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The Brewers regarded smoking cigarettes before games as a good luck charm and their motto was ‘if we smoke heaters in the cage, we will smoke heaters in the game’
Christian Yelich on this:
“You walk by the cage and see the cigs lit and you’re like, the boys are ready to rock.”
(Via @JeffPassan)
Here’s to the @brewers from our brewers. Introducing the Miller Lite Clinch Cans, filled with the very beer that was being made in Milwaukee the exact moment the team won it all.
NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads?
Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them.
The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything.
@ElonMusk: Texas is not for sale.
Somehow this story doesn't mention the plot in "The Big Salad" (9/29/94) where Kramer has an argument with a retired athlete who murders his dry cleaner later that day. Pretty clearly inspired by the fact that David saw Simpson the day of the murders.
Larry David Saw O.J. Simpson at a Country Club the Day Nicole Brown Simpson Was Killed
According to a new biography, the 'Seinfeld' showrunner and Simpson both ate breakfast at Riviera Country Club on June 12, 1994.
rollingstone.com/tv-movies/t…
I somehow had never seen TOMBSTONE before and now I want a listicle that’s like, “movies where one actor is acting in a better and/or different movie than the one they’re in”
Gruber: “I see more interesting posts on X than I do on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon combined.”
Pairs well with @austinkleon’s “The Bad Place”: “Despite its toxic chaos, it’s still sort of… well, I won’t say fun, but it’s not boring.” austinkleon.com/2026/09/29/t…
I’ve never left!