StevenHerbert

My latest City News Service story. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-ca…

@JSD12120831 @JessicaDBrand @notgaetti @theaceofspaeder @baseball_ref @CodifyBaseball @TheWARmonger_ @BigLeagueDigest @Jp3538 @grantmcauley @orwellian @2008Philz What year was that?

@StevenHerbert @JessicaDBrand @notgaetti @theaceofspaeder @baseball_ref @CodifyBaseball @TheWARmonger_ @BigLeagueDigest @Jp3538 @grantmcauley @orwellian @2008Philz Since complete scorecard and box scores have been complete.

Not enough people talk about Paul Byrd • 109-96 (.532 W-L), 4.41 ERA, 103 ERA+ • 1999 NL All-Star with Philadelphia • 16.2 WAR, 1697.0 IP, 1.331 WHIP • 3-1 record in the postseason • Missed all of 2003 for TJS • Thrice won 15+ games • Pitched for 7 teams • Debuted with NYM • Led AL in CG in 2002 • Led AL in SHO in 2007 • (As well as fewest BB/9) • 197 PA as a batter (0 XBH) • 123 HRA at home, 124 away • Career-best 5.6 WAR in 2002 • Top Similarity Score: Joel Piñeiro • Threw SHO on 99 pitches in 2007 • Made 67 starts with 6+ IP and ≤ 1 ER • (Went 47-7 w/ 0.79 ERA in those starts) • Joe Mauer v Paul Byrd .486 OPS (35 PA) • Bret Boone v. Paul Byrd .412 OPS (37 PA) • Ken Griffey vs. Paul Byrd .343 OPS (15 PA) • Randy Johnson v Actual Bird: well, ya know • Manny Ramirez v Paul Byrd .471 OPS (17 PA) • To give you an idea of how tough it was to spend your entire career in the Steroid Era, Byrd's 4.41 ERA is the second-highest of any Live Ball Era pitcher with a 103 ERA+ (min. 1500 IP), 1.1 runs worse than Larry Dierker, who played in the pitching-dominated late-1960s

@tkpipedreams @demaxx1rs @scott_fowler Thanks for letting me know.

@StevenHerbert @demaxx1rs @scott_fowler He lived his last years on a ranch in Ellerby.

Very cool - Andre the Giant will be on an NC highway historical marker. I hope it’s an enormous one.

@JessicaDBrand @notgaetti @JSD12120831 @theaceofspaeder @baseball_ref @CodifyBaseball @TheWARmonger_ @BigLeagueDigest @Jp3538 @grantmcauley @orwellian @2008Philz How far back do those quality start figures go? Is it since 1900?

@notgaetti @JSD12120831 @theaceofspaeder @baseball_ref @CodifyBaseball @TheWARmonger_ @BigLeagueDigest @Jp3538 @grantmcauley @orwellian @2008Philz It's a *TIGHT* top 3: Sutton 483, Ryan 481, Maddux 480.

A stray cat gave birth in a cornfield. The farmer who noticed her built a small shelter from corn stalks and regularly cared for her and her kittens. One day, when he returned to the field, he saw something unexpected: a tiny puppy had joined the cat family. The mother cat wasn’t separating it from her kittens and was lovingly caring for it. 🐶❤️🐱 Later he learned the puppy’s mother had died nearby, and the cat had taken the orphan in as her own. A truly touching moment, quietly showing how love can turn even different species into a family 🥺❤️

@demaxx1rs @scott_fowler I had no idea. Thanks for letting me know.

@StevenHerbert @scott_fowler He lived in NC!

Incidents of antisemitism surged 32% this week, largely driven by "Quds Day" commemorations held across the globe by supporters of the Tehran regime. jpost.com/diaspora/antis…

@BronxBombrs I've seen there were ads on the entire wall at Ebbets Field, where a Major League Baseball game was last played in 1957.

We used to be a proper country

@einexile @kylenabecker Who was blacklisted for declining "to take an inadequately and secretly tested vaccine?" and by whom?

@kylenabecker The first people in the ENTIRE WORLD to blacklist anyone who declined to take an inadequately and secretly tested vaccine. If losing forever is all the comeuppance these monsters get, it'll be a sad day in Hell.

The New York Mets haven't won a game since Mr. & Mrs. Met hugged the mayor. Now 0-11. The Mamdani Mets may go down as the worst in history

@kylenabecker Although at 7-15, a .318 winning percentage, the Mets share Major League Baseball's worst record with Kansas City, I predict they will not have the worst record in franchise history, 40-120, a .250 winning percentage in their inaugural season, 1962.

“While MLB owners will once again push for a salary cap, they also know that even if there are no restrictions in the next agreement, good times are ahead” usatoday.com/story/sports/m…

@depressionlesss Does anyone have more details on this?

She is not a girl, she is a Queen 👸

This brought me joy.

@jillpainter Could it have been chasing a roadrunner?

Wiley coyote thought he had a snack…turns out it’s …

@cloudklout @CohenSite I don't believe that. What are examples of sundown towns in the deep South now?

@StevenHerbert @CohenSite It never did, there’s still sundown towns in the deep south to this day (just not Miami Beach anymore)

I don't think many people know that Miami Beach was a sundown town. When my grandfather died, we found his "working card" If you weren't white (they didn't consider jews white), and you were on Miami Beach after dark, you better have a working card or you'd be arrested.

@myacatt51 @CohenSite Thanks for letting me know.

@StevenHerbert @CohenSite In 1949 when Florida legislature passed a law that officially ended discrimination in real estate across the state, including Miami Beach. Before that, Jewish folks were limited to buying south of 5th street.

@DRBFNYorg @WiltStats This isn't Game 7. This is at The Forum where Games 3, 4 and 6 were played. Game 3 is the one West made his long shot to send the game into overtime. I attended Game 4.

@WiltStats Barnett was a hell of a defender. Had to defend the toughest guard every night. Shut down West best you could here in Game 7.

Offensive foul called on Jerry West during the 1970 NBA Finals.

In a funny incident in Thailand, a pet cat returned home after being missing for three days… but with a surprise “debt note” hanging from its neck! 😄 The cat came back well-fed and in great shape. Attached to its neck was a note that read: “Your cat was staring at the mackerel at my stall, so I gave it three. Auntie May – Alley No. 2.” She also added her phone number so the owner could get in touch… and settle the debt 😂