Big Beat Steve Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) You mean it took them SIX days from announcing shipping to ACTUALLY announcing shipping? 16 to 22 August ... My, my ... they sure are doing their best to keep you entertained and on the alert ... Edited August 23, 2017 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Beat Steve Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Can somebody translate for non-baseball fans, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Willie Mays was once the most amazing baseball player in the history of the world. But as happens to us all, he aged, got slower and less amazing, and finished up with the Mets, where he showed flashes of the old brilliance, but also showed (more often) that he could never again be the marvel he once was. It was still a pleasure to know that he was still playing the game, but it was also sometimes painful to watch him play with a noticeably deteriorated skill set. Here's the Willie I want to always remember: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 The only baseball game I ever really remember going to was to Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia in the mid-sixties, probably '64 would be my guess, I was 9 and it was the only time my Dad ever took me to a sporting event (my father was a busy minister then and not into sports. . . probably explains why I'm not as well). I saw Willie Mays hit a home run against the Phillies. That's really all I remember, he was a big deal and I saw him hit a home run. I'm going to have to dig out the Goodman set and listen . . . there's gold on those discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Willie Mays was once the most amazing baseball player in the history of the world. But as happens to us all, he aged, got slower and less amazing, and finished up with the Mets, where he showed flashes of the old brilliance, but also showed (more often) that he could never again be the marvel he once was. It was still a pleasure to know that he was still playing the game, but it was also sometimes painful to watch him play with a noticeably deteriorated skill set. Here's the Willie I want to always remember: Ah, well - in the first pic he looks kind of anguished indeed. (Not the kind of anguish your are in, no? Or are you just saying somebody in that shipping department is getting slow too?) Better to remember him like this, then (no, this won't be on the box set you are waiting for ) Edited August 24, 2017 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 I want to remember Mosaic as Willie Mays the Giant. This current shipping thing is reminding me of Willie Mays the Met. Either way, though, (say) hey - Willie Mays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, JSngry said: I want to remember Mosaic as Willie Mays the Giant. This current shipping thing is reminding me of Willie Mays the Met. Ah, I see. Makes sense. That's the explanation I was (unknowingly) waiting for - these fine points of Americana escape us over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 I think they may have made a mistake outsourcing their shipping. It really was never the same after that. But I'm patient and I've always eventually gotten what I ordered, and I love their products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Is this current outsourced shipper the original outsourced shipper, or are they somebody new? William B. Meyer, since 1915! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 5 hours ago, JSngry said: Willie Mays was once the most amazing baseball player in the history of the world. But as happens to us all, he aged, got slower and less amazing, and finished up with the Mets, where he showed flashes of the old brilliance, but also showed (more often) that he could never again be the marvel he once was. It was still a pleasure to know that he was still playing the game, but it was also sometimes painful to watch him play with a noticeably deteriorated skill set. Here's the Willie I want to always remember: This is the Willie mays I remember best - when I saw him as a kid: But either way, he was my favorite player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 7 hours ago, jazzbo said: I think they may have made a mistake outsourcing their shipping. It really was never the same after that. Nothing more to add to this. Just wanted to note that this is the exact same thing several of us have pointed out, but it didn't mean we were rooting for them to fail/go out of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 It's here! This will not be on it, but this band will. This band did "this thing" about as well as it could be done. I like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Collector's Choice did a pretty good 3-cd set of Forrest's complete records with Goodman. "Perfidia," of course, is included. I think it's an essential complement to this set (along with Columbia's Peggy Lee 2-fer). Forrest apparently *really* disliked Goodman, but she did her best work with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Yeah, I got that one pretty quickly after it came out. Fine stuff indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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