mike fitzsimons

20, brother!

@HackItOutGolf @4golfonline Very good. Thanks.

Hmm. I'll need to go back and re-listen. Short version of what is normally meant: start with a down-the-line view of the top of the backswing. If, in transition to the downswing, the angle of the shaft gets more vertical, it is steepening. If the clubhead end lays down behind the golfer, making the shaft move more toward horizontal, that is shallowing. But @4golfonline might want to jump in with a better definition.

Social media swing tips and training aid adverts are full of help to get you to shallow your swing. Should you? In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about shallowing. What does it even mean? How do cameras deceive us about what's happening in the swing? Is there a connection between a shallowing downswing and a shallow angle of attack? And can you play good golf without trying to shallow? An antagonistic quizmaster and episode links below🔽

@4golfonline @HackItOutGolf Thanks!

@strike3fitz @HackItOutGolf Just think shaft angle on the down swing. Often referred to as things like Over the top Steepening Shallowing promotes ideas of Hitting from the inside Flat swing Club shaft coming down on a flatter “plane” 👍

@GolfDigest Pat Fitzsimons, 1975 Canadian Open, Royal Montreal Club, rode his caddie piggyback to an island to play a shot.

One of the most absurd rulings in golf. But there is a scenario where you can save par from an island in the middle of the 17th at TPC Sawgrass. 🏝️

@rodriQuez @its_The_Dr I had that poster!

Ok, here is one I am sure no one Knows who this is! At least 90 percent don’t recognize her here!

@ChicagoObserver @TheGhostofhogan win. Sadly, he passed away in 1997 from leukemia and was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame posthumously in 1999.

@ChicagoObserver @TheGhostofhogan Jeff “Squeaky” Medlin was a well-known PGA Tour caddie famous for his high-pitched voice. He caddied for Nick Price (winning multiple majors together, including the 1994 Open Championship and PGAs in 1992/1994) and famously for John Daly during his surprise 1991 PGA Championship

Top 3 all time best Tour level caddy nicknames and if you know why they earned the nickname tell me.

@GregChalmersPGA @TheGhostofhogan Squeak!

@TheGhostofhogan Always go to the 80s/90s European tour caddies. So many gems. My favorite was “the Flake”. Short for cornflake…cause the guy looked exactly like Ted Bundy..the cereal killer😂

@RealJamesWoods Dennis Prager used to say something like “I’m not a member of the evil party, I’m a member of the stupid party.”

Let’s get my position on the Republican Party crystal clear. I’ve been a registered Republican since Bill Clinton turned the Oval Office into his own personal brothel. Now that Senate Majority John Thune refuses to protect election integrity, I am disgusted with my party. I will NEVER vote for a Democrat in my life, but the RINO elements destroying the Republican party are a disgrace. I am a devout follower of President Trump, and as a registered Independent will continue to vote with Republicans when they stand behind this great President and act like Republicans again. Democrats, the ragtag band of con artists and grifters that they are, manage to work together in lockstep, but getting Republicans to accomplish anything is like herding cats. It’s absolutely infuriating.

NBA legend Charles Barkley just called out liberal sports fans & media for being “stupid” & divisive following Team USA’s gold medal win/visit to The White House: “Why do y’all have to mess up everything?… That’s why we got this divided, screwed up country. Stop it, man. Because the public, they’re idiots, they’re fools. They can’t think for themselves. I know y’all say stuff to trigger them. Y’all say stuff and y’all know they’re going to be fools.” He also essentially called out Steph Curry, Jalen Hurts, LeBron James, Megan Rapinoe, & other liberal athletes: “I’m not a Trump guy. But if I got invited to the White House, I would go. I’m not a Trump guy, I want to make that clear. But I respect the office. He’s the president of the United States… it doesn’t have to be a talking point. I don’t have to be un-American. I just wish y’all would stop falling for stupidity.” (🎙️: The Steam Room)

@JonHeyman Loved Garvey, but he’s not even close with those stats as a first baseman.

An All-Star 10 times among other achievements should make Garvey a Hall of Famer

Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z: You buy a Pokémon card for $50. Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it. The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes." You: "…I didn't sell it." Government: "Don't care. Pay up." You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received. Next month? That card drops back to $50. Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs. That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax... Now picture this. Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off. But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have. So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday. Gone. To pay a tax on money that was never real. Now picture the opposite. Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it. Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000. He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore. Does the government give him his money back? No. Does the government give him his truck back? No. Does the government care? No. They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine. You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive. You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things. It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday. They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created. There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate. I hope you understand what's at stake.

@threeinningfan You must!

@strike3fitz Never seen it

Breaking Away should at least be on the short list. I like when the guy tapes his feet to the pedals.

This is the best articulation of pro-Western values that I’ve heard from a leader. Marco Rubio delivered it with both the directness and grace we sorely need. The West is special and worth fighting for, even if many Westerners have forgotten that.

@Roger774501171 Manny Mota

When you think of pinch hitters what name pops up first . I have a few , there is quite a bit , so feel free to add and I’ll start. Rusty Staub Matt stairs Lenny Harris Mark Carreon ( my fellow Mets know)

@BrianFl82956067 @KPBurnerAcct @KentMurphy @grok Legal slide by the rules of the day. Bad luck the way Tejada spun.

@KPBurnerAcct @KentMurphy @grok Utley broke Tejada’s leg on a dirty slide the year before.

Greatest mic’d up moment in baseball history

@neilbelieves Climactic scene of “Absence of Malice” including Paul Newman, Sally Field, but owned by Wilford Brimley.

What is the greatest single movie scene ever filmed? Goodfellas (1990)

@neilbelieves The 327 didn’t come out til ‘62. And it wasn’t offered in the Bel Air with the 4-barrel carburetor til ’64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be 4 degrees before top dead center. Trotter: Well, uh… she’s acceptable, Your Honor.