WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Nov-17-25 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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Nov-17-25 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: <FSR> Almost the same record as NE, beating up on losing (record) teams. MIN 4-6 LVR 2-7 CIN 3-7 NYG 2-9 WAS 3-8 14-37 record. Besides the MIN loss, they lost to DET (week 2) 52-21 and BAL (Week 8, but game 7 due to bye) 30-16 Of CHI's remaining games (7), only one ...      Nov-16-25 chessgames.com chessforum    WannaBe: Not super important, but I see ads on players' directory page. Player Directory      Nov-13-25 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: Wow.... California, really?? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles...      Nov-11-25 H Ree vs Hort, 1986    WannaBe: Just in case of not getting the pun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0...      Nov-11-25 WannaBe chessforum   WannaBe: So there I am minding my own bidness, reading Michael Connelly's latest novel "The Proving Ground" (big fan of his books) and I saw this article today https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article... Just like what is happening in the book.      Nov-04-25 United States Championship (1984)    WannaBe: It was a nice day and De Firmian-Kudrin decided to play 2... Okay, I'll shut-up and leave now. Let y'all smart(er) people figure it out. 😁♟️      Nov-04-25 keypusher chessforum    WannaBe: Another 'Just Curious Question', I am a fan of Michael Connelly books, them Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series. In the past, there's Scott Turow and I'm sure may others that focuses on law(er). I a curious on how realistic (aside from creative imaginations) you find ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 585 OF 749 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-19-16    Jim Bartle: Yes, relief, though I had to be reminded it was him years later. Played for USC. Turns out the catcher was Jack del Rio. Years earlier I'd seen Dave Kingman pitch for USC as well. Steve Busby, too. I think I missed Fred Lynn. You see baseball players in college without knowing or remembering the names. Years later you might realize "Oh, did I really see him play?" When I was in college the highly promoted star was Rod Boone, supposed to be a future major league star. He never made it, but his older brother Bob, who pitched and played third base, did. Feb-19-16    OhioChessFan: That's great. Had never known that he pitched. I recall back about 1990 getting front row seats at a Reds game. Tom Browning was pitching. Known as a junk pitcher, not sure if he even reached 90MPH. Sitting that close, the sound of his fastball hitting the catcher's mitt was startling. I then realized just how hard someone pitching in the high 80's was throwing. Feb-19-16    Jim Bartle: I've only had the chance a couple of times, especially once right behind the dugout at Dodger Stadium, but being really close is completely different. And you really have to pay attention because a foul ball might come your way any time. During the 2002 World Series I was standing close by when the Angels came out to warm up. They were just throwing the balls back and forth at 80 ft. or so. But as you say, the balls were just snapping into the gloves, and the players were firing throws really hard with little effort. But it wouldn't have looked like anything special on TV. Feb-20-16    thegoodanarchist: <Jim Bartle: ... But when you see guys like Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina, Jack McDowell or Mark McGwire pitch up close, it's impressive. (Johnson was a big offender for not throwing strikes, but the speed was scary.)> Just ask the bird if Johnson had speed... Yes, we have the video tape to prove it! (Or, nowadays, youtube) Feb-20-16    thegoodanarchist: <Jim Bartle: ... I saw the Giants play an exhibition against the Giants in, I think, 1982. > Interesting. Are you sure this wasn't an intra-squad scrimmage? Feb-20-16    Jim Bartle: Oops, that was Giants vs. Stanford. Feb-20-16    thegoodanarchist: Interesting that this all happened in 1 day. Feb-21-16    thegoodanarchist: Or, maybe I was wrong and it isn't interesting at all. Feb-22-16    chessmoron: Have you check out Stephen King's "11.22.63" on Hulu? Feb-23-16    WannaBe: <chessmoron> No, but I did read the book. Book's quite good, it won numerous prizes for best fiction. =)) Feb-24-16    WannaBe: British Unicorn Company goes kaput: http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/tec... Tech bubble?! Feb-24-16    WannaBe: http://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-apo... Funniest true story, a friend of mine have this plate: "KS MIAZ" So, of course, I had to ask, how did he get that plate? He replied: "I told the DMV that my mother's from Kansas, my father's from Michigan, and I was born in Arizona." Feb-24-16    WannaBe: I want to see hackers try this with my '76 Ford Pinto http://www.networkworld.com/article... Feb-25-16    WannaBe: They've finally done it, they've out sourced classical music to China... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCi... But the original is still the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZj... Feb-26-16    WannaBe: Nothing like starting your day at 6AM with a text saying server's down... I got back up and running. =) Feb-26-16    playground player: <WannaBe> A present for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtI... Feb-27-16    WannaBe: Well, finally got around to reading W. Buffett's annual letter, should I go to Omaha April 30 and (en)join the madness?! Feb-29-16    WannaBe: So, you wanna get hack'd?! http://www.networkworld.com/article... Feb-29-16    WannaBe: Mark 2020 on your calendar, you can whine about it! http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/29/new... Feb-29-16    WannaBe: Tech bubble 2.0?! http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016... I think Theranos will not last past this year, just my opinion. http://fortune.com/2016/02/29/walgr... Feb-29-16    WannaBe: Nice!!! Big thumbs up and a big Bugsy smile. https://gma.yahoo.com/woman-gets-tr... Mar-02-16    WannaBe: U.S. Steel (X) is going outta sight!! That $9 March 18th gonna get called. Mar-02-16    WannaBe: #9 Oregon Ducks (23-6) visit Ucla (15-14) tonight (ESPN2), I'm praying for the best, an upset win. Hoping to avoid embarrassment, losing by double-digits... Mar-02-16    Jim Bartle: UCLA (15-14) just looks wrong. I still expect 26-3 or whatever. It's UCLA in powder blue uniforms. Mar-02-16    WannaBe: This is great news for California!!! http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 749) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 585 OF 749 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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