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Angels once lost a game in the ninth against the A's when the throw back to the pitcher (Frankie Rodriguez, I believe) went off his glove and the man from third scored before the SS could get to it. They also lost, same season, when Scott Shields standing on the mound and a man on third, dropped the ball and it hit the edge and literally rolled all the way to the dugout. So loss by hit by pitch is mundane in comparison.

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Rule #1 about The Purge: You don't talk about The Purge.
 
 
 
If I'm going through the Rapture, I want a Volvo. It's boxy, but reliable.

NiCeST MOM

Sure, I'd watch this reboot. 
 
Sure, I'd watch this reboot. 

Court played extensively in the closed era, when the pros weren't allowed.  Also, 11 of her singles titles were in the Aussie...and even through the 80s at least, many players skipped the Aussie.  Getting there was just too much of a pain.  Chris Evert only played it 6 times, for example.
 
On the other hand, she did win the Grand Slam in '70...6 consecutive overall.  So, no doubt she belongs in the conversation, but there's no way it's automatic she's the best ever.  

I agree with Michael that the competition is deeper and better.  Another factor, the matches are MUCH more physically demanding, and therefore draining.  This to me has been a factor in the wildly erratic week-to-week results we see in the women's game...seeds getting knocked out *early* on is extremely common.  Even top-5 seeds.  Unseeded players making semis and finals.  I think modern media is harsh, intrusive, and fundamentally a negative factor...Naomi Osaka is the obvious point, but it's much more pervasive.  Court operated largely in a vacuum, which in this case...is a pretty nice place to be.  

Takeaways from yesterday's Variety article:
Batgirl was shot for streaming, not theaters, leading to the poor screening results Reshooting Batgirl for theatrical release would be too expensive DC streaming releases appear to be almost entirely dead because Zaslav is an idiot The cancellation of Batgirl has pissed off the exec in charge of the DCEU No one else wants the job, which is viewed as toxic (see Miller, Ezra) Tl;dr: It's not looking optimistic for the DCEU.
 

Schrodinger's Batgirl
Good or terrible? The state's unknown until observed.

I would say "we don't want to spend years building up viewers trust, we want their money now".

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me.
He said I was being ridiculous, everyone hasn't met me yet.
 
-RODNEY DANGERFIELD

So I saw this picture on the Book of Face yesterday...
 

 
Naturally I responded with, "It's probably best to nuke that cabbage field from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
 
...and got a 24-hour ban from Facebook for hate speech.

I'm not sure I see much reason to keep ANY of the Miller footage in, if you're gonna have to re-shoot everything where he's Barry anyway.  It just feels a lot more sensible to just dissociate from him *completely* as fast as possible.  There's just wayyyyy too much that's incredibly toxic in these reports, and the problems just keep piling on.  Right now there's another:
 
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ezra-miller-vermont-child-services-department-1392572/
 
This is in addition to the felony burglary charges from yesterday.  If he's connected to a cult where he's putting YOUNG kids at risk, this almost has to be the kiss of death;  Warner will have no choice but to cut all ties ASAP.  Much like Jared Fogel and Subway.  
 
But heck, at this point?  It's already too serious in my book.  The longer they appear to hang on to him, the more damage I think they'll do to the entire brand.

You know how they throw the ball into the crowd after they win the game?

That's not allowed in bowling.
 
I know that now.

Death from above!  The grim visage
of future world wars.  .  .

Xanadu and Grease...in honor of the memory of Olivia Newton John.

IIRC he received a ban from Dan Simon for a remark on the forums. He may have chosen not to return after it expired. A pity, I really appreciated Markdoc's input. It was usually well-researched and informative.
 
I join with Ragitsu in wishing him happiness and good health.

I found this helpful diagram that really simplifies the relationships between the various measures:
 

 
I think the "twip" is my favorite.  After the giraffe, of course.
 

Slept in my Rick Springfield T-shirt and woke up with Jessie holding a gun to my head for some reason....

Slept in my Marillion T-Shirt and woke up Clutching at Straws in a Misplaced Childhood.

Slept in my Marillion T-Shirt and woke up Clutching at Straws in a Misplaced Childhood.