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Oh, he is worthy, but not sure of the Yankee fans. All they are doing now is shooting themselves in the foot, if whateever he does is not good enough for them, he can't play for them, so they have to trade away there best player, and probably for a lot less than he is worth. But I bet that doesn't happen til the offseason. Boo the other team, duh! Only situation I can think of kind of like this was Mike Schmidt with the Phillies. He'd hit a homer in the 1st inning, and if he struck out the next 3 times, he was roundly booed that last at bat. But not the whole damn game.

How many Mosaics could you buy for $225,000???? Unique Bottle of Tequila Sold for $225,000 MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Forget the salt and lime, you'll need a mint to enjoy this tequila. Producer Tequila Ley .925 announced Saturday that it has sold a bottle of Mexico's best-known beverage in a gold and platinum casing for a whopping $225,000. "This is a really unique bottle of tequila and our client, a U.S.-based collector of fine wines and spirits, will treasure this prize to add to an already impressive collection," said company CEO Fernando Altamirano in a news release. The buyer's name was not disclosed. Altamirano said he is applying to the Guinness Book of Records claiming he has sold the most expensive bottle of liquor ever, but the book has to ratify the claim. Tequila, made from agave, a blue cactus-like plant native to Western Mexico, sells for as little $10 a bottle and was traditionally the drink of farmers and laborers. However, in recent years its profile has risen dramatically and it has gained fans on all corners of the globe. Earlier this month, UNESCO added the blue agave-growing region to the World Heritage list. The record-breaking bottle was part of a new range of luxury tequilas unveiled by Tequila Ley last week. Named "Aztec Passion Limited Edition," it was cased in 4.4 pounds of gold and platinum. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEX...EMPLATE=DEFAULT

Man, that is a lot of Hoagy! (In case you didn't know) Perhaps some of the later stuff is interesting, but I think I will stay with the old RCA cd I have of his work....

Yes, the link is on the first page of the giant thread Are some OJC limited editions going OOP? Guys, quit speaking in tongues!!! Check the first page of the giant thread??? Oh, that helps. The name 3 people thread? The Funny Rat thread???

Chris, my minor suggestion. Perhaps setting a timeframe for the kids, and your girlfriend, IF everyone is still down on NY 6 months, 12 months from now(whatever sounds best) then you all can move on back. Chances are, the more time they spend in New York, the more the kids will like it make good friends, get in serious relationships, whathaveyou. That still won't help your girlfriend if she doesn't like it there....but might help...

That's the beauty of this game, ain't it? Your team may play so bad over a stretch you think they couldn't beat their AAA team, then they go and beat up everyone in sight. You never know what will happen next. The Mariners or Angels may get Soriano, and win it all.....or not do a thing in land in last place.

Kevin, very sorry for yours and your family's loss. And very moving, thoughtful words about your Dad. Don't expect to ever truly get over the loss of someone so dear to you. Take care of your Mother, and siblings,(And yourself) And do your best to have his grandkids understand what a special person he was to you all with stories like the one's in your post.

Look out bitches, the Braves are back!!! I knew it all along! I have always supported this team, always! Even with a manager who seems purely incapable of thinking fast anymore, and a GM more interested in signing copies of his new book, the team has been on fire offensively like few teams ever. In fact, from ESPN.... Adam LaRoche, Chipper Jones and Brian McCann also homered for the Braves, who have scored 65 runs during an offensive explosion that includes two 15-run games. The last time the franchise reached double figures in five straight games was in 1897, when the Braves were called the Beaneaters and they totaled 61 runs. Chipper Jones was 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, all but four multihit efforts. He's batting .534 (39-for-73) during the streak with eight homers and 23 RBI. During their six-game winning streak, they've outscored their opponents 77-32 and they've hit 19 homers in the last five games -- the most for the franchise in a five-game span and only two off the major league record set by the 1977 Boston Red Sox and 1999 Cincinnati Reds. What's so amazing about the Braves since the break is that they have beaten the piss out of the first place Padres, and the first place Cardinals, who had won 7 in a row. Dan, remember how completely hopeless the Braves where against the Red Sox??? The Braves still have no bullpen, and only one starter (Smoltz) who you can count on....but somehow they are now only 4 games out of the wildcard race! Only the Dodgers and Astro seem like real competition. Now, if only J.S. can find a way to get some bullpen help, and/or there are a few AA pitchers that can win in the majors. And a couple weeks ago, I was all for trading Smoltz, Andruw Jones, Chipper, everyone to get some prospects and free up salary room...shows how you never can really know this game.

Dave, IMHO, Randy Johnson's problem, besides being old, is that his slider doesn't slide much anymore,(Brad Lidge disease) not the pressure. He beat the Yankees when he was with the Diamondbacks. Imagine where you would be without him right now. As for A-Rod, he should bitch slap Boros for that albatross of a contract. No matter what he does(Sheffield has choked in the playoffs going back to his Braves days) it won't be enough. Well, a WS ring might do the trick, but little else. Many fans here in Atlanta HATE Chipper Jones just because of his big contract. Chipper has had leg problems for the last few years, and fans get on him for not running full speed down to first. He looks healthy. Anyway, I know how talk about teams that aren't the Yankees or Red Sox is boring to many of you, so back to A-Rod. I heard talk about the Cubs possibly being interested. Heard Aramis Ramirez as the main return player, and I guess a reliever or 3 and the Yankees paying some of A-Rod's salary. If A-Rod was a short-stop again, and playing for nicer fans(they used to be at least, when I watched a fair number of games, the worst I saw was fans just being silent towards a player struggling) What's funny is doing a quick check of his stats, A-Rod is hitting 20 points higher than Giambi, and is second on the team with RBI's 8 behind.(On pace for 137 RBI's) Giambi has obviously had more big hits, but if A-Rod was on HGH, who knows what he could do?

Man, didn't hear anything about this coming out!(Or if I did, I forgot about it- I probably mentioned it back 20 pages ago ) Comes out today. Did anyone watch this when it came out?? Surely some here did. Granted, every show was not gold, but when it was good, it was very good. Ones that stick out were shows like a very funny one where a guy is playing a mummy in a film shooting at night, when he hears his wife has gone into labor. So, he rushes to be with her, still all mummified. Much funnier than I can describe with people freaking out when they see him gas up, etc....Another show has a perfect asshole get his comeuppance when a meteor strike turns him into a human magnet. There were serious shows as well...they just haven't stuck in my mind like the humorous ones. At least they were trying to do an entertaining, intelligent anthology show, when there was little worth watching on TV. Checking the reviews, it looks like one of the more famous shows, The animated The Family Dog, was the first show on the second season. Can't wait to see the series again, to see how well it holds up 20+ years later.

Well, perfectly insane......... Campbell 'Trashes Yacht Following Argument' By WENN| Monday, July 17, 2006 HOLLYWOOD - Supermodel Naomi Campbell reportedly caused $54,000 worth of damage to her boyfriend's yacht following an argument with an Italian chef. The 36-year-old destroyed furniture and fittings on Badr Jafar's luxury boat, which was moored in Viareggio harbor in Italy, writes British newspaper The Sun. She is alleged to have lost her temper when the chef's tomato, mozzarella and dried ham starter with white wine failed to please Campbell. And when the cook retaliated by shouting back at Campbell, she reportedly began throwing items around in a fury. An onlooker tells The Sun, "All hell seemed to break loose. All you could hear was shouting and screaming in English. There was the sound of plates being broken. "Some of the crew later said the kitchen was a complete mess and the curtains and cushions had all been ripped apart." Campbell is currently fighting three lawsuits, all filed by former employees who claim the supermodel assaulted them.

Have a great one!!! Do you put candles on the bottom of the cake down there??? It's late...

Hope you had a great one! For some reason, everytime I see your name, and then think of The Far Side!

The one problem with waiting for Sheffield and Matsui, is that they are not exactly young guys, and wrist injuries are a bitch and a half to get over. Usually it takes a long time to get your power back. Plus as someone mentioned on espn(I think) the Yankees won't resign Sheffield next year, so to take on Abreu's contract won't be a real problem for them, and they may not have to give up as much to save the Phillies all that money....

Dan, I am glad to see that you aren't taking baseball too seriously these days. You know as well as anyone you can't judge a team by the way they play for a series, or 2. It seems like every team is having pitching problems right now. Hell, even the Braves just beat the living piss out of the Padres very good staff(Well, except for big Al's favorite, Chan Ho Park) by scores of 15-12, 11-4 and 10-5 today for a 3 game sweep.(And cuz everyone cares, the Braves are 11 1/2 back in the east, 5 1/2 in the wildcard race) Oh Dan, give up whatever it takes to get another former Brave Jason Schmidt(another brilliant move by our brilliant GM to trade him away) His E.R.A. is 2.78, and the league is hitting .216 against him. Add half a run or so to his E.R.A. and he would be the best number 3 pitcher in the league. I heard a rumor that the ChiSox want him as well, and if they get him, with that offense, hang it up, no one will touch them in the Playoffs.

Hidden hoard of live rock to be released John Harlow, Los Angeles THE world’s largest independent rock and pop music archive, featuring stars from Jimi Hendrix to Elvis Costello and from Janis Joplin to Madonna, is to be opened for the first time. Up to 100,000 songs recorded and filmed between 1966 and 1991 by Bill Graham, the American concert promoter, languished in an underground basement in San Francisco for more than 10 years after his death. Then it was bought by Bill Sagan, a health company executive turned rock entrepreneur, who has now launched negotiations aimed at securing the stars’ permission to release their music. This weekend he was flying to London for talks with lawyers representing British rockers such as Led Zeppelin and the Who. The archive contains unseen footage of a legendary performance by the Who in 1973, when drummer Keith Moon collapsed and a student was picked from the audience to finish the show, and the final concert in 1978 by the Sex Pistols. There are unknown performances by Led Zeppelin such as a version of Howlin’ Wolf’s Killing Floor, which they later rewrote as the Lemon Song, and a tousle-headed Elton John singing his 1970 ballad Your Song. There are also moments luminaries may prefer to forget, such as Joe Cocker vomiting on stage and Madonna hitting herself in the face with her chunky necklaces. All were pitilessly captured by Graham’s photographers or, in later years, four cameramen. Graham, born Wolfgang Grajonca in Nazi Berlin, was described by Joplin as the first concert promoter to respect the artists and give them what they wanted, both on and off stage. As a result, normally wary performers such as Frank Zappa and Bob Dylan signed contracts that allowed him to record their concerts at venues he managed in New York and California. Graham hoarded everything, from ticket stubs and backstage passes to psychedelic Jefferson Airplane posters and surplus Duran Duran T-shirts. When Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991, he had packed an air-conditioned cellar with 30m artefacts. Three years ago his corporate heirs sold it for £2.9m to Sagan, a Led Zeppelin fan from Minnesota, who joked that he had only snapped it up for the garish Zeppelin tour ties. He beat Paul Allen, the Microsoft billionaire, to the deal. Now, having spent months going through enough boxes to fill 25 40ft-long lorries when he moved the archive to a more secure warehouse, Sagan estimates his trove could be worth more than £50m. Sagan, 56, has already started recouping his investment by selling off posters and tickets through an internet site called Wolfgang’s Vault. But he believes the 7,000-plus concerts captured on audio tape and film are his prize asset. In February Sagan started gauging rock fans’ reactions by broadcasting live recordings by Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and Chuck Berry over his internet radio station. He was inundated with e-mails asking for more. Some of the shows, such as Aretha Franklin at the Fillmore West in 1971, have been officially released, albeit in truncated form, and others are to be found on bootlegs. But most of the music has been heard only by those who were lucky enough to be there at the time. Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin, who spent years begging for scraps from bootleggers so that he could compile a history of the band in 2003, is keen to dive into the archive. “Bill recorded a San Francisco show that Jimmy remembers as momentous: which Zep fan would not want to hear that?” said an Atlantic Records source last week. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2271915,00.html

Happy Birthday!!! Or has it already past? Or not yet happened? You foreigners are so hard to figure out!

Perhaps I can find a way to have the ship pass from Jack's right to the left, and please no one!

Chris Rock is young??? How old are you?? He is more of a middle aged whiny black midget.

Probably this one.....at least is should be...

Is it one of those Garth Brooks box sets that each cd was counted as a separate sale???

"Wear nice pants" - police tell women drinkers Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:06am ET RELATED VIDEO Musicians cash in on head-butt Play Video Oddly Enough News Follow that cab... Chicken lays mystery Allah egg Blogger turns paper clip into house VIDEO: Odd and offbeat news More Oddly Enough News... Email This Article | Print This Article | Reprints [-] Text [+] LONDON (Reuters) - Women going on boozy nights out have been warned by police to "wear nice pants" in case they fall down drunk in the street. A Suffolk police safety campaign magazine shows pictures of young women slumped on the ground next to messages urging them: "If you've got it, don't flaunt it." "If you fall over or pass out, remember your skirt or dress may ride up," the magazine says. "You could show off more than you intended -- for all our sakes, please make sure you're wearing nice pants and that you've recently had a wax." Readers are also told to stick with friends, book a taxi home and watch the amount they drink. Police said the Safe! magazine's gossipy, tongue-in-cheek style was designed to alert young women to the dangers they could face if they get drunk during a night out. "We need to raise their awareness of potential problems," said Chief Superintendent David McDonnell. "They become more vulnerable whilst under the influence of alcohol." © Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved. http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle....ough+NewsNews-2

Comedian Red Buttons Dies in L.A. at 87 By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as supporting actor in "Sayonara," died Thursday. He was 87. Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles, publicist Warren Cowan said. He had been ill for some time, and was with family members when he died, Cowan said. With his eager manner and rapid-fire wit, Buttons excelled in every phase of show business, from the Borscht Belt of the 1930s to celebrity roasts in the 1990s. His greatest achievement came with his "Sayonara" role as Sgt. Joe Kelly, the soldier in the post-World War II occupation forces in Japan whose romance with a Japanese woman (Myoshi Umeki, who also won an Academy Award) ends in tragedy. Josh Logan, who directed the James Michener story that starred Marlon Brando, was at first hesitant to cast a well-known comedian in such a somber role. "The tests were so extensive that they could just put scenery around them and release the footage as a feature film," Buttons remarked. Buttons' Academy Award led to other films, both dramas and comedies. They included "Imitation General," "The Big Circus," "Hatari!" "The Longest Day," "Up From the Beach," "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" "The Poseidon Adventure," "Gable and Lombard" and "Pete's Dragon." A performer since his teens, Buttons was noticed by burlesque theater owners and he became the youngest comic on the circuit. He had graduated to small roles on Broadway before being drafted in 1943. Along with dozens of other future stars, including Mario Lanza, John Forsythe, Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb, Buttons was enlisted for "Winged Victory," the play that famed director-playwright Moss Hart created for the Air Force. Buttons also appeared in the 1944 film version, directed by George Cukor. Discharged in 1946, Buttons returned to nightclub and theater work. In 1952, CBS signed him for a weekly show as the network's answer to NBC's Milton Berle. "The Red Buttons Show" was first broadcast on CBS Oct. 14, 1952, without a sponsor since the star was virtually unknown. Within a month, the show became a solid hit and advertisers were clamoring. Buttons drew on all his past experience for monologues, songs, dances and sketches featuring such characters as a punch-drunk fighter, a scrappy street kid, a Sad Sack GI and a blundering German. The hit of the show was a silly song in which he pranced about the stage singing, "Ho! Ho!... He! He!... Ha! Ha!... Strange things are happening!" It became a national craze. After a sensational first season, "The Red Buttons Show" began to slide. Reports circulated that the star had fits of temper and frequently fired writers, and the show ended after three seasons. "Certainly I made mistakes, and mistakes were made for me," he said in 1960. "When you go into TV cold, as I did, it's murder." While the failure was a severe blow to the normally optimistic comedian, he soon recovered and resumed his career as a guest star on TV shows. A straight role on "Suspense" brought him to the attention of Logan, who cast him for the career-making "Sayonara." In 1966, Buttons starred in another series, "The Double Life of Henry Phyfe," as a humble accountant enlisted as a government spy. The show lasted only six months. Over the years Buttons remained a steady performer on television, appearing on such series as "Knots Landing," "Roseanne" and "ER." He also took his act on the road, appearing at Las Vegas, Atlantic City, conventions, and returning to his beginnings in the Catskills. Still in good health at 76 ("They call me the only Yiddish leprechaun"), he appeared in New York in 1995 with an autobiographical one-man show, "Buttons on Broadway." It was his first Broadway show since 1948, when he appeared in a play with the unfortunate title of "Hold It." One critic, Buttons recalled, began his review: "`Hold It?' Fold it." Buttons was born Aaron Chwatt on Feb. 15, 1919, son of an immigrant milliner, in a tough Manhattan neighborhood where, he once said, "you either grew up to be a judge or you went to the electric chair." He struggled through schools in Manhattan and the Bronx — "Mom and Pop went to school as often as I did; they should have graduated with me." He started performing at the age of 12, winning an amateur contest singing "Sweet Jenny Brown" in a sailor's suit. At 16 he was working as a singer and bellhop in a gin mill on New York's City Island. Since all bellhops were called Buttons and Chwatt had red hair, he got his new name. During his summer vacation, he worked as a singer on the Borscht Circuit — the string of Catskills resorts catering to a largely Jewish clientele where Danny Kaye, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Hart and others trained for stardom. In later years, Buttons became a favorite at testimonial/roast dinners with his roaringly funny "Never had a dinner" routine. He cited famous figures who had never been so honored. Examples: "Abe Lincoln, who said `A house divided is a condominium,' never had a dinner"; "(Perennial presidential candidate) Jerry Brown, whose theme song is `California, Here I Go,' never had a dinner." (When he did "Buttons on Broadway," he altered the routine and named people who never did one-man shows.) In 1982, Red Buttons finally had a dinner. The Friars Club honored him with a star-filled roast and a life-achievement award. "When I was a kid in the Bronx and watching and dreaming from the second balcony," the guest of honor said, "in my wildest imagination I couldn't have written this scenario tonight." Buttons was married and divorced twice in his early career. He is survived by his third wife, Alicia, their children, Amy and Adam, and a sister. Comedian Red Buttons Dies in L.A. at 87

Dan, I have dish network, and get Turner South(Meaning, I don't get the guys who have been the Braves broadcasters forever, but at least can see the games) which got me thinking if they had that Sunshine channel. I see it on this list for America's Top 180. http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/program...=10045&sortby=1 But, are there 2 Sunshine sports channels? The one one this list doesn't mention baseball....

Of course living in Jacksonville Florida in the 80's, if there weren't Braves games on TBS, I wouldn't have become a fan....there will be a lot fewer Braves fans in the future, but hey, now the station will be like the other faceless sports channels ! TBS to air non-Braves games in '08 By TIM TUCKER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 07/12/06 Since Ted Turner had the seemingly zany idea in the 1970s of beaming his baseball team's games off the satellite and across the country, the Braves have been national television fare, even earning the moniker "America's Team" for a while. But the team's status as a national television property — sharply reduced in recent years — will essentially disappear under a new broadcast deal between TBS and Major League Baseball. The deal, announced Tuesday, gives TBS the television rights to games not involving the Braves for the first time. The seven-year deal includes all of the division series playoff games starting in 2007 and 26 regular-season Sunday afternoon games per year starting in 2008. TBS will continue with its original commitment to show 70 regular-season Braves games nationally next year. But starting in 2008, the network's deal to televise Braves games nationally is dissolved, and the Braves become just another team in the new national package on TBS. Under the deal, TBS can show a maximum of 13 games per season of any single team — the Braves or any other — on its Sunday afternoon national schedule starting in 2008. Viewers in Atlanta, though, still will be able to watch the Braves on television. TBS, officially known as WTBS locally, will show 45 Braves games per season in the metro Atlanta market from 2008 through 2013, but no more than 13 of those — and potentially fewer — will be carried nationally. Between now and 2008, Turner Sports president David Levy said, TBS will work on how to show its non-national Braves telecasts in other Southeastern markets. Also, by 2008, about 105 Braves games per season will be shown in Atlanta and across the Southeast on regional cable channels FSN South and Turner South, with a dozen or so others likely to be shown by ESPN or Fox. The new deal will make TBS the exclusive carrier of division series games starting next season. In the event of overlapping division series games, Levy said, some could be shifted to TNT, which like TBS is part of Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting. The deal also puts the MLB All-Star selection show on TBS starting next year and any tiebreaker games for division titles or wild-card berths on TBS starting this season. "This is very exciting," Levy said. "This is the first time in our history we've carried postseason baseball, and that, coupled with our long-term relationship with NASCAR and our continuing relationship with the NBA, puts Turner Sports in a very prime position." The tradeoff, though, is the end of a three-decades-old tradition of the Braves as national programming. "Unfortunately, you can't have it all," Levy said. "You have to give up something to get something sometimes. "The playoffs and how the models work for us, the displacement costs of other programming, what else is on TBS and audience flow — a lot of factors went into it. We kept as much as we possibly could as far as financially and consumer viewing habits." The deal continues a trend of TBS downsizing its Braves coverage from a peak of 150 national telecasts to 70 this season, and three years ago it temporarily benched long-time Braves announcers Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren to try to create more neutral telecasts. Levy said it is "way too early" to consider who will announce the new package of games. Also Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced a seven-year extension of its national broadcast deal with Fox. http://www.ajc.com/braves/content/sports/b...es/0711tbs.html