Brad

I hate to admit it but it looks like it's Boston's to lose this year. The one team from the NL who could give them trouble would be the Padres with their pitching, but they might not even get into the playoffs. PS: The less said about the Mariners at this point, the better... Aren't the Pods down to one good pitcher, Peevey, with Young being hurt lately? I'm liking Red Sox vs. Mets in World Series, with advantage Red Sox. Outside shot to the Dbacks.

Why not just ignore the post? That seems the easiest way to go.

Looks like the Phils sweep did wake up the Mets: sweep of the Braves (sweet!) and Phils lose 2 out of 3 to Marlins. Let's hope the Braves wake up against the Phils in the next few days.

I've got a Berman Cd by way of Japan that's quite neat: Jazz Immortal 1946 - Esoteric Records ES-532 (Venus Records 79505)

I picked up the Dizzy one and the sound is ok, not that great. At least for me, this Cd suffered because I had been listening to the Dizzy at Newport Cd and that is a wonderful Cd, highly recommended. This is one is...just ok, nothing special.

Liverpool was on fire today. Of course, consider the competition. Looks like Derby is headed back to the Championship for sure.

Looks like those idiots in Queens may have finally waken up. Only time will tell. Maybe the Phillies did them a favor.

Hope you got yourself checked out by a doc. Had a friend who got rearended and then a week later discovered he had some hairline fracture in his leg!

There's always the ignore button. Sorry Clem!

That's incredible. They'll be out for blood next week. I feel sorry for whoever that is.

I suppose the whole thing is rather sad but most Americans don't have general knowledge of anything: their history, their political representatives, etc. I'm not sure why she's being singled out, other than that it's Miss America, etc., but it's a deeper problem.

Gravy Train is a cool cd. I'd pick it up.

I don't know about essential but this is a great album and deserves to be in every collection. It was a revelation, when I got it. Disc One is really good, disc Two not as much but still a great collection of music.

Based on that 1997 interview and one from about 3 or so years ago, you could tell there was a lot of affection and mutual respect between the two of them.

Some great recordings there. Have them all mostly.

Same here! Ditto that (excitedly!)

On Saturday, they played the interview that Phil Schaap did with Max in 1997. Really great.

So he's successful, so what. Nothing to do with his musical abilities or lack therof, however you fall on this spectrum.

It brought back the memories when I was a kid of watching him and Arthur Treacher as the Ed McMahon-like sidekick. What an odd pairing. Whenever I see Charo, I always think of her and Xavier Cugat on the Merv Griffin show. What a hoot!

I just got the latest SI and it shows the progression in his stats (including his weight) from his rookie year until now, more than 53 pounds. That's staggering.

I haven't visited this thread or the debate for awhile but I find it laughable that it's going on. No one's mind will be changed by it, whether pro or con (and I'm definitely anti-Baroid). At any rate, it's over and he holds the record. I don't think that's debatable.

I hope not. I don't need the a la carte version.

Sort off topic but I get XM and listen to this station frequently. My only criticism is that they seem to repeat some of the same songs. Terrence Blanchard seems to be a favorite, a little too much so.

Well, since I never say anything much of significance , losing a few posts wouldn't be a big deal.

Think I've got all these except the LD and the Herbie Hancock. However, it's a great looking list. Still no Three Sounds. Oh, well.