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Worth noting about José…

Worth noting about José Feliciano's now famous performance is who selected him  - Ernie Harwell

https://www.vintagedetroit.com/when-ernie-harwell-made-america-very-mad/

 

 

My significant other is an…

My significant other is an ER nurse for Beaumont. They are underselling how bad things have become. They are running out of ventilators and PPE, and the ICU is full.

And it's going to get much, much worse.

 

My significant other is an…

My significant other is an ER nurse for Beaumont. They are underselling how bad things have become. They are running out of ventilators and PPE, and the ICU is full.

And it's going to get much, much worse.

 

Jones' first full season in…

Jones' first full season in the bigs was last year and he turns 27 next week. At that age, you are no longer considered a prospect, you either produce or get replaced.

Unless he somehow becomes a Nico Goodrum-esque late bloomer (and with Jones' lack of pitch recognition and plate discipline, it's not happening), it's looking more and more as if Jones' bat will never justify his playing everyday. His defense and speed may keep him on someone's MLB roster, but as a glove first utility man.

Reminds me of the line from…

Reminds me of the line from North Dallas Forty (which is still true more than 40 years later).

"Every time I call it a game, you call it a business. And every time I call it a business, you call it a game."

King writes for NBC Sports…

King writes for NBC Sports now. Showing just how far SI has fallen, Albert Breer, an even bigger NFL shill/mouthpiece/toady than King, is their head NFL writer.

Both pale in comparison to the late, great Dr Z. 

OTT services allow you to…

OTT services allow you to cut out cable TV providers for content, such as Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, ESPN Plus, YouTube TV, Sling TV, Playstation Vue and so on. 

Beat me to it

John Wooden is considered one the greats, yet it was an open secret UCLA was breaking NCAA rules left and right under his watch. As it was said about UCLA,

"On the court at UCLA, John Wooden called the plays. Off the court, Sam Gilbert called the players."

I can tell you from personal experience that you burn out

Covering any sport/team you love for years on a daily basis will turn what started as a labor of love into a daily slog of a job.

You should have both local and cloud, actually

Hard drives die and so do cloud providers, often unexpectedly.  After a similar situation to the OP years ago, I learned the most important computing words to live by - You should never have only one backup of anything important enough to keep. You need both a local backup and one off-site.

I wish the OP had asked for advice before he had to go thru the worst case scenario.

Huge Show is syndicated Michigan sports talk

 He's based in Grand Rapids, and heard in A2, but the majority of his markets are tiny AM sports talk stations in central and northern Michigan. He's a complete nonentity in Detroit. Thank God Huge is not heard here, as 97.1 gives us more than enough horrible sports talk. 

Ty Duffy wrote for The Big Lead for close to a decade

He started freelancing not long ago, but seems to be wrting quite often for Awful Announcing and The Comeback.

Good content deserves funding

The CJR has recently interviewed both Bodner and NSCAR writer Jeff Gluck about their Patreon funding, which has allowed them who to continue to write for a living.

Gluck takes in close to $6500 a month from Patreon (keep in mind that's not all salary, as it also covers his considerable travel expenses), and Bodner $4500. As it's just a part-time gig for Bodner, he donates to charity a good portion of his Patreon money.

Thewy won't get rich, but they are making a living and generating excellent content.

 

It's a popular site look

The Verge and SBNation are prime examples of magazine style website design.