Your Short & Simple Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

  • The Ezekiel Elliott appeal had its hearing before a federal panel on Monday.
    • A three-judge panel with the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing the NFL’s request for an emergency stay of an injunction issued by a lower court in the Elliott case.
      • If the League wins, they can begin enforcement of the suspension immediately.
      • If the NFLPA wins, the injunction currently in place allows Elliott to play the whole season.
  • The League is claiming ticket sales show over 90% capacity for 30 of 32 NFL teams.
    • The clear exceptions are the two LA teams.
      • Where Todd Gurley is going on radio “begging” fans to come to their game versus the Seahawks this Sunday.
    • They also claim a strong secondary market for tickets.
  • By 2023, Warren Buffett will own 80% of Pilot Flying J, purchasing the majority stake from Jimmy Haslam.
    • His Berkshire Hathaway company purchased 38.6% of the company today
      • The Haslam family will retain operational control.
    • The Browns will stay under Haslam family control.
  • Josh Norman broke a rib in the [Redacteds} loss to the Chiefs.

Finally, remember fondly that Tom Petty played the halftime of Super Bowl XLII, when the Giants did the world a favour & beat the 18-0 Patriots. Most halftime shows are a greatest hits medley, but this one was the stuff he wanted to play during the one time he’d ever do this. It made the show a little more memorable.


Tonight’s sports:

  • MLB:
    • AL Wild Card:
      • Twins at Yankees – 8:00PM | ESPN / Sportsnet
  • WWE:
    • SmackDown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

The Senor has you covered for all your baseball needs. I’ll have a brief hockey preview tomorrow. DFO: HELPING YOU KNOW ENOUGH SO AS TO IGNORE EVERYTHING!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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WCS

This game will end just in time to start Spring Training.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gratliff

Just saw that the game was in the 3rd still. Did they somehow make baseball worse?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

I need a Twitter just so I can tweet at Justin Roiland and the Yanks to have Greg Birdperson bobblehead night. Silly? Yes. Silly enough to work? Hell yes.

Col. Duke LaCross

His weird, hairless cat, Mr. Delicious needs to feature as well.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I am down; can’t even think of a bald pussy joke.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

The scoliosis looks much better, Miss. But oddly, the doctor did ask to speak with you once more privately before you leave.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Romonobyl

That’s always the chick I’m stuck behind at airport security.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Romonobyl

I’m amazed I still have the banner quote, there were some real killers last night.

Gratliff

No, no. YOu’re thinking Sunday.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

nice shot.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

My useless dissertation and balls’ complete misinterpretation of it were not among those.

Romonobyl

Yeah, wish I hadn’t started that. I saw a Yahoo story about that charlatan Joel Osteen and had to vent.

Gratliff

Yesterday was a pretty global shitstorm on the internet. Over on the Twitters, Milkshake Duck guy was himself getting Milkshake Duck’d as leftist Twitter cannibalized itself over gun control. I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a single person on the internet making a well-formed point and having it taken correctly last night. This is what happens when we lost Tom Petty.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Romonobyl

He picked the wrong day to die, kinda like having your birthday on Sept 11.

Shogun Marcus

He tried to hang on, but as we all know…
The waiting is the hardest part.

Romonobyl

That’s enough outta you!!! Don’t come around here no more!

Shogun Marcus

So now I’m free? Free falling? Well I won’t back down.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I found that when I typed in Joel Osteen is a cunt.

Romonobyl

What breed of dick sends out the collection baskets when holding a special sermon for hurricane evacuees?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Meh, it came to the right conclusion.

Shogun Marcus

Laziness trumps quality. Ppl never let you forget that.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Which son is that one?

Shogun Marcus

No no, that’s aggressive incompetence v. deliberate retardation

Romonobyl

In other words, Thursday Night Football.

Gratliff

Love watching Twitter react to WWE trotting out Ultimate Warrior’s wife as part of their partnership with the horseshit that is Susan G. Komen. Just a shockingly undeserved legacy.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Which Ultimate Warrior, the original one who is now an insane right-wing personality or his non-union Mexican equivalent replacement?

Gratliff

Well, he’s actually now dead, which is kind of the problem with him being whitewashed and turned into a virtuous figure for marketing purposes.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Legends never dye.

Redshirt

He sort of redeemed himself in the end. He also had one hell of a Go Home Promo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR08M6EUd0g

Senor Weaselo

And Houdini has to wriggle out of another one. Though this time someone else’s.

litre_cola

Other than Santana and Morneau I cannot name another current Twin.

Senor Weaselo

Uh, Morneau?

litre_cola

Exactly I meant Mauer.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Gemini?

Senor Weaselo

He said Get Big.

Redshirt

Ow! I felt that one!

Don T

Crises bring out strength through hope. Signing Brandon Weeden, resignation through narcotics.

LemonJello

Don T!!!

Romonobyl

DUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!!!!

Gratliff

I’m sorry, but it was the only way. He’s the only quarterback who was left unsigned.

Romonobyl

When you have a chance, can you tell Trump I want my money back for the shit steaks he sent me in 2007?

Senor Weaselo

Byron Buxton, good at the ball-catching.

litre_cola

That was a hell of a catch.

Senor Weaselo

If you’re wondering, I am still using my incisors as a nail file. Just slightly less now.

Romonobyl

Send us pics of you chewing your toenails or GTFO.

Senor Weaselo

I’m fairly sure nobody wants to see that.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Indeed. You feel free to send those to Romonobyl privately, k thx.

Romonobyl

Amatures…

LemonJello

Rex?

Duchess

Blackish is pretty underrated in my books

Romonobyl

Well, I don’t know if anyone else has watched the Good Doctor yet, but I’ve seen two episodes and surprisingly recommend it.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’d figured the whole “autistic people are superheroes” thing was played out.

Romonobyl

It’s produced by the team that did House instead of Grey’s Anatomy, it showed.

Redshirt

First team to 10 pitchers loses?

LemonJello

“10 pitchers? That’s a good start. For breakfast”
-Peter O’Toole

Shogun Marcus

Archer and a pitcher of Bloody Mary’s…

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Anybody else fucking exhausted today?

Shogun Marcus

Yes. Which is why I said “how bout you ride for a while?” AMIRITE?! High five.
/Up top. On me. On my penis.
//really we just ate and crashed on the couch
///too tired to say more

Redshirt

Someone get Senor down from the ledge!

Senor Weaselo
litre_cola

Great 1st inning

WCS

Looks like we’ve got a good, old-fashioned pitchers’ duel in the making.

Redshirt

(note to self: Stay away from all forms of social media for a while. And the internet. And the TV. You know what, to hell with it, I’m gonna go Amish.)

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/the-titans-are-signing-brandon-weeden-and-colin-kaepernick-supporters-are-furious/

WCS

THE DOOP IS BACK

Gratliff

Flyers switching from Bro Hymn to this was the hardest my loyalty was ever tested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-Jmq8k_Ps

Gratliff

I can watch Vince McMahon get shoot mauled by Kevin Owens all day, the probability that he told Owens to really lean into it because Corbin had public concerns about CTE and Vince wants to own the shit libs by bleeding from the skull be damned.

Redshirt

I’ll say this for Vince. He’ll put himself through everything that he asks his wrestlers to do.

WCS

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Gratliff

One of their middling stars was on Twitter discussing his concerns regarding pro wrestling and inevitable concussions. A few days later, he took a headbutt that was legit enough to cause him to bleed. In closing, Vince is a shitty human being.

Redshirt

123 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
MIN 357 9 (11)(13) (15)(17)(19) 99
NYY 468 (10)(12)(14) (16)(18)(12) 100

Oh, great BLEERGH. Here my plea…

Redshirt

Damn webpage formatting.

Senor Weaselo

I’d take it.

Senor Weaselo

THIS CHAD GREEN I CALL HIM THE RED ARMY AT STALINGRAD BECAUSE IF HE ALLOWS ANOTHER INCH ALL IS LOST.

Col. Duke LaCross

Strong.

Romonobyl

I remember that Tom Petty halftime show, one of the better ones. What stands out was how good the Heartbreakers were as well as Petty. His guitarist could shred like a Cuisinart.

WCS

Mike Campbell

Col. Duke LaCross

Chad Green – ALL BALLS

Redshirt

Damn it, ESPN. Why are you showing K after every strike? K means “strikeout” not “strike”.

You are literally the sports channel. How did you screw this up?!

Gratliff

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WCS

Never misunderestimate the DERPTITUDE of TWWL.

herodotus450

The Twins hitting home runs? What is this… some sort of alternate universe where the Twins hit home runs?

Senor Weaselo

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Gratliff

Somebody’s been following the news

Redshirt

Huh. Its weird being on this side of the “embarrassing playoff game”. This is refreshing.

Redshirt

(heard on Talk Radio driving into work)

“Reading stories I saw pictures of men diving on women to protect them from the bullets. Then under that, I saw a link where colleges are created “safe spaces” from “toxic masculinity”. Like what were the guys supposed to do? Is it the 21st century thing to not take the bullet for the ladies.”

Just sharing the current state of things in Ohio.

And for the record, a person laying down their life for someone else isn’t a gentlemanly thing to do, it is a human thing to do. We can discuss “toxic masculinity”‘ later because I’m sure we can negotiate this down. As long as you’re willing to give something for us. We’ll talk later at the negotiation table.

Gratliff

What are you guys offering, because I don’t have a lot of need for terrible football and urban decay.

Redshirt

“toxic masculinity” to be brought down. We do have beer though. Lots of beer.

Gratliff

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the quoted part. Are there millennials shitty enough to comment about a shooting with talk of the need for safe spaces (Yes), or is it the same shitheads I see in those comments sections yelling “THIS GUY DIED TO SAVE HIS WIFE WHILE SOME PEOPLE KNEEL DURING THE ANTHEM” (also, yes)?

Redshirt

The sad thing is this wasn’t Bill Cunningham, the Trumpophile. This was the Morning Drive Guy. A normal guy!

You can make an argument by itself that a safe space isn’t needed; maturity is needed for everyone involved. But to include it to LV?

ballsofsteelandfury

Unless it’s a gay couple, I don’t see a guy lying on top of another guy to protect him from bullets. It’s admirable no matter what, but I just don’t see a girl doing that for a guy.

Redshirt

Agreed. For me, I can see helping a stranger escape, hide or fight the guy off. But to take the bullet, I don’t know…

Senor Weaselo

Fuck.

WCS

“Minnesota is feeling themselves early.”

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Col. Duke LaCross

Has a single pitch been below the waist yet? Jesus.

Senor Weaselo

He overthrew a slider into the dirt?

WCS

Senor rn

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Horatio Cornblower

That picture is also me, but with beer.

Senor Weaselo

Godfuckingdammit.

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Brick Meathook

Robert Stack was never known for comedy; in fact, I don’t think he was in anything else even vaguely comedic. But I swear every second of him in Airplane! is fucking hilarious.

Horatio Cornblower

The best line in that movie, bar none, is when Stack is driving in to the airport and he’s on the phone with someone and he says:

“Keep them at 20,000”
-pause-
“No, feet”

Brick Meathook

Loneliness, that’s the bottom line. I was never happy as a child . . . Christmas Ted, what does that mean to you? To me it was a living hell. Do you know what it’s like to fall in the mud and get kicked… in the head… with an iron boot? Of course you don’t, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that’s a dumb question… skip that.

litre_cola

Just turned game on. Oh my.

theeWeeBabySeamus

And Senor was never heard from again.

WCS

That escalated quickly.

Senor Weaselo

And the nervousness can begin!

Senor Weaselo

And the nervousness increases!

LemonJello

Jurassic World is on FX. Guess that will be my entertainment in lieu of sprots.

Brick Meathook

See the nine-toed woman on the left? I sat right there at lunch today.
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WCS

But, did you beleeve ins nuzzing?

Spanky Datass

How were the pigs in blanket?

Col. Duke LaCross

Meine dispahtcher says there’s a problems with eine kabel?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Is that Swingers?

Brick Meathook

Dinah’s on Sepulveda near Culver City

JerBear50

Pffft. Nihilists. Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, Dude, but at least it’s an ethos.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I can ignore hockey* on my own, thank you very much.

*Until and unless the Blackhawks are in the Stanley Cup finals

blaxabbath

You know, there’s a Zeke gif in Quotables today…..

scotchnaut

I’m not gonna lie-the ride to Thunder Bay was long but a ton of the scenery was jaw-droppingly amazing.

/waiting on some lamb vindaloo and chicken biryani delivery

herodotus450

The ride to Thunder Bay does usually have good scenery, if you know what I mean.

scotchnaut

I know exactly what you mean. Fir trees, Lake Superior, Agawa Canyon. You’re like a brother.

herodotus450

I would’ve thought the Firs would obscure ones view of the Canyon, though.

Wakezilla

It’s kinda nice to see Gurley return from the Fischer abyss and look like a running back again.

No 45 Orange just denied Puerto Rican hurricane victims food stanps to purchase pre-made hot meals. He can’t choke on piss fast enough, even if the next man up electricutes gays.

blaxabbath

“Whoa! I get defending the fine people of Puerto Rico in this scenarios. They’re latin but, still, Americans. But let’s not go getting soft on the gays.”

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SonOfSpam

“In my experience they usually take care of themselves.”

/dodges lightning bolt
//hey, is that sulfur?

Wakezilla

It was implied after last week Koep was going to get signed. It’s almost like those protests were insincere

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