WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Apr-09-26 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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Apr-07-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: In case I forgot, congrats to them Lady Bruins. =)) U. Mich (69-63) won, but the last spread I saw was -6.5, so if you took UConn w/ spread, you got very lucky, if you bet on them U. Mich, I feel bad; the O/U was 148.5      Apr-06-26 Fusilli chessforum    WannaBe: You too <Fusilli>      Apr-05-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie   WannaBe: Gotta double-triple check for typos in the future, what is "coving my neighbor's wife"?? Are we doves?      Apr-01-26 OhioChessFan chessforum   WannaBe: <OCF> I will now have be a wabbit and dig dipper into Camp Washington Chili. Never hoid of them, don't know if they are canned, fast food, grocery store, etc. Will keep you updated.      Mar-21-26 Chessgames - TV and Films    WannaBe: <CIO> LOL. I remember those mems... <chancho> North by Norwest, totally agree, the audiences know that the plane scene was filmed earlier and played on a screen behind. It was still drama. Same thing with the Mt. Rushmore chase scene.      Mar-18-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: <plang> Do you have a link to where you got that information/data from? I would love to read it for myself.      Mar-16-26 WannaBe chessforum    WannaBe: Future research project, how did Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld became "Can Can" and women kicking legs before the Radio City Hall Rocketts. An history that probably need some "Lookin Into"      Mar-13-26 chessgames.com chessforum    WannaBe: ¡Olé! ¡Olé! this is what I see for "¡Olé! ¡Olé!" (game of the day Mar-13-2026) I also know this issue have been around for a while, and it's not that important, in IT term, it is a level 'C', cosmetic fix. But I just wish to report it again. Can CG.com unify this ...      Mar-11-26 Sebastien Feller    WannaBe: <FSR> March 11 is his birthday, and usually PoD is chosen from the birth date of the player. So unless CG.com decides to change the algorithm on how PoD is decided. We will randomly get "undesired" player(s).      Mar-05-26 G Timoscenko vs Karpov, 1967   WannaBe: So, strictly out of "Morbid Curiosity", I requested an analysis of the position: 1) +12.62 (22 ply) 55...Ke6 56. Nc6 Bg2 57. Nxa7 Ba8 58. Nc6 Kd7 59. Ne5+ Ke6 60. Nxg6 Be4 61. b6 f4 62. Nxf4+ Kf5 63. g6 Kg4 64. b7 Kxg3 65. b8=Q Kf3 66. g7 Bh7 67. g8=Q Bxg8 68. Qxg8 Ke3 69. a7 Ke4 ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 519 OF 754 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-08-14    Mating Net: I'll give you 2 Rook Pawns and a Bad Bishop for your fiddle, deal? Apr-08-14    WannaBe: <Mating Net> Throw in a passed pawn and you got a deal! Apr-08-14    Mating Net: The passed pawn is an infrequent visitor on my board so I can't oblige. How about a billion Zimbabwe dollars? Apr-09-14    technical draw: If you want to see a real Strad take a look at the picture I put up in the cafe. Apr-09-14    WannaBe: click for larger view Apr-09-14    FSR: Here's an immortal team game of mine against <zzurc> of <Immortal Kings>: [Event "Team match"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=211..."] [Date "2014.04.05"] [Round "-"] [White "zzurc"] [Black "krakatoa1"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2048"] [TimeControl "1/432000"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "time forfeit"] 1. a3?! d5!! 0-1 http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=211... Apr-09-14    WannaBe: You shock'd the crap out of zzurc. Apr-10-14    FSR: <WannaBe> Evidently. That scintillating victory brings my team score to 17-0-0. http://gameknot.com/team.pl?chess=1... Apr-10-14    technical draw: Thanks for that link <FSR>. I see I have played the most games at 244. After I finish my active game I'll hit 250. Apr-14-14    WannaBe: click for larger view Apr-15-14    WannaBe: This is getting ridiculous, MLB have retired all the numbers possible, now everyone is forced to wear number 42... Apr-16-14    YouRang: <Baseball Retired Numbers Trivia> There are a number of players who have had their jersey number retired for two teams (e.g. Greg Maddux for Braves and Cubs, Rod Carew for Twins and Angels). What player's jersey number has been retired for *three* teams? Extra credit: A player named Wade Boggs had his jersey number retired. For which team? Apr-17-14    WannaBe: <YouRang> I think the answer is Nolan Ryan? Boggs have his number retired by the Yankees? Apr-17-14    YouRang: Yep, Nolan Ryan so honored by the Angels, Rangers, and Astros. Boggs was so honored by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays! He played his last 2 seasons there and got his 3000th hit with the Rays. Apr-17-14    Jim Bartle: How in the world did Maddux do enough for the Cubs to have his number retired? Apr-17-14    YouRang: <Jim Bartle: How in the world did Maddux do enough for the Cubs to have his number retired?> Yeah, his best years were with the Braves, for sure. Perhaps because he got his 300th win as a Cub? I see that his jersey was retired the same day they retired the jersey of Ferguson Jenkins (who really did deserve the honor). Maybe they just wanted a bigger party. It's a little odd too that Steve Garvey's jersey was retired by the Padres. Apr-17-14    Jim Bartle: An average of 17-11 over five years shouldn't get your number retired, certainly not beside Ferguson Jenkins. Garvey at least led the Padres to a World Series. Apr-17-14    YouRang: The year that the Padres went to the World Series, Garvey hit .284 with 8 homers and 86 RBI. Okay, but not the stuff that prompts a retired jersey. Other guys contributed more to their success IMO. e.g. Gwynn hit .351, Wiggins stole 70 bases, McReynolds hit 20 homers, and they had outstanding relief pitching. Apr-17-14    Jim Bartle: My mistake! I thought he hit a lot better than that. I think he did hit real well in the playoff against the Cubs. Of course Gwynn was a hundred times the player Garvey was. Though Garvey did look sharp dressed as a taco. Garvey was pretty funny in the field. He could catch just fine, but couldn't throw at all. Runners on second would stroll over to third if Garvey had the ball, knowing he wouldn't even try to throw them out. Apr-17-14    YouRang: You're right, Garvey did great against the Cubs, but he was pretty soft in the World Series. Garvey was very popular in L.A. A good clutch hitter and he fielded grounders brilliantly and he even prevented a bunch of errors by fielding skippy throws from shortstop Russell. But Garvey couldn't throw. Moving him from 3B to 1B made his career. I only recall one game being mad at Garvey. He had the ball with a runner trapped in a rundown between first and second. The problem is while he was chasing that guy, another runner who was at third base strolled home with the winning run to end the game. Apr-17-14    Jim Bartle: That's our Steve! I looked up his record, see he had 28 errors in 85 games at third base in 1972. Not good. Apr-17-14    YouRang: Reminds me of a guy who played third for the Oakland A's back then. He wasn't a great fielder, but even worse, his name was "Klutts" -- Mickey Klutts. Abbott and Costello could have worked with that. Apr-17-14    Jim Bartle: Not to be confused with the scout who signed Catfish Hunter, Clyde Kluttz. Apr-18-14    YouRang: Hmm, that prompted me to look up Catfish Hunter -- I didn't know until now that he died at 53 of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and that the "Catfish" nickname was Charles O. Finley's idea. Apr-18-14    Jim Bartle: I saw Hunter pitch several times for the A's. He didn't throw hard, but had really sharp control. Sort of like Tom Glavine, or Whitey Ford. He didn't give up many runs, though that wasn't hard in night games at Oakland Coliseum, where reaching the warning track was a massive blast. A Sports Illustrated writer visited him when he was quite sick, and wrote a really nice portrait of him. I'll look for that story. Of course he was one of the first free agents, but in a different way. Finley didn't pay him a bonus in his contract, so the contract was voided and he signed with the Yankees. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 754) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 519 OF 754 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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