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Sofoklis Schortsanitis??? You would want to say that name all the time if he was good??? I guess you could turn that into So Scho, if he wasn't so hot....

So....no one cares about baseball anymore??? Strange, I live in Atlanta, and felt like many that John Schuerholz was completely insane trading Millwood for a back-up catcher, letting Glavine(Who started with the Braves) go, yet offering Maddox arbitration so he could get what, 14 Million? Robert Fick as the Braves first baseman? 61 and 63 RBI's the last two seasons? He is going to be the first baseman?Well, That backup catcher is still in AAA because 32 year old Javy Lopez, (Another example of Schuerholz's mental shakiness because he signed him for 2 more years during the offseason, after 11 52, .233) has in just 203 at bats has hit 23 Homers, and has 46 RBIs! Greg Maddox is 6- 7 4.45 . Fick has 42 RBIs even after being on the disabled list....and the Braves Pitching is still great..for the most part, and they are in first place, completely....I really wanted to see the braves do poorly this year so that they would have to use their megabucks to get some pitchers who actually throw faster than the speed limit, so the braves could get past the first and second rounds, and beat the damn Yankees! But, the Braves are hitting homers like I never, ever thought possible, so perhaps the junk the pitchers toss will just throw Soriano, Jeter, etc timing off, and we will win it all

Just like if you hear someone say that they are from St. Louie, no...they Ain't! Hate it when they say that in a movie as well!

Cool, but I was hoping he was going to join Megadeth!

Man, he keeps sinking more dough into baseballs! McFarlane wins auction for historic Bonds ball By Darren Rovell ESPN.com NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd home run ball was sold to comic book and action figure mogul Todd McFarlane on Wednesday night for $517,500. Top balls sold The homer Value McGwire's 70th $3M Aaron's 755th $650,000 Bonds' 73rd $517,500 Murray's 500th $500,000 Mantle's 500th $250,000 McGwire's 500th $250,000 Sosa's 66th $175,000 Ruth's first at Stadium $130,000 Fisk's Series shot $120,000 With the purchase, McFarlane now owns three of the seven highest-priced home run baseballs sold. He purchased Mark McGwire's 70th and Sammy Sosa's 66th home run balls, each from the home run race of 1998, for $3 million and $175,000, respectively. "I'll take a look at the ball, probably get a photo of all three of my home run balls together," McFarlane told ESPN.com after winning the auction. "Then we'll see if we can work something out with the Hall of Fame." McFarlane bid $450,000 on the phone and will pay $67,500 in commission fees to Leland's, the auction house that conducted the bidding. The auction took place at the ESPN Zone in New York's Times Square and was featured live on SportsCenter. Proceeds will be split between the two owners of the ball, Patrick Hayashi and Alex Popov, although at that price, it's not clear that there will be any proceeds. Both Hayashi and Popov have plenty of legal bills to pay, as well as commission fees to auction house Leland's and sports marketer Michael Barnes, who brokered the deal with Leland's. When asked whether the two made any money off the sale of the ball, Hayashi said it might be hard to make money off the sale, while Popov declined to provide further details. "That's irrelevant," Popov said. "We're here to talk about the record." Mike Heffner, left, of Leland's auction house takes the final and winning phone bid during Wednesday's auction. Leland's had estimated that the ball would sell for between $1 million and $2 million and insured the ball, which was on display at the ESPN Zone for $2 million. "It's not that this ball came cheap," McFarlane said. "It's that the McGwire ball was overpriced. If it weren't for me and another guy, the McGwire ball would have sold for $1.3 million." Buying McGwire's record-breaking ball in February 1999 brought untold amounts of publicity to McFarlane, who created the Spawn comic book and now produces officially-licensed sports figures. "I didn't really know who Todd McFarlane was until he bought that (70th home run Mark McGwire) baseball," Popov said. "And when he did, his name became a household name." Bonds set the single-season home run record on Oct. 7, 2001 during the Giants' final game of that season. Due to a legal battle between Popov -- who said he had gloved the ball before it was stolen from him -- and Hayashi, who eventually emerged with the ball among the Pac Bell scrum, the ball was locked up in a California bank vault while the courts determined ownership of the ball. In December 2002, after a 14-day trial that featured 17 witnesses, Superior Court Judge Kevin McCarthy ruled that the ball must be sold and the proceeds divided equally. Popov and Hayashi were given 12 days to decide how they wanted to sell the ball, but it took nearly three more months to agree on the auction process. "It has been an adventure, a real roller coaster ride with its ups and downs," said Hayashi, who is studying for his masters in business at San Diego State. He brought a "Hayashi 73" Giants jersey with him to the auction. Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' 61st home run in 1961, was in attendance at the auction. "To be part of a club of people that can say that they caught significant home run balls is a rare treat," said Popov, the health food store owner from San Francisco. "In what other sport does a fan have an opportunity to participate like this." Barnes, who also helped broker deals for the owners of the Sosa/McGwire balls following the home run race of 1998, said he was a little disappointed in the final price. "I would have liked to see the ball sell for more for my own selfish sake, but in reality, we're never going to hit the prices we hit for the 1998 ball sales." Darren Rovell, who covers sports business for ESPN.com, can be reached at Darren.rovell@espn3.com.

it's a red "hering" Jim! actually, that's an interesting point you make, I wonder if one could rough the laces up a bit, or embed something very small but sharp...wonder if the gloves are long since into a trash can....it would be a shame if true, cuz Lewis has always seemed a cut above the average fighter...Pun was unintended at first, but now it is intended.

Brad, not in two peices, but it did crack all the way thru the cd from the spindle out....what's funny(Not ha ha) is that I have tried to crack those AOL free discs , and most of the time they warp, discolor, and only after great effort, break...I guess AOL just uses a higher grade of plastic for their discs! Just checked, and they have emailed they will send out a replacement disc...I kind of figured there wouldn't be a problem, but nice to know the great customer service I have read about from fellow jazz nuts is still the case!

Disc 3 was great, with more jazzy pop tracks, (Had many but not all of the alternate tracks on the Hep Dorsey Bros cds) sound quality is even better than the Hep cds, and some great Connie(ee) Boswell tracks I don't think are any cds at this time. then went to put disc 4 in, and arrrrgh, it cracked! Damn, never had that happen before! I noticed the cds were really tight in the slim 2 cd cases, so everyone beware!

There must have been some bets made between record label heads, and the loser HAD to record some of those songs, and the singers...I feel no one, no one had to record as many bad songs over a career as Bunny did...some of his RCA stuff is just terrible(The tunes, not him!).....funny, I have read that he said there was no such thing as a bad song! Haven't had a real chance to play the set, but nice to not listen to it all in one day, anyway...still listening to disc 2, still getting to be a more confident player, but not at his peak yet...if anyone is worried who has ordered the set from what is being said now, start on disc 7, and work backwards! Trust me! B)

If someone already mentioned it, I am sorry, but I heard on Espn that it took 60 stitches around his eye and mouth(Inside?)in close him up! Ow!

Right, because no one has seen the effects of boxing on Muhammed Ali except you. Especially a professional boxer, would have NO idea what made one of the greatest champions of all time the way he is now. Or he imagines he'll be able to get out of the game before any serious damage is done. The problem is that when a fighter needs to get out of the business, it takes one bad beating before he is able to recognize that. You don't know if it's time to get out until you get that bad beating. I think also that Mike Tyson has introduced a greater level of brutality in the sport as well; what with the intentional low blows and the ear biting and the slugging of refs. Boxing hardly needed that. Mr. Series 500, you worded it better than I did after painting till 5 am! Boxers see other relatively normal healthy boxers on a daily basis, not the Ali types....hell, Most football players in the NFL haven't a clue as to what they are doing to themselves. I saw how completely Earl Campbell's body has broken down...he was walking with someone holding his arm, looking about 80 in a clip espn showed Jerome Bettis, who is trying to get "healthy" enough to be the force he once was, he was shocked, but is still going to press on...Earl retired at 31.It's just sad to me to see once mighty athletes wreck themselves, give me baseball to love, no guilt watching them play.....

Hello again Shrdlu!

Well, I voted to ban it...I have followed it since Ali was in the later stages of his career...not all that closely, just the heavyweights...but damn, I realize the goal is to cause brain concussions, and I just don't want to see folks kill themselves slowly....no, it is true no one forces them into the ring, but they don't have a clue as to the real damage they are going to do to themselves over time, and no one gets out when they should, perhaps because of minor brain damage...wouldn't you love to hear Ali speak again?

Just got my set....YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Clandy, I like vocals very much, I can take most vocals, but I know a lot of jazz fans really chafe at the chaff when they hear the vocals, and some are not going to like those early tracks...I want people to get this set, but they have to know that singing was so very different back then, and you really learn to love someone who could sing in a timeless way...have had to paint all day, so only got to hear the first disc...some poor vocals IMO, and Bunny doesn't get to do much till around track 8 , then it really picks up, and I have never been so glad to hear the Boswell sisters in all my life! Also, very glad that I am hearing records I don't have, I glanced at the song titles more than the actual groups, so tracks like the very first one,(When I take my Sugar to Tea) are not the Boswells, but some other anonymous group.... So, it sounds like others are ahead of me, what is the 411???

Never read any of the books, too long! My Mom loves them though B) In fact, Friday night/Saturday Morn, my best friend and I hit Books a Million and Barnes and Noble to hang out at a Bookstore in the AM, and to get my Mom a copy, no mean feet, in fact, left Books a Million to try to get a copy at B&N, and got one, after the lines died down....at 2 AM! Weird to see all these little Kids dressed up after midnight, but it is great to see kids(And AARP members like my Mom) excited about a book, and even better to be a former bookstore employee when it happened!

Never found many photos of Bunny Berigan on the web, but here is one.. I am betting the Mosaic will be great for the photos alone! How to guys play trumpet with a mustache anyway??? Just noticed that the cd cover is is clearly from the same date/time/venue as the one above

Wow, never saw a photo of him as an old man!

Weird Al is the man! . Loved it when he took over MTV for few hours, back in the day. Just when you think he will have to give it up, he comes back, better than ever! to Coolio and the Red Hot Chili Peppers for bitching about his parodies, they should be honored. Eminem let Al do a cover of whatever that song from 8 mile was, but not a video..truly a humor challenged "man" I don't know why, but I still remember Weird Al, John Mellencamp, and some MTV dude being at the premiere for Purple Rain, I think, and Weird said, We all knew he could act, but who knew he could sing? Perhaps you had to see him say it, but it cracked my up and lodged in my brain to this day...

I am so jealous!

I was surprised to see this as well, and I should have mentioned to folks you could have gotten it for $12-$13 bucks just a few months ago at Amazon! Now, it is back to $31, but it is well worth it, with better sound than the few RST cds I heard....Hindsight put out a very nice live set of live Artie Shaw in the same kind of long box set with a good sized booklet.... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=music&n=507846 Oh, and >Harry James as well!<

You know, I have always understood why Jackie Robinson got so much publicity, but never have understood why Larry Doby is all but forgotten, he didn't have it any easier....rest in piece Mr. Doby.

First, Catesta, excellent taste! Metallica and Guns N' Roses kind of stretch for the 10-15 year mark, they have recorded in that period, and I like 'em so what the hell . Megadeth, Megadeth, Megadeth! Thrash will always rule! Alice N' Chains, Anthrax!!! The Cult. Morphine, damn but they were good! Marcy Playground, first album deserved better, Sex and Candy wasn't the best song by far. If you, yes you, are old and like mellow music only, Try Cowboy Junkies! So mellow, my Mom says they are boring, but I really like their sound, Lay It Down never seems to get mentioned, but I love that album, not a weak song! Susan Vega. 99.9° F. I know some don't like her non folk period, but this is a great album IMO. No love for Liz Phair??? I would like to give her my love! Besides, Exile in Guyville has many very good songs. her latest album has a song with the title of H. W. C. Figure it out....

It's a lame list, but number one is right! B)

One can win a rave??? They have judges and everything? I learn something every day! So, even you are a NASCAR fan? What'ya know! Interesting question, and I would have a tough time saying, but I think most people will always go with who wins the race...look at the Greg Norman in Golf....

Hey, for those who mentioned wiseguy...good news! http://www.dvdplanet.com/product_listing.a...4137&format=DVD