Precisely. Scoring a bunch of runs in Colorado and then squeaking wins over the Mets is not exactly the recipe for the type of confidence boost that’d make me not deal such prized chips in this market.

This is where I start to wonder how much my previous flight search influenced my current one. I mean, the business class flights cost almost exactly the same amount, plus or minus one penny? That cannot be a coincidence.

The combo bonuses here are wrecking my brain a little. Obviously, #1 and #2 being the same incident would be the absolute worst. But #2 and #8 would also destroy me.

I’ve connected through Japan a few times and always grab kitkats on the way back. One time I was in line at the shop and was the only person not buying cigarettes. I hadn’t realized that they were a prime duty-free item.

My favorite between-innings gag was a proposal denial at Veteran’s Stadium in the early 90s. Camera zooms in on two people sitting together - he’s a thin bespectacled guy in a t-shirt and shorts, and she looks like she’s gone all out to go clubbing. He gets on a knee to propose. She pushes him over, throws a beer in…

I was at a Brewers game that went 18 innings, so we saw 3 sausage races. That was good content, except that the Polish sausage whiffed in the 18th going for the triple crown.

I think those are lumped in with the Kiss Cam now. They always start with couples who take a few seconds to realize they’re on camera before a quick kiss, but then at the end there’s that one dude who has been glued to the Jumbotron and is immediately down on his knee for the proposal.

Some years ago I was flying Frankfurt-Chicago and woke up with that awful nauseous feeling like “You are going to throw up in 5 seconds.” I jumped over the man next to me into the aisle and raced to the bathroom. Thankfully, there was no line because I had no time to spare. I hadn’t even locked the door behind me when…

The American carriers already sue people for hidden-city ticketing if it’s done regularly. The people who I’ve read talking about this are always like “I did this 10 times on international routes.” Yeah, of course they picked up on that. But doing it once or twice a year domestically isn’t going to get their attention.

My dad has been going to the same barber for over 50 years, except for a couple years when he lived elsewhere. For the last 30 years, my dad drives a half-hour to get there. He usually pairs a haircut with going to the movies down the road, so it’s not just an hour roundtrip for a chop.

I don’t know if red eyes actually lead to less time waiting in security lines. By the time you go to security for a red eye, there are way fewer lines open than during the day. I’ve definitely waited longer at LAX at like 10pm than at noon.

This reminds me that while auditioning for the Benjamin role in The Graduate, Mike Nichols asked Redford if he’d ever been rejected by a woman and Redford said no. So Nichols didn’t cast him.

What college lets you keep an email longer than a year from when you’re off the books? I’d be signing up for all those good college email perks like cheaper Amazon in perpetuity.

I also now always check when the reviews were posted. Recently I came across a place that looked fantastic and was the right price, but there hadn’t been a new review for it in 2+ years. So it made me question whether the photos were even current and, of course, why hasn’t anyone reviewed it in more than 2 years? That…

A couple years ago I was at a gate next to one where Delta offered something like $1,600 to get bumped that night and take first class for ATL-JFK the next morning. The gate agent was flustered but those passengers were united in wanting that offer to keep going up.

Toy Story 4 SPOILERS: Buzz’s reaction to Dusty and Bunny’s ‘Plush Rush’ riffing/imagining broke me up. ‘Yeah, we’re not doing that.’ Key and Peele steal the shit out of that movie.

Many MLB teams have this position already. It’s basically an assistant pitching coach whose focus is analytics.

I’d rather sleep on the floor.

Haha. A slew of legal and other problems for a vehicle driver who kills a cyclist? Do you mean a slap on the wrist?

I don’t know if a drop that big happens enough to be called normal, but every year some high school kids fall due to similar signability issues.