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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Aug 25, 2022 19:17:31 GMT
1/4 of the way through 'TKO' I just bought.
Love it.
About a social worker who is a counselor and happens to be a professional boxer. He's not a tomato can but he's not an upper echelon fighter either (hence his counselor job)
He's been assigned a guy who just got let out of jail for committing 4 murders as a youth. He got let out - and now there's a copycat murderer and everybody thinks it's him besides his boxing counselor
Love it
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Nov 21, 2022 15:36:46 GMT
TheGoodMan19 this sounds fun, read it? "The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball's Afterlife," by Brad Balukjian (University of Nebraska Press). Balukjian, a biology teacher and childhood baseball card collector, set out on an unusual quest. He bought an unopened pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, opened it, and tracked down the 14 players whose cards were in the pack (card No. 15 was a checklist). The resulting road trip is an entertaining, often surprisingly honest journey for the writer and his subjects, exploring their lives in and after the game. Among the most engaging chapters are those on two players with '86 Brewers cards: pitcher Jaime Cocanower, whose time in the game was always uneasy (and whose wife has some choice words for Brewers management), and third baseman Randy Ready, who keeps coming back. Jamie Cocanower, Randy Ready and a checklist? What a shitty pack
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Post by Selgovae on Nov 21, 2022 16:00:00 GMT
That was a good read, and the film is worth seeing too. He was a year below me at school in Ayrshire aka Scotland's Arkansas, and was mercilessly bullied for being the son of a cop. I must confess I'm baffled that he actually kept on living there, I myself escaped almost four decades ago.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Apr 12, 2023 14:57:59 GMT
What is everyone reading?
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Post by mtbg on Apr 12, 2023 17:53:26 GMT
What is everyone reading? Recently finished "The Last Folk Hero: The Life & Myth of Bo Jackson" by Jeff Pearlman. Very good read. I was always amazed by Bo Jackson's athletic ability. Probably the greatest pure athlete of my lifetime. But my biggest takeaway was that while his level of God-given talent was off the charts, I can't imagine how good he'd be if he actually worked at it. He notoriously didn't practice hard and could be a bit of a dick to coaches. If he had the work ethic of a Walter Payton or Jerry Rice, I can't even fathom what he would've been.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Apr 13, 2023 12:16:40 GMT
What is everyone reading? Recently finished "The Last Folk Hero: The Life & Myth of Bo Jackson" by Jeff Pearlman.Β Very good read.Β I was always amazed by Bo Jackson's athletic ability.Β Probably the greatest pure athlete of my lifetime.Β But my biggest takeaway was that while his level of God-given talent was off the charts, I can't imagine how good he'd be if he actually worked at it.Β He notoriously didn't practice hard and could be a bit of a dick to coaches.Β If he had the work ethic of a Walter Payton or Jerry Rice, I can't even fathom what he would've been. Cool. Sounds great!
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Post by fjenkins on Apr 13, 2023 18:05:38 GMT
Am just finishing "The Divider" about Trump. Great documentation of what a complete buffoon this nut is.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Apr 14, 2023 16:15:15 GMT
Am just finishing "The Divider" about Trump. Great documentation of what a complete buffoon this nut is. Funny?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Apr 15, 2023 20:02:10 GMT
Love stories of redemption What makes a man fall? Pressure? To gain - Fame, fortune, glory.... The story of a Tour de France winner who hailed from Lancaster, PA (few counties over from me) in Amish Country who was caught using PEDs Floyd was Mennonite (not Amish) - similar to the Amish in some ways; however they're allowed to use electricity and use motorized vehicles. Imagine letting your family, community, fellow church brethren and ultimately yourself down .... And then the road back redeeming yourself.......
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Post by hi224 on Apr 15, 2023 23:09:32 GMT
pretty good...jumps around a bit much... I love these book discussions.
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Post by fjenkins on Apr 17, 2023 17:47:32 GMT
Am just finishing "The Divider" about Trump. Great documentation of what a complete buffoon this nut is. Funny? I mean some of the stuff this nut does is funny. It's like a 13 year old girl put into an 80 year old fat man's body and given the presidency.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Apr 26, 2023 15:53:05 GMT
Should be right up your alley, nut. The Orioles actually won this one! Looks good:
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