Mike Hetherington

Dad, gr.pop, husband, retr. teacher (Grade 8/ Algebra 1) /engineer, dog-lover, who enjoys music, history, technology, and sr. softball. Born/raised SW Philly.

[ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena]

82 years ago nearly all of the men on the first few boats that landed on the beach in Normandy were dead before days end.
Sit here with that for a while.
Look at them.
Really look at them.
Look into their eyes.
Many of them are boys, they are someone’s son, someone’s brother, someone’s sweetheart someone’s father.
They never came home.
And every privilege, every convenience, every freedom and every little thing that you want to bitch about you have because of them and they paid the ultimate price for you to have those freedoms. #dday #FreedomIsNeverFree

[theficouple @theficouple]

Reminder for all young parents:

You only get:
- 1 Summer with your baby
- 3 with your toddler
- 9 with your child
- 5 with your teenager

This time is precious. Don’t rush it.

[Philly Sports Sufferer @mccrystal_alex]

SCHWARBER USES HIS ELITE SPEED TO SCORE ON THE SAC FLY

INCREDIBLE

[Chilekasi Adele @CAdeleTV]

Everyone likes to rib Philadelphia fans for being harsh.

THIS is the reality — you give it your all every time, and the fans will applaud and respect that.

[Bobby Martrich | EPAWA @epawawx]

I think it's the first time I've ever seen a 45+ second standing ovation given to a guy who just gave up a run which seems silly... until you provide the context that he hasn't given up a single run since April 30th. Incredible run.

[ryanpropz @ryanpropz]

A thing I’ll always love about baseball, check out the ump towards the end of the video just making up a random mess on home plate he has to “clean” to let the fans/ Sanchez enjoy the moment. Always appreciated stuff like that a lot.

[Philadelphia Phillies @Phillies]

What. a. run.

Cristopher Sánchez, take a bow

[John Clark @JClarkNBCS]

Cristopher Sánchez has been named the National League pitcher of the month for May. He didn’t give up any runs in the month of May. Only Orel Hershiser has done that in baseball history with as many innings as Sanchez pitched. 5 straight starts with at least 7 scoreless innings in each.

[Philly Sports Sufferer @mccrystal_alex]

ALEC BOHM JUST COMPLETELY DUPED FERNANDO TATIS JR.

WHAT A PLAY BY BOHMER

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

He’s the President of the United States — not your ex, not your personal villain, and not the cause of your misery. You don’t have to support him. That’s America.

But if someone is simply backing the sitting President and it makes you rage, cut people off, attack families, or act like garbage — you are the problem.

You’ve turned politics into a personality disorder: nonstop outrage and toddler meltdowns online. Grow up. He won. The sky didn’t fall. Pay your bills, care for your family, touch grass, and move on.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: FLORIDA LEGISLATURE FORMALLY APPROVES ABOLISHING PROPERTY TAXES for most primary homeowners statewide

Both chambers RESOUNDINGLY pass Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposal, SENDING IT TO VOTERS for approval this November

LET’S GO!!! ☀️👏🏻

Needs 60% of voters this fall.

Florida is MAKING HISTORY!

The homestead exemption will surge up to $250K to start, and a schedule will set its elimination in the future

However, MOST homeowners will already get effective 0 taxes under the proposal.

DO IT NATIONWIDE!

[B. Miller @BlaiseInKC]

There’s some quirk in physics where, if there’s a small hole in a bag of mulch it will leak all over your vehicle.
But if you rip a giant hole in the bag and try to dump it out into your landscaping, almost none will fall out.

[El Artesano del Trading @Alestrader]

En el primer día de mi clase de historia de la secundaria, nuestro profesor se levantó y dijo:

Tienes 13 o 14 años. Hace 200 años, las personas de tu edad se casaban, sembraban cultivos, tenían hijos y construían una cabaña para el invierno.

Tú puedes hacer tu tarea. La vara histórica que se te ha puesto es embarazosamente baja. No estás lidiando con una hambruna regional o una plaga.

No tienes que salvar a tu familia de saqueadores ni ir a la batalla para destruir a tus enemigos.

Tienes que sentarte y aprender de alguien que se preocupa por ti en un aula segura y con aire acondicionado. No tienes excusas.

[Dr Singularity @Dr_Singularity]

Utopia is not naive.

Almost every comfort we now take for granted was once dismissed as impossible.

Antibiotics. Clean water. Electricity. Flight. Instant communication. Food delivered the same day.

The modern world is built from yesterday's impossible dreams.

Again and again, the "realists" underestimated what humans could build.

Again and again, the dreamers were right.

[♌️Leo friend of the Feral "O-T" @SparrowManYO]

@AnthonyCumia b-1954
"Captain Kangaroo" - Bob Keeshan, a Marine -
Told Us Kids what the "MAGIC WORDS" Were:
"PLEASE" and "THANK YOU"

"M A N N E R S" are NON-EXISTENT in the
WORLD I LIVE-IN

This 71 year old calls the Young at the Fast-Food
Place "Ma'am" and "Sir"

[Mike Hetherington @mikeheth]

@hicasamadim 72 - multiply the top two numbers then double it.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

And that historic reduction is just the opening salvo.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"Ted Williams, one of the greatest natural hitters of all time, was retired and giving some tips to the rookies at the Red Sox spring training camp.
One of them asked how to tell apart a curveball from a slider when they were coming in.
Ted Williams replied:
"Oh! That's easy.
If it's a curveball, the red spot you see on the ball will be rotating clockwise - if it's a changeup, counterclockwise."
They all nodded and thanked him for the tip.
One of the rookies turned to the others and said whispered:
"Now who the f*** can even see a red spot on a ball coming at you at 95 mph?"
Then Ted Williams went on to claim that he could tell exactly where on the seams he hit a baseball.
No one believed him.
Ted was long retired at this point.
Williiams took a bat and covered the barrel with pine tar and they started throwing him some pitches.
Ted would hit and say:
"Across the seams" or "between the seams" or "across one seam" or whatever.
They retrieved the balls and found out Ted Williams was right, EVERY single time.

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

The worst call in baseball history

[Daniel Di Martino @DanielDiMartino]

Abolishing private property in 2 easy steps

Step 1 - Rent control: Rent is lower than costs and taxes so you can't do maintenance.

Step 2 - Seizure: You don't have the money to do maintenance and the state uses it as an excuse to take your property.