Brad

That's the issue I've been having. I'd be listening to a song and it would turn off. I'd then have to pull out the USB plug for a few seconds and then it would pick up where it left off. On other occasions you'd have to find the song again as it would start from the beginning, as it were. A few times, you'd have to do a forced restart of the iPod as it just wouldn't start normally.

Any new Cobb is always welcome!

I have a Brother and it’s very dependable.

I can’t recall if I ever had Thai food although we do have a place in town. My wife is Chinese so we eat a lot of Chinese but not the crappy kind. As we don’t live in NYC we’re lucky to have a couple of good places in the area.

This weather is absurd. We must have received five inches and it may snow later this week. We started to do spring cleanup this weekend, which is now on hold. The weather reminds me of the weather we had this past October and November where it was unusually warm. It took a long time for winter to come and it may take a long time for Spring to come.

It’s a suspicion not grounded in fact. As the Times article noted the movie makers usually bring their own generators with them. You may be right but until the investigation has been completed we won’t know the answer.

I joined recently. Some of the threads are ok but some do appear to be silly.

Those models, as Kevin notes, are a little pricey and I wouldn’t want to spread more than the price of a new Touch.

I read the article as well as the New York Times story about the fire and it's a shame, not to mention a tragedy that one of NY’s finest died in the blaze. However, it’s premature for the writer to assign blame when the investigation has just begun.

Now, that’s the way the Glider should look! The Mets announcers were saying today that the Rays have gone to a 4 man rotation. Every fifth game will be a bullpen game. Something new.

I'm sure you're right. I'm not that finicky. My iPod is starting to act up again. I will probably need to get a replacement very, very soon.

I seem to recall that the Mariners wanted to get rid of him.

One of players I’m looking at, the Sony Walkman, is actually cheaper than a iPod Touch.

He was popular wherever he was. Just a great all around player.

The Glider As if Rusty passing was not enough, Ed Charles, the Glider, passed away on March 15. He only played for them for two years but was an important part of the 69 Championship Team. The Glider will never be forgotten by Mets fans. As the following article notes: “Charles was known to write and recite poetry, and as part of the Mets’ celebration in Bryant Park in Manhattan, he read a prayer-poem he had written while stuck in the minors in 1961. Part of it went, ‘Grateful to You I’ll always be/ For exploiting my talents for the world to see.’” Ed Charles Obituary

New York Times Obituary.

A terrific set. You will be very happy.

Did you hear Sterling's HR call for Stanton? Not very good. He needs to rework it. Supposedly he was working on it for awhile. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/sports/baseball/yankees-john-sterling-giancarlo-stanton.html

Ahh, Buddy what a sound!

Since Dan thinks there were shifts before I was born, I just want to let him know I saw the shift used against Cy

I don’t agree but don’t want to prolong the issue either. However, Jim noted a situation that’s perfectly legal but weird so who’s to say that’s wrong. Another that would be weird but legal: why not place a fielder right behind the pitcher or slightly to his right or left to throw off the batter.

I understand that there is no such rule but I firmly believe they’re stretching the symmetry of the game, the essence, whatever you’d like to call it. However, I also understand that this bending the boundaries (apologies for all these cliches) will continue until checked.

It’s altering the essence of the game of three outfielders, not four. Just because it works, fo the ends justify the means. Just imagine if in football the wide receivers could line up where they want to catch the ball or the QB could throw past the line of scrimmage or there was no offside rule in soccer.

Nonsense like this and the extreme shifts we see routinely has to stop.