Mike Branom
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Oof, a news helo crashed while covering a fatal SUV-vs-bus crash in the Valley.
Phoenix had this in 2007, when two news choppers collided over a park while covering a police pursuit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix...
Phoenix had this in 2007, when two news choppers collided over a park while covering a police pursuit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix...
Phoenix news helicopter collision - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 16, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Oof, a news helo crashed while covering a fatal SUV-vs-bus crash in the Valley.
Phoenix had this in 2007, when two news choppers collided over a park while covering a police pursuit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix...
Phoenix had this in 2007, when two news choppers collided over a park while covering a police pursuit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix...
So in Melbourne, this was a kegs-and-eggs kickoff?
September 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
So in Melbourne, this was a kegs-and-eggs kickoff?
The NFL could use more eucalyptus in its pregame ceremonies.
September 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The NFL could use more eucalyptus in its pregame ceremonies.
I don't know what the question is, but Halvorsen is not the answer.
September 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I don't know what the question is, but Halvorsen is not the answer.
I can't express how awesome it's been to lose an entire three-day weekend to a cold.
September 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I can't express how awesome it's been to lose an entire three-day weekend to a cold.
Reposted by Mike Branom
Yes, the Lux drive had a very similar wind direction to tonight. We at @weatherapplied.com didn't have sensors installed at Dodger Stadium back then, but we estimated Lux's drive got pushed back 35 feet by the wind. It was over twice as windy on that night (about 24 mph) than it is tonight, though.
Remember the 2021 NLDS G3, which was played with a FIERCE wind coming in from CF?
And final out came when Lux crushed what would've been the tying HR to center, only for it to fall short of the fence.
www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LA...
And final out came when Lux crushed what would've been the tying HR to center, only for it to fall short of the fence.
www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LA...
2021 National League Division Series (NLDS) Game 3, San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers: October 11, 2021 | Baseball-Reference.com
San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers (1-0). Oct 11, 2021, Attendance: 53299, Time of Game: 3:08. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability
www.baseball-reference.com
September 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Yes, the Lux drive had a very similar wind direction to tonight. We at @weatherapplied.com didn't have sensors installed at Dodger Stadium back then, but we estimated Lux's drive got pushed back 35 feet by the wind. It was over twice as windy on that night (about 24 mph) than it is tonight, though.
Indoor sports played outside fails more often then not.
The Lakers and Suns had a preseason game at the Indian Wells tennis complex – and October nights out there get COLD.
The Lakers and Suns had a preseason game at the Indian Wells tennis complex – and October nights out there get COLD.
At this point it is so bad there is an army of volunteers including the players from each time on their hands and knees trying to dry the court and they are peeling the midcourt logo off the floor
September 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Indoor sports played outside fails more often then not.
The Lakers and Suns had a preseason game at the Indian Wells tennis complex – and October nights out there get COLD.
The Lakers and Suns had a preseason game at the Indian Wells tennis complex – and October nights out there get COLD.
Sorry, Pauline, but this take aged like milk in the sun.
Chances are that when Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam film FULL METAL JACKET is at midpoint a lot of moviegoers will be asking themselves what it’s going to be about, and when it’s over they still won’t know. (1987)
September 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Sorry, Pauline, but this take aged like milk in the sun.
One of my favorite nom de plumes on baseball sites was Strangers with Candy Maldonado.
Happy 66th birthday to Candy Maldonado. Maldonado debuted with the Dodgers in 1981 and played 5 seasons with LA before being traded ahead of 1986 to SF, where his career really took off. He appeared in several postseasons and earned a WS ring with the 1992 Blue Jays.
September 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM
One of my favorite nom de plumes on baseball sites was Strangers with Candy Maldonado.
mydialect.us/quiz-standar...
I've spent most of my life in Arizona and California – so I guess the quiz decided to split the difference and put my dialect in Nevada.
I've spent most of my life in Arizona and California – so I guess the quiz decided to split the difference and put my dialect in Nevada.
September 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM
mydialect.us/quiz-standar...
I've spent most of my life in Arizona and California – so I guess the quiz decided to split the difference and put my dialect in Nevada.
I've spent most of my life in Arizona and California – so I guess the quiz decided to split the difference and put my dialect in Nevada.
Shohei is a hot fucking mess. He *has* to be hurt – and no one in the org can tell him to have a seat for 10 days.
September 3, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Shohei is a hot fucking mess. He *has* to be hurt – and no one in the org can tell him to have a seat for 10 days.
Not to go all Saul Goodman, yet: "Tough... but fair."
Wow, the NBA did it. They actually punished them. Im shocked
September 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Not to go all Saul Goodman, yet: "Tough... but fair."
Yeah, the clumping feet of KICK-ASS MARINES.
ALIEN, with its horrible mutating creature (you never knew what form it would take), made you dread the scenes to come; it tied your innards in a knot. ALIENS isn't that scary...This movie has clumping feet. (1986)
September 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Yeah, the clumping feet of KICK-ASS MARINES.
Shohei looks as frustrated as I've ever seen him.
September 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Shohei looks as frustrated as I've ever seen him.
Remembering very well my reaction to news of the McCourt sale*, I will never begrudge a cheap team's long-suffering fans this moment of joy.
* - It was, to my recollection, "O HAPPY DAYYYYYYY!"
* - It was, to my recollection, "O HAPPY DAYYYYYYY!"
SPEECHLESS
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment is acquiring the Angels, as Rams owner Stan Kroenke adds to his sports portfolio.
September 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Remembering very well my reaction to news of the McCourt sale*, I will never begrudge a cheap team's long-suffering fans this moment of joy.
* - It was, to my recollection, "O HAPPY DAYYYYYYY!"
* - It was, to my recollection, "O HAPPY DAYYYYYYY!"
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
September 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Torey Lovullo, addressing media about Ketel Marte, wordlessly radiates that he has Had It.
September 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Torey Lovullo, addressing media about Ketel Marte, wordlessly radiates that he has Had It.
Adam Schiff may be my senator for the rest of my life – and he also may *never* receive a primary vote from me.
September 1, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Adam Schiff may be my senator for the rest of my life – and he also may *never* receive a primary vote from me.
Only after they take my oversized honking shoes off my cold, dead feet.
I am reminded of one of the ancient texts of the Internet circa 2000, which was stopclownpornnow.com
Broker.xxx
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September 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Only after they take my oversized honking shoes off my cold, dead feet.
As an LA fan, *this* is welcome news!
August 31, 2026 at 4:06 AM
As an LA fan, *this* is welcome news!
Congrats, PCA, on your 2026 NL MVP.
August 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Congrats, PCA, on your 2026 NL MVP.
Bah God! It's an LA home run!
August 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Bah God! It's an LA home run!
This Dodgers offense currently suuuuucks.
August 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This Dodgers offense currently suuuuucks.
Without question, it's "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop."
What begins as a lonely man enjoying the fantasy of his dice-baseball league goes INSAAANE at the end.
What begins as a lonely man enjoying the fantasy of his dice-baseball league goes INSAAANE at the end.
what's your favorite unpredictable genre shift in a work of art? I'm thinking here of, for instance, THE GETAWAY (the original novel) which changes from a crime thriller to a surreal allegory of hell for the last third of the book.
August 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Without question, it's "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop."
What begins as a lonely man enjoying the fantasy of his dice-baseball league goes INSAAANE at the end.
What begins as a lonely man enjoying the fantasy of his dice-baseball league goes INSAAANE at the end.
Hell of a dream to wake your ass up at oh-dark-30: watching a rocket launch in Florida, only to have the sucker belly-flop into a subdivision and you're quickly buried under debris. I remember a folding table, legs tucked away, landing on me...
August 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Hell of a dream to wake your ass up at oh-dark-30: watching a rocket launch in Florida, only to have the sucker belly-flop into a subdivision and you're quickly buried under debris. I remember a folding table, legs tucked away, landing on me...