Randy Twizzle

No more so than the average WFAN caller. But seriously the 2/24 interview hasn't been added to the podcast page and last year's interview is no longer available.

For me personally the best pitcher I ever faced was Tommy Dumas in the Babe Ruth league. He was one of those Ryne Duren type right handers. He even wore glasses like Duren. He was wild as hell and threw blazingly fast. It was scary just standing in the box facing him. I used to swing at the ball just so I could get the hell out of there. So one vote for Tommy Dumas.

Yes. Market Street in Elmwood Park

Record Rama bidder turns out to be a fraud Saturday, February 23, 2008 By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The $3 million winning bid for the Record Rama collection on eBay was a fraud, according to J. Paul Henderson, agent for the sale. Mr. Henderson said he got a call from an eBay executive last night explaining that the "jopsoup" bid was not legitimate and the account has been suspended. The Irish man with that screen name says he didn't even know about the bid until after the fact. "Jopsoup" told the eBay executive that he was a victim of identity theft. "He claims he went to an Internet cafe and got the e-mail with the invoice from us and wondered 'what the hell is this?' " Mr. Henderson said. Mr. Henderson says he and owner Paul Mawhinney plan to re-list the collection and run the auction in a more "semi-private" fashion with screened bidders. They also have a few private collectors coming into town who will examine the collection of 3 million albums and CDs, cassettes and 8 tracks. First published on February 23, 2008 at 12:00 am

I always remember him as the announcer on the original Jeopardy with Art Fleming. Fleming used to always say "Thank you Don Pardo" after being introduced.

I don't wake up to this scene everyday but I do pass this location almost every day. It's one of the reasons I finally bought a camera.

Record Collection Fetches $3M on EBay By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 22, 2008 Filed at 5:59 a.m. ET PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A man says he can now retire because someone bought his massive record collection on eBay for the asking price -- $3 million. A buyer from Ireland agreed to shell out $3,002,150 for the collection of nearly 3 million vinyl albums, singles and CDs, owner Paul Mawhinney said Thursday. The winning bidder has already deposited $300,000, and a bank has confirmed that he has enough money to buy the collection, Mawhinney said. The price tag is one of the highest recorded by eBay Inc., said Karen Bard, a spokeswoman for the online auctioneer. A Gulfstream II jet once sold for $4.9 million, she said. On Thursday, the 68-year-old Mawhinney closed Record Rama, which opened in Ross Township in 1968. He said he wants to spend time with his wife, three children and five grandchildren. ''I am legally blind. I had a couple of strokes a few years ago ... and it's time at my age to think about doing something else with my life,'' he said. The collection includes more than 1 million albums, 1.5 million singles and 300,000 CDs, Mawhinney said. ------ On the Net: Record Rama: http://www.thegreatestmusiccollection.com

Bollards are already here. In one NJ town it's a major issue. This appeared today in the Bergen Record of Hackensack

the difference is that one is a sick fuck and the other just likes to have sex with dead animals.

The Phillies pull a prank on a young pitcher.

If it's any help, I've owned a Compaq Presario laptop for almost 3 years and it's always worked fine for me.

Aging is frowned at in rock. How many times have you read a description of a performer as "an aging rock star" This usually means "ignore this pathetic old man/woman".

I found it by doing a search of the Times database at proquest.com. I access proquest via my county library membership.

He was a career 242 hitter. How did he ever make the All-Stars?

A 1983 photo from the NY Times.

Whenever I browse for CDs in the Union Square Virgin, I get the feeling that I should be wearing a sign that says "I'm a dinosaur". Even on days when the DVD section is hectic and overflowing with people, there's an eerie calm in most of the CD sections.

And don 't forget Clemens' bleeding butt... Put away your mourning crepe, it was a one day affair and was quite entertaining in a perverse sort of way.

From what little I saw, I'd like to gon on record as saying that Congressman Dan Burton is probably the biggest moron in the House.

It's You're gonna need a bigger boat.

It says "my ebay" not "your daughter"

Three things I will never do: 1. Wear sweat pants with a stripe down the side. 2. Wear a fanny pack 3. Go on a walking tour.

Believe it or not, last week on the Tonight Show Tom Brokaw told a story about trying to be hip by hanging out with Leroy Vinegar in LA in the 60s. According to Brokaw, Vinegar once asked him to roll a joint and when Brokaw handed him a lumpy badly made sample, Vinegar said to him: "What the hell do you think you're doing, making tamales?" It's not a hilarious story but I was surprised to hear Vinegars' name mentioned by a guy like Brokaw.

A friend of mine once wrote a critical email to Lupica (nothing obscene). HIs response was to tell my friend to "get on with your dreary little life." Since the paper no longer prints his email address, I get the feeling that the little jerk got more negative emails than he could handle. Somehow he's bullied his way into the front of the paper where he now has a political column every Wednesday.