. So the odds of winning went up just a bit if you stayed late. I and my friends were totally shit-faced by then from numerous beers throughout the game and we had moved down by the first base dugout to pitch more poop/heckle the opposing team, especially the first base coach. Tacoma won with a walk off base hit , the 1st base coach made the mistake of coming over to us after the game and we all laughed at him, then the last 3 cars were brought/pushed onto the field. One was put at each base. First ticket number for the 3 remaining cars is called , and nobody shouts out. Winning ticket holder had left the ballpark. That number was only 2 numbers away from our group of ten that we had. Bummer, but you got to be present to win so they re-draw another ticket. All ten of us are now jumping up and down cuz we all know the ticket number called is in our group....I am the last to look and yep, it's my number... So all of us are yelling and laughing and I start up to the press box, but instead they are screaming on the mic to come to home plate to confirm and pick the next ticket. The guy now running the show on the field is none other than Mr Tacoma hisself (he saved minor league baseball in Tacoma) and the Tigers GM Stan Naccarato. I made a scene like from the Price Is Right, jumped onto the dugout, then the field, and then proceeded to slide into home plate from the first base side. Crowd loved it but Stan was not amused. None of us could believe that one of us had won and it made for a great story at work later that week. While it was an ugly color, it started and ran fine and it at least had 4 brand new tires on it. I was able to drive it home ( a few cars that night literally had to be pushed off the field by the grounds crew and remained in the parking lot overnight). A good friend of mine to this day and I drove my winning hunk of steel the 5 blocks home. At that time , I was renting a house in the neighborhood behind the Fred Meyer that was basically across the street from Foss High School and Cheney Stadium. While waiting at the one light at Stevens and S. 19th, there was another Winner 😂 next to me that had won a Pinto hatchback complete with the faux wood grain panels on the sides. He gave us a thumbs up at the light ( he was seriously ecstatic) , and my friend and I thought we would have to rescue him ( both newly off-probation firefighters) from his car, as it was smoking so bad it looked as if it was on fire! My car I won wasn't registered or licensed however , nor did it have the title and other paperwork so it did cost me like just $50 bucks to get all that plus the bullshit time it took having to go to the South Tacoma Way dealership to get ALL the paperwork needed to sell it. My future ex and I were just weeks away from getting married (paying for everything ourselves) and I didn't really have the time or money to do that but I needed to sell/get rid of the car. Got all the paperwork just before the wedding, put an ad in the paper for the chance to own a Cheney Stadium Special and sold it for $400. A total of + $Tree Fiddy profit (just realized that amount now, laughing).....So,.... THANKS to Stan Naccarato and the Tacoma Tigers for another baseball story. Edit: Almost 20 yrs later, sometime around 2007-2008 after becoming a Firefighter/Paramedic in '04, I went on a call to this high rise condo penthouse that overlooks Tacoma's Commencement Bay. The guy that was having a mild heart attack that me and my partner took to Tacoma General Hospital that night was none other than Stan Naccarato... Luckily, he didn't remember me. 😜
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