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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
2/12/2023 6:25:23 AM:
Scipio ended his career with a record of 7-11. When we moved to New Jersey we went to a 7-11 to buy beer. Turns out they don’t sell beer in 7-11 in NJ. Coincidence? Do the math. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
2/11/2023 5:51:14 PM:
You bastard! I've been working on that joke for a day and a half and you rattle one off on first whim! Michael Spinks (no relation to Scipio, but Leon's younger brother) beat Larry Holmes, then 48-0, one short of the Rock's all-time undefeated heavyweight record of 49-0 (thanks Michael!), to become heavyweight champ before Mike Tyson pummeled him to near death in 91 seconds, the only defeat of Michael Spinks' career. Yeah, he laid down, but left with his head intact and millions in the bank. But back to Scipio Spinks: He was traded from the Astros to the Cardinals for Jerry Reuss in April, 1972. In July, trying to score on a double as a pinch runner, he ran into Johnny Bench, tore ligaments in his right knee, and was never the same. Reuss, the white guy, would go on to pitch another 18 years. And that's the rest of the story. |
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
2/11/2023 7:13:26 AM:
Interesting. Leon Spinks said something similar but nobody understood him. |
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Eugene Cucinello
posted the following message
2/10/2023 12:48:04 PM:
Little known fact: Scipio Spinks could trace his first name to Scipio Africanus Major, a Roman general who defeated the Carthage leader Hannibal in the Battle of Zama on the north coast of Africa in 202 BC. “Spinks said the first male child in his father’s family has been named Scipio for a number of generations,” “I’m at least Scipio Spinks the sixth,” he said. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
2/9/2023 5:07:18 PM:
With the Sharks in a bit of slump, Eunice takes over first place. I guess it's good karma that Frank remembered the list of invitees to Tricia's birthday party so that SHE could send out the thank you cards. Yikes, what a racket. |
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
2/8/2023 2:16:21 PM:
Nice job connecting the dots between the Barneys. From Dinosaur to Rubble to Fife. It's poetry. Tinker to Evers never had a chance. But when it comes down to it, all the poets, dreamers and philosophers still can't figure out why my team can't hit with runners in scoring position. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
2/5/2023 5:34:21 PM:
This has nothing to do with Wiffleball, or whatever you guys play, but I was going through one of my notebooks from 1993 and found this gem of a short-story idea: Used to be a cat in town; called himself Barney the Dinosaur. Guy wore a baggy, flannel, mascot suit at shimmering convection-hot deep August birthday parties for little nippers who believed in the TV reptile. This guy, on the job, smoked cigarettes, drank beer, and made little girls sit on his lap until finally the parents of the world had enough and (let’s say) made the neighborhood child molester an extinct species when a load of rocks fell on his head at his real job with the local construction company. Went to the funeral and was impressed by a solitary figure in military-type garb who played Taps on his flute. Talked to him later. He had kind of a hangdog face. “Now he’s Barney Rubble,” said Barney Fife. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
2/3/2023 5:54:40 PM:
Groundhog Holbrook Hal saw his shadow yesterday, which means six more weeks of the Jesus Christ All-Stars! whining about getting the shit kicked out of them by the Romans: Falcone, Panasci and Deodato. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/31/2023 5:06:13 PM:
Little known fact, part II: Mingori had a 1.43 ERA for the worst team in the majors (60-102) that year, yet Falcone doesn't use him enough; content, I suppose to lord it over the African-American Sox and the Jesus Christ No Stars (according to the wisemen). Also, the Mets were better than the Yankees that year. Also, why do the standings say 2020, Season 5, as of 1/29/23? The more the commissioner loses, the less he cares about the site and the Frank/John battle for supremacy, and the more he thinks about taking all his little upcoming trips to the hotspots around the country on the owners' dime. |
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Eugene Cucinello
posted the following message
1/29/2023 11:08:29 AM:
Little know fact: In 1971 Steve Mingori, the Indians leading left‐handed relief pitcher, had his jaw broken by a thrown ball during pregame practice at Yankee Stadium. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/28/2023 4:38:12 PM:
How is Frank catching up to John? Flank is like Schrodinger's cat, both alive and dead, a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. For those of you who don't understand quantum mechanics, ask third-place Dan, the middle-of-the-packer, a ham-and-egger. And he's the smart one, right? |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/28/2023 4:24:54 PM:
Good one. Too bad it was your only home run in the last week. |
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
1/27/2023 10:21:35 AM:
Gogolewski is an artist on the mound. He's the Jackson Pollock of Pollocks. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/26/2023 6:39:55 PM:
I'm going to have to take your word for it, but it sounds right: The Pollock throws a nothing fastball to the Black guy who hits it out of the stadium named after a Jew just to show the world that Hitler was on the right track. |
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Eugene Cucinello
posted the following message
1/26/2023 7:33:24 AM:
Little known fact: Bob Gogolewski surrendered the first-ever home run in Kauffman Stadium to the Kansas City Royals' John Mayberry in the ballpark's inaugural in April 1973. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/22/2023 12:13:16 PM:
How is it possible that only one team in the league (as of this writing) has a winning record at home? It's pretty sad when all of your fans hate management so much they root for the visitors. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/22/2023 12:07:23 PM:
The JC All-Stars! lost yet another series, and, oh no! They dropped Don Kessinger! Who's going to hit cleanup now!?! |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/22/2023 12:02:18 PM:
BTW, why is Dan about 20 games behind everyone else in updating stats? He can't be that busy, can he? For super Strato fans like me, it really tarnishes my interest in the league. He's no Louis, I'll tell you that much. |
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
1/22/2023 11:57:59 AM:
Sal Bando: dead. Maybe I'll just come on this site every week and recite a list of the newly deceased on your rosters. This week, the Mud Hornets lose a good one, but he beat the Mets in '73, so fuck him and Dan's moribund team. |
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
1/12/2023 2:22:36 PM:
If Eggbert was a Strato card, would he be a pitcher or a catcher? |
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