More than any other reason, I'm happy the Cubs won because of Bob Newhart. His Twitter feed the past couple weeks has been adorable, and the photo of he and Rickles the other night was priceless.
https://www.twitter.com/BobNewhart/status/793663612640374784 <https://mobile.twitter.com/BobNewhart/status/793663612640374784> On Wednesday, November 2, 2016, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Bill Partsch <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Nov 1, 2016, at 6:31 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> But then I tend to bail by about the third innings because, well, it's > very late... > > > > Innings. Let's hear it for cricket, baby! Wherein pitchers are bowlers, > batters are batsmen... > > A few years ago, I started noticing baseball announcers saying "hit > batsman" instead of "hit batter." Turns out the phrase "hit batsman" is > actually used a few times in the official MLB rules -- although "hit > batter" is also used, seemingly interchangeably. > > PDF link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2016/official_ > baseball_rules.pdf > > -- > Jim Ellwanger <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > <http://www.ellwanger.tv> > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
