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Gloomy, gloomy, gloomy
Aug. 30th, 2026 11:57 pmNo beach today. It was cloudy and dark for a good part of the day with breaks of sunshine that make you think "I should have gone to the beach" followed by long periods of gloom.
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A website set up to recreating defraging your computer in 1998 is here. Delightful.
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For my sports viewing heart, I love these next few weeks. ESPN will have tennis on either the main channel or the Deuce from 12N ET until they're done. There is meaningful baseball being played. College football and the NFL are starting. This is all good. I watched the Yankee game at 1:30PM, caught the end of the Mets game on NBC (national afternoon broadcast), stayed with the primetime baseball on NBC (which wasn't close) and then flipped over to ESPN to see Djokovic in the battle of his late career not to get knocked out of the US Open (spoiler alert - he lost).
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The Giants got down to their "final" 53-players for the season. Teams go into training camp with no more than 95 players trying to make the team. Obviously guys like Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley or Lamar Jackson are automatics to their teams 53. Cutdown day like today is usually getting guys 40 to 53 on the team. One of the guys making the Giants in those final spots was Odell Beckham Jr. – back to where it all started. A good look at how the Giants made Beckham's diva behavior work for them over the years:
Beckham has been a model citizen this time out. I think he knows this is his last dance.
The Giants cut Evan Neal, the offensive lineman they drafted five years ago with a first-round pick. Neal never worked out. He was booed last year and gave a post-game interview saying the fans are nothing but losers who are leaving the stadium to go back to their jobs flipping hamburgers while he's living his dream. You can imagine how well that set with the Mara family.
There is a waiver wire. Teams can pick up other teams' cut players and then cut a player on their team so the rosters are mostly locked.
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The Yankees hit today. Oh did they hit. They won 16-1 but more importantly won the season series against the Red Sox, 7-6. There was a controversial call in fifth inning where I thought the Red Sox outfielder made a diving catch but the first base umpire disagreed, saying the ball hit the ground. The play was reviewed and stood. I think it stood because there wasn't clear and conclusive proof the ball was caught. NESN didn't show the angle the YES Network showed that had the ball on the ground. The game was 2-0 Yankees at that point. Four pitches later, Red Sox Pitcher Ranger Suarez gave up a three-run home run. The Yankees were off to the races at that point.
After the game, I heard a little of the Red Sox post-game show where they were still complaining about the right field dimensions. Dudes, the park was built in 2009. The fence hasn't moved. They don't move it in when the Yankees bat and move it back when the visitors are hitting. The Yankees built a team to hit their home ballpark. Kinda think most teams do.
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Today's moment of happiness: I'm telling you, Knicks summer never ends.
Take Care
Mara
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A website set up to recreating defraging your computer in 1998 is here. Delightful.
x-x-x
For my sports viewing heart, I love these next few weeks. ESPN will have tennis on either the main channel or the Deuce from 12N ET until they're done. There is meaningful baseball being played. College football and the NFL are starting. This is all good. I watched the Yankee game at 1:30PM, caught the end of the Mets game on NBC (national afternoon broadcast), stayed with the primetime baseball on NBC (which wasn't close) and then flipped over to ESPN to see Djokovic in the battle of his late career not to get knocked out of the US Open (spoiler alert - he lost).
x-x-x
The Giants got down to their "final" 53-players for the season. Teams go into training camp with no more than 95 players trying to make the team. Obviously guys like Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley or Lamar Jackson are automatics to their teams 53. Cutdown day like today is usually getting guys 40 to 53 on the team. One of the guys making the Giants in those final spots was Odell Beckham Jr. – back to where it all started. A good look at how the Giants made Beckham's diva behavior work for them over the years:
Giants traded Odell Beckham to Browns in 2019 in package including first round pick.
— Gary Myers (@GaryMyersNY) August 31, 2026
Giants took DT Dexter Lawrence with the pick.
They traded Lawrence to Bengals in April for first round pick
They used Cincy's pick to take G-T Sisi Mauigoa.
NYG got 7 good yrs out of Lawrence.…
Beckham has been a model citizen this time out. I think he knows this is his last dance.
The Giants cut Evan Neal, the offensive lineman they drafted five years ago with a first-round pick. Neal never worked out. He was booed last year and gave a post-game interview saying the fans are nothing but losers who are leaving the stadium to go back to their jobs flipping hamburgers while he's living his dream. You can imagine how well that set with the Mara family.
There is a waiver wire. Teams can pick up other teams' cut players and then cut a player on their team so the rosters are mostly locked.
x-x-x
The Yankees hit today. Oh did they hit. They won 16-1 but more importantly won the season series against the Red Sox, 7-6. There was a controversial call in fifth inning where I thought the Red Sox outfielder made a diving catch but the first base umpire disagreed, saying the ball hit the ground. The play was reviewed and stood. I think it stood because there wasn't clear and conclusive proof the ball was caught. NESN didn't show the angle the YES Network showed that had the ball on the ground. The game was 2-0 Yankees at that point. Four pitches later, Red Sox Pitcher Ranger Suarez gave up a three-run home run. The Yankees were off to the races at that point.
After the game, I heard a little of the Red Sox post-game show where they were still complaining about the right field dimensions. Dudes, the park was built in 2009. The fence hasn't moved. They don't move it in when the Yankees bat and move it back when the visitors are hitting. The Yankees built a team to hit their home ballpark. Kinda think most teams do.
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Today's moment of happiness: I'm telling you, Knicks summer never ends.
KNICKS IN 5 https://t.co/ynVmsyHqm5
— Ashley Nicole Moss (@AshNicoleMoss) August 20, 2026
Take Care
Mara
