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  1. jwhouk

    [Brazelton] Topps Chewing Gum (1938-2025?)

    The sports brand Fanatics has apparently purchased the Topps Company outright, per reports from The Athletic. Thus, even though Topps lost the rights to MLB and NFL trading cards, they'll likely still be producing them under Fanatics oversight. I'm... not really sure how I feel about this.
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    [Thread Game] #Whamageddon2021 - WHAM FREE DIE HARDER

    For those of you who forgot Last Christmas already... So - Who's In? NOTE: The Bonus Rule for our purposes is to post here when and where you got sent to Whamhalla. EDIT: WHAMHALLA 2021 @phil @jwhouk @PatrThom @Celt Z @grub @Shawn @Bubble181 @Tress @blotsfan @mikerc @evilmike @Frank
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    [MLB] The Future of Baseball (FFBL)

    I'm putting this here, because it's just completely built for this forum. A computerized RPG set in the future - in baseball... ...but we're getting ahead of ourselves. First, a story: The young Japanese pitcher strolled quietly out to the mound at Olympic Stadium, quietly determined even as...
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    [News] US Capitol Siege 6 January 2021

    Threading it. EDIT: Don't know if we want to consolidate or not.
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    [Brazelton] Charley Pride (1934-2020)

    Wait, why is this in the Sports Talk Thread? Because. Part owner of the Texas Rangers, former Negro Leaguer, and oh yeah, owner of numerous #1 hits on the Billboard Country Music chart, three Grammys, and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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    [Brazelton] Dick Allen (1942-2020)

    He shoulda gotten his HOF call today. Instead, he's gone.
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    [Brazelton] The Golden Boy (Paul Hornung, 1935-2020)

    Dammit, 2020. I know he was getting up there, but really?
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    [Brazelton] Eddie Van Halen

    TMZ is reporting, as is the LA Times. :(
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    [Brazelton] Lou Brock (1939-2020)

    Fastest man in the NL. We're losing Hall of Famers here, kids.
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    [Brazelton] Stars & Stripes

    Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars & Stripes, the Military Independent Newspaper.
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    [Brazelton] Tom Terriffic (Tom Seaver, 1944-2020)

    Being reported by the NY Daily News. And now the BBHOF.
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    Firefox Security Issue

    Oh boy, here we go: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE warning is being triggered here by Firefox.
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    [Brazelton] Phyllis George (1949-2020)

    Phyllis George of The NFL Today fame passed away today. She was also noted for being the wife of the governor of Kentucky.
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    [Brazelton] Richard W. Penniman (aka Little Richard; 1932-2020)

    Little Richard passed away last night. Great gosh almighty. :(
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    [Brazelton] Don Shula (1930-2020)

    The Perfect Season Gang just lost coach.
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    [Brazelton] Al Kaline (1934-2020)

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    [Brazelton] Don Imus (79)

    If your radio sounded funny in the morning, you probably listened to Imus in the Morning - though he retired two years ago. Passed away Dec. 27. No comments came from the Rutgers women's basketball team.
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    [Thread Game] #Whamageddon 2020 - WHAM HARDER

    Totally Plagarized from Whamageddon.com --- The Rules It's not that complicated. Allow us to enlighten you. The First Rule The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing WHAM's Christmas classic; "Last Christmas". The Second Rule The game starts on December 1st, and ends at...
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    [Brazelton] Ball Four (Jim Bouton, 80)

    Former Yankees/Pilots/several other team Knuckleballer Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four, passed away Wednesday at the age of 80.
  20. jwhouk

    A Tempe Story

    I went on a little road trip today. I'd been meaning to go and peek in at the Arizona State University bookstore in downtown Tempe, and I got a hankering for some coffee. And, due to something that happened last week, I decided I'd kill two birds with one stone. Or a hockey puck. That's what I...
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