Billy Schmitz

Sports, pro wrestling, occasional wisdom, and sarcasm. Otherwise you should probably keep it moving..

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Foreigners here for the World Cup commenting on their experiences in The United States has become—by far—my favorite part of Twitter.
@FreddyLA7 and
@japan_nobunaga are the best I’ve seen thus far.

Even if the Japan one may be poking fun, it’s so good I don’t care. 😂

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

What a hockey game, man! Ready for OT. #StanleyCup
Nothing like playoff hockey!

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

LOLOL.

-St. Louis

[ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk]

Stan Kroenke moved the Rams to SoFi Stadium without a public contribution. He now wants $400 million from Inglewood. https://t.co/uCrGvGsae5

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Man, I dunno….#WrestleMania just doesn’t feel like WrestleMania anymore.
Too corporate. Too greedy. Too many commercials. No video packages to build the matches except for a half-assed one for the main event.
We’ve had exactly 60 minutes of wrestling in 3 hours and 11 minutes.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Wow, what a fun day on Twitter.

It’s official though: next international vacation? Japan 🇯🇵

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

@RamosFamily7 @SheaSerrano @Cynthia1k 🫡

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Was re-watching The Equalizer on Netflix. Took a break to make popcorn and what should I find in my email inbox but this wonderful bit of news from @SheaSerrano at GOOD MOVIE.

Extremely here for Denzember!

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Baseball rules.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

I have no dog in the fight and I’M on pins and needles.
Can’t imagine how Jays and Dodgers fans feel.
#WorldSeries

Playoff baseball? Elite.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

@mollyhannahm Welcome! You’ll love it here.
Really though, the correct answer is both.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Eat your heart out, AEW. And Tony Khan. You love to see it.
#SNME

[Wrestle Ops @WrestleOps]

Jade Cargill, CM Punk, Ricky Saints, and Cody Rhodes backstage at SNME tonight with their Championships.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Wow, what a game.

Game 7 will be fun! #WorldSeries

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

And, to be clear, both sides are to blame.
Disney/ESPN wants to force consumers to use their new ESPN app or Disney-owned Hulu + Live TV.

And YouTube TV, when it started, marketed itself as the cheap alternative but has quickly become anything but.

@YouTubeTV @Disney @ESPN

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Let’s just go back to the old way at this point.
Cord-cutting and streaming has failed. It only took about 10 years for corporate greed to ruin it.
@YouTubeTV @Disney @espn

[YouTube TV @YouTubeTV]

Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to reach a fair deal, and starting today, Disney programming will not be available on YouTube TV. This means you will no longer be able to watch channels like ABC and ESPN or access recordings from these networks in your Library.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Happy Sports Equinox Day to all who celebrate!

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Last Saturday’s sports > Today’s
#STLBlues #MizzouFootball

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

….Or maybe the Blues could not blow 4-0 leads and find a way to lose 6-4.
#STLBlues

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

Maybe the Blues could just play all of their games on the road?
#STLBlues

[Brandon Kiley @BKSportsTalk]

Bummer of a loss. #Mizzou’s defense played its ass off. Zollers played as well as could be expected for a true freshman. Just too many mistakes to overcome.

[Billy Schmitz @BillySchmitz]

I know what I’m doing this weekend….My couch and I are about to be best friends.

New seasons of:
Starting 5
Nobody Wants This
The Diplomat.

Thanks, @netflix!