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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Just a little over a month till pitchers and catchers report!

Originally Posted by issybird

That's one of my benchmarks, too.! Five weeks from tomorrow for the Yankees (I'm guessing you're a Mets fan).

Originally Posted by Catlady

Of course. National League all the way.

Baseball is what you endure between basketball season and football season.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Of course. National League all the way.

I'll grant you the NL, as Jerry Seinfeld said, plays by the rules and I wish the AL would get rid of the DH. But DH or no DH, nothing can trump the storied tradition of the Bronx Bombers.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Baseball is what you endure between basketball season and football season.

No, basketball is what you avoid between football and baseball seasons.

[AnemicOak]

Football & Hockey. All others pale in comparison.

[skinmaan]

I just spotted this one over on social media. You can get a copy of "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo from Audible if you go here and use the promo code TIDYUP1. It is supposed to be good through 1/31.

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international bestseller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home-and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

PS - I thought about not posting it to deny Gtr her favorite, a non-fiction self-help title, for slamming the Great American Pastime. Fortunately the audiobook lover in me won out over the baseball lover. Go 'Cards!

[Catlady]

Baseball forever. The great beauty of baseball is that, as Yogi said, it's never over till it's over. Your team can be down five runs in the ninth inning with two out, and still come back to win; no clock is going to run out to end the game. Baseball allows the fans the time to engage in endless discussions and analyses, to agonize over each play, and to second-guess each managerial decision. Best. Game. Ever.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Catlady

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Baseball allows the fans the time to engage in endless discussions and analyses, to agonize over each play, and to second-guess each managerial decision. Best. Game. Ever.

Does it ever.

Something interesting happens only about once an hour. The rest is B 0 R I N G.

Baseball games are a great time to take some books and catch up on some reading.

Oh, and I was a baseball manager.

[tubemonkey]

In Order

1. football
2. watching grass grow
3. baseball
4. root canal
5. basketball

[David Munch]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 09 Jan

• £2.99 -- The Heroes -- Joe Abercrombie --> fantasy

I have the first in the series on my to-read list... But I don't think it is worth buying #5 in the series just because of that anyway..

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 09 Jan

• Audible ---> $1.95 -- Get Smart -- Brian Tracy --> career skills
  
• BN Nook --> $2.99 -- Beyond Suspicion -- James Grippando --> suspense

Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 09 Jan

• $1.99 -- Beneath the Skin --> details
  
• $3.95 -- Mars: Future on Red Planet --> details
  
• SALE --- Weekly Deals (10 titles) --> titles change frequently

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Does it ever.

Something interesting happens only about once an hour. The rest is B 0 R I N G.

Baseball games are a great time to take some books and catch up on some reading.

Oh, and I was a baseball manager.

A student baseball manager.

In the high schools in my area, at least, a student was the "manager." In baseball, I had the serious responsibilities of retrieving foul balls outside of the playing field, making sure all of the equipment got loaded for away games, keeping stats, etc. The coach was called a "coach." I was trying the other day to remember if I did it 2 or 3 seasons (I think that it was 3). I liked it okay, but I knew all of the guys on the team and it was my high school.

In professional baseball, of course, the coach is called the "manager" for some reason.

[Red Falcon]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

In Order

1. football
2. watching grass grow
3. baseball
4. root canal
5. basketball

Football (Soccer for Yankees)
Tennis
Rally Racing
Baseball
Skiing
Xtreme Sports

My Top 5 Sports

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 10 Jan

• £1.99 -- Lie with Me -- Sabine Durrant --> mystery

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 10 Jan

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Warlock Holmes -- GS Denning --> detective mashup
  
• BN Nook --> $4.99 -- Rushing Waters -- Danielle Steel --> contemp

Warlock Holmes: A Study in Brimstone