Forum: Just Conversation

I allowed a lot of leeway in the thread dedicated to the prior President, because...well, because there were often no ways to describe his behavior except by violating these simple rules. New administration. New President. Let's start things off with a return to some decorum. GROUND RULES 1. Keep it courteous and respectful. Disagree all you want, but watch the tone. 2. No personal attacks. 3. Avoid speculation on what another poster “really means.” It’s tedious. 4. Don’t...

May 2021 not be the cluster that 2020 was. Hopefully the new administration will get the vaccine rolled out so this BS can end and our people can stop dying. In the meantime, stay home as much as you can and mask up when you can't. Cheers. :gulp:

The premise. I will give you a choice of at least 2 players from a bygone era. (The choices will be mainly Yankees, but not always) Your job is to pick one player to be placed on the Yankee roster for 2021. A few things... 1) Salary is not to be a factor (just assume the player you choose will fit into the budget). 2) Think about the current roster and choose which player fits best. For this exercise this is the last piece of the roster for the season. 3) You can assume the player will...

The premise. I will give you a choice of at least 2 players from a bygone era. (The choices will be mainly Yankees, but not always) Your job is to pick one player to be placed on the Yankee roster for 2021. A few things... 1) Salary is not to be a factor (just assume the player you choose will fit into the budget). 2) Think about the current roster and choose which player fits best. For this exercise this is the last piece of the roster for the season. 3) You can assume the player will...

Happy birthday to my favorite guy here, whose only problem is excessive absence. Kevin almost always agrees with me, but he does have an annoying tendency to say the same thing more succinctly, at least since he stopped postpting movie reviews. Anyway, happy birthday! I’d like to point out that it’s probably been a good three years since his birthday fell on any date other than 12/4. So you can trust this one.

The premise. I will give you a choice of at least 2 players from a bygone era. (The choices will be mainly Yankees, but not always) Your job is to pick one player to be placed on the Yankee roster for 2021. A few things... 1) Salary is not to be a factor (just assume the player you choose will fit into the budget). 2) Think about the current roster and choose which player fits best. For this exercise this is the last piece of the roster for the season. 3) You can assume the player will...

Sheesh. Talk about someone whose only problem is excessive absence. Aside from that...baby, you’re the greatest! Happy birthday!

The premise. I will give you a choice of at least 2 players from a bygone era. (The choices will be mainly Yankees, but not always) Your job is to pick one player to be placed on the Yankee roster for 2021. A few things... 1) Salary is not to be a factor (just assume the player you choose will fit into the budget). 2) Think about the current roster and choose which player fits best. For this exercise this is the last piece of the roster for the season. 3) You can assume the player will...