ETA: I watched a bit of the game; the final score was 38-33, AFC winning, clutching it by being able to run out the clock.
This is Pro Bowl Weekend, but let's do a quick local sports summary. Eli Manning, whose Giants career was about being nice/not making waves, never hurt (he finally was sat for Geno Smith -- a low point in the last few years -- for message reasons) and beating Pretty Boy twice in the Super Bowl. He was net an average quarterback who shined at certain moments but was in decline in recent years. Not that the team around him helped matters. Overall, "that will do pig," is how I'd phrase it.
He retired instead of trying to extend his career, which was proper. Hall of Fame would be more questionable (unlike Derek Jeter, who was chosen and had more net talent as well as sure special notice for where he played). This also eases things for the new young head coach, the new young QB likely to have another growing year. The Mets also brought in a new young manager though I rather a more experienced vet (Luis Rojas). The general management of both teams -- both GMs staying -- has a lot to answer for. I cannot stand listening to the Mets GMs, always feeling like they are trying to sell me a tainted used car.
One thing that couldn't simply be expressed by local coverage of the Beltran mess (no official statement) is what salary he retained after his part in the Astros cheating scandal led to his departure. Found an article that said they will just give 200K to his charity though they still have to pay one fired manager in 2020. Is it too hard simply to say this? BTW, early odds has the Mets winning in the mid-80s. Same "if everything goes right ..." One gets tired.
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I'll attached this that occurred after I first posted this down here.
By the time the game began, it came out though the details were not immediately clear, that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. A warning regarding relying on raw data is suggested by reports of less people dying and even that more than one child of his was killed. I am not really a basketball fan but he's a "name" that even I heard of though the rape allegation from some years back was not known to me. I saw reports that helicopters are just dangerous as a whole though a family member of mine some years back died in a small plane crash too.
At least a couple people on that blog thread were annoyed at what they saw as overblown coverage of a single celebrity (celebrity is a thing; it's natural and the fact Tom Hanks dying in a plane crash -- didn't happen! -- mattering to a lot more people though on a personal level the no-name fellow passenger's life obviously had friends and family too is duly noted) or "hot takes" happening "live" on his career or especially the rape case. (The reactions were mixed but some wanted to really drill it in that he was a rapist.)
This reaction sounds too much like those who don't want to talk gun reform right after a shooting. It's natural to think about things as they happen when they are fresh in your mind. The reactions are mixed and celebrity brings with it good, bad and indifferent reactions. It is not really disrespectful or stupid. Some more care clearly should be given when family members are there. We should not hand-wave how powerful people victimize but even the most horrible act fifteen years ago also is not all a person is. The case is not being shoved aside -- I saw repeated references to it.
This is Pro Bowl Weekend, but let's do a quick local sports summary. Eli Manning, whose Giants career was about being nice/not making waves, never hurt (he finally was sat for Geno Smith -- a low point in the last few years -- for message reasons) and beating Pretty Boy twice in the Super Bowl. He was net an average quarterback who shined at certain moments but was in decline in recent years. Not that the team around him helped matters. Overall, "that will do pig," is how I'd phrase it.
He retired instead of trying to extend his career, which was proper. Hall of Fame would be more questionable (unlike Derek Jeter, who was chosen and had more net talent as well as sure special notice for where he played). This also eases things for the new young head coach, the new young QB likely to have another growing year. The Mets also brought in a new young manager though I rather a more experienced vet (Luis Rojas). The general management of both teams -- both GMs staying -- has a lot to answer for. I cannot stand listening to the Mets GMs, always feeling like they are trying to sell me a tainted used car.
One thing that couldn't simply be expressed by local coverage of the Beltran mess (no official statement) is what salary he retained after his part in the Astros cheating scandal led to his departure. Found an article that said they will just give 200K to his charity though they still have to pay one fired manager in 2020. Is it too hard simply to say this? BTW, early odds has the Mets winning in the mid-80s. Same "if everything goes right ..." One gets tired.
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I'll attached this that occurred after I first posted this down here.
By the time the game began, it came out though the details were not immediately clear, that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. A warning regarding relying on raw data is suggested by reports of less people dying and even that more than one child of his was killed. I am not really a basketball fan but he's a "name" that even I heard of though the rape allegation from some years back was not known to me. I saw reports that helicopters are just dangerous as a whole though a family member of mine some years back died in a small plane crash too.
At least a couple people on that blog thread were annoyed at what they saw as overblown coverage of a single celebrity (celebrity is a thing; it's natural and the fact Tom Hanks dying in a plane crash -- didn't happen! -- mattering to a lot more people though on a personal level the no-name fellow passenger's life obviously had friends and family too is duly noted) or "hot takes" happening "live" on his career or especially the rape case. (The reactions were mixed but some wanted to really drill it in that he was a rapist.)
This reaction sounds too much like those who don't want to talk gun reform right after a shooting. It's natural to think about things as they happen when they are fresh in your mind. The reactions are mixed and celebrity brings with it good, bad and indifferent reactions. It is not really disrespectful or stupid. Some more care clearly should be given when family members are there. We should not hand-wave how powerful people victimize but even the most horrible act fifteen years ago also is not all a person is. The case is not being shoved aside -- I saw repeated references to it.
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