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Ice preference..

None.

My mom grew up in Europe. I didn’t know what an ice cube was until I started working at McDonalds when I was in high school. (Not much of an exaggeration).

I don’t understand why you all insist on watering down your beverages. There are things like refrigerators and freezers to make your beverage cold without diluting.
Often, a little bit of dilution smooths out the edges of a good cocktail.
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Anniversary of Moonlight Graham's only MLB appearance

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Baseball Profiles: Archibald "Moonlight" Graham

Archibald “Moonlight” Graham was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1879 as the second of ten children. After playing baseball for the University of North Carolina, Graham played in the minor leagues in the northeast for for several years starting in 1902.

After hitting .323 in 1904, Graham was purchased by the Giants, who at the time played in New York, in 1905. Archibald reported to the team in late May, but didn’t enter a game until June 29th. On that date, future Hall of Fame manager John McGraw had Graham enter the game in the bottom of the 8th as a defensive replacement for the Giants right fielder, George Browne. In the top of the 9th, Graham was on deck when pitcher Claude Elliott flied out to end the inning. Archibald played the bottom of the 9th in the field, but would never come up to bat.

That game is significant because it was the only major league game Archibald Graham would ever play. He was sent back to the minors, where he would play until 1908. Even though Graham produced impressive offensive stats, hitting as high as .336 one season, he would never get another chance for the Giants. Before passing away in 1965, Graham went to medical school at the University of Maryland, where he also played halfback for the football team, before serving as a doctor in Chisholm, Minnesota for 50 years. He initially came to Chisholm after seeing a small ad for a doctor opening in the newspaper. When he saw the ad, he hopped on a train and once he arrived, he never left. “Doc” Graham, as he became known as, was beloved by Chisholm’s residents. He is buried nearby in Rochester, Minnesota.

Entire article: http://www.afootinthebox.com/peter/baseball-profiles-archibald-moonlight-graham
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USS Threasher - 9 April 1963

Why Did the USS Thresher Sink? Finally, the Navy Is Being Forced to Tell Us

The submarine mysteriously went down in 1963, killing everyone on board. Thanks to a lawsuit, we're about to learn why.


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A retired U.S. Navy submarine commander has won a lawsuit forcing the Navy to release its report on what happened to the USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered attack submarine that sank during diving tests in 1963. The loss of the submarine has never been fully explained, and the Navy has never released the report on the sub’s sinking.
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Capt. Jim Bryant, a retired Navy submarine officer, wanted to see the Navy’s 1,700-page report on the Thresher’s sinking, but the Navy refused to release it. So Bryant, Stars and Stripes reports, sued the Navy, and last month a federal judge ordered the service to release it in 300-page chunks.

The Navy has long been extremely protective of the report. The Navy submarine force is notoriously tight-lipped; submariners say the nickname “the silent service” not only applies to the quiet nature of subs, but the secretive nature of the sub community as a whole.

The service first said it would release the Thresher report in 1998, but released only 19 of 1,700 pages, claiming that keeping it classified was to protect serving submarine crews. The problem with that explanation? The accident happened during normal dive tests. More than 50 years have passed since the sinking, and the submarine’s technology is obsolete.
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The Navy will begin releasing the Thresher report in segments on May 15 and will continue until Oct. 15.

Entire article: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a31351061/why-did-uss-thresher-submarine-sink/
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Gonna take a cruise?

These parents are still sending their college daughter on a booze cruise, because alcohol will ‘ward off’ germs and coronavirus

They got their daughter some Lysol wipes and the all-you-can-drink package

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All aboard the S.S. Denial.

James and Kim Simon said that they are not pulling the plug on their college daughter’s plans to sail away on a Royal Caribbean cruise with a dozen friends for spring break this week. And here’s their stated reasoning, per the Daily Beast’s reporting:

‘I asked her if she was at all worried. She thought if she just kept enough alcohol in her system it would ward off any germs. So I got her some Lysol wipes and the all you can drink package.’

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Entire article: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...s-2020-03-11?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo&ref=yfp
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'19 NY G Joe Girard (Syracuse Verbal)

going to watch this guy's career with interest. put me down as someone who thinks that if girard goes to syracuse, he'll transfer by year 3. if he goes to bc or psu, though, he'll flourish. or at least have a chance to flourish, relatively speaking. kid's made for a mid-major program.
This isn't an "I told you so", because I'm a little surprised by it, too. But the guy's had a pretty damn good freshman year.
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MotS&G Buckeye Draft Profiles: Chase Young

Buckeye Draft Profiles: Chase Young
Richard Tongohan
via our good friends at Men of the Scarlet and Gray
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here


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Chase Young, a stud at defensive end has left it all on the field during his time at Ohio State. He has been a force his entire career as a Buckeye, but the 2019 season was a great send off season for him before stepping foot into the pro ranks. Young and his team finished the season with a 13-1 record, but he did a ton of damage to opposing teams and their offensive aspirations. In an era where stats are recorded and scrutinized, Young’s individual stats are impressive. He finished 2019 with 16.5 total sacks (14 solo/5 assisted sacks), averaging 1.38 sacks per game which led the nation. He also led the nation in forced fumbles with 6 for the year. With tackles for loss, he had 21 for the season and averaged 1.8 per game.

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Most draft experts are pegging him as a can’t miss prospect and the former Buckeye is projected as a Top-2 pick for this years NFL Draft. According to Sascha Paruk from SportsBettingDime, “there is no debate about who the first Buckeye off the board will be at the 2020 draft.” Adding, “Chase Young is the consensus best prospect in the class and will only fall from #1 because the Bengals have the #1 pick and need a franchise QB like Joe Burrow.” Paruk also speculated that “IF Chase Young doesn’t go second overall, it will be because Washington trades its pick to another QB-needy team, like the Dolphins or the Chargers.”

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For now, Chase Young is mocked to the Washington Redskins but with talks about potential trade down chatter, would make the 2020 NFL Draft more interesting. It makes sense from a re-building standpoint to stockpile picks to accelerate the entire process. The Redskins had a tough time this year finishing 3-13, but they have a few pieces in stock. Former Buckeyes, Dwayne Haskins might be their QB of the future and Terry McLaurin appear to be solid building blocks of the future. Their defense needs some help and Young makes sense, but Okudah does too with an aging Josh Norman. We will never know until Commissioner Goodell unveils the pick to make things official. The ball is in their court and the choice to make the pick or trade down is theirs alone. This draft will definitely be interesting and an exciting one.


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MotS&G Recruiting Targets: Hits & Misses

Recruiting Targets: Hits & Misses
Richard Tongohan
via our good friends at Men of the Scarlet and Gray
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here


In another long-awaited installment of the hits & misses content, I will be looking at the 2017 class which features a bunch of familiar names. This was the year where eventual stars would join the fold and what better time to do it than right now?

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DeMatha High School’s own Chase Young. Credit: 24/7sports.com
Hit: Chase Young, WDE


When I spoke of a legendary class in terms of talent, the 2017 class was the tipping point when building depth and collecting talent. Defensive Ends were plentiful and most players at Ohio State had to wait their turn, but Young, the Buckeyes own predator took the same route the Bosa’s took to their rise to stardom. The slight wait was worth it and while he turned into the guy, the impact he made was by his talents along, but we have seen this before with lesser known or less heralded recruits.

Chase Young has declared for the NFL Draft this year and he is locked in to be a potential top-3 pick. He also might join two familiar faces in Haskins and McLaurin, but we will see how the draft process unfolds. It is unpredictable, but it has been worth seeing the development and the talent turn into stars and make an impact like Young.

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Jeffrey Okudah in high school. Credit: Dallasnews.com
Hit: Jeffrey Okudah, CB


Like Young, Okudah also was highly recruited and he excelled after some time in the system. He was recruited and he sat and learned behind the likes of Marshon Lattimore and Denzel Ward, but the wait has been worth it as well. He essentially played it out and played himself into being a top-10 pick in this years draft. He was the shutdown corner that everyone avoided during games. He was one of three cornerbacks taken in the class, with Sheffield blossoming into a good player in the NFL and with Wade turning down the NFL for another shot at redemption.

Okudah has been preparing himself for years and he has maximized his talents. He left an everlasting impression and he should have passed-on some pointers to Wade and the younger BIA stablemates. His legacy has been fulfilled, even though it has left a year early.

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Dobbins carrying the ball. Credit: Hudl.com
Hit: J.K. Dobbins, RB


And the hits keep coming, with J-K-All-Day being the third member of a stellar class to blossom into a full-fledged star in the Buckeyes offensive attack. In 2018, he shared the ball carrier duties with Mike Weber. He had over 1,000 yards that season, but he thought it was a failure. Fast forward to this past season, he reached his potential en route to breaking records and cementing himself and his legacy in Columbus. The added time and conditioning have been wonders and he surely plunged himself into uncharted territory being a top 3 running back.

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Cass Tech’s own Donovan Peoples-Jones. Credit: Bleacherreport.com
Miss: Donovan Peoples-Jones


Now, let us get a couple of misses in the article, and this one comes from our most bitter rival, Michigan and a one-time Buckeyes lean, Donovan Peoples-Jones. The pipe line at Cass Tech was flourishing, but I have no clue what went wrong in his recruitment. It also was a miss, but the team has been stacking talent over the past two seasons and well into the 2021 season. Sure, he is a star returner and he was needed in an unproven class that has two 6-5 players in Jaylen Harris, Elijah Gardiner and a 6-3 playmaker in Trevon Grimes.

DPJ is now leaving for the NFL and he left 0-3 against the Buckeyes and he never really made an impact during The Game. He is a valuable player, but the older, more-experienced players have held the team together for the time being.

The Replacements: Fast forward to now, the two big-bodied players have yet to reach their potential and Grimes is returning to Florida for one last ride. There are a lot of factors to consider, injuries, lack of experience or playing time, but it takes time to build yourself. Prime example, Johnnie Dixon. Injuries have plagued him his first three years, but the last two were memorable and productive. You cannot close the books on them but Grimes is no longer on the team and the other two could still make some noise.

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The last NSD I watched with a hilarious twist with Darnay Holmes’ UCLA decision. Credit: Larrybrownsports.com
Miss: Darnay Holmes, CB


Last miss would be the youtube sensation “decision” from cornerback Darnay Holmes. He spurned the Buckeyes to go to UCLA and his little buddy was not happy to say the least. I know it is based on their decision in the end, but this is funny and it is needed during recruiting. Separating myself from that has helped and I don’t think it is that serious anymore. This one really grinded my gears, but now its all water under the bridge. Now he has announced his intent to pursue his NFL dreams, but with the transfer portal, rumors have been flying about him coming to Ohio State to sharpen his skills. I doubt that’ll happen, but I have seen weird things happen since following anything College Football.

Replacements: To call Sheffield, Okudah and Wade the replacements is foul, but with Holmes slipping away, they stepped up big-time. I would not change anything with this class, and I am happy that we still have Wade for one more season. If Holmes does come full circle, cool, but if not, it’s fine. You cannot predict things, but things have turned out pretty well so we can’t complain.


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