Opening In Utero with defiance rather than compromise, "Serve the Servants" set the tone for Nirvana's final studio album. The song found Kurt Cobain confronting fame, family and the pressures that followed the success of Nevermind, wrapped in one of the band's most direct and powerful recordings. This 1993 performance captures Nirvana embracing a rawer sound, determined to move further away from the polished production that had made them global stars.
"Whoever started that in right field, I'll do whatever I need to do to make sure they come every game."
Oli Marmol opens his postgame press conference by praising the shirtless fan section tonight at Busch.
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The Kansas City Chiefs were viewed as a cursed franchise before Patrick Mahomes arrived… and people tend to forget that 👀
This was a franchise that went 50 years without a Super Bowl appearance 😱
In that entire stretch, they made only one AFC Championship Game..
In the 24 seasons before Mahomes took over, the Chiefs played in 11 playoff games… and lost 10 of them 😳
They never even made it past the Divisional Round.
The narrative around Andy Reid at the time?
Great regular season coach… but inconsistent in the playoffs. A “choker.”
There were multiple early exits at home for Reid in KC and Philly, often as heavy favorites 🏟️📉
And no matter how good the team looked during the season, there was always that feeling that things would fall apart when it mattered most because Reid couldn’t get over the hump…
On top of that, the defense was a major issue. When Mahomes was drafted, it was one of the worst units in the league, and it arguably cost the team a Super Bowl in 2018 😬
And yet…
Because Mahomes has been unbelievably dominant, people now try to rewrite history and say he landed in one of the best situations ever 😅
If that were true, then explain this:
Before Mahomes became the starter, the Chiefs were 0–2 in the playoffs with both Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce on the field.
Same core pieces. Completely different results.
Mahomes didn’t step into a perfect situation…
He’s the reason it became one 🐐🔥
"Ted Simmons used to drive me crazy when he was a young catcher.
One day he called time and came out to ask if I was giving him a hard time.
I said:
‘I’m trying to win the ballgame.
I don’t have the luxury of giving you a hard time.’
Simmons was a bright guy and he learned.
It took him a while, but he caught on.
As a 19 year old rookie, all he thought about was hitting line drives, which he did very well.
You can forgive a catcher for a lot of sins when he clears the bases with a double."
Bob Gibson.
"That was the greatest thrill of my life, catching a no-hitter.
Man, Bob Gibson was throwing fire."
Ted Simmons.
On Aug. 14, 1971 at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, Ted Simmons caught Bob Gibson's only career no-hitter, in an 11-0 rout of the Pirates, and became the only catcher in Cardinals history to collect four hits while catching a no-hitter.
Ted Simmons was behind the plate in 1,769 games — 1,578 were complete games!
He caught 122 shutouts, was an eight-time All-Star, batted above .300 seven times, hit
twenty-or-more home runs six times, and drove in 90+ RBI nine times.
Despite his incredible offensive numbers, only 5% of the "Baseball Writers' Association of America" voted for him on the 1994 Hall of Fame ballot, making him ineligible.
In 2019, the Modern Baseball Era Committee elected Ted Simmons to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
"There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand, the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed."
Ted Simmons.
Retired with more RBI than Johnny Bench, more runs scored than Gary Carter, more hits than Carlton Fisk, higher batting average than Yogi Berra.
Drove in more RBI than all catchers except Yogi Berra.
Ted Simmons rebelled against baseball’s reserve clause, refused to sign a $25,000 contract, feeling he deserved bigger raise.
An anti-war activist, heavily criticized the Nixon administration, and wore his hair so long that he was nicknamed “Simba.”
Legend!!!
Ashley St. Clair confirmed the WH runs group chats telling these accounts what to post. Within minutes of shots fired tonight, before there was any news of casualties and before the President said this exact talking point, this was the chat in real time.