Roseanne is back, Rant of the month & props to Van Halen

Places listening Tokyo Japan #1 city listening last week and Japan was #2 as a nation to the United States

Kansas City , Tatabanya Hungary and Lima Peru get props as well

Ain’t talkin’ bout love is Van Halen’s best overall song - it’s their most Van Halen-Esque song. 

It hits everything those guys are great at and none of the stuff they’re not.

Vince Carter- left school early. Played at UNC 3 season, made the Final Four twice.  Finished degree & Walked at graduation during the playoffs a few years later

Here’s my beef. People gripe that these guys don’t go to school, but they also gripe that he chose to walk for graduation during playoffs. 

And you can question his focus in that moment… But he’s played in the league for like 20 years. He’s reinvented his game twice. 

You can’t question his love and drive to play hoops and make money. 

Vince Carter has had the last laugh - he’s 40 years old, playing in the NBA 

8x All-star 2x all nba rookie of the year and greatest slam dunk champ ever - certainly top 3. Was picked #5 in the 98 draft 

Played for 7 NBA teams // won Gold Medal at 2000 olympics  

#11 all-time in career earning with over $167 million in salary 

Only 7 guys have played 20+ seasons in nba. Only Kobe and Vince were wings - and Kobe came out of high school - Vince went to UNC for a couple years 

Robert parish 21 seasons most all time

Kareem, Dirk, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis

Tom Brady’s injured hand — how much stock do you put into it?

Who you picking for Eagles - Vikings game? 

If Crystal Palace wins London Derby over Arsenal this weekend, i’m elevating CP over the Gunners in my heart and the only way Arsenal gets it back is to win the Europa League

top Nations listening - United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Hungary, Canada, Spain, South Africa and Australia

Wearing a Hawaiian shirt — for good Karma - it’s been cold in the east, we’re supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow in charlotte - which will shut Charlotte down… they’ve literally already cancelled school.

So i’m in New York walking around and it’s raining — more like misting, and a lady is walking her dog. The dog has like 4 little boots on it’s feet. like aqua socks but for a dog.

If you have time to put “water shoes” on your dog to go out in the rain for a walk- you’ve got too much time on your hands (not snow & ice, rain! Not extremely hot blacktop, rain)? Dogs descended from wolves. Wolves don’t wear shoes ever - dogs will be ok in the rain. 

And if you’re worried about our dogs feet messing up your house- maybe you’re not a dog person

You know how airports have the bag sizing apparatus- so they can nix certain bags from carry on? They should have one for passengers - and ban certain people from sitting in the middle seats in coach

Cosby Show remake — like the Roseanne remake — No Cliff Huxtable, but Claire and all the kids are in the show. And don’t call it the Cosby show, and don’t have Bill Cosby in the show. Call it the Huxtables. People would watch that. 

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Juiced Ball in MLB Serena Williams Wimbledon & 4th of July

Juiced Ball Era 2.0 - 

Covered by Pittsburgh Post Gazette, ESPN, Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer — and now the Filibuster Freestyle

Rob Manfred became commissioner in January of 2015 — the uptick of Home Runs began immediately after the All-Star Break in 2015

There’s a lot of science/ research that you can in fact, juice the ball - lower seams and a smaller circumference can do that alone — even if tiny changes are made

But, 1998 wasn’t 75 years ago, it was less than 20 years ago — and we all remember it. My outlandish theory is “yes, the ball is slightly altered, and yes, hitting are trying to put the ball in the air more often because the ball is more likely to leave the confines of the field. But I think that MLB is actually leaking all of this science, because this time the want to head off the “juiced players” conversation before it even gets started.”

There was a line in Lindbergh’s article which stated that, “the PED scenario would require widespread, almost simultaneous adoption of a highly effective Drug that helps only hitters, isn’t detectable, and doesn’t make bodies look dramatically different.”

My response - have you ever watched the Tour De France? Are you familiar with Cycling? Or for that matter, Track & Field, etc, etc… these guys all have the same agents, they have all played together and for multiple teams, they likely have similar personal strength coaches, etc… plus, if the physics of the ball flying an extra few feet over the fence into the 2nd row is more likely to help the guy with warning track power than the slugger… then aren’t more regular hitters going to be willing to try it?”

There’s research from an NCAA seam-height study which concluded that increasing the balls COR or coefficient of restitution by 5 one-thousandths helps the ball fly 3 ft further and .63 mph faster. Lowering the seam by .00246’s of an inch gives it another 2.9 t and another .58 mph. Reducing the Circumference by .03 of in inch gives it 1.1 feet and .22 mph — add those together that’s an extra 7.1 ft and 1.43mph

Players w/ 20+ HR in a season 79 in 2012 (lower than 70 in each of 2013-2015) and then 111 in 2016

5 of the top 10 all-time HR/to Fly ball percentage leaders during the years of 2007-2017 are guys playing this year. 2 more are Ryan Howard in 2007&2008 - 2 more are some guy named Jack Cust during 2007 & 2008 and Nelson Cruz in 2015

Xavier Hemphill

Then Federer keeps it rolling, Wins at Indian Wells (beats Nadal again) and then wins in Miami (beats Nadal a third time) - takes the “sunshine slam”

Federer opts to skip entire Clay court season (Which is Nadal’s specialty surface). At the time, in April did you think this was a smart idea by Federer or not?

Fast forward to Clay Season Rafa wins in Monte Carlo, wins his 10th title in Madrid, his 10th title in Barcelona, loses in Italy, but bounces back and wins his 10th French Open title and his 15th major. 

So I ask you again — Federer essentially forfeited any chance to block Nadal from pulling back to within 3 majors of this record — but was this a smart idea?

Next Federer comes back for the beginning of Grass Season - he gets upset in his first match back by Tommy Haas in Stuttgart. But, in Halle he wins the tourney. 

Rafa sat out of the lead ups to Wimbledon — played to rounds at an exhibition tourney

Was this is smart move by Rafa? 

Who has the best chance of winning Wimbledon Federer, Nadal, or the field? 

Who finished with most Majors Federer or Nadal? 

Does Novak at 12 have a shot to catch Fed’s 18? Do you think he will? Will 19 majors be enough? 

My shirt wasn’t on - sign you still live alone

Odds to Win Wimbledon - Skybet — i’m gonna be in Europe, so this matters

Federer - 2/1

Andy Murray - 4/1

Rafael Nadal - 9/2

Novak - 11/2

Milos Raonic - 14/1

Marin Cilic - 18/1

Wawrinka - 25/1

Dominic Thiem - 40/1 - also he’s 16/1 to reach the final - by far the best odds to maximize winnings

Johnny McEnroe loves Nadal — he’s a homer  — and that’s fine — it’s just pretty obvious

Methinks he’s calling Serena out now because she’s in the middle of her first pregnancy — and she can’t call his out immediately. Is John McEnroe looking to be the Bobby Riggs of the 21st century? I think he’d lose — but like, embarrassingly

What is more singular - that Serena has 23 and the nearest competitor of here Era has 7? Or that Nadal and Federer (and now Djokovic) are clearly 3 cuts above the rest of their era   

Steffi Graf won the 1999 french open her 22nd major // Serena won the 1999 US Open her first 

From 1999-2017 Venus has won 7, Justine Henin has won 7, Sharapova has won 5, Kim Clijsters has won 4

Novak 12 majors 9 runners up (29 years old) 

Nadal 15 majors 7 runners up  (30 years old) 

Federer 18 majors 10 Runners up (35 years old) - Federer won 5 majors in 2003,  2004 2005 prior to Nadal’s coming out party in 2006

Murray 3 titles 8 runners up (29 years old) 

Wawrinka 3 titles no runners up (31 years old) - has had most success of any one else during this “Big Four Era” 

Wine, Wall & Dragons - Season 6, Episode 10 finale show notes

Game of Thrones week 10 notes ( Wine, Wall & Dragons))

Places listening - Japan is 2nd place (Cousin is on vacation there but props nonetheless), Mexico in 3rd, UK and Germany tied for 4th. New places Gambia, Indonesia and Hungary

Top cities listening - Philadelphia, Tokyo, Anchorage, AK, Walpole — can’t really explain who’s listening in Alaksa, but I hope you’re “on the crab”

GV predictions - NIght’s king penetrates wall, Varys kills Kevan lannister, Bran wargs a msg to Jon or Sansa, Brienne dies

DOB’s predictions - Night’s king gets to walls, Cersei blows up kings landing, Catlyn stark appears, Walder Frey dies.

can believe it’s week 10 — KIng’s landing - Cersei awaits trial in the sept 

Tommen, Margery, the whole gang is getting dressed for the “trial of the century” - I haye TOmmen’s face

Lords appears to be a broken man- Margery seems to have an understanding with the High Sparrow - Cersei seems to be dressed in an homage to Prince. Paecelle still hitting the ladies of the evening 

Loras’s trial — he confesses in 3 seconds… to everything. Decides to go “Full born again mode”. Abandons the Tyrell name and Highgarden. Takes a life of celibacy. Tattooing dudes’ heads. Something tells me that Cersei ain’t going out like that. 

On cue the mountain pays Tommen a visit - DOB’s firewater prediction — seems to be gaining steam. Lancel Lannister is “Hip to the sabotage” 

Kyburn has a little kids butcher Pycelle - Didn’t see him winning our sweepstakes — but he just did 

Lancel stabbed by a kid too - Child Soldiers — hitting dudes left and right 

Not sure how i feel about CErsei’s move here ( do i root for her or not) — Margery essentially pulls the fire alarm — Sparrow = hubris 

HOLY COW that stuff is explosive - Cersei drinks wine an gloats — damn! Tommen - speechless - 

Cersei even settles score with that lady septon. Ice COLD. She is the coldest lady in all the realm — and she’s planning to go all ramsay bolton on her 

Ser Gregor took off the mast. Tough look 

The Tyrell’s besides Olyanna are all dead

Tommen just committed Suicide?!?!!?!?!?!?!? Stannis dead? WHO IS KING??? As usual Cersei is winning the battle and losing the war. Son is dead, prophecy is fulfilled.

Frey and Lannisters — at a banquet - Bronn is awesome - Jamie is awesome. Jamie and Frey ( Edmure is alive foreshadowing) - Jamie is calling out Frey a bit — and now he’s calling him out big time - gonna be interesting. 

Sam and Gilly are back — Looks like Old town - home of MIT the Maester Institute of technology - Sam is at the registrar. Registrar is DB - just like in real life. Gilly is looking good - i’m just saying. Sam needs to visit the Archmaester - pretty baller library - Makes hogwarts look like a preschool. 

Up north - Jon Snow / melissandre talking old school. Davos seems pretty hot and bothered about Shireen getting burned (as predicted). Melissandre lobbies to stay alive — Jon sends her south — seems like that’s a bad idea. Davos puts my green onions idea to bed. Not gonna happen 

Sansa shows up — seems pretty cunning and hip to Little Finger. IT’s winter time and Jon and Sansa share the irony of “winter is coming” 

Dorne - and Lady Olynna is in Dorne - Varys is in Dorne too — that’s super interesting (He can’t kill Kevan Lannister, cuz uncle Kev burned alive)

Daneryous and Daarhio Naharas — are breaking up — He’s groveling like the sell sword he is. Bay of Dragons is the new name of Slaver’s Bay. 

Tyrion - drinking wine (like Lannisters do) - talks with Dany — he gives her a bit of a pep talk - Tyrion is the “hand of the Queen” — boom!!! Two time hand on two continents, that’s a record! 

Walder Frey - drinking, eating and talking dirty for serving girls — ohhh boy — the girl cooked Frey’s sons Arya stark — YES!!!!!! That was awesome. Ice cold again. 

Sansa and Little Finger in the Weirwood - Little finger talks about being the King of Westeros —

Bran and Meera are getting dropped off by Benjen — so he’s essentially dead — but a force for good 

Bran - logs on line to the weir wold web - Tower of Joy - Young ned stark - Lyanna Stark — she spills the beans on Jon Stark’s lineage. BOOM!!! 

Jon spills the beans on the NIght’s King - Lyanna Mormont calls playas out. Manderly is in. Glover is in. They are naming Jon Snow the king in the north. Little Finger is NOT IMPRESSED. Sansa and Little finger exchange a glance 

Jamie Lannister arrives back in King’s landing — Cersei is about to do something bad ass that’s apparent — ahhhh she just Sat on the Iron Throne — First female Queen — Mic Drop — didn’t see that coming at all — So maybe she just won the long game 

Jamie looks HEATED!!!

Theon and Yara are sailing with Grey Worm an the Whole Crew of Dangerous’s Army and Navy- VARYS is on the BOAT!!!!! IS that a slip — or did they swing by and grab him in Dorne