The Baseball Book Club discussion
Current Books & Discussions
>
Non-baseball items, part II
Interesting item on Caitlin Clark and the WNBA All-Star Voting. She is leading in the fan voting and doing well in the media voting at her position (guard). However she is doing badly in the balloting among the players. According to the article the only reason would appear to be that the other players don't like her (in fact hate was the word used). Some of those making comments on the article suggested it is because she is straight and white. One person actually referred to the WNBA as being the Lesbo League. https://larrybrownsports.com/basketba...
Mod
Brina wrote: "It’s many women’s sports and a widespread problem. I know some women’s soccer higher ups are frustrated with Mallory Swanson for getting pregnant the year before the World Cup qualifying. Basketbal..."I recall when a femaile wrestler got pregnant before a major event and had to take time off (for obvious reasons). A lot of people were annoyed at her. However one person wrote don't blame her, blame her boyfriend.
Mod
I wish I remember where I read it, but I saw somewhere that the WNBA was something like 35% lesbian. I think that seems fair - it just seems much larger because the media plays up those couples so much. Take my Lynx - always reminded coach Cheryl Reeve has a wife (in the Lynx FO), but never hear about Napheesa Collier’s husband - they make a damn fine looking couple
Mod
Just thinking, I remember when I was at McGill someone once said all or almost all the members of the ladies rugby team were lesbian. I think that was probably a stretch but it could have been close to the truth.
At the Euros 2025 Norway defeated Switzerland (who are hosting the tournament) by a score of 2-1, with Norways' second goal being in fact an own-goal by the Swiss. Ooops.
Mod
When Candice Wiggins was a active WNBA player with the Lynx (note: she’s the daughter of former MLB player Alan Wiggins), she claimed the league was “95%” lesbian and she was getting bullied on and off the court for being hetero. Like with John’s story at McGil, I thought that was a stretch but had some truth about the bullying.
Happy Independence Day to one and all.
Hare are the quarterfinal matchups for the Coppa Infantino.Al-Hilal vs. Fluminense
Chelsea vs. Palmeiras
Dortmund vs. Real Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bayern Munich.
I believe the games are this weekend.
Looking up something on Goodreads and came across a book supposedly written by one Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward. The only catch is the person doesn't exist. Lady Penelope was a fictional character best know for being International Rescue's London agent. She also appeared in the British Comic TV Century 21. Of course me being me I find this whole affair quite amusing.Just remembered, the publisher of the comic also pulbished a Lady Penelope comic as well.
For any Oasis fans out there here is a quiz from The Mirror concerning the band. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
The first two quarter finals for the Coppa Gianvonni have been played and the winners were Chelsea and Fluminese. They will meet in one of the two semi-finals. One interesting item from the game. One of the Palmeiras players (the team Chelsea defeated) will be joining Chelsea after the tournament has ended.
Read an article on Joey Chestnut's win at the Hot Dog Eating contest yesterday. Found a couple of the comments after the aricle interesting. One writer said that hot dog eating is not a sport, The second person described Mr. Chestnut as one of the best pure athlete of our time.https://larrybrownsports.com/everythi...
They are using an automated system to call whether a ball is in or out on the lines, rather than having a human line judge. Somehow it got turned off during a match yesterday, but the umpire didn't know it. Problem was also one of the contestants was British so there were charges of home team bias. Oh well.
According to my colouring app July 6th is kissing day. I can think of a couple of good stories involving kissing but I am not sure I should mention them. Both took place while I was living back east but they each involved different young ladies.
Mexico defeated the US to win its record tenth CONCACAF Gold Cup.
FIFA decided to use 'dynamic pricing' for the Coppa Gianni. That means demand has an influence on ticket pricing. As a result the tickets for Tuesday's semi-final between Chelsea and Fluminense have gone from $473.90 to $13,40.
Miguel Cairo has been announces as the interim Manager of the Nationals. He was previously the bench coach.
James Gunn got himself into a wee bit of trouble when he was talking about the new Superman movie. He referred to Superman as being an immigrant. Some people are not happy with that. Come on what else could he be. He not only wasn't born in the US he wasn't even born on Earth. For the record, the artist who co-created him, Joe Schuster, was actually born in Canada.
Had my regular appointment with a Public Health nurse this morning. Made them happy. They asked how it was going with the boot/rebounder I have to wear right now. I told them it goes on in the morning and comes off when I go to bed. They liked that answer. Admittedly when I dont have to wear it at all I will be quite happy, Here's hoping for a really mild winter.
Happy Nunavut Day to one and all. This celebrates Nunavut becoming a separate territory from the Northwest Territories. As I have discovered none of my kids are old enough to remember when there were only two territories.
At the Euros today England defeated the Netherlands. A win against Wales will see them in the Quarterfinals. As an interesting sidenote, one of the Dutch players is the partner of Lioness star Beth Mead.
In the Coppa Giovani PSG defeated Real Madrid and thus will be playing Chelsea in the final.
Listening to a Glenn Campbell album, specifically the song Witchita Lineman. For the longest time I was trying to figure out how this song could be referring to someone playing gridiron football. That was the only lineman I knew of. back then.
Amazing something from The Telegraph that is not behind a paywall. This is a list of the 20 best novels of all time, according to them.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/wha...
A couple of bills that are up for debate in the British House of Commons caught my eye this morning, at least the names did1. Unauthorized Entry to Football Matches Bill.
2. Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
There is also a bill to do with rare cancers
We are going to get the first 1 million pound signing in Woman's Football. Arsenal is the team doing the signing and Olivia Smith is the player. She just happens to be a Canadian forward.
Big day for Rugby Union fans. Scotland has already played Fiji. Later today Wales takes on Japan, New Zealand plays France and England is up against Argentina. To cap it all off the British and Irish Lions will challenge an AUNZ Invitational XV. I daresay there may be some annoyed ladies out there today.
Crystal Palace have been bounced from next seasons Europa League and will instead play in the Conference League. This is because they have been found to be in breach of multi-club ownership rules. This is bad news for Palace as the Europa League is more lucrative. Their place in it will be taken by Nottingham Forest. Cue the Robin Hood jokes.
The Spotify playlist I have put on is mostly stuff from the sixties and maybe the seventies. For some reason though the lead off song is "Don't Let's be Beastly to the Germans" by Noel Coward.
Hard to believe that Live Aid was 40 years ago today.
Lance I saw that you liked my review of Black Noon. I had to look to see when I wrote that review. Back in 2014. No wonder I didn't recall writing it. I knew I had read the book.
Superman brought in $122 Milliom over the weekend. Apparently that is the third highest weekend total after "Minecraft A Movie" and "Lilo and Stitch".
Mod
I only wish I found that book back in 2014, not 11 years after it was published
Lance wrote: "C. John wrote: "Lance I saw that you liked my review of Black Noon. I had to look to see when I wrote that review. Back in 2014. No wonder I didn't recall writing it. I knew I had read the book."..."
Well to paraphrase the Earth-2 Joker any book you haven't read before is a new book.
The Coppa Gianni, also known as the Club World Cub, was won by Chelsea who defeated PAG in the final today.
Wishing everyone a happy Bastille Day. It happens that this is the birthday of an old friend of mine. The year before I moved out here she was at some reception where the French Consul-General in Toronto found that out. He then promptly invited her to their celebration.
Trump has said he should sign an executive order changing the name of soccer to football in the states. That should be fun. It should be noted that the word soccer is derived from the full name of the sport which is 'Association Football', as opposed to Rugby Football, Gaelic Football and Australian Rules Football, among other footballs.
The British government has a Future of Roads Minister. I will presume that is a cabinet position.
Reading an article on why virtually every 2nd round choice from the last NFL draft is unsigned. Apparently it is because the Texans gave their 2nd round pick a guaranteed contract and now all the others want one. I am wondering though what happens if no one is offered one. If they remain unsigned when the season starts what happens?
Mod
Mod
https://www.theguardian.com/football/......"
Will be hard for them to bring Pele to New York this time
Or any of the other stars they had on their team back in the day.
Lance wrote: "They are still bound to negotiate with their team unless the rights are traded. They remain bound to the team that drafted them until the next draft where they can re-enter it and hope they are pic..."Be interesting to see what happens this year. I can see someone deciding no guaranteed contract then I am not signing.
Going to be interesting to see what happens with the award ceremony at the World Cup next year. Of course as there are three host nations Infantion would be in his rights to have all three leaders present for the presentation. Not sure that would make one person happy though.
The Baseball Book Club
Books mentioned in this topic
A Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers (other topics)Sense and Sensibility (other topics)
The Game (other topics)
The Game (other topics)
Rory Land: The Up-and-Down World of Golf's Global Icon (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Jenny Adams (other topics)Susan Elia MacNeal (other topics)
BRING IT ON
With the Lions Tour, Wimbledon, the second cricket Test between England and India and Copa Gianni all in full swing, the last thing all us sports fans who are so spoiled for summer choice need is keyboard warriors on social media abominations complaining about women’s football being “forced down our throats”. Especially given that, like each of the other sporting events listed above, watching Euro 2025 is still not compulsory.