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Da fuck is this shit?

Damn, Fisher fast.

Other than that one mistake he looked really good though. Efficient throwing his fastball for strikes early in the count. Quick inning.

This is a shooting clinic.

Damn, he turned back the clock on that one.

Look at Sipp with a 1, 2, 3 ten pitch inning.

Damn, tough one for Bregman and McCullers there.

I thought Jake was gonna run out of gas there lol

Who would have thought pitching would be the demise of Longhorn baseball?

I really don't think we should overreact to yesterday. The Rangers, for whatever reason, always play us tough. They have a really good pitching coach (Brocail) who has consistently produced results better than the sum of their parts. The Rangers should have lost 90+ games last year based upon the talent of their pitching staff. They weren't great by any means, but the guys ability to get average results from washed up pitchers is pretty impressive. Luckily for us, Strom is just as good if not better at the same thing (with better available talent). The Rangers know we are a fastball hitting team and just didn't throw anything over the plate for us to hit except off speed stuff. We were taking their off speed pitches for strikes and waiting on fast balls which just never really came. I don't see them continually being able to locate like that for an entire series like they have the first two games. These were their best pitchers and they pitched well (even the game we won). It is what it is. On our side, DK didn't pitch all that bad, the Rangers just hit some balls really hard that weren't located all that poorly. Some times you just have to tip your cap. I'm not the least bit concerned until we start wildly swinging at pitches in the dirt and taking fast balls. That would be a return to 2016, we were very disciplined last year. We punish bad pitches and fast balls over the plate. As soon as their pitchers start making mistakes the runs will come. Rangers fans should be excited about the way they've pitched to start the season. You couldn't really ask for more.

Alright bats, lets wake up. Fister is a guy our team should get at least 3 or 4 runs off of.

Out of curiosity, does she see lots of resentment from vets toward vets? That's something I'm really struggling with. I have zero patience in listening to someone glorify their war stories over and over again. When I think back to my service overseas, my most fond memories are stupid funny moments with a bunch of 18-22 year olds doing typical stupid shit you do at that age. Even though I was older than my peers, those crazy bastards always made me laugh and made a bad situation not so bad. Meanwhile, everybody else seems to enjoy talking about the fighting they did. That shit fucking sucked, I don't want to talk about that. But I guess it's all relative to your experience. When you have approximately 200-250 combat troops in your unit and 58 "earn" a purple heart and 9 are killed you don't remember things so rosey I guess. Maybe I should lighten up on other veterans.

Feliz got lit up today for the Pirates. No idea why that guy has fallen off so hard the last 2 years. Not sad to see him gone and Cole here for sure.

Shit almost looks like poison ivy to me. I'm no expert though.

Giles needs to get over the playoffs. You can tell the way Strom went to the mound he isn't.

Golden boy Jeter bull shit. Anybody with a brain knows this an epic mismatch. Cubs are world series contenders. Marlins are 110 losses contenders.

I appreciate the words. And yes, I know how lucky I am with my wife. She's also a veteran (former medic) so I think that helps.

Ah shit we are back in business.

So...I've recently been diagnosed with PTSD. I'm an Army veteran and was involved in some very heavy combat in Iraq. For a decade I've considered myself lucky so I never sought any help. So many of my friends from those days lives have completely fallen apart. Suicide, Alcoholism, drug use, divorce, prison, all around failure in life, etc. I'm fairly successful and still am married to the same woman. Have two kids who think I'm great. What is there to complain about? I was also one of those guys who considered admitting I have an issue showed weakness. Anyway, my wife has long told me I'm a recluse and not the same person she married. She still stands by me and we hardly even fight. I feel really lucky. I was one of the most outgoing people you could meet in my youth. I didn't join until my mid twenties so I had lived a little bit before going off to war. I loved being around people and loved hanging out with friends. I had a large group of friends and my time off was full of plans. I truly enjoyed a night out with friends and being in public. However, I know the way I live currently isn't "normal". I don't ever want to go into public outside my job. My job requires me to be a "social butterfly" and I excel at it. It's the weirdest thing, when I'm at work, I never have an issue with anxiety. I simply do my job. However, I don't go out to eat. I don't have close "friends". I don't do much of anything. When I'm feeling particularly angry, I shut myself in my room and immerse myself in sports or whatever. I intentionally make my schedule so that I have at least a day or two per week where nobody is home during the day but me. It's sad but I often avoid my own family and kids. I have incredible guilt over certain incidents during a deployment. I find myself angry fairly often and that's why I shut out my family and the public so often. I have extreme anxiety in large groups and refuse to go anywhere without a gun because of irrational fear. When I'm driving I often forget where I'm going and find myself 5 miles past turns in towns I've driven most of my adult life. I feel so relieved that I've sought help finally. A huge burden has been lifted off my chest. I truly hope now that the VA has found a service connection and confirmed PTSD I can find some peace and return to "normal". Through either medication or counseling. For the first time I'm finally ready to heal. I know these issues are small compared to many on this thread. I use to read it on the other site and it helped my in some ways. I appreciate all you guys and sharing your stories and pain. I truly believe it helped me reach out finally. Cheers

Amen.

I'm completely stuck on Larceny as my everyday bourbon. It's replaced Four Roses small batch. I know this is nothing new for this thread, but I felt like it needed saying since it's a new website. I'm also a big fan of Knob Creek single barrel reserve but it's getting expensive for what it is. P.S. Eagle Rare has become hot garbage. WTH did they do to that bourbon? It use to be one of my favorites.

Had Truth BBQ the other day for the 2nd time. Wasn't near as good as the first time. The first time I went it was possibly the best BBQ I ever ate. This time it was no better than most of the top tier joints you hear about. With as slow as the line moves, they gotta keep bringing the heat. There were maybe 20-25 people in front of me and it took 45 minutes. And I got there prior to opening on a weekday. I guess that is to be expected, but man it's a beating waiting in line that long when you go during a Wednesday in Brenham, Tx of all places.

I'm interested in this myself. I started lurking Shaggy circa 2012ish and it was already a thing.

Can't be said enough.