Wild Card Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 26 Aug 2016 02:52:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Baseball cards for the lulz https://dfarq.homeip.net/baseball-cards-for-the-lulz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baseball-cards-for-the-lulz Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:00:39 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7410 After the Royals won the Wild Card game and officially ended their postseason drought, I thought of a novel way to celebrate it: Celebrate their badness. After all, there are people who celebrate the 1962 Mets, and between 1986 and

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]]> 7410 This one hurts. https://dfarq.homeip.net/this-one-hurts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-one-hurts Fri, 31 Oct 2014 04:36:41 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7420 I tried to write the day it happened. I couldn’t write anything that made any sense. Mostly I sat and stared. I told myself when the Royals made the Wild Card, I’d be happy with whatever happened, because it was

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]]> 7420 Off to the World Series. https://dfarq.homeip.net/off-to-the-world-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=off-to-the-world-series Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:00:53 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7405 Years ago, probably sometime in 2009 or 2010, a coworker asked me when the Royals would be good again. I estimated 2014, based on the age of the serviceable young players they had at the time and the age of

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]]> 7405 The meaning of “That’s what speed do.” https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-meaning-of-thats-what-speed-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meaning-of-thats-what-speed-do Sun, 12 Oct 2014 03:17:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7402 You’re probably hearing Royals fans say, “That’s what speed do” a lot. With games on the line, they tend to slap the ball, get on base however they can, and score however they can, and that’s what the line refers to.

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]]> 7402 What it was like being a Royals fan from 1986-2013 https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-it-was-like-being-a-royals-fan-from-1986-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-it-was-like-being-a-royals-fan-from-1986-2013 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:00:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7394 If there’s one thing I’ve heard this week, it’s that people can’t imagine what it’s like being a Royals fan through their 29-year drought without playing in a postseason. I can tell you what it’s like. We’ve had some highlights,

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