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I think it was Oscar Gamble who provided possibly the greatest quote about facing Nolan. “A good day against Ryan, go 0-4 and don’t get hit in the head.”

BTW-MLB net work had an incredible Astro stat the other day. 75 MLB players last year were either signed or drafted by Houston. 23 more than the next closest organization. (Twenty F’n three!) Run the numbers and let that stat soke in for a moment. Jeff Luhnow was indeed a Wizard!

IDGAF. The days of cheering on a second place team are done. The Astros are all about championships now!

I’ve been to Paris maybe 200 times over the last 25 years (business) and have never heard of one of the restaurants. You definitely frequent a different world. Love the Astros rep though!

Been to several Astro games there. Absolutely no problem sporting Astro gear. Really laid back fans, decent food and beverage items. The stadium itself has pretty much a Disney feel. (Appropriate since it’s across the highway.) But they have taken very good care of the facility (unlike Dodger Stadium.) I know I have walked up to the ticket booth and sat over the Astro dugout for like 125. (Circa 2015) Other than that have always used Stub Hub and don’t think I’ve been more than 10 rows up. Always seems to be good seats available. Huge parking lot, easy access. Go and enjoy.

You guys do realize Yuli is probably 65 in American years? Bout darn time he ages out. That said we are really going to miss his glove. Probably has saved Peña 5 throwing errors or so.

Speaking of curveball accents…My best bud at Florida was a Chinese-Jamaican. The looks he would get from the rednecks when he started speaking in that thick Rastafarian accent were priceless. Was a stud in the USMC as well as a Force-Recon Company Commander. Hell with a pair of nunchucks in the day.

You can cross Florida off that list. They cap out of state kids at 10% and get the rack rate on just about all of them.

Watched 2 movies on my flight to Japan a couple days ago. First the bad, The Souvenir (Part II). I’m usually pretty patient with slow starters, not this time. Fought thru about 30 tedious minutes before finally giving up. Seemed to feature some miserable wretch agonizing over life or some such. Don’t care. Switched over to Boiling Point. Absolutely loved it. Purportedly a one take film taking place over one evening at a London eatery. Steven Graham is the lead as the Chef with issues. He usually takes over the screen but gives an (appropriately) more muted performance. Vinette Robinson as his assistant head chef absolutely steals the show and I was not surprised to see she won Best Supporting Actress from BIFA. This movie was tense, somewhat depressing but also had some LOL moments. Really enjoyed it.

Sounds like the great “Brother Jed”. He was an absolute showman and always an immediate stop down for me and many of my fellow Gators. He plied his trade with his concubine “Sister Cindy” who while somewhat entertaining, did not possess nearly the charisma of Jed. It was a proud moment for me when he rated Florida number 2 in the nation in the number of “HO-MO-sexuals. (Behind only Minnesota.) Obviously it was a time when any Gator top-10 ranking was appreciated.

The front end hasn’t looked too hot so far…..

Anyone been to the Singapore race? I go there for biz a bunch and can walk to the track from my hotel. I know it ain’t going to be a cheap date so it’s all sunk costs at this point. Suggestions on best zone, lounge or suite to buy into?

A Japanese girl once told me “Okinawa is where we send all the ugly Japanese.” From my experience she pretty much nailed it. Good news is the banana shows were incredible! BTW-As a former USMC attack pilot, I was in absolute awe watching Apaches do their work. Incredible platform.

Get stuck on a high rise Shabbat elevator on a Saturday somewhere and join the 1% club!

This. And I’m in favor of trading down and picking up an extra 2nd or 3rd. Houston needs numbers more than anything else.

I don’t doubt Hal would say that. He’s a Gator, so fair, rational thought is to be expected!

Your talking early 80’s, then we got body slammed by the NCAA. Probably been as close to the straight and narrow as possible in a very dirty league since.

I served in the USMC for 9 years and met 2 Marines with a Silver Star. They simply do not just give that one away. Very impressive SA.

Someone upstream was asking about elite status club access at AA. The answer is that CK gets you into any AA lounge (including Flagship) regardless of destination. I’m not sure even Exec Plat gets any club access. Another nice CK service is that a concierge staffer meets you in the jetway when you have a connecting flight. They then escort down to the ramp, put you in a suburban and whisk you off to your next gate (or club on a long layover.) This service has been brought back (post COVID) at least in PHL and CLT. But my favorite CK perk is when you land in certain foreign ports a staffer meets you at the airplane and walks you to the taxi stand, pulling ropes all the way. (No delay longer than about 20 seconds at immigration. Thank you cute little Asian girl in Paris.) This long winded humble brag has been brought to you by someone that spends way to much of his life (and company’s money) on AA. And yes you need to be international First or biz to get club access (that includes Flagship). And it’s not international BS like Canada or Mexico. It’s a trans-oceanic flights or Deep South America flights.

Let’s get there before we worry about losing to the douchlick Dodgers.

Great list with the exception of Milan. Only Italian city with an “industrial” feel to it. And they close down way too early in the evening to be considered great. The only 2 weeks of the year worth a shit are fashion weeks. I can put up with the usual garbage to ogle the parade of models walking Via Pisano.

Just to illustrate how good those 2 picks were!

God gave us Jose Siri to make up for JD!

Mad props to any 80 year old broad still smack talking!