Joe Davis (left) and John Hadnagy

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diamondbacks @ dodgers - 08.29.23

↳ DONTRELLE WILLIS: “and the hips don’t lie!”

JOE DAVIS: “i mean to be honest. some of them do.”

DONTRELLE WILLIS: “they might tell a fib!”

update! i drew a joe to go with my ivy <3 i love them lots

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You know... I'm still not 100% sure on what is happening with the Davis couple. That bit was confusing. I have a guess, but certain parts are a bit... yeah...

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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. – Bill S. My name is lackluster.  It’s about as interesting as John Smith.  If you’re John Smith and this offends you, my apologies.  Hopefully, though, you’re self aware and understand the banality coursing through your first and last name.  But take solace, Juan.  At least John Smith was a famous explorer who…

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I really love it when people get all worked up about something I’ve said or something I’ve written. Not because I’m a sadist, but because it means they give a damn. I don’t care if they agree or disagree with me. I will often learn more from those who don’t share my opinion. They make me question myself in new ways, and they force me to explain things better so they will hopefully understand me…

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I’ve often half joked that I was born on the wrong coast. I’ve said that for various reasons. At times, it has been because I wanted to surf, other times it’s those fabled bushy bushy blonde hair-dos Brian Wilson and his brothers Carl & Dennis used to sing about. 

I have an infatuation with the Hollywood Hills and Mulholland Drive, though the latter would have likely brought an end to 16 year old Kevin, because I would have tested her that is for sure. 

Another major reason was Los Angeles Dodgers, my first sports love. I remember hating Reggie Jackson and the Yankees as they ended the season in ‘77 and ‘78 and then being overjoyed that the Dodgers were able to kick their ass in ‘81. It wouldn’t have been as sweet if it would have come against another American League team. Just being honest. Those three years, I was 5, 6 and 9 respectively, but it was when I was 11-14 or so when I really got introduced to the Dodgers. My dad had purchased one of those big ugly backyard satellite dishes, and every chance I got, was moving it around to catch the Dodgers broadcast. 

Vin Scully was a wordsmith. He was a poet. Words simply flowed out of him. That paired with his memory and story-telling ability, he was golden. I’ve said I’d listen to him read a phone book. Just a magical presence. I remember pulling the lazyboy in front of the tv and kicking back and watching and listening. Sometimes I’d wake up about 4:00 am and make it up stairs to bed, other times my dad would wake me up when he was making coffee the next morning. 

That lasted a couple of years, and then they started to scramble the signals as they required more of a package to get to watch a lot of the things the dish had to offer, and it was back to seeing them when I could.

I would have loved to have had the ability to go to numerous games at Dodger Stadium with a walkman inside to listen to the great Vin Scully as the game played out in front of me.  He passed away last night and the news broke during the Dodgers/Giants game which was fitting. I had turned the game on and not realized the shocking news until Joe Davis was telling a story and signed off the inning with something like “remembering Vin Scully”, and his photo and dates of birth/death were on the screen and it simply shocked me. 

I turned to twitter, made a post, and simply watched others that knew him far better than I did reminisce and I’m not necessarily talking about the former players like a Steve Garvey, or others that really knew him. I’m talking about Dodgers fans that spent night after night, day after day with him, hearing his magical delivery. He’s one of a few, a very select few in the world of sports that not many, again very few would have a negative word said about them. In sports, that is extremely rare. 

I will say that the job Joe Davis and Jessica Mendoza did last night was phenomenal. They, shared stories and memories and would touch on the game as the ball demanded it. They were thrown one helluva  curve ball in the middle of that game with the news breaking, but they handled it a lot like the man they were waxing poetically about. The Dodgers booth is in good hands. 

Today I read an article that came out a few years ago after he retired and Jerry Reuss, the colorful lefty from my childhood talked about once when he was there as a visitor, that there was only around 20k in the stands and that there were so many transistor radios on that he could hear Scully telling a story from the hump. He said he stepped off the rubber, grabbed the rosin, bought him a bit of time and heard a laugh from the crowd when Scully got the point he was trying to make out, stepped back on the rubber and it was “Reuss with the delivery”... He also said something along the lines that Vin deserved that respect. This was before he even pitched as a Dodger. 

Yes, I was born on the wrong coast. No doubt about it.  I can’t really regret it because I can’t do a damn thing about it, but I can sure as hell miss it.

RIP Vin Scully, you were the best to ever do it and there will never be another remotely close. I’m sure he’s already had to talk about Don Drysdale knocking Hank Aaron or Mickey Mantle out of the box from his first of many more games.

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brewers @ dodgers - 08.17.23

Had a go at some Taskmaster x The Onion headlines, inspired by these posts 1, 2, from the original mastermind @pandaroboto

AAAND WE'RE DONE! 💖

thank you all so much for participating!! i'm sorry i couldn't do all of your suggestions (obviously), but i hope you still can find your faves here :)

(and if you really really want me to draw your faves you can commission me *twirls hair*)

it was super fun!