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Alright @YouTheReader,
In ‘24, His or Her Words, Not Mine has Levels by Avicii on in the background. It’s a happy song so I figured that would be better to throw up on people’s social media timelines every Thursday. If you ever find anything funny on the internet, have a story of your own you want to share, have your own insight on your favorite sports team, or even a Guinness recommendation, whatever it may be, please feel free to shoot over a text, direct message on social media, or email WeekToWeekNotes@gmail.com. You all have no idea how helpful you all are with this on Thursday’s pieces and just in general, it’s greatly appreciated!
The vocal sample to this tune comes from Etta James’ “Something’s Got a Hold on Me”, originally sung in 1962.
Moving on…
Oh yeah, with His or Her Words, Not Mine….
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The small font is me.
Pregame Banter Before Ireland vs England
Guinness bought and now an afternoon of rugby coming up …
Huge match! Going to need a few pints! Ready for it?
Yeah, Scotland first, but, I have to admit, I think the guys in green shirts are going to win it! When the Leicester Tigers Head Coach (manager in old-time English! 😂). When he took over England I thought well the excuses will now finish…England needs to buck up, we may have invented the game, not too far from where I now live in the UK, however now… Say hi to your Dad from a rugby follower in the UK, my pix on Instagram are in the words of Billy Joel when I wore a younger man’s clothes…..😂
Had the Scotland-Italy match on before taking the doggo for a walk. That Finn Russell is great. My dad says hello, it should be a good one. Can’t count out the English, like you said they invented the game and anything can happen. Piano Man is a great tune, one of the best!!
😂👍 Roger Daltry had a moment there ‘Giving it all away’. Now I need to drink something stronger before the next massacre of Cote DuRhone Blanc… It is then time to visit the supermarket.
Halftime
The Italians needed that one. They are celebrating like they just won the Six Nations. Very close 1st half, England came to play. Could go either way!
Yeah, I’m feeling pessimistic …
Postgame
A well-earned win for the English. One helluva match! I need a Guinness or 3 after that one.
Well, s**t, I’m on the Bushmills…….
Enjoy, cheers!!
And to you young man, and to you! I need to check my blood pressure later…..
Cool Comments
I’ve never been called a G before by a hip-hop duo. I’ll take it!
Apologies for overloading sensories sometimes. Thank you for the kind criticism @Probably_LukeMcWhateverTF!
@AllAmericanCardCorner has some awesome rare vintage baseball cards. I’m talking about the likes of Roger Maris’ rookie year with Cleveland. His posts also provide some cool knowledge and factoids about each of the players. Cool page on Instagram you can check out. While I’m on the subject of sports cards you should also check out @Freshly.Mint. He’s a huge Giants who collects and invests in the New York Football Giants players from Michael Strahan to Kayvon Thibodeaux, many of whom are signed cards, all of which are high quality. This week he added a ton of current Giants along with Hakeem Nicks…who lowkey was on an elite trajectory if not for foot and knee injuries…At 22 he had 79 catches for 1,052 yards and 11 TDs, backed it up in Year with 76 catches for 1,192 and 7 scores. Okay, I’m rambling too much about Hakeem Nicks for today, this is what happens when I see a player from the past. If you’re interested in baseball or football cards, past and present, check out both of their pages.
NY Yankees & Jets Banter
Large italics are Yankees and Jets fan insiders.
The small font is me.
3/7 ‘24
I’m not sure I want to focus on someone who has to be lured into playing football.
Agreed with that, maybe if they can work out something that brings him back with less $, the added depth can’t hurt. Shouldn’t stop them from drafting or trading for a good WR at some point though.
3/8 ‘24
Feel like we may have seen the last of Oswald?
Sounds about right, maybe Jorbit gets a shot
Yup, if the Yanks sign Soto, Jasson Dominguez is what they think he is, and Spencer Jones is what he looks like he might be (a lot of ifs there) it apart doesn’t matter who they roll out there at 2b or 3b.
Agreed
Feel like Jets are gonna screw the Huff thing up.
It would be classic jets. They finally did something right - he was a great find as a UDFA, got better every year, is really good at an important position, and is only 25
What stinks too is we know the Calvin Ridley or O-line signing that offsets losing Huff won’t work out.
I really like to think or at least want to think that these guys are really smart and know what they’re doing. Sometimes I am really concerned that they don’t.
Completely agree Thomas. I feel like the reasoning makes sense because they want to allocate resources to the O-line or wide receiver. But the Jets don’t get the benefit of the doubt to give up a good player to do that.
Will say at least they might’ve been thinking ahead with the McDonald pick. Who knows, he might end up as good or better than Huff in the long run (we can only hope). The reasoning sorta makes sense, swap Huff for a guy we could use on offense. Hopefully, they sign the right guy. Ridley, other B-WRs, or a vet RB would be ehh
So if we trade Huff and turn him into something - I’m fine with what they are trying to do. Just letting him walk (especially if they don’t get a comp pick) would be bad.
Yikes
“Not as good as Jorge Posada”
(@YouTheReader Yadier Molina was a great Cardinal and Hall of Fame defensive catcher. That said, Hip, Hip, Jorge, all day.)
3/10 ‘24
If Mac Jones only gets a 6th-round pick… what does Zach Wilson get….
A 7th
My goodness
I never realized how much he seems to crush high fastballs
Was thinking the same thing
I literally think he’s batting .800 in at-bats when I’m watching
(@YouTheReader we may have to make Drew watch every at-bat. Oh wait, he already is going to do that. No bother.)
3/11 ‘24
Literally, the worst possible thing that could happen. The season would be over.
Get Snell and Monty
My God. Judge also came out of the game early yesterday and not playing today…When do football OTA’s start?
When a dumb team (us) lets someone walk and a smart team immediately signs them, that’s not a good sign
We haven’t had an end like him since John Abraham (who we let walk away too). I get that Will McDonald is younger (1 year lol) and will be cheaper. But what is the purpose of getting good players if you don’t keep them? And why in the world didn’t we trade him last season?
Exactly. Fascinated to see what Joe Douglas and Saleh say about letting him walk. Like are they gonna say we don’t think he’s that good? Because if that’s the case, they look like idiots because he clearly is.
Yup - and how loyal will guys be if they know they have to get paid somewhere else?
We are definitely signing this guy, and I have no faith at all that he’s just coming in to be a backup. I bet you he is starting at tackle for us in Week 1. Not good.
He’s played 13 games in the past 3 seasons…
It’s not good
Jets stink. I’m tired of it.
(@YouTheReader that wasn’t the greatest offseason afternoon for Yanks & Jets fans.)
3/12 ‘24
Disaster
They are a total mess
Not ideal
Running out of sports here - may need to start watching Irish Rugby with Ivan !!
Haha they have a huge match on Saturday afternoon against Scotland, if they win they clinch the Six Nations (best Europe teams) championship. It’s on Peacock/NBC, but I’m sure all are welcome at the house too. Unfortunately after Saturday, they don’t have a big tournament until next year’s Six Nations, as the World Cup is every 4 years. They do play these test matches against South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia but it’s more like exhibitions for world rankings.
Very complicated stuff. I’m like Ted Lasso - none of it makes sense to me.
I was the same way. I still don’t get the Xs & Os tactics behind it well and there are a bunch of rules in the game I have to ask my dad to explain but they’re fun to watch.
Based on Yanks’ track record, this is about as ominous as it can get.
Yup, no reason to believe it’s good. They always do this sort of thing with injuries.
Our coach is being clowned and we’re weeks away from the first pitch. Mockery.
Total disaster. Cole definitely needs TJ and they are being sketchy (again).
Hits just keep coming.
Nothing surprises me at this point. (@YouTheReader this feels like a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode that Larry David scraped because it was too ridiculous.)
For an outside observer, the Jets have to be the most hilarious team in professional sports.
So embarrassing
He is a total clown.
We have to draft a QB.
I’m waiting for Sauce to weigh in.
That’s funny
😂😂😂
Ha - I saw Secretary of Defense but this works too.
Boone Translation: Luke Weaver has been decapitated
lol
3/13 ‘24
Yanks are a mess, but at least Chapman isn’t our closer anymore - yikes !!
lol
Moses - I think that’s a good trade for us. If AR does not run for VP maybe we have something
Agreed looks like a good deal, swapped 4s going 22 picks down and gave them one of the 6ths.
Good with either. Get good players on offense.
Good news if true. Still sucks.
^ From Brian Cashman…The Yankees are being cheap - just get Snell - he’s a good pitcher. And if Cole comes back healthy- then you have another good pitcher.
Yeah if they are going the route of no Snell it’d be nice for them to give Beeter, Gil, Warren, or Hampton a real shot as a starter rather than going with a plan like Luke Weaver for 2 months
100% agree.
Today’s Critiquing The Critics is Adam Sandler’s Click because I remember Linger by The Cranberries was in it. As of today, it is his only film to have been nominated for an Academy Award as it was nominated for Best Makeup at the 79th Academy Awards. It lost to Pan’s Labyrinth’s wild-ass makeup. It starred Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, and Nick Swardson. To give a quick synopsis, a family man is gifted the powers to freeze, go back, and fast forward throughout his life with the use of a magical TV Remote. There are a bunch of funny moments until the remote starts auto-skipping and he loses control of time. I vividly remember this movie because it was advertised as a classic Sandler comedy and by the end my pre-teen eyes were watery…What it’s Sandman, I grew up watching him being ridiculous and wasn’t expecting it! It’s a flawed movie, but the lesson is to try to be present for all the moments in life… so not a bad reminder. Let’s see what the Critics had to say, I liked the movie when I was 12 so I’m skipping over the haters…
While Click doesn’t yank the same chain in me that It’s A Wonderful Life does, Sandler did use a similar playbook. Also, comeuppance is an excellent new vocabulary word.
Classic Nell looking out for the children, but she’s a cool mom for giving it a positive despite the criticism.
Mama, there goes that man!
I concur with Willie Waffle man…That is a sentence I never thought I’d ever type.