CleanupHitter
@cleanuphitter.com
Sports betting, Las Vegas gambling, history, Texas, the '80s. Wish I didn't drift so much into politics... but, well, you know, life today.
CleanupHitter1 on the (former) bird site.
CleanupHitter1 on the (former) bird site.
Longhorns look very much like they’d gladly forfeit the last 4 minutes just to get the game over with.
Nothing but sloppiness and a complete absence of heart.
Nothing but sloppiness and a complete absence of heart.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Longhorns look very much like they’d gladly forfeit the last 4 minutes just to get the game over with.
Nothing but sloppiness and a complete absence of heart.
Nothing but sloppiness and a complete absence of heart.
Sarkisian is completely outmatched in this coaching head-to-head. Not even close.
#TexasLonghorns #HookEm
#TexasLonghorns #HookEm
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Sarkisian is completely outmatched in this coaching head-to-head. Not even close.
#TexasLonghorns #HookEm
#TexasLonghorns #HookEm
Now that a Tim Hortons is open in the Austin area I should swing by for a big cup of coffee before Sunday's Grey Cup.
(Also, y'all take on over me for being so smart as to have previously made futures bets on both the #MontrealAlouettes and the #SaskatchewanRoughriders.)
#CFL #GreyCup
(Also, y'all take on over me for being so smart as to have previously made futures bets on both the #MontrealAlouettes and the #SaskatchewanRoughriders.)
#CFL #GreyCup
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Now that a Tim Hortons is open in the Austin area I should swing by for a big cup of coffee before Sunday's Grey Cup.
(Also, y'all take on over me for being so smart as to have previously made futures bets on both the #MontrealAlouettes and the #SaskatchewanRoughriders.)
#CFL #GreyCup
(Also, y'all take on over me for being so smart as to have previously made futures bets on both the #MontrealAlouettes and the #SaskatchewanRoughriders.)
#CFL #GreyCup
Every so often we get a reminder that the writers of "Eastbound & Down" had to actually dial back the ignorance and shitheadedness of Kenny Powers in order to make him at least partly likeable, unlike the real-life douchebag on which the character was based.
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Every so often we get a reminder that the writers of "Eastbound & Down" had to actually dial back the ignorance and shitheadedness of Kenny Powers in order to make him at least partly likeable, unlike the real-life douchebag on which the character was based.
Ah, dammit. That might be the end of the road for one of the most interesting pitchers of the last 15 years. He was so much fun to watch his first few seasons with the Rangers. Completely fascinating to see what all he could throw.
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ah, dammit. That might be the end of the road for one of the most interesting pitchers of the last 15 years. He was so much fun to watch his first few seasons with the Rangers. Completely fascinating to see what all he could throw.
Still better than the guys fighting in the Abilene Bass Pro Shop.
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Still better than the guys fighting in the Abilene Bass Pro Shop.
Damn. Ol' Stephen is here doing a dive into a real nazi deep cut. Like a REAL fan who even loves the overlooked B-side stuff.
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Damn. Ol' Stephen is here doing a dive into a real nazi deep cut. Like a REAL fan who even loves the overlooked B-side stuff.
"Barney Miller" for the win.
What TV show had the best theme song?
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Barney Miller" for the win.
Sending a note to the cattle ranchers I know back home to let them know it turns out they're actually doing really well. Best they've done in decades. They'll be pleased to learn this.
The ol’ “If-it-weren’t-for-me” brand of free-market capitalism. 🤡
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sending a note to the cattle ranchers I know back home to let them know it turns out they're actually doing really well. Best they've done in decades. They'll be pleased to learn this.
Finally -- FINALLY! -- a team is putting to use the lessons taught to us many years ago by the Pittsburgh Pisces.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Finally -- FINALLY! -- a team is putting to use the lessons taught to us many years ago by the Pittsburgh Pisces.
Somewhere out there Reggie Jackson is nodding approvingly at Josh Naylor’s “attempt” at getting out of the way of that DP throw and cannot BELIEVE they called him out.
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Somewhere out there Reggie Jackson is nodding approvingly at Josh Naylor’s “attempt” at getting out of the way of that DP throw and cannot BELIEVE they called him out.
My stick-on calendar (and bonus stickers) from @djgloverepair.bsky.social arrived today and immediately took a place of honor on my refrigerator door.
Really appreciate it, y’all.
Really appreciate it, y’all.
October 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My stick-on calendar (and bonus stickers) from @djgloverepair.bsky.social arrived today and immediately took a place of honor on my refrigerator door.
Really appreciate it, y’all.
Really appreciate it, y’all.
So glad Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder kept polishing the lyrics and didn't go with the first draft of "Ebony and Ivory."
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So glad Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder kept polishing the lyrics and didn't go with the first draft of "Ebony and Ivory."
The ghost of Loretta Lynn should haunt the fuck out of these assholes.
The American Mind, a Claremont publication, is coming for birth control, declaring in a new article by Scott Yenor that the birth control pill has had “grave consequences for our society...” 10/20/25… 1/ americanmind.org/salvo/rfk-sh...
RFK Should Grill the Pill
Though the perceived benefits of birth control are loudly and publicly celebrated, its costs need to be fully exposed.
americanmind.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The ghost of Loretta Lynn should haunt the fuck out of these assholes.
Longhorns win and yet somehow feels like a loss.
October 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Longhorns win and yet somehow feels like a loss.
Have we, after many years, finally learned the identity of the person who started the famous "How many days are in a week?" debate on the old bodybuilding.com forum?
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Have we, after many years, finally learned the identity of the person who started the famous "How many days are in a week?" debate on the old bodybuilding.com forum?
Sam Altman going to completely plagiarize all the research done by Count Rugen, who has previous done the definitive work on the subject of pain.
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sam Altman going to completely plagiarize all the research done by Count Rugen, who has previous done the definitive work on the subject of pain.
Really good interview with an actor I've felt nailed every role I've ever seen him play.
(Side note: "Emergency!" is still a better watch than any TV show currently airing.)
(Side note: "Emergency!" is still a better watch than any TV show currently airing.)
Thought you’d want to look at this one: thereveal.film/interview-ke...
Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen
The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.
thereveal.film
October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Really good interview with an actor I've felt nailed every role I've ever seen him play.
(Side note: "Emergency!" is still a better watch than any TV show currently airing.)
(Side note: "Emergency!" is still a better watch than any TV show currently airing.)
Current least-favorite TV commercial: Southwest Airlines presenting the pending change to assigned seating — the move longtime loyal SWA fliers HATE — as something being celebrated.
It reeks of a company completely out of touch with what their customers value.
It reeks of a company completely out of touch with what their customers value.
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Current least-favorite TV commercial: Southwest Airlines presenting the pending change to assigned seating — the move longtime loyal SWA fliers HATE — as something being celebrated.
It reeks of a company completely out of touch with what their customers value.
It reeks of a company completely out of touch with what their customers value.
Of the four remaining teams there is some reason I’d feel good about any of three of them winning the World Series. Just so long as it isn’t the Dodgers.
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Of the four remaining teams there is some reason I’d feel good about any of three of them winning the World Series. Just so long as it isn’t the Dodgers.
We might have an "Iowa Baseball Confederacy" situation going on Seattle.
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We might have an "Iowa Baseball Confederacy" situation going on Seattle.
Princess Handjob gonna get ET deported to Uganda.
Meanwhile, Lauren Boebert is asking the *really* tough questions...
"At a congressional hearing on UAPs on 13 November 2024, Boebert asked if there was evidence aliens had ever erected a secret underwater base on earth."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"At a congressional hearing on UAPs on 13 November 2024, Boebert asked if there was evidence aliens had ever erected a secret underwater base on earth."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lauren Boebert vows to pursue ‘truth about UFOs’ as she bids for re-election
Colorado Republican congresswoman kicks off fourth term run with email to potential donors: ‘They tell us we’re crazy’
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Princess Handjob gonna get ET deported to Uganda.
@sallyjenx.bsky.social
Dan Jenkins discussing Blackie Sherrod…
Dan Jenkins discussing Blackie Sherrod…
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Dan Jenkins discussing Blackie Sherrod…
Dan Jenkins discussing Blackie Sherrod…