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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 25, 2019 15:56:50 GMT
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Post by poelzig on Feb 26, 2019 4:30:56 GMT
I'm reading a great James Patterson book on Aaron Hernandez. Man, this guy was a total douche. And stupid on top. Had the world at his feet but being a thug was just too important to him. Does it mention the guys he killed when he was playing college football at Florida and Urban Meyer covering it up?
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Post by fjenkins on Feb 26, 2019 17:22:42 GMT
I'm reading a great James Patterson book on Aaron Hernandez. Man, this guy was a total douche. And stupid on top. Had the world at his feet but being a thug was just too important to him. Does it mention the guys he killed when he was playing college football at Florida and Urban Meyer covering it up? Yes, it's quite interesting. The fact the Pats drafted this guy is even more amazing to me. These teams are aware of these idiots' pasts yet they still bring them aboard because winning is everything. In this particular case I think the Pats ended up looking really stupid because they knew about this guy.
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Post by poelzig on Feb 26, 2019 21:03:48 GMT
Does it mention the guys he killed when he was playing college football at Florida and Urban Meyer covering it up? Yes, it's quite interesting. The fact the Pats drafted this guy is even more amazing to me. These teams are aware of these idiots' pasts yet they still bring them aboard because winning is everything. In this particular case I think the Pats ended up looking really stupid because they knew about this guy. I like several of Patterson's books but I've never read any of his non fiction. I would think anyone interested in serial killers or psychopaths would find Hernandez intriguing. I'm going to check this out through my online library service. As long as a library in Georgia has it I can get it sent to the library 10 miles from my house. I like my odds. I wonder if Tebow had let Hernandez get booted from the Gators would he have killed less people or more people? Wealthy people that kill are even creepier than your garden variety murderer for some reason. Robert Durst for example.
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Post by fjenkins on Feb 27, 2019 23:13:42 GMT
Yes, it's quite interesting. The fact the Pats drafted this guy is even more amazing to me. These teams are aware of these idiots' pasts yet they still bring them aboard because winning is everything. In this particular case I think the Pats ended up looking really stupid because they knew about this guy. I like several of Patterson's books but I've never read any of his non fiction. I would think anyone interested in serial killers or psychopaths would find Hernandez intriguing. I'm going to check this out through my online library service. As long as a library in Georgia has it I can get it sent to the library 10 miles from my house. I like my odds. I wonder if Tebow had let Hernandez get booted from the Gators would he have killed less people or more people? Wealthy people that kill are even creepier than your garden variety murderer for some reason. Robert Durst for example. I got it at my library. It's interesting the different paths that Hernandez could have taken. But he seriously had a screw loose. What a waste of talent.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 28, 2019 18:30:23 GMT
Just ordered: Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers, The 1970 Baltimore Orioles
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Post by poelzig on Mar 1, 2019 7:21:43 GMT
In my curiosity over the Patterson book about Aaron Hernandez I forgot to mention I'm currently reading Holy Ghost by John Sandford. It's a Virgil Flowers novel and my first time reading this character. I'm enjoying it so far.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 5, 2019 4:41:29 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 5, 2019 9:55:48 GMT
That one looks cool. I remember that game (not live but it was the talk of the baseball world for weeks. Dave Kingman and Michael Jack Schmidt doing baseball's version of Ali-Frazier I.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 6, 2019 5:06:34 GMT
That one looks cool. I remember that game (not live but it was the talk of the baseball world for weeks. Dave Kingman and Michael Jack Schmidt doing baseball's version of Ali-Frazier I.
epic stuff. cook's other book looks like fun too. huge fan of old tom morris. 
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 19, 2019 3:01:35 GMT
this should be ready at my library tomorrow: one of the last american league only umps:  |
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Post by fjenkins on Mar 19, 2019 20:57:49 GMT
Very much want to read that A's book. I like Korach's book on Bill King.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 22, 2019 4:06:07 GMT
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Mar 22, 2019 5:35:56 GMT
Have you ever read ‘The Great Game’, by Peter Hopkirk? It’s a book about Britain and Russia’s struggle for dominance in Central Asia for the past 3 centuries or so. Very good book about the ambitions of empires. It was indeed, while not a light read, I did finish it fairly quickly. As always with books like this, I fantasise about forcing our politicians to read it, and learn from it. But that will never happen. I hadn't heard of Peter Hopkirk until now, but that certainly does look like something I would enjoy, so I've just ordered it from my library. Which also has several more of his books. Thanks for the tip! I would also suggest 'Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Taiping Rebellion' by Stephen Platt. Fascinating history about a deadly rebellion in the end days of imperial China.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 29, 2019 18:48:02 GMT
this should be ready at my library tomorrow: one of the last american league only umps: This book is pretty funny. AL is a character.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 2, 2019 19:15:48 GMT
TheGoodMan19 you heard of this? my library had it, or i had it on hold and the other person didn't bring it back!  who knew the dead ball era was so wanted! 
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 19, 2019 6:28:15 GMT
I'm reading a great James Patterson book on Aaron Hernandez. Man, this guy was a total douche. And stupid on top. Had the world at his feet but being a thug was just too important to him.  
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 27, 2019 21:42:28 GMT
I'm reading a great James Patterson book on Aaron Hernandez. Man, this guy was a total douche. And stupid on top. Had the world at his feet but being a thug was just too important to him. starting these:  
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Apr 27, 2019 21:57:25 GMT
Dark Tower Part VI.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 27, 2019 22:03:18 GMT
Penguin Atlas of British and Irish history.
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who knew the dead ball era was so wanted!