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  1. No call from the boy over the weekend. Probably a "you all suck and haven't earned it" type of thing. I told the wife that it is all part of the game and nothing to worry about. No news can be considered good news. I did, however, get a letter from him today. He opened with "Dear Dad, I got all of your letters today. I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry a little. I didn't realize how much they would mean to me." Yeah, it got a little dusty in my office this afternoon. I try to write him a few times a week, just trying to offer words of encouragement. When I went through boot camp my dad wrote me one time. In that letter, he wrote that he was proud of me. First time I remember him ever saying that to me. I know he loved me and was proud, but to read it in his handwriting meant the world to me. I hope my letters mean half as much to my boy as my dad's meant to me. Looking forward to the next call, hopefully next Sunday.
  2. Looks like someone rang the dinner bell.
  3. Home plate umpire is horrible. Shitty strike zone for both teams.
  4. Correction: All kids are shitheads. They'll find the biggest glass.....
  5. I liked Bader's defense, but the Cardinals really needed pitching. The moves that they made strengthened the rotation and the bullpen, so I'm somewhat pleased with their deadline deals. I'm also relieved that they didn't trade the farm away for Soto. One bat was not going to make them contenders.
  6. He was the absolute best. I'm not sure if others have done it, but being able to call games by himself, without a color analyst to fill some of the time, seems pretty amazing to me.
  7. Saul was first introduced when Badger got busted. He and Jesse went to the strip mall office. ETA: At least that's how I recall it happening. He represented Badger and was trying to get Badger to turn on "Heisenberg".
  8. Well, tomorrow the boy will be 2 weeks into his military adventure. He arrived at Leonard Wood on 20 July and went from reception to BCT on 25 July. The wife got a call from him on the afternoon of the 25th. She came downstairs and said that he called, but we was a bit of an "asshole". I explained to her that there was a drill sergeant standing there telling him that if he said anything other than his address or if he went over a certain amount of time, he'd pay. I also told her that move in day is likely the most stressful day of basic. She responded "Yeah, I heard someone yelling in the background". Moving forward to this past Sunday, he facetimed us at noon. They got their phones for 30 minutes. His head is in a good place. He said that some of it sucks, but it's not horrible. Said they get smoked from time to time, but even that's not that bad. He's in tremendous shape from wrestling at a fairly high level, plus the mental strength of that breed is a bit different, so I don't expect this to be something that he can't do. He will change, but it won't be anything that he can't handle. While on the facetime call with him, I could already see some changes in him. After we had spoke for about 15 minutes, I asked him if he needed to call his girlfriend. I said that I didn't want to hog his entire phone time. He responded "But I like talking to you guys". So that made me feel good. Girlfriend would probably be upset, but he's just never put any girl ahead of anything of importance in his life. When his time was running out, I heard someone yelling in the background and he stood up really quickly, yelled "Yes Drill Sergeant!", then said "I have to go". Click. Some things that I learned on the call... The Army has added a phase of about 10 days the beginning of BCT called Yellow phase. I think it's a semi-quarantine period. Sounds like all they do is learn about customs and courtesies, drill, and PT. They should be moving to Red Phase in the next few days. At that point, he will take his first Combat Fitness Test. I'm ready for next Sunday's call, if he gets one.
  9. Tickets are purchased. Taking 3 of my boys. Wife decided that she would prefer to stay at home.
  10. My parents went to game 7 while I was at home watching it on TV. As a 13 year old, I was very jealous.
  11. Looking for tickets now.
  12. Maybe an old washing machine and an ice tub?
  13. Holy shit, @drifter379! I'm glad that you're okay. I'm really sorry about the house. Hopefully it gets rebuilt soon. Stay safe.
  14. Well, I don't think he puts them into WS level. I don't like the idea of trading away all of your best prospects for Soto. They would have him for the remainder of this season and then 2 more. I don't see them paying him what he can get in free agency, so it just doesn't seem smart to me. Therefore, Mo will make the deal.
  15. The boy called last night. He sounded good. He's still in reception, but should be moving to actual basic training today. He said they have one more shot to get and then they are done in reception. It blows my mind that they get to make calls from time to time. When I went through USMC boot camp, I got the one call when we first got there and then I earned one more while I was there. It sounds like they can earn their phones for a little bit on Sundays. @Texzilla58 I have another boy that joined the AF right after high school. He's been in for 10 years now and the AF has paid for his undergrad and he just finished up his masters. He still hasn't touched his GI Bill either. He's really made it work for him.
  16. Yeah, which leaves plenty of time to reflect on life...
  17. He will drill about 30 miles from campus, so not bad at all. It's a transportation unit, so he decided he wanted to drive trucks. Can't say that I blame him because it's the closest to campus. Very short school, so he was able to have a little bit of a summer before basic and he'll be done with AIT prior to the spring semester. The education benefits in the NG are very good, and he'll be able to start taking advantage immediately. The state will reimburse tuition up to the rate of a state university, plus he gets the GI Bill from the feds. That should be enough to cover the part that the scholarship doesn't. When he was taking visits, he found out that the coach from the school he chose is in the Guard. They had a nice talk about that. ETA: I know his head is spinning right now and he's questioning every decision he has made, but that will go away soon. The first week just sucks.
  18. I'm a dumbass... Cedar Rapids, not Cedar Falls.
  19. Streams on Hulu. That's how I watch it.
  20. Well, one of my boys shipped off to Army Basic Training yesterday. We live in Missouri (about 60 miles or so west of STL), but he joined the Iowa Army National Guard. Sounds odd, I know, but he got a half ride to a college in Iowa to wrestle, so he joined the Iowa Guard. I drove him up to Iowa City (about 4.5 hours away from us) on Tuesday evening. We stayed in a hotel Tuesday night, then I took him to the Iowa National Guard Readiness Center Wednesday morning. He did a little final paperwork and then we said our goodbyes and I headed back home. They took him to Cedar Falls to catch a flight to O'Hare, then got on another flight there to... STL. He waited at the airport there for several hours before getting on a bus to Fort Leonard Wood. At approximately 9:15 PM last night, the wife and I drove to the commuter parking lot at the exit to our town and watched his bus go by. He called last night at 1:00 AM and read "I have arrived safely at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. I am safe and will call when I can." click I was a Marine, so I have a general idea about what he's going through and what's going on in his head. I worry, but I know that he will be better for this. We said goodbye to the boy and he won't be the same person the next time we see him.
  21. All of you talking shit about the "pool party" are really pissing me off! We're having a pool party for my kid's 8u baseball team.
  22. Yeah, KMOX kept saying on the pregame that the weather was pushing through and the game would be played. That was right up until they called it.
  23. One of my boys is going to basic training on Wednesday, so the family was going to the Cards game on Sunday. We were at our exit to Busch when they called it. Sucks.
  24. Maybe they will just call The University of Texas the "Texas Longhorns". That will make the ags happy.
  25. @Sbbruin Why don't you go to the 2022 Dodgers tread to gloat? This is a safe space for Cardinal fans to bitch.
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