Brad

I had this box and sold it. At 16 Cds it's just too much. As I think take 5, listening to that many cds reduces it too scholarly tedium. I'm starting to feel that way about all boxes actually. A 6 Cd bpx is easier to take and I'll be interested to see what's on it.

Wickman to Braves? Eh, not that impressed. That's always been the Braves achilles heel. I guess he can't hurt.

Sorry to hear about your dad Kevin. My best regards to your mother and the rest of your family. I didn't know you came from Western Mass. I went to law school at Western New England and have fond memories of Holyoke, South Hadley, Northampton and the whole area.

From the BBC: Zinedine Zidane has been banned for three games and fined £3,260 for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final. Following an investigation by world governing body Fifa, Materazzi was suspended for two games and fined £2,170 for provoking Zidane. A Fifa statement said: "Both players stressed Materazzi's comments had been defamatory but not of a racist nature." Zidane's ban is academic as he retired from football after the finals. However the 34-year-old will instead work with football's world governing body Fifa for three days. Fifa added: "Zinedine Zidane has agreed to do community service work with children and youngsters. "During the course of their hearings both players also apologised to Fifa for their inappropriate behaviour and expressed their regret at the incident."

The last team I want to see in the playoffs is the Braves, considering the history so I'll be hoping they cool off soon. No argument from me about the starting pitching. I've mentioned Pedro's problem, Glavine's tailing off a little bit and no reliable fourth, let alone fifth starter. I'd like to see what this kid Pelfrey can do although it's too much to expect a lot, even though he's won his first two decisions. Once the hitters find out about him, we'll have to see if he can adjust. Bannister should be back soon so we'll see what he can do. I know they're worried about El Duque's being hammered the last couple of starts. However, when you have a big lead, you have the luxury of getting these things sorted out. All I can say is that the Mets are breathing rarified air. It's not too often, we're in this position so Mets fans need to enjoy while it lasts.

If they can make up 12 games in a couple of months, more power to 'em. The chances of that happening are slim. They're on a tear right now but let's see if they can keep it up. The Phillies rolled off about 10 in a row but then couldn't maintain a constant winning pace.

The beat goes on. Another day, another Beltran grand slam. Mets win again.

I'd stay away from all those guys Dave mentions, except for Abreu. To trade Hughes for anybody except Dontrelle (don't hold your breath) would not be smart and that includes Zito. He's about as good as he's going to get before going downhill. Unless you're sure that someone you can acquire is going to win the AL for you this year, don't bother. They're getting Sheffield and Mitsui back sometime this year and those guys should be relatively fresh, having had a few months off. If I were Cashman, I'd save the money.

Thanks.

What's the site address?

Hmm. They didn't look too good but it's only 3 games. I think Dan is mad because the Yanks are starting to put a little heat on his BoSox. I don't think he hates the pale hose per se. As far as the Mets going all the way, I think that's a little early for that. They have some pitching problems themselves. Pedro is hurt, Glavine hasn't looked too good lately and the rest of the starting rotation is suspect. With the lead they'll have, they'll try to fix those problems. However, they don't want to let the Braves get too close.

My mistake. I assumed the Cookbook was the RVG one. If they're going not to make these anymore, why not some other Evans titles or Volumes 2 and 3 of the Cookbook. I'd gladly get those. We knew this was coming -- Chuck did warn us awhile ago -- and this should us make us better appreciate Fantasy more for having kept all those titles in circulation.

I don't believe these are all going OOP. If so, why would some of the new RVGs be on there? The only reason I can see these recent cds on there is that when Concord acquired Fantasy, these projects were too far advanced to stop.

It's a great sale but I just can't justify it right now. I have most of the stuff on the Evans box, which is what I would get and I just don't see getting around to listening to all that's on the Coltrane box. I'm sort of down on the box concept right now.

Don't we all do that?

All of the Bill Evans. Monks Plays Ellington is great. I guess I'm not an idiot, I have Monk's Music

Ehh! Nothing special.

I'm sure my son looks askance at my jazz tastes. Who knows? Maybe by osmosis he'll get it. My parents like to listen to a lot of classical but also a lot of show tunes, stuff that forms the basis for a lot of standards so by osmosis I got it.

A very odd question. Why wouldn't you keep the booklets with the boxes. Now, where you keept the boxes is not such an odd question.

I thought about buying this but passed. Just too many alternate takes to make me want to plunk down $17. There is, unfortunately I have to say this, nothing that I haven't heard there before. I may change my mind in the future but those are my feelings right now.

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I sincerely hope that this doesn't end the roids scandal and I don't think it will.

Some of those individuals banned got stiff sentences: 4 to 5 years. I assume for the teams demoted, the teams previously relegated get to stay up.

...and we can turn our attention to the various Euro 2008 qualifying groups, including the one with France AND Italy... Perhaps then it will be the time to start a new thread for football generally.

I dig 'em both, especially Bill.

That's too bad. I really love the Dinah stuff and actually have it in a couple of different forms. She had a fanatastic voice. As far as Desmond/Hall, that was my first Mosaic and words cannot describe the beauty of this music.