Tantalus was invited to dine with the gods of Olympus, stole secrets, nectar, and ambrosia for his people, and thus angered the gods. He did other things too, and pretty horrid stuff when compared to what I mentioned.
His punishment in the underworld "was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches raised his intended meal from his grasp. Whenever he bent down to get a drink, the water receded before he could get any. Over his head towers a threatening stone, like that of Sisyphus."- per Wikipedia, which we all know is never wrong.
Thus we now have the word "tantalize."
Just thought you might like to know. I was curious about the word, and that's what I found out.

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Another Yogi loss dropped ust to 3 and 4 in the fall. Five starters out- numbers 1,2,3,6 and 10 in the batting order, by my count. That's a tough handicap to overcome each night, and it's pretty standard for the league so far.

Brian came out and played with us. We only scored 8 runs, but you can't blame our family for that. We each hit two for three.