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So there will be a new name on the trophy*

And guarantees that the total number of team never to have won the World Series will reduce from 5 to 4.


*yes I know its a new trophy each year.

So Tampa up 5-1 in top of 8th with 2 outs - just 4 more to go...

Then bases loaded
Walk
Hit-By-Pitch

5-3

I'm sure they will hold on but everyone shits their pants under such pressure.

Latest Odds (note some of the betting protagonists are also highly listed in the odds for the Houston job) Rocco Baldelli: +250 (also +500 to be the next Astros manager) Raul Ibanez: +350 Joe Espada: +500 Brandon Hyde: +550 (+2500 HOU) Dave Ross: +900 (+2800 HOU) Alex Cora: +1000 (+600 HOU) Kristoph...

What are your thoughts on Ricky Gervais? I think we adopt a classic Three-Act approach to almost every British celebrity: Act 1: We root for the underdog / the new guy. Act 2: Tall Poppy Syndrome kicks in. If they get a bit full of themselves, we cut down the flower that grows too big for the garde...

Only Fools and Horses This was classic British "working class" sitcom. Two brothers who tried to make a living wheeling-and-dealing in South London. Anyway — if anyone wants to give it a look, here is my recommendation if you can find it anywhere (only problem is accessing it - I think you can only...

How is there no mention of Monty Python or Mr. Bean? Python was just a few years before I was born, they went into the films when I was a young 'un. We didn't see any repeats/reruns until later years. So good, but it bypassed me a little. Bean I think was a bit stupid - Rowan Atkinson is an extraor...

Best 5 minutes in the history of American Television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgpo1Vc4g8 If that shows the heart of the show after he passed away - then its a fine tribute. Cute and beautiful and still a key lesson in life however many decades have passed since it was shown. Yep, it looks ...

Now this is the most fascinating history I have ever read. History During Saxon times, Heckmondwike was a berewick or independent village in the manor of Gomersal, which, before 1066, was held by Dunstan and Gamel. The Poll Tax of 1379 records seven families in Heckmondwike, about 35 people: includ...

This might be the funniest passage I have ever read. LOL Heckmondwike is a town in the Kirklees district, West Yorkshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south west of Leeds. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is close to Cleckheaton and Liversedge. It is in the Spen Valley parliamentar...

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Mon Oct 19, 2026 12:57 am

Is that a real town. Edmund Dwike England? lol

I think it's this place -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckmondwike