Joe T., always working hard…
By Joe Torosian
Kick it!
I’m going to The Ravine tonight.
The plan, for now, is to have a meal. Dodger Dog, peanuts, water… the problem is, I don’t have a co-signer…Anyone want to help me out?
…And what sort of pretentious joint doesn’t take cash?
I’m a Mets fan, I’d say, “Go Mets!” if I could, but it doesn’t look like my team’s going anywhere.
Where have you gone, Lucas Duda? The 7-Line turns its lonely eyes to you.
There’s talk about former Raider/Alabama wide receiver, Henry Ruggs, who killed a 23-year-old woman by ramming his car into her while drunk, coming back to the NFL if he makes parole this August.
Call me crazy, but after killing someone by driving 156 mph into the back of a car and burning the driver and her dog to death while massively over the legal limit…and getting released after serving 36 months doesn’t sound much like justice to me.
Staying in the desert, I knew Phoenix would struggle in the play-in game without Walter Davis.
Lost in WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s draft presser—beyond mandated grievance at being asked a question—was her unintended outing of the ‘thousands of women, diverse people, and men’ who help run the WNBA. Run a league that has never made a profit in 29 seasons and loses millions each year.
Good to know.
With that said, how do you expand and give the players more money…unless someone is printing money for you?
Dianna Russini re-signs…and doesn’t fight back…and basically confirms everything the pictures of her and Mike Vrabel implied.
If you’re innocent but accused of an ethical/moral violation, and your reputation is about to be destroyed, you fight and go scorched earth. You don’t rollover.
And, I actually liked her content. Russini presented—no pun intended—as someone who did the work.
If the NFL decides to put Sunday Night Football on Netflix, I won’t follow. The only thing Netflix has is Seinfeld…and it is incapable of doing sports.
I’ll say it again, Elon, Bezos, and a bunch of their billionaire friends with blank-you money need to start a league of their own in direct competition with the NFL.
Then again, Bezos is already in league with the NFL.
The NFL is exercising unchecked tyranny on its fans because there is nothing and no one to hold it accountable.
Looking at LaMelo Ball—after taking down Bam—I have to ask, out of curiosity, not judgment, when does ink become enough ink? Isn’t there a threshold you cross where all the individual tats meld into one blurry tat? Thus losing the intended impact of the statement.
Final Add WNBA: Overs & Unders on how many games into the season before Caitlin Clark is cheap-shotted and sidelined?
I say less than five.
The only thing missing with the Hornets last night was Kelly Tripucka, Rex Chapman, and pleated shorts. But who needs any of those guys when Coby White is going full Lamar Mundane?
#25—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…
Something to remember about the NFL Draft…is that there are always receivers and edge rushers from one year to the next. Yes, there are outliers, but quarterback is the only position outlier you need to win a Super Bowl.
Two players worth trading up for? Jeremiyah Love and Sonny Styles…and if I didn’t have to go to far—because you can always find a receiver—Carnell Tate.
The Dude abides…
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Your friend that only uses cash. What does he do? Go into the bank and take out a whole bunch of money and then let it sit in his sock drawer and only take it out when needed? I once waited 45 minutes in line at a bank to take out cash because there was only 1 bank teller working. ATM’s only let you take out so much cash. And those can be just as risky as the McDonald’s app.
From Joe T.: I probably wasn’t clear enough–my bad…but he does carry cash, quite a bit,…and, of course, his bills and rent go out automatically…but dates, movies, restaurants etc etc…its cash…and he has credit cards to rent a vehicle, travel and such…but is loathe to use them…
This cashless craze has now extended to the high schools with the GoFan ticketing system. You can no longer attend a game on the spur of the moment; you have to be sure you’ll attend because there is NO REFUND once you’ve bought admission online. GoFan has the gall to add a ‘convenience fee’ to every ticket sold, which is actually GoFan’s profit. Since it’s the schools who are getting the convenience of not having to handle, count or keep track of cash, THEY should be the ones paying that extra fee, don’t you think?
The sad truth is that public schools are in a position to not care if ALL of their sports teams disappear, much less how many people show up for the games. They are funded by money forced from the wallets of the population via property taxes. This is how a vastly unpopular ticketing scheme like GoFan continues to exist.
From Joe T.: Wow…I didn’t even know. My last regular season was 2017 with prep football. I don’t think I’d comply…I think I’d just do something else unless my kid was playing….I still believe…like I did 10 years ago….there’s a conspiracy to get rid of football by our “education class”…but I didn’t know about GoFan.
A few years ago, I paid for my Big Mac with my credit card through the app. Two hours later I got a fraud alert that my credit card had been used for a $700 purchase at a jewelry store in Costa Mesa. I use cash for all transactions that I can.
From Joe T.: I know someone who does everything with cash. There are some limitations, but he’s been very successful. And for the reason you cited, along with the hidden fees that creep in, is why he pays cash.
I hear Frank McCourt will take a pint of blood in lieu of the $50 parking fee, so old-school payment still lives.
From Joe T.: That’s funny…I didn’t drive last night, but the people I was with did some math on that parking lot. I’ll drop it in FanView later today.
Dude, it’s 2026. I’m 58 years old and as old school as they come, but even I know most big venues don’t take cash. Go to any MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, major theme park, and several other places, and they are cashless. Even the lady’s selling flowers on the corner of a street will ask you to pay with Zelle.
From Joe T.: I know–you’re right…I just hate it…cashless requires a lot of faith…I’m just not there yet.