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  1. 5 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

    I am going to buy tickets but I am out of town until Friday afternoon. I would love to get them to you but I don’t know how to transfer them. I certainly can't physically give them to you.

    And I am buying three.

    Once you get the tickets (they will be sent online) , it's easy to transfer via phone number or email address. The person receiving just needs to accept and transfer to their phones wallet. I did it with my season tickets multiple x's this year.

    (you might even be able to to put them in will call. but the phone transfer is super simple)

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  2. I've written about him before, but I think it bears repeating...

    The day after the flag raising on Iwo Jima, my dad's youngest Uncle, Jasper, better known as "Bunch" ( a nickname given to him by my great-grandmother) was a part of the attack to take Motiyama Airfield #2 in the middle of the island.  (pic below with my great aunt Jean and my grandmother to the far right, Bunch is to the left and was still in high school in this pic. My grandmother was the oldest, 15 yrs his senior, with Bunch the youngest sibling).

    Bunch served as a BAR man, and had previously seen combat on Guam with K Co. 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division. The pics of his watch are with the band made from aluminum from a downed Japanese Zero while on Guam. The jungle destroyed leather wristbands, and most made metal bands for their watches because of this. The palm trees were punched by him with a nail. 

    Bunch didn't need to serve, as both his older brothers, Giuseppe (Pep) and George were already in the Pacific. Pep as a SeaBee building airstrips on captured islands, and George as a Marine Sergeant in the 1st Marine Division. Bunch had also accidentally shot himself with a .22 in the foot when he was a younger teenager while hunting frogs. This made him a 4F designee but he still wanted to serve. Twice turned down by the Army and once by the Marines he was finally accepted into the Marine Reserves on his 4th try. 

    The 21st Marines weren't to be used on Iwo, initially to be held in reserve but casualties were so high in the 4th and 5th Divisions, that they were sent in late on the first and following days. 

    The morning of the 24th, K Co would be the attacking company in the center of the airfield. According to the letter that was sent to my great-grandmother (one that I have been able to read), Bunch was out front of the company giving covering fire and halfway across the airfield when he was hit by deadly and accurate mortar fire, killing him. My great uncle had just reached his 19th birthday earlier that February. Though I never met her, I was told my great-grandmother never got over his death. 

    Like over 6000 other Marines, Bunch was initially interred in the 3rd Marine Division Cemetary on Iwo Jima.

    After the war, my- great grandmother had him brought home to South Texas where he is buried in his hometown of Crystal City. 

    RIP Uncle Bunch

     

    edit: The watch and other affects were passed down to one of my Dad's cousins ( I wish had them but at least they are in good keeping). The watch keeps perfect time and is wound by him every year on this day, Memorial Day.

     

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  3. Who. Cares. Most years we pretty much actively lose this tournament. This year we needed to make a statement to host. We did. We’re now hosting. Or would you have preferred to have lost last night and maybe get bumped out of hosting? Fucking Christ can any of you be happy? 

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  4. Texas and Okie Lite hosting. TCU and OU - not.
     
    Sucks to suck. 

    They shitcanned frog?
    Not saying they deserved one but just shows you what would’ve happened to us had we not got here today (not aggy moral victory/ fuck blowU)


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  5. On 5/27/2022 at 3:50 PM, dcbc said:

    Friend of mine has a cockapoo named Ron.  It's a good one.

    Years ago, the ex and I had a parakeet named Fred. He could wolf whistle and do the beginning notes of "the great white north".  He'd do it for attention when you walked into the room. Funny ass bird.  After about 2 years with us, I came home one day and found him facedown in his feeding dish. RIP Fred.

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  6. 34 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

     

     

    22 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    That’s good news for Texas. Bad news for OU

    Poor Danny, many sites are already set and the decision concerning B12 have been factored in.

    I thought we would be good for a regional with just 2 wins at our tourney, but really needed the 3rd today since OSU had knocked off frog. We would be on the outside looking in if OSU had won twice today. Their RPI, 5/6 wins against us (had they won 2-2), playing for the B12 championship, finishing 2nd in regular season, NCAA liking to spread around host sites.....ALL of that would have put us on the road.

    We could still be paired with a tough super (which knowing the NCAA, wouldn't surprise me a bit) on the road , as us getting to Omaha they aren't crazy about.

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  7. 8 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Eh, he was never really that good as a starter. He’s been more effective since he dropped down his arm slot this year but he’s still had a few blowup outings. He throws strikes though which means something in this pen.

    Wasn't saying that he had a been Cox, Street, or Shugart, but he has probably deserved more innings this year that what he was used. Especially with some of the bullpen decisions in certain games.

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