Big Al

All I know is, if anyone had told me Saturday night that I'd be enjoying the hell outta this series, I'da laughed my ass off. Win or lose, these guys have proven me wrong for the umpteenth time, and the only way I could be happier is if the Rangers give their fans the happy ending we've been waiting for most of our lives. But if they don't, as JSngry says, I know in my heart it won't be without a fight. As long as they have that (because they've already proven they've got the heart), then I'm happy and proud to be a shameless bandwagon hopper Rangers fan.

PM sent on DOUBLE TRUMPET DOINGS, hoping my previous order hasn't left yet!

Hmmmm.... I like his work. That just may be the tipping point for me!

It might be the most painful, but let's see how they play over the rest of the games. Win or lose, if this is the team I think they are, they'll gut it out until the end. Gotta give ya props for this one, cuz they've certainly done that since Saturday's debacle.

When LaRussa lifted Lynn after the intentional walk, I was thinking WTF???

Bump to add a Horace Silver TOCJ, as well as offering to ship international packages without jewel cases in order to save on international postage.

{{{sigh}}} With fiends like you guys, I'll never need an enema.... The way this game is going.... my scissors are ready!

PM replied!

That was some gut check. That kid may not be able to grow much of mustache, but he sure came through in epic fashion. What a curve! I hope it leaks out what Washington was saying when he went out to get Derek Holland. During the post-game interview, Holland said that he basically begged Wash to let him stay out there, that if he couldn't get the next guy on a double-play it'd be okay to bring in Feliz but please please please PLEASE let me stay out here! That's why Wash kept shaking his head no. Holland went on to say that Wash said if Holland got on his knees & begged, he'd let him stay in. I guess that really IS the way baseball go! In all seriousness, major props to the Rangers for stepping up to the challenge and conquering it in Mavs-like fashion. Gonna enjoy the moment while it lasts because tomorrow's game is gonna be a major gut-check for BOTH teams, especially with CJ returning to the mound. All I know is this: the kid with the acne problem single-handedly saved this World Series for the Rangers. For now, anyway. Thank you, Derek Holland. Holland also saved the bullpen . By going 8 1/3, he lets the bullpen get a night of rest so they're fresh for tonight's game, then with the travel day they get another day of rest. Young man was DEALIN'! He had only three balls hit out of the infield- amazing aginst that lineup. :tup :tup

I'll sell that one when they pry it from my cold dead hands. At Sears, of course!

Prices include shipping to US & Canada, international at cost (and will likely ship without jewel cases to save you money). PayPal only. Here is a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet with more detail than you can shake a stick at (if that's your idea of a good time): Sell 'em All Here's the list itself: 8 Adderley, Cannonball - PORTRAIT OF CANNONBALL (Riverside OJC) 15 Bennett, Tony - COMPLETE IMPROV RECORDINGS (4-CDs) 8 Benson, George - BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON (CTI Legacy, 1997 issue, digipak) 15 Benson, George - ORIGINAL ALBUM CLASSICS (Columbia/CTI Original Album Classics, Benson's two albums for Columbia, plus 3 CTI titles from recent re-masters (not the Sony Masterworks reissues)) 15 Brown, Clifford/Roach, Max - AT BASIN STREET (Emarcy, Verve Master Edition) 5 Burrell, Kenny - SOUL CALL (Prestige OJC, saw-cut in spine, purchased during the J&R Records blow-out) 8 Burrell, Kenny - A NIGHT AT THE VANGUARD (Argo, Verve Originals digipak) 10 Chaloff, Serge - BOSTON BLOW UP (Capitol) 20 Clark, Sonny - COMPLETE STUDIO TRIO RECORDINGS (Gambit, 3 CDs) 20 Clayton, Buck - COMPLETE LEGENDARY JAM SESSION MASTER TAKES (Lonehill Jazz, 3 CDs) 15 Costa, Eddie - GUYS AND DOLLS LIKE VIBES (Coral, Verve Master Edition) 5 Costello, Elvis - WHEN I WAS CRUEL 5 Costello, Elvis - MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE (Rhino 2-CD, hole in the jewel tray insert) 5 Davis, Miles - THE MUSINGS OF MILES (Prestige RVG) 5 Davis/Tate/Hawkins/Cobb - VERY SAXY (Prestige RVG) 10 Desmond, Paul - PURE DESMOND (CTI, late-80's issue) 15 Donaldson, Lou - SUNNY SIDE UP (Blue Note Conn) 6 Donaldson, Lou - LUSH LIFE (Blue Note RVG) 8 Earland, Charles - INTENSITY (Prestige OJC, final Lee Morgan sessions in their entirety) 8 Ellis, Herb - ELLIS IN WONDERLAND (Verve Originals, jewel case, not digipak) 5 Ellis, Herb - IN THE POCKET (W/RAY BROWN) (Concord, 2-CD set, saw-cut in spine, purchased during the J&R Records blow-out) 10 Farmer, Art - BRASS SHOUT/AZTEC SUITE (Blue Note Conn) 5 Foster, Frank - SOUL OUTING (Prestige OJC, saw-cut in spine, purchased during the J&R Records blow-out) 20 Genesis - THREE SIDES LIVE (US version, 2-CDs, fatboy) 5 Gillespie, Dizzy - AT NEWPORT (Verve 50th Anniv of Newport, jewel case, not digipak, BMG issue) 7 Gordon, Dexter - DADDY PLAYS THE HORN (Bethlehem, SHOUT Factory issue) 10 Grey, Al - SNAP YOUR FINGERS (Argo, Verve LPR, digipak w/OBI) 5 Haden, Charlie - LAND OF THE SUN (W/GONZALO RUBALCABA) (Verve, BMG issue) 8 Hall, Jim - CONCIERTO (CTI Legacy, 1997 issue, digipak) 10 Hampton, Lionel - THE LIONEL HAMPTON QUINTET (Clef, Verve Master Edition) 8 Harris, Barry - LISTEN TO BARRY HARRIS…SOLO PIANO (Riverside OJC, sealed) 10 Hawes, Hampton - ALL-NIGHT SESSION 1 (Contemporary OJC) 10 Hawes, Hampton - ALL-NIGHT SESSION 2 (Contemporary OJC) 10 Hawes, Hampton - ALL-NIGHT SESSION 3 (Contemporary OJC) 7 Hawkins, Coleman - AT NEWPORT (Verve 50th Anniv of Newport, digipak, w/Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, and Jo Jones) 15 Hill, Andrew - SMOKE STACK (Blue Note TOCJ, TOCJ-4160, no OBI) 7 Hines, Earl - ONCE UPON A TIME (Impulse! Verve Originals, digipak, no OBI, some sticker residue on cover) 4 Jobim, Antonio Carlos - STONE FLOWER (CTI Legacy, 2002 issue, lotsa scuffage on disc, does not affect playback) 10 Jones Brothers - KEEPIN' UP WITH THE JONESES (MetroJazz, Verve Elite Edition, serious digipak scuffage, plus some idiot put a sticker on the back) 10 Lateef, Yusef - CRY!-TENDER (Prestige OJC) 15 Mahavishnu Orchestra - ORIGINAL ALBUM CLASSICS (Columbia Original Album Classics, Mahavishnu's first five albums, slipcases in box) 6 Martino, Pat - EL HOMBRE (Prestige RVG) 12 McLean, Jackie - A FICKLE SONANCE (Blue Note RVG) 6 McLean, Jackie - 4, 5, AND 6 (Prestige RVG) 10 Mitchell, Billy - THIS IS BILLY MITCHELL (Smash, Verve LPR, digipak w/OBI) 5 Monterose, J.R. - MONTEROSE, J.R. (Blue Note RVG, BMG issue) 10 Montgomery Brothers - GROOVE YARD (Riverside OJC) 5 Morgan, Lee - CANDY (Blue Note RVG, BMG issue) 15 Morgan, Lee - INDEED! (Blue Note TOCJ, TOCJ-1538, no OBI) 5 Newman, Joe - JIVE AT FIVE (Prestige OJC) 20 Nicholas, Gallivan, Larry Young - LOVE CRY WANT 7 Peterson, Oscar - AT NEWPORT (Verve 50th Anniv of Newport, digipak, w/Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt, and Jo Jones) 8 Powell, Bud - THE SCENE CHANGES (Blue Note RVG) 7 Powell, Bud - IN PARIS (Reprise Warner Archives) 9 Quebec, Ike - BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL (Blue Note, McMaster) 10 Redd, Freddie - REDD'S BLUES (Blue Note Conn) 10 Redd, Freddie - SAN FRANSISCO SUITE (Riverside, OJC Ltd Ed) 5 Redd, Freddie - SHADES OF REDD (Blue Note RVG, BMG issue) 15 Salvador, Sal - QUARTET/QUINTET AND KENTON PRESENTS (Blue Note Conn, Connoisseur 10" series) 15 Sebesky, Don - GIANT BOX (CTI CTI Timeless Collection 40, Japanese King pressing w/OBI) 10 Silver, Horace - THE STYLINGS OF SILVER (Blue Note TOCJ, TOCJ-1562, no OBI) 5 Smith, Louis - HERE COMES LOUIS SMITH (Blue Note RVG, BMG issue) 8 Stitt, Sonny - SITS IN WITH THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO (Verve Originals, digipak) 15 Stitt, Sonny - STITT'S BITS: THE BEBOP RECORDINGS (Prestige, 3 CDs) 15 Tjader, Cal - SONA LIBRE (Verve, what the Hoffmanites would call a "W. German pressing") 25 Turrentine, Stanley - UP AT MINTON'S (Blue Note, 2 CDs) 7 Tyner, McCoy - TOGETHER (Milestone OJC) PM or e-mail acrearick@hotmail.com if interested. Thanks! ***SOLD*** Goodman, Benny - UNDERCURRENT BLUES (Capitol, some water damage on booklet) Rouse, Charlie - BOSSA NOVA BACCHANAL (Blue Note Conn, BMG issue) Willette, Baby Face - FACE TO FACE (Blue Note RVG) Thompson, Sir Charles - TAKIN' OFF (Delmark Apollo) Smith, Louis - HERE COMES LOUIS SMITH (Blue Note TOCJ, TOCJ-6594, w/OBI) Smith, Louis - SMITHVILLE (Blue Note Conn)

Hubert Laws IN THE BEGINNING Love the remaster, but I LOVE the vinyl!

That was some gut check. That kid may not be able to grow much of mustache, but he sure came through in epic fashion. What a curve! I hope it leaks out what Washington was saying when he went out to get Derek Holland. During the post-game interview, Holland said that he basically begged Wash to let him stay out there, that if he couldn't get the next guy on a double-play it'd be okay to bring in Feliz but please please please PLEASE let me stay out here! That's why Wash kept shaking his head no. Holland went on to say that Wash said if Holland got on his knees & begged, he'd let him stay in. I guess that really IS the way baseball go! In all seriousness, major props to the Rangers for stepping up to the challenge and conquering it in Mavs-like fashion. Gonna enjoy the moment while it lasts because tomorrow's game is gonna be a major gut-check for BOTH teams, especially with CJ returning to the mound. All I know is this: the kid with the acne problem single-handedly saved this World Series for the Rangers. For now, anyway. Thank you, Derek Holland.

I'll take a download and the one on the right. Thanks! DL for me and the one in the middle, please! Thanks!

I just hope that last night provides the kind of gut check similar to the Mavs game 2 loss to Portland on their way to their championship.

Al, remember the Yankees-Braves WS of 1996???? http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_WS.shtml Brave beat the piss out of the Yankees in game one, 12-1, at Yankee Stadium. Braves shut out the Yankees in game 2, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium again, of course. So to recap, braves outscored the Yanks at home, 16-1. Up 2-0 in series, headed to Atlanta. Yankees then won 3 in the ATL, then went back to NY to win their 4th straight game....so don't count out your team just yet! Both bullpens are overworked.... Don't count out my team? But, that would mean being positive about them. This old dog is having trouble learning new tricks. Plus, I refuse to have my heart broken again. But.... I'm a fan, so the heartbreak is inevitable. I'm just venting now to ease the pain.

Changed my mind, PM coming on these instead: Junior Mance & Orchestra - That Lovin' Feelin' (OJC) $5 Nat Adderley - Sayin Somethin/Live at Memory lane (Collectables) $6 Idris Muhammad - Legends of Acid Jazz (OJC) $5 James Clay - Double Dose of Soul (OJC) $5 Gil Evans & Ten (Fantasy/OJC SACD version) $10

You bet I'm kicking myself, since I watched the game-tying extra point but then switched back to the misery of the Rangers game. I already knew how that was gonna end, I shoulda left the football game on....

Gutless. No other word for tonight. And if they don't get their shit together, there's gonna be another World Series victory celebration in Arlington come Monday night. I expect nothing more from this team, because THAT is the team I know.

But it's the defense that's killing them tonight! Against a team that made the playoffs on the last day of the regular season! As the Wild Card! In front of the home crowd!!! This could be the biggest disappointment of the Rangers existence!

PM coming on: Nat Adderley - Sayin Somethin/Live at Memory lane (Collectables) $6 Idris Muhammad - Legends of Acid Jazz (OJC) $5 James Clay - Double Dose of Soul (OJC) $5 Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars vol 2 - Sunday Jazz a la Lighthouse (OJC) $8

Good God, how the hell did this team get to the World Series? Let alone the playoffs!

Of course, it also helps if Kinsler makes the bleeping throw....

Um.... thanks? I don't know who it is, but I was definitely picking ON the guy! Since he's been identified finding his famous sideman should explain this Wow, if that is Joe, then yes that DEFINITELY explains a lot!

His estate will still profit though won't they? Miles' son/nephew/whoever will make sure of that.