NOW WITH ECLIPSE UPDATES I’m in Chicago, where are all the Weiners?

[Dew Knot Humps]

They do seem to be the new Yankees. This is a hate the game, don't hate the player situation. There needs to be a better system.
As a Dodgers fan, it is fun. It beats spending a fortune and being in last place like the Mets.

The Skubal trade was the last straw for me.

 

[Lerxst]

The one in Germany fer cryin out loud.

Anyway we are in Spain now which was the final destination. Bilbao freakin rocks. We are here for the eclipse next week, but we are already plotting our return trip to Bilbao.

A coworker is there too for the same reason. Hope you all get some killer views.

 

[tiger roach]

A coworker is there too for the same reason. Hope you all get some killer views.

So far the weather outlook for Eclipse Day (Wednesday) looks excellent. In the meantime, we are enjoying hanging out in Spain. We put in a lot of miles walking around and soaking it in.

 

[tiger roach]

Our tour group’s picture is in today’s Burgos newspaper

 

[tiger roach]

Trying to attach, but ya know it ain’t easy…

 

[bsman]

They do seem to be the new Yankees. This is a hate the game, don't hate the player situation. There needs to be a better system.
As a Dodgers fan, it is fun. It beats spending a fortune and being in last place like the Mets.

Spending 35 years living in Santa Clara (bay area), one thing I learned is this: LA teams in every sport always seem to be able to someone give a wink and nod to stuff that commissioners/owners would never allow any smaller team (See the Landon Donovan Earthquakes/Galaxy fiasco for a primo example of something that would have led to Parliamentary censure in - say the EPL). It's because sports in the US are run for the benefit of the owners, not fans - and every commissioner's wet dream is a NY/LA final every year. Big market teams always have an unfair advantage in the US.

*rant mode off*

 

[bsman]

Trying to attach, but ya know it ain’t easy…

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NERDS!!!!!

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Big market teams always have an unfair advantage in the US.

*rant mode off*

I’m a fan of 3 1/2 big market teams and that never seems to help them that much.

 

[TomcatMF]

Spending 35 years living in Santa Clara (bay area), one thing I learned is this: LA teams in every sport always seem to be able to someone give a wink and nod to stuff that commissioners/owners would never allow any smaller team (See the Landon Donovan Earthquakes/Galaxy fiasco for a primo example of something that would have led to Parliamentary censure in - say the EPL). It's because sports in the US are run for the benefit of the owners, not fans - and every commissioner's wet dream is a NY/LA final every year. Big market teams always have an unfair advantage in the US.

*rant mode off*

As a life long Angels fan, I call BS here.

 

[tiger roach]

Well it was freakin awesome. Massive proms, weird corona, festival atmosphere.

Totality was short, less than 2 minutes, so I didn’t do any serious photos. I did nab this quickie as the still-partially-obscured sun was setting:

 

[Punchy]

Well it was freakin awesome. Massive proms, weird corona, festival atmosphere.

Totality was short, less than 2 minutes, so I didn’t do any serious photos. I did nab this quickie as the still-partially-obscured sun was setting:

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That's awesome man, glad you got to go see it!

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Well it was freakin awesome. Massive proms, weird corona, festival atmosphere.

Totality was short, less than 2 minutes, so I didn’t do any serious photos. I did nab this quickie as the still-partially-obscured sun was setting:

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I’ve been following the stories about the festivities. Sounds amazing!

 

[jp_nyc]

I saw nothing. I’ve been rushing through shitty airports all day after my first flight was delayed and the good people at United rerouted my trip to get me to PVD without having to wait an entire day. Right now I am sitting outside of gate A2A at Dulles (Jennifer Connelly, anyone?) and this airport is such a shithole. The water in the drinking fountains is warm.

 

[Punchy]

I saw nothing. I’ve been rushing through shitty airports all day after my first flight was delayed and the good people at United rerouted my trip to get me to PVD without having to wait an entire day. Right now I am sitting outside of gate A2A at Dulles (Jennifer Connelly, anyone?) and this airport is such a shithole. The water in the drinking fountains is warm.

Wait. . . drinking fountains aren't supposed to be warm? What the hell have I been doing with my life. . .

 

[bsman]

As a life long Angels fan, I call BS here.

I said LA. not Disneyland...

 

[TomcatMF]

I said LA. not Disneyland...

Same TV market

 

[Andrew Sak]

Spending 35 years living in Santa Clara (bay area), one thing I learned is this: LA teams in every sport always seem to be able to someone give a wink and nod to stuff that commissioners/owners would never allow any smaller team (See the Landon Donovan Earthquakes/Galaxy fiasco for a primo example of something that would have led to Parliamentary censure in - say the EPL). It's because sports in the US are run for the benefit of the owners, not fans - and every commissioner's wet dream is a NY/LA final every year. Big market teams always have an unfair advantage in the US.

*rant mode off*

I'll store your So. Cal rant/complaint with all of the others.
LA getting a soccer guy in an attempt to grow that dead in the US sport, and two teams that have played each other once in the World Series in the past 45 years are your examples on big market teams having an unfair advantage?

 

[bsman]

Same TV market

I think if you look at the number of Dodgers fans vs Angels fans you would see an enormous difference.