#OTD, The Great One made his Major League debut.
Roberto Clemente made his Pirates debut on April 17, 1955, at Forbes Field, playing right field and hitting a single in his first at-bat, the first of his 3,000 hits.
Posts by Nick
#Titanic is still telling us her secrets and her stories, and she is still writing her own chapters from the bottom of the Atlantic as the wreck gracefully returns to nature.
We still don't know all of the intricacies of the Californian's role.
We are still learning all the time, especially about the wreck and the ship's life on the ocean floor since 1912.
We'll be learning and discovering long after the present generation of researchers is gone too.
There are still unknowns, many that will never be resolved. We don't know exactly what happened to several key people (Capt. Smith, Thomas Andrews, William Murdoch just to name a few).
Stories of Second and Third Class are still only sketched out as accounts are found and/or dissected anew.
From new photographs to new evidence of how events played out, it never truly stops. Last year, new research rewrote the scene at Cherbourg to put Nomadic on the opposite side of the ship. It's a small detail, but it just shows we're still learning.
When I last taught my college #Titanic course, one of the questions I was frequently asked (and still get asked by friends and coworkers) is what there's left to learn.
The short answer is we don't know, but there's still so much story to tell. Every so often there are still new discoveries.
This #Titanic week, I want to share the lovely paintings of her done by my dear friend Elang Erlangga from Bali.
Chronologically arranged: Southampton before dawn on April 10th, Cherbourg (using new research) at dusk on the 10th, Queenstown (now Cobh) midday on the 11th, and at sea on the 11th.
Caligula's lesser-known and less-successful little brother...
It’s what Jesus would do!
All of the "the #NHL should ban their players from playing the #Olympics" people who are upset about Crosby's injury are missing that the NHL is not the only professional league on the planet and it would simply penalize NHL players and be controversial and unpopular in labor talks.
Narrator: "Even their own kind didn't want to date them...so they turned to their old pastime of being triggered by everyone."
Laughing at chuds like this guy should BE an Olympic sport. Then they should give her two golds for this one because it was fantastic. 10/10.
All that said, there are only 32 jobs and you could do a lot worse than coming to Pittsburgh where stability is practically a requisite. They'll get a good option in the door. Whether it's the right option is the question, and we won't know for at least 5 years.
I do think a lot of locals think this is "the" job because of the #Steelers mystique, but I don't see that. I see a big job ahead to revitalize the whole operation while dealing with constant pressure not to "waste a year" as ARII put it. No clear QB options in 2026.
You know ownership will be patient, you have a young and potentially good line on both sides of the ball, some great edge guys, a good WR, and decent draft capital. If you can get QB right in the first few years, you are probably set for a decade. If you nail it and win a title, you're a legend.
As for #Steelers, they have to overcome the perception (reality?) that ownership is out of touch and cheap, that Tomlin may have propped up a shaky operation, and that they have no plan at QB and weak/old skill guys on both sides of the ball. There are some draws, however...
All three depend on how you view the QBs. If you want to build with Tua, Sanders, or Murray, that is the attractive team to you. Unlike with Jackson, an MVP and star, I think even HCs who are okay inheriting a guy would want someone other than what's in those three QB rooms.
The rest are a muddled middle. CLE, MIA, AZ all have QB questions, ownership concerns, and roster issues. I'd rather have MIA or AZ over CLE, but at least with the Browns you get a bonafide top defense and some other pieces to build with too. Would probably rank them MIA, CLE, AZ.
On the flip, I don't know who wants to coach the Raiders. No history of recent success, probably the worst roster in football. They're relying entirely on Tom Brady attracting someone. But who? I also can't see many wanting to work for Tennessee's ownership, although Ward at QB is a draw.
Buffalo has to be the most attractive, although I'd be asking a LOT of questions about Beane. McDermott didn't fail to draft/sign a credible WR or construct a thin defensive roster.
Realistically, I see the #Steelers as no better than the second or third most-attractive job. There are reasons to want it, but several potential drawbacks. I'd rank them alongside Baltimore since some coaches would rather draft "their" QB than inherit (and others would prefer Jackson).
Shula for me. Very much in the style of the last three, plus I think a guy from the McVay tree gets the concept of smart assistants who will challenge stubborn or stagnant HC thinking. Plus young and dynamic with scheme.
This. Once when I was dating years ago I had a nice first date, and she said after before we parted that she really just felt awkward about me being way shorter than her. We parted completely amicably. I wasn't offended at all. Everyone deserves to have criteria and to want them met.
And when she reveals that DK was telling the truth, the #NFL should pay him the missed salary and allow him to do whatever he would like while locked in a room with James Harrison and this guy tied to a stool.
People like this grandstanding little piece of shit need to be made an example of.
Surely the gamblers and the league's desire to squeeze every dollar from their bloated season had nothing to with the way the NFC South and AFC North races have shaken out.
I'd really love to see this loser get absolutely trucked by a guy in pads while he pisses himself in fear.
Hopefully that game will silence those among the #Steelers faithful who still defend a coach who has done nothing since the talent and coaches accumulated by Bill Cowher eroding and left. Tired of you apologists for mediocrity.
It’s actually just a standard city pothole with two beds, two baths.
I need this in the style of the opening credits of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
You know what? You're right, and I apologize. That was unfair. I'll delete the post.