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i might be concerned that teams looking to keep cost down might get housing in some sketchy areas.

One thought I have about this is how will the players act in their spare time. There is a long history of professional athletes partying and carrying on while on the road. Hopefully, they will adjust their lifestyles appropriately. As an aside, I believe visiting teams stay at the Pfister. Maybe Milwaukee should start housing asymtomatic covid patients at the Pfister in hopes of decimating opponents rosters. Before I get crucified for that last comment. I know if a player on another team were to come down with covid there is a chance they could spread it to the brewers during a game and I really don't wish this disease on anybody, even a Cardinal. It was totally tongue in cheek.

What in the world am I seeing here??? Thank you for asking, I was wondering the same. But I did have a good laugh watching it.

But with 15 teams in each league there has to be inter-league play going on or else two teams are idle. Problematic with a short season.

For me, The Sandlot is great if only for the nostalgia of the PF Flyer reference - the shoes that make you run faster and jump higher. The shoes of my youth.

I would bet a large sum of money that there will be another complete school closing again this coming fall/winter. I was talking to a principal from west of Madison last week. He believes school will be back in session this fall.

I'm not sure if it is in my top three (probably not), but I am surprised Little Big League has no mention. I am a channel changer if there isn't something new on that I want to watch. i'll watch 3or 4 shows at once. If Little Big League is on I usually have it in my rotation .

I second the Long Gone recommendation. been forever since I've seen it, but as I recall it is very true to life as the Cardinals are an evil organization.

So our refrigerator/freezer died yesterday, We noticed it about 7 o'clock last night. Fortunately we have numerous coolers so we were able to get everything on ice. Got up this morning and went to a local appliance store. Website and door said they opened at 8:00. This used to be the appliance store in town, but as with many local businesses Walmart, Menards, etc. has hurt them. But we figured if anybody would be able to deliver a refrigerator today it would be a small business who would appreciate the business. Employee shows up at 8:10, and doesn't open the doors until 8:20. By then there are two other people waiting to get in. Employee asks what we need and I reply a refrigerator, ours died yesterday. They only had about a half dozen fridges ( and they seemed expensive) and they all had prices except one. Naturally the one I was most interested in. I asked the employee the price and he said he didn't know, that a salesman would be in after 9:00. When I asked when the earliest I could get something delivered I was told Tuesday or Thursday. So much for the small business going the extra mile. So we went to Menards. They had very limited stock on hand, something about Memorial Day and missing a delivery. Would have to order the refrigerator, a week or two wait. Also, they would only deliver to the house would not install or haul away the old one. Next we went to Sears Hometown which the website and the sigh on the door said would open at 9:00. We waited until 9:27 and left. Durimg that time a couple and another person stopped to shop. The couple was still there when we left, but the other person left. And Sears wonders why it is struggling. Fortunately, my wife ran into friends last night when she ran to town to get ice. They told her to go to Grand Appliance in Sturtevant and ask for a friend of theirs who worked there. While we were waiting I overheard a salesman say that it was 2 or 3 weeks for delivery. Grrrr. However, later we heard him say that if it was an emergency delivery would be expedited. First good news in 24 hours. So after waiting for maybe a half hour (he was already with a customer) he joined us and 25 minutes later we had purchased a refrigerator. He said delivery Tuesday or Wednesday and that he would give us call when he knew for sure. We were driving home and less than 10 minutes later we get a call. Delivery will be Tuesday - we should expect a call Monday night to give us an approximate time. Got a great deal, no delivery charge (35 miles!), installed and haul away the old refrigerator. This part of the morning did not bug me! But I am just amazed at my first 3 experiences when Grand Appliance was so great. We would never have gone there if any of the other 3 businesses had there stuff together.

I was discussing this with a body this morning. I believe Counsell is one of the best managers in the league, and I don't think it is because I am looking through rose colored Brewer goggles. I would never have said this about the managers in the 25 years prior. Anyway, my comment was anything that takes away strategy is not good for the Crew, because I think Counsell's in game moves are superior to most managers.

Read a story on JSonline yesterday about a 34 (I believe) year old who was originally from Brookfield. The young man was a runner, had even done ultra-marathons, so I am guessing he was not overweight and he was in very good shape. Anyway, he was working in New York caught and succumbed the the covid virus. If a person like that can't fight this virus who can.

I noticed that also. It gave me a Yuni B. flashback. Also, no Bernie in the chalet when Arcia homered (why would he be, I mean what are the odds:) ) Also, I think we needed a replay challenge on Pina being out at the plate - looked safe to me. I'm commenting on simulated plays. Yeah, I miss baseball

Why risk spreading the virus more than you have to? Series should be longer, not shorter. But how are you going to do this with 15 teams? Do you have a team off for 3 or 4 days because the other 14 teams are playing a series?

No Yoga, but my wife teaches a strong body class (geared to older adults) as part of her duties as a physical therapy asst. She has been "making" me do it 3 times a week. I shared with her the three things you have learned. She had a good laugh - they are the same things I have been complaining about.

Saw today that they are considering realigning for the year and playing a cactus league and a grapefruit league. Each consisting of 5 divisions. Never leave spring training sites. My first thought is how do you play baseball with fifteen teams. I suppose since everybody is located near each other you could do away with the traditional 3 (or 4) game series, and just play an opponent 1 game and move on to the next opponent. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/04/10/mlb-realignment-league-considers-radical-move-for-2020-season/5128935002/

These highlights put a smile on my face. I know it is a simulation, but for a moment it feels like my normal morning.

I worked in a grocery store in the early 80's. We were not allowed to take tips. One day I helped an elderly lady take her groceries to her car. When we got there someone had parked about 6 inches away from her driver's side door. I got her keys and got in on the passenger side and slid across to the drivers side and moved the car so she could get in. She wanted to tip me, and I tried to decline it, but you can only say no so many times. So I eventually give in, take her dollar and head back into the store only to find the store manager was watching the whole thing. I thought I was in trouble, but he understood. I forget his exact words, but something along the lines of interesting customer service. So while it is policy, I am pretty sure an employee would not get in trouble, especially if he/she initially tried to decline a tip.

I saw the same thing! They were probably satellites all in the same orbit. Could it be SpaceX StarLink? Having done a little research and watched a couple of youtube videos, I think it is very likely this is what I saw. Thanks.

Not sure where this belongs, but since I believe it was related to covid-19. I'll put it here. Two nights ago I walked the dog and noticed the constellation Orion (about the only one I know and that is because I can't get enough of the show Ancient Aliens). Anyway, one of Orions feature is Orions belt - 3 stars on nearly a straight line. So as I am scanning the sky I notice to my west 4 stars in a straight line. Thinking that is strange I stared at it for a while and I realized the stars were moving. Not stars, but planes. I followed the line and counted 7 planes in all. Then there was 9 more. I went inside for a while and got curious so about 5-10 minutes later I went back out and saw 7 more. So that was 23 planes that I saw, and who knows how many before or after I quit watching, all on the exact same flight path, spaced about a minute apart. I have no idea what was happening. My first thought was reserves being sent to New York area, or supplies being sent that way. I mentioned it to my neighbors and she said that a pilot friend of hers had talked about all the cancelled flights and her guess was that they were sending all the planes to one airport for storage. She mentioned Indy, but I don't feel like they were heading that far south. So, if it is the latter then at least air travel has been significantly reduced.

... and then it still doesn't work. ***? We have had problems with the water line freezing. Fortunately after the ice maker so we still get ice, but no water. Our only fix (which was temporary) was to remove everything and let the line thaw out.

De-cluttering/de-hoarding the house. Found some 25-30 year old baseball preseason magazines. Now I am sidetracked reading those. One had Greg Vaughn as the number 3 minor league prospect.

If a person is an alcoholic and they suddenly do not have access to alcohol that would be problematic. Could add to stress on health care facilities. As I typed this I couldn't help buy wonder about people addicted to illicit drugs and how this will impact there lives. Will they be able to get to their "dealer", will the supply chain be interrupted, etc. Glad I don't need to worry about it. More glad than normal, that is.

I have heard that one of the post disease problems is diminished lung capacity. Given the aerobic nature of basketball, I can understand why a multi-million (billion?) dollar basketball organization would want to know if their players have contracted this disease. And I assume they would be willing to pay a premium to get it done. So I am guessing the fact that the owners are uber-rich is why this has enabled them to get their players tested.

My wife and I have been getting a 5k walk every day. Dog loves it, except today. Make sure you check the radar before you go for an hour walk. Got soaked, but at least with the kid home from school we could call him up and have him come get us. Otherwise that would have been a miserable 25 minutes. Also, taking advantage of the time to get work done around the house. Today I put an 8 square divider on the wall to house my baseball hats. Got the idea from Miller Park with the way they display hats in the various stores.

I was at Aldis today. Milk - gone. Produce - close to completely empty. Bread 3 loafs remaining. Meat - limited. Frozen meats -empty. I was there Friday and no toilet paper, but everything else was fine. They had a sign limiting people to 4 of any canned good. Kind of crazy. The only thing that I thought was well stocked was corned beef and cabbage. My Tuesday meal was salvaged.