The Bengals and Info About The Flap
With baseball lost at sea we might as well kick around the SB winner. I am taking Cinn but not heavily. I think they Rams are pretty overrated but they do have a dominant DL and Cinn has a weak OL. That could change the entire game in their favor right there. So I guess I don’t have a strong take on the game since I think Cinn is going to win but I think LA could control the game at the LOS. Maybe I just really want The Bengals to win. You?
Regarding the Flap, I’m not doing a stable boys thing. Nothing lasts forever gents, our old asses know that as well as anyone. I could see keeping it going for one more baseball season. After that I’ll keep it preserved somewhere (probably here) for future generations to read (but not comment on) and you guys can all migrate to twitter (where I’ll be) or Chuck’s Niner blog (where I will also be).
So as of right now, prepare yourselves for this being the final season of the Flap. Hopefully baseball let’s us go out with a bang.
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Burrow and three other Bengals were LSU Tigers, so I gotta roll with dat pussycat.
I’ve hit a rough patch on Daily Fantasy. Won a little Day Two. So going into Friday I failed the Flav test because I had to go to dinner with the chick and forgot to check the player updates so I realize as we are leaving the restaurant and of course have someone not playing. We get home so I quickly do one entry for the late game with a couple Blazers. Getting late so never look back and both Blazers Covington and Powell don’t play because they both get traded!! Fuck!
Then come Sunday have my lineup set and then take one of my kids to the driving range in the afternoon and fail to check my lineup and I have LeVert in my starting lineup and the Pacers have an afternoon game and he gets frickin traded!!!!
Here is what I keep doing. I do a lineup with some low level players to keep the overall salary down and then I end up with a lineup with money left over so then just my lineup to improve the picks and the guys I remove end up having decent games and my upgrade picks flounder.
the bottom line is that chalk usually smashes in NBA DFS (although Hayward getting hurt took out 54% of the field the other day). You need to find the 2-3 chalk guys every day and it’s not hard to find them, there’s usually enough info coming out after morning shootaround to see who’s going to start for someone who’s *got a migraine* or whatever. Then you just have to hit on your two expensive studs. Simpler to say than to do
GH–if you’re going to play larger tournies you have to build a LU that can realisitically get to 320+. Some days, obviously, the winning score is into the high 300’s but if you’re right with your picks your team will draft up that high. Assign best case scenario points to everyone in your LU and be realistic about it. If you can’t get to 320 you probably need to start over. Again again, I’m talking about DK, 8 players, diff salary structure than FD. Adjust the math to match FD tho and you’ll figure it out (or just bail on FD because that site is lame and start one at DK)
Knicks gave up 83 in first half at Denver last night and lost third in row on road trip. In town to face Warriors tomorrow. Read lot of back/forth in Athletic on Kings Pacers trade. Seems a shame Kings gave up on Haliburton; saw a lot of negativity on Sabonis and his lack of D. Kings might make another deal to offload front court player that might now be redundant or who could bring back someone to help them.
Always little suspicious of players who put up good numbers on losing teams.
Giants obviously have to come down this season from a 107 Win historic 2021.
AZ and Rockies can’t be as bad as last season, and Pads figure to actually play up more to their potential with Melvin pulling the levers. Lots of question marks for the Giants roster, starting pitching being one. I’m thinking 88 wins would be a really good performance, and a wild card finish, to help the Flap go out with a bang. LA wins division again. Just too much talent. That’s assuming there IS a full season. Which seems unlikely now. If not full, just the pro rata result over a distorted season…
Key for Bengals would be keeping Rams off Burrow and getting something out of running game with Mixon. Be cool if Bengals could get after Stafford and get some turnovers.
I could say it is unbelievable that MLB and the players are ready to jack around with another work stoppage eating substantially into a season, risking fan rage and the already tottering popularity of this game, but it is entirely believable. Sorry to say, but from things I’m reading and hearing, I think in another decade, maybe 15 years at best, baseball will be not far from hockey as a very siloed game. Many many young people just don’t give an S about it, it’s not even on their radar. When gray hairs like me are gone, who’s going to care about it? Care and love start at a young age, so if it doesn’t happen then, it won’t happen…
You know what could save it?
LEGALIZED GAMBLING
Look no further than the exchange above between GH & BF.
It’s more or less the only game in town during the summer.
Care and love will be bought and sold minute to minute…
Absolutely. If I was in charge you’d be able to make in game bets and prop bets inside the park and kiosks everywhere
If gamblers are the only people in future who care about baseball, its in trouble.
They aren’t actually going to a lot of games, and bodies in seats in 162 are way more important to baseball than football in 17 or whatever it is now…
i don’t think they necessarily need to be “gamblers”. But adding prop bets to something you could do at a game would probably increase attendance–hey it’d be one more reason to go to the game. And these days you need multiple reasons–not enough people are going their with their glove and a scorecard anymore. Those fans are nearly extinct.
Giants play Mets in NY April 21, day game, I plan on going so they better get this shit settled.
Hope to see you there, Mac.
Is there still no such thing as a place to have a few nearby?
Unless there’s a bar nestled among the chop shops, I don’t know of any place near Citi Field.
Man i havent to New York since the early 70s. Need to get back there.
Hopefully generation behind us older ones sticks with baseball even if it looks quite different from game we grew up with. College ball at Power 5 schools ( full of 4 yr players), travel ball (expensive/exclusive but thriving) and continued influence of baseball mad caribbean players to MLB I think are all good omens.
One thing I do hope gets more attention is preventing injuries to pitchers, young and old. 15 yr olds having TJ surgery is not right, nor are all the myriad injuries that happen at all levels of pro ball, even to established vets.
Hopefully baseball will thrive once again. With all the electronics and social media kids have avenues that we never did. We didn’t hang around the house so we played baseball, football, and basketball pretty much year round in CA.
I am going Bengals (taking 4.5 points). I think they can win outright. Fuck, they came back from like 17 down to take the Chiefs. If they can do that, they can take the Lambs. Key is getting Burrows some protection and getting the running game going so the Lambs D line cannot t-off every snap. Turnovers will be key, too. Go Bengals!
I am bummed as fuck on the Flap news, but I get it. It’s a sad day…and don’t see myself doing Twitter, and while there may be a bunch of Flappers out there, it just would be no way anything like the interactions here.
look at it this way, this could make it the best year at the Flap ever!
If I wasn’t both lazy and lacking in talent, I’d consider writing some kind of mini history of the Splash/Flap. There are probably a few old white dudes who’d be amused, if it were done right.
What about Sarge?
I meant that the story and cast of characters might interest an audience slightly larger than the Flap itself.
Craig, you done good here. Understandable to want to ease out at this point. No stable boys, ok… But what would it take for someone who has the time and energy to take it over? Just keep the Flap right where it is *under new management*. Editors-In-Chief come and go at major newspapers (ha, these days, major newspapers come and mainly go). Maybe you could type up a brief job description, see if anyone bites….
wow Rutgers does it again at home beating Ohio St by a basket. Good day for another Jersey team too, as Hall knocks off Xavier by same margin.
Yeah Wille, great comeback. Down 8 with under 4:00 left, RU scored last 10 to win it, Baker getting 8 and assisting on other 2. RU also got a ton of blocks, including 2 in final :15 to keep Buckeyes stuck at 64.
Sad news..Jeremy Giambi has died, age 47.No cause of death, he was living at his parents house in Southern California..
And Gerald Williams yesterday at 55.
We’re all on the clock…
Thanks to Bozo for that Swing Ninjas tune and vid. Love the bari, good stuff.
That tiger ate a clown.
Yep so true Loo, Like The Rolling Stones song :”Time waits for no one and it won’t wait for me”
Great song.
Ain’t it, Winder?
Heard it recently in the movie “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” which I highly recommend…
Great movie.
This is the version they played on the radio in the bay area
Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds Featuring Albert Lee a $3.99 purchase circa 1978.
I liked those guys they were pretty good.
Universal DH confirmed.
Chi just broke his window…
It was a sad day hearing that news. We knew it was coming, but fuck! Goodbye NL baseball.
there ya go Zum, someone finally took Baggs
The British invasion pretty much killed surf music.
The Beach Boys were still cranking out good shit in 1967, but they went the way of Brian and faded out.
Mainly because they turned down the opportunity to headline the Monterey Pop festival, and they were vilified for that.
The Beach Boys were the #1 surf band but there used to be a whole bunch of others that were pretty good also. The Beach Boys also had all those LA connections that worked in the biz. I liked surf music, it was fun stuff.
Nice W for Kings last night, at home with 3 new guys to go with Fox and Barnes, as they outscore T Wolves and Edwards and Towns. 32 assists on the night. Always liked skill set of Sabonis and Justin Holiday (who won ring with Warriors) one of three brothers in family in NBA. At least they got some value for Bagley, and DiVincenzo might bring much needed help on D.
Hey Loo–reading bio stuff on SABR site about Russ Hodges, there is note that his call in famous 1951 game is playing in Godfather scene where Sonny is murdered. True?
I guess this is true. there’s a ballgame on radio going on while Sonny is on road up to the tollbooth and you do hear it later as he pulls up and stops.
clips I’ve seen I can’t really hear when it is during the game but Russ Hodges was doing the game on radio then.
I think you can hear the build up to the SHRTW, but the actual home run call is obliterated by machine gun fire…
Props to Blazers who beat Lakers with depleted lineup last night. Saw pic of #16, C J Elleby rookie from Washington St. who started and had 8 points 8 boards 4 assists a block and a steal, with one turnover.
His Dad is former Cal player Bill Elleby who like his son grew up in Seattle. unlike Dad C J had wild haircut going back to his Wazzu days and still does.
Multiple skull fractures?
WTF???
https://pagesix.com/2022/02/10/autopsy-reveals-bob-saget-had-multiple-skull-fractures/
Been reading about this a bit. “He [could have] accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep.” I don’t know, I usually think *something of it* when I hit my head hard enough to cause mulitple skull fractures…..
Made a rookie mistake Christmas Eve. Came home pretty loaded and tried to take my pants off standing up.
Took a pretty hard spill into a table and bruised some ribs. Even a drunken dope like me had the presence of mind to stay up awhile and make sure I didn’t do some major internal damage before I went to bed.
“Hit the back of his head on something”
Nice thorough investigative work.
Tomorrow they’ll probably announce that Brian Laundrie is a prime suspect…
Can Reddish looks pretty good.
I prefer him in a bottle…
lulz
Not sure I even remember the last time I tried to put on or take off my pants standing up….
See Craig? You can’t let the Flap disappear, we get such stimulating conversations not to be found anywhere else on earth….
Lol, yeah that’s a rookie mistake we have all gone through.I actually just do a face plant onto my bed now with my clothes still on, less frustrating, less chance for an injury..
Something tells me he was drunk.
Warriors getting outplayed at both ends to start 2nd half. Mitchell Robinson energy on boards is great.
He’s a hell of a rim protector.
Glad he doesn’t hang out in my bathroom…
Burks going off to start 4th back in familiar territory. Knicks playing well and getting good contribution from bench guys.
40-24 second half.
If you’ve watched the Knicks at all this year, you have nothing to worry about…
GS was 25-4 at home coming in.
For the 2 people who might care…
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/256557/pyfer-wins-eclipse-award-as-outstanding-apprentice
mm they’ve been talking about this on TVG on weekends I watch racing.
Interesting enough, Ms. Pyfer (minus weight allowance) has yet to ride a winner in current Santa Anita meet. 20 different riders have at least one. Top 5 Flavien Prat running away with it at 44, followed by John Velasquez at 25 Juan Hernandez at 20 Abel Cedillo at 15 and Tyler Baze at 10.
Leading apprentice is Diego Herrera with 8 winners.
3 mounts today for “jockey Jess.”
Paul Sorenson wrote yesterday:
Craig, you done good here. Understandable to want to ease out at this point. No stable boys, ok… But what would it take for someone who has the time and energy to take it over? Just keep the Flap right where it is *under new management*. Editors-In-Chief come and go at major newspapers (ha, these days, major newspapers come and mainly go). Maybe you could type up a brief job description, see if anyone bites….
I would be open to this. Making the payments to keep the site open (is that annual)? If we can make that happen, I would look for a few folks (Stable Boys) to do rotate on getting a thread set-up.
Something to kick around, as I really do not want to see this site go away. Twitter just ain’t gonna get it done for me.
Thumbs up.
Agreed, special group of such interesting and diverse fans.
AKA weirdos.
Weirdos? Hey, I resemble that remark! 😉
Jeremy Giambi a suicide. Damn.
At his mom’s house no less.
From what I have been reading suicide’s have been going way up in all age groups. I can see it because of medical and some emotional issues but I think a lot of it is because the world is full of so much bullshit.
Yep. I stopped watching the news a few months ago. Not worth it. I used to love to be engaged in politics but now we are just pissing into the void what with there being nothing but extreme viewpoints on both sides.
No middle ground. God forbid I inch too close to someone else’s lane on the freeway. It’s like I murdered his mom.
Some guy nearly hit me as I was merging onto Danville Road. I honked and the guy stopped his car in the middle of traffic, backed up like he was gonna hit my car and started yelling at me “Get out of the car, motherfucker!!!” Took all I could do to not slam my door into his fucking kneecaps and fuck with him. I just backed up, drove around his car and left him standing there with his thumb up his ass. Really wanted to turn around and chase him out of the street.
Now that I’m close to retiring, I am seriously thinking about getting the fuck out of this country. I’m so sick of the bullshit around everything.
Reminds me of George Carlin saying “Just think how stupid the average American is. And then think half the people are dumber than that.”
I still can’t stop watching the news I just don’t pay attention to the regurgitated stuff they never stop talking about. I still have hope for this country but it won’t be because of the older males The 15 and up along with the working and homemaking women are the ones who hold the power to change stuff. There is power in numbers. Go Giants!
I read a lot of news. Can’t take the hyperbole on TV
Mrs. snarkk and I for some time have been researching retirement offshore the US.
This country is seriously messed up. Repetitive lies and absurdities fed to the public are actually believed, or condoned, by a wide minority of people.
What used to be considered crackpot behavior and KKK level white supremacist drivel, now are the currency of many politicians and don’t even generate a shrug with millions. Millions have taken loads of vaccinations in their lifetime, but won’t take the Covid vaxx though it has overwhelming scientific proof that not taking it gives you anywhere from 10X-30X bigger chance, when you are infected, of going to the ICU and dying.
One political party just officially declared that political violence in an attempted coup was and is OK, it’s “legitimate political discourse”.
Where do you go as a nation but downhill after all that?…
That’s the thing about hitting rock bottom.
You don’t know you’ve hit it till you’ve bounced up from it…
Outshined. Looking California, feeling Minnesota
Hello all, yeah the news is not good. As far as the USA goes. Capitalism is die for here. The rich get richer and the middle class is slowly disappearing, 1/2 million dollars for a home, I don’t know how my kids are going to afford a home anytime soon. The government is forcing auto ma makers to eliminate fossil fuel vehicles so there is a shortage in the cost of a gasoline car is skyrocketing. Not a lot to say good about this country except for most people I no are pretty cool
Loads of stories/articles you can read about “retiring abroad”, etc. Pros and cons in all cases, of course. Stories include those who have given up US citizenship to live abroad (some countries require that, others don’t, I guess). I don’t think that’s something I would ever do, as long as I can still pull off living “over here” while still being an American citizen. Although who knows, the way things are going…… Strange, I first came over here in ’04, not even thinking of retiring here (or thinking of retiring anywhere, at that point). Stay somewhere long enough, retirement will come to you….
Followup to my last post: Steve (Blade) did a lot of research about this a few years ago. He seemed to favor some places in South America (Ecuador, etc.) or Central America (Panama, etc.). He might have some thoughts. I’ve gone Asian, I think there’s no coming back from that. One big problem here for me (which anyone needs to consider when thinking about this): Vietnam has no retirement visa. Some Asian countries do (Thailand, Singapore, etc.) but not here. Meaning, if I want to stay, every couple years I need to cobble together some legal construct that gives me a valid visa to stay. Getting more difficult all the time, actually. So, yeah: check out how to stay legal….
I’m watching the series “Snowpiercer” now, and there were just 2 episodes in season 2 where 2 of the characters killed themselves; one of them pretty much forced to by his leader. Before the episode, a notice came up warning viewers there would be a suicide, going on to give information and hotlines for anyone needing to reach out and talk instead of offing themselves. I don’t think I’d ever seen that before, especially for a show that’s kind of sci-fi…
It looked pretty absurd. Is in any good?
There’s a film (Korean, I think) from 2013. Might want to watch that first (Netflix) before diving in to the series, although the series is a bit different. It’s an interesting concept, what *could* happen if climate change is not intelligently dealt with, and deals largely with the concept of class in society, as the surviving humans are segregated by class on the train as it roars nonstop around the frozen world. Fairly timely issues, actually, about global warming, class, politics… A bit violent in some scenes (revolutions on the train as the “tailies, those in the back of the train, try to get to the front). I’m liking it enough to continue, especially now in season 2 which has picked up the pace a bit. And, I like trains. In fact, I love trains. The train is pretty cool.