@fredfertang @jason_king72 He was also a wonderful commentator. Particular memory of ChappellI's 192. Like all lovers of the game, Laker wanted him to get there, and you could hear that in his 'oh and he has hit it straight into Tony Greig's hands'. Much missed.
@fredfertang I wonder if this was the match Frank Keating wrote about - his quite beautiful column about seeing Ray Lindwall bowl at last? And realising that he might never see Sobers bat again. That square cut 'late and cleanly murderous'.
@PictureSporting The Big Ship. There is an apocryphal story about Armstrong being followed around all day by a young boy. Eventually he loses patience and demands to know why the kid keeps getting under his feet. The kid replies: "Sorry, Skipper - you're the only decent bit of shade here". :)
"The sin here is not that Kamala Harris had the good sense to reply, "No thank you, I'm previously engaged."
The real scandal is that the good Catholic cardinal of the great city of New York would not have the courage to say, this year, that the current Republican candidate is a walking example of so much the Catholic Church finds repugnant in today's politics that he would suspend the normal invitations."
-National Catholic Reporter
https://t.co/5anitdUNA0 via @NCRonline
(1/X) I hate doing these, but I feel like I'm being baited to do so. A few days ago Maggie H did an interview where she complained criticism of her reporting, James Fallows answered back (mentioning this account) and Jon Chait and some Reason bro took a shot at Fallows for...
She makes the request in a hushed voice that tells us what she is suggesting is both forbidden and absolutely necessary. No one could deny her. It gets me every time, when Ingrid Bergman says, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" And I'm hooked on "Casablanca" all over again.
Are dead rats making New Orleans' city hall unusable? According to hall sources, there may be โthousandsโ of rotting corpses in the building that are โexplodingโ & releasing noxious gases https://t.co/RnbJ2jMBvo
THREAD: THE AMAZING DON BRADMAN - SOME LESSER KNOWN BUT STILL STAGGERING FACTS
It is the birthday of Don Bradman, perhaps the greatest cricketer ever. To mark it, I have tried to dig out some information that is lesser known, but is still unbelievable. Well, he WAS the Don!