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ohio

FREEEEEDOM! Semi truck tips over in Dayton and 2,200 brave pigs escape

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Via Dayton Daily News

A semitrailer has tipped and crashed on U.S. 35 West near Xenia and the resulting accident has loosed several feeder pigs that were being hauled.

We’re hearing that two people in the vehicle are OK. We’ve also learned that police and others at the scene are trying to round up the piggies to take them to the Greene County Fairgrounds. There were an estimated 2,200 feeder pigs on board and there is lots of carnage at the scene.

 

For one chance. JUST ONE CHANCE

These pigs have it. That internal instinct to not let any moment be bigger than they are. To take advantage of each and every opportunity laid out in front of them. The innate ability to handle every curveball life throws at them. Undoubtedly on the way to the slaughterhouse (maybe? I’m not well versed in feeder pig culture) these pigs stared fear in the eye, spit in fear’s eye, and they lived. They got out. They survived. There’s something to be said about a pig that can overcome and adapt in even the harshest conditions. A true warrior pig, if you will.

You just gotta keep livin, man. L-I-V-I-N.

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FUCK. 

America

USWNT’s “American Woman” hype video for the WWC is fire and you’re allowed to like it

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A wise/psychotic woman once told me while cussing me out in front of the entire cafeteria in high school, “I may be a bitch, but I’m a bad bitch. Rememba dat.” If there’s a badder bitch than Abby Wambach when the guitar drops in this video, I’d like to meet her.

wam21I know it’s “cool” to hate on soccer, and if you don’t like it that’s completely fine by me, but if you hate on America I wish you nothing but strife and misfortune. Our star-and-striped ladies are ranked second in the world and begin their quest for a third World Cup title tonight at 7:30 ET against Australia (what are the odds). They haven’t won one since 1999 and are coming off a heartbreaking loss in penalty kicks to Japan in the 2011 final. Two of my main girls are a little banged up in Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, but the aforementioned Wambach and Canadian mynx Sydney LeRoux are good to go (look at her Instagram, I dare you).

Sure, goalie Hope Solo may or may not have tried to beat some cops and FIFA has all sorts of shit going on right now, but you start singing the Star-Spangled Banner and I’m there. Rock, flag and eagle baby.

Indians

Indians call up lauded prospect from Columbus that plays on the left side of the infield

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o btw it’s not lindor hahahahahaha

After another failed bid to get back to .500 yesterday, the Tribe optioned third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall and shortstop Jose Ramirez to AAA Columbus. Third baseman Giovanny Urshela and utilityman Zach Walters were brought up to replace them.

Urshela is ranked as the Indians #4 prospect by MLB.com and #8 by Baseball Prospectus, but doesn’t appear on Baseball America’s list. He’s 23 years old, 6’2″ and 215 pounds. He bats and throws right handed.

In 21 games with the Clippers this season, he hit .275 with 3 bombs and 9 RBI. His season got off to a late start due to some back problems that resurfaced last month. 2014 was his breakout year (at least offensively), when he posted a .276/.331/.473 slash line with 13 Yahtzee balls and 65 ribbis in 104 AAA games. The success continued into the Venezuelan Winter League, where he was leading all players with a .398 batting average before a knee injury ended his winter.

So what’s the immediate impact, you ask?

  • Mike Aviles will be the primary shortstop until he-who-must-not-be-named finally receives the call.
  • Zach Walters will probably fill the super utility role now that Aviles will be playing every day.
  • We don’t know if Urshela will get the majority of playing time at third or if he’ll split with Walters, but they’re surely not calling him up to ride the pine. Whenever he’s in the lineup, our infield defense improves tremendously. His glove has always been seen as his ticket to the big show. Whether he’ll hit enough to win the job going forward remains to be seen but he’ll be sniffing Web Gems on the reg.
  • Lonnie and Jose get a chance to take some pressure off themselves, go back down to the farm and try to figure some things out. Antonetti said today on a conference call that Ramirez would play a little short (I think they have another guy down there) but also some other positions. This fits in with my preseason hope of seeing an infield of Urshela-Lindor-Ramirez-Santana with Kip in the outfield. A guy can dream.

Bonus nugget of Urshela robbing Jesus Aguilar of a hit in the Venezuelan league

KEEP THE CHIEF