Hijack me

[G1911]

More cats, please.

[commishbob]

...are adorable.

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[earlywynnfan]

Took my kid to her college orientation yesterday. As a freshman, her "dorm" is actually a 4-BR, 2 BA apartment with full kitchen! And it's an on-campus dorm!

She's spoiled rotten.

[Casey2296]

Orlando.

Named after the great "Baby Bull" himself since he is currently 90 lbs and still growing.
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[jingram058]

How about Larry Berra, USN, in World War II. He fitted out a spare landing craft with .50 cal machine guns, rounded up a crew, and went in to several beaches trying to take out as many German pill boxes and machine gun nests as he could. Got wounded, Purple Heart. Nothing funny about it. He did not like talking about it.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by jingram058

How about Larry Berra, USN, in World War II. He fitted out a spare landing craft with .50 cal machine guns, rounded up a crew, and went in to several beaches trying to take out as many German pill boxes and machine gun nests as he could. Got wounded, Purple Heart. Nothing funny about it. He did not like talking about it.

I've read a couple of Berra's biographies but they have very little on his war years. I found an MLB.com article relating his war service after reading this: https://www.mlb.com/news/yogi-berra-...oo/c-151195348. A lot of the players in the armed forces didn't really have to fight and just did promotional work for Uncle Sam or played games on bases far behind the lines. Yogi clearly wasn't one of them.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by jingram058

How about Larry Berra, USN, in World War II. He fitted out a spare landing craft with .50 cal machine guns, rounded up a crew, and went in to several beaches trying to take out as many German pill boxes and machine gun nests as he could. Got wounded, Purple Heart. Nothing funny about it. He did not like talking about it.

Yogi! Great man.

[tiger8mush]

So, how do ya'll feel about new gun laws?

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by jingram058

How about Larry Berra, USN, in World War II. He fitted out a spare landing craft with .50 cal machine guns, rounded up a crew, and went in to several beaches trying to take out as many German pill boxes and machine gun nests as he could. Got wounded, Purple Heart. Nothing funny about it. He did not like talking about it.

Yogi was my favorite player when I was a kid. I heard he had been at D-Day, but I didn't know the details.
Most people know this, but he was a player on 10 World Series winning teams. That's the all-time record. Joe DiMaggio was second with 9.

[BobbyStrawberry]

There are three current MLB players named Luis Garcia. Name the one with highest career WAR.

Winner receives a fractional share of a Luis Garcia NFT, as soon as it passes TP authentication.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Orlando.

Named after the great "Baby Bull" himself since he is currently 90 lbs and still growing.
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That's a darned nice Orlando Cepeda card, Phil

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Orlando.

Named after the great "Baby Bull" himself since he is currently 90 lbs and still growing.
_

That's a darned nice pal you have there, too

[Casey2296]

Thanks James,
He's a handful but worth it. Great Berra story, I never knew about that, new found respect for the guy.