JaWebby

Dad, Youth Baseball Coach, IT Manager. Redskins and Orioles. Maryland bred, California dreaming.

[Johnny St.Pete @JohnMcCloy]

🔥🤣 THE SCOTTISH ARE DRINKING ALL THE BEER IN BOSTON LOL

“We have never seen anything like it. The White Bull Tavern… they drank the place dry… all that was left was BUDLIGHT” - Bar Managers

Even the Scots won’t drink Bud Light. It’s true they are assimilating to America perfectly.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

US President Ronald Reagan was shown "WarGames" (1983) at Camp David the weekend it was released. He loved the movie but it also freaked him out. A few days later, at a White House meeting that included the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Reagan asked, “Could something like this really happen? Could someone break into our most sensitive computers?”

The answer came back a week later: “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.” That led not only to a significant revamp of how computer security was handled at the Defense Department, but also passage of an anti-hacking law that would eventually evolve into US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 1986. Clips of "WarGames" (1983) were shown during the congressional hearings where lawmakers debated the need for hacking legislation.

("How Sci-Fi Like ‘WarGames’ Led to Real Policy During the Reagan Administration", Kevin Bankston, New America, 2018)

P.S: On this day, 43 years ago, John Badham's "WarGames" (1983) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.

[Glenn Clark @GlennClarkRadio]

Orioles Hall of Famer @MBordick joined us this morning and divulged into an EPIC rant about Gunnar Henderson, the Orioles current struggles and their organizational approach to the game:

“I’m just really frustrated.” #Birdland

[Justin Penik @JustinPenik]

Carson Hocevar just won his first NASCAR race then does his victory lap while hanging out of the car. Finishes it off crashing into the wall to do a burnout all while being half out of his car 😂😂😂

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

It don’t matter how old you are, just like this 94 year old army veteran, if you have a ball, a glove and a wall, you will have one hell of a time.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

This was what running through Golden Gate Park looked like at 99. In San Francisco in 1966, Larry Lewis ran six miles every morning, rain or shine, while the city was still asleep.

Lewis later worked as a waiter at the St. Francis Hotel and remained active well past 100. On his 102nd birthday, he celebrated by running 100 yards in 17.3 seconds, faster than the year before. He joked that the improvement came from wearing proper running shoes instead of street shoes.

Raised on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, Lewis left home at 15 to join the P. T. Barnum Circus as an acrobat and aerialist. He claimed to have worked for decades as Harry Houdini’s assistant and lived to the age of 106, passing away on February 1, 1974.

Moments that will restore your faith in humanity: https://t.co/60XnAFPt3Y

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

A TWIB classic. Yamamori of the Hankyu Braves with one of the greatest catches you’ll ever see. The year is 1981. How about that.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Holy fuck… this feels like I’m watching a scripted baseball movie

So many scenes.. dueling dong shots.. 2 outs bases juiced with the best pitcher on earth.. an Aaron Judge homerun was just robbed

This is AWESOME

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

THIS IS WHY YOU START GUNNAR HENDERSON

[JaWebby @JaWeb13]

How is #WorldBaseballClassic not trending? This is an All Star game that matters to these guys.

[Cassie Clark @dogwoodblooms]

Have you ever heard of Duke’s secret basketball game?

In 1944, the all-white Duke basketball team faced off against the all-black North Carolina Central University team in an interracial game.

Due to strict segregation laws, the teams had to exercise extreme caution and barred the doors to NCCU’s gym to keep out prying eyes.

NCCU won, 88–44.

They had so much fun that instead of heading home, they mixed their squads and played a second game.

One Duke player later told his family: “We sure had fun and I especially had a good time, for most of the fellows playing with me were Southerners. And when the evening was over, most of them had changed their views quite a lot.”

Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the secret matchup. 💙

[Zach Bollinger @zachbollinger18]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Czechia's Ondřej Satoria - who’s full time job is being an electrician gets a standing ovation after throwing 4.2 shutout innings against Japan

I love the #WorldBaseballClassic

What a feeling

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Ozzy Osbourne was such a big fan of the Lord of The Rings films that he recorded himself as Gandalf and sent a copy to Peter Jackson 😂

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“What was the NBA like when you were a kid, Dad?”

“Giants played with dwarfs on teams named after ammo. And it was way better than that shit you watch today.”

[Adam Jones @SimplyAJ10]

Excited to work with Big Christian in spring training. Insane talent. Let’s u lock it

[JaWebby @JaWeb13]

Shit getting real

[Reuters @Reuters]

Germany joins European partners with troop deployment to Greenland https://t.co/4zMZBuCrgZ https://t.co/4zMZBuCrgZ

[JaWebby @JaWeb13]

Going to need answers. The TRUTH shall set you FREE @Verizon #VerizonOutage

[Verizon News @VerizonNews]

Today, we let many of our customers down and for that, we are truly sorry. They expect more from us.

We are working non-stop and making progress. Our teams will continue to work through the night until service is restored for all impacted customers.

We will make this right - for any customer affected, we will provide account credits and share updates soon.

[Verizon News @VerizonNews]

The outage has been resolved. If customers are still having an issue, we encourage them to restart their devices to reconnect to the network. For those affected, we will provide account credits. Details will be shared directly with customers. We sincerely apologize for the disruption.