Brad

Several years ago there was a backup site when the Forum went down so this doesn’t seem that different.

I’m in.

The approach the Mets are following which I assume is the same for other teams, Mets embrace 'new normality' at Summer Camp They're spacing out the time when players practice but if there’s a season that won’t be possible unless the players are physically separate in the stands. I imagine the dugout will only be for a few players and the coaches.

That Healing Jazz Thing on a Porch in Brooklyn “He was our heard-out-the-window Pied Piper, this saxophonist who signaled the arrival of evening by playing that haunting hymn “Amazing Grace.” He began playing in the depths of plague and loss in Brooklyn, those early April days when the wail of ambulance sirens was our city’s night song. It took several days of listening out our window in Flatbush for my wife, Evelyn, and me to slip on our masks and wander around the corner to Marlborough Road. Mr. Nathanson’s band grew by the day. Albert Marquès, a Barcelona-born Latin jazz musician and public-school teacher, began piping away on his melodica as his children, ages 3 and 6, danced and twirled on the sidewalk. The Haitian jazz guitarist Eddy Bourjolly came in from Canarsie, while Eric Alabaster, a retired teacher and drummer, and Mo Saleem, a Pakistani musician marooned by the virus, kept rhythm on drums and the dholak, a two-headed hand drum.”

Right now (including staff members who have tested positive), the percentage is 1.2%. Unless an entire team or two tests positive, I don’t see the season being stopped. At the very least, we haven’t reached critical mass yet.

Someone is actually selling one on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Whistle-Happy-Tune-Have-Dreamed/dp/B005GLL1ME

At least LeMahieu is asymptomatic. Several players have announced they’re going to sit out the season and Mike Trout says he’s thinking about doing it.

Two players on the Yankees have the virus: D.J. LeMahieu and Luis Cessa.

You’re right. I was looking at the main thread. It’s hard to keep track of all the threads there are on that forum.

If I have more than two at a time, I’m making a prolonged visit to the reading room!

As far as I can tell (and it’s hard to read every post, unless it was in a separate thread), it didn’t seem to generate a lot of discussion on Hoffman.

I received mine earlier this week. It’s from Amazon, sold by Rarewaves. I think it was one of the last copies.

I came across this story this morning from the LA Times, which speaks for itself, Californians are losing their fear of the coronavirus, setting the stage for disaster In the story (and I have heard this elsewhere), people are saying why can’t we do so and so if you let people protest. It’s hard to disagree with that argument. It does smack of a double standard. Yes, I understand the argument that the protests were a matter of public concern, etc. but many don’t see it that way. Welcome to America.

That is an amazing story. Thanks for posting it.

Did you ever read this? Great little book.

Added this to my list:

I found what looks like a nice LP copy of Herbie Mann’s At the Village Gate at an estate sale today.

Disc 1.

Did you see the photos of those two idiots pointing guns at protestors. Their law practice must have taken a bit hit. They’re ambulance chasers anyway so fuck ‘em.

I’m happy to see that politicians of all stripes are now agreeing that people should wear masks. Wearing a mask not a panacea but it’s important.

Calling someone a racial epithet doesn’t mean you have the right to beat up the person. The victim of the assault is bringing charges after initially deciding not to (saying the assault was partially her fault). A sad state of affairs. Fighting Over Masks in Public Is the New American Pastime This harkens back to the discussion we had back in May over the proper balance between rights and responsibilities. Until this country, as a whole, decides that our responsibilities to each other matter more than individual rights, this disease will not be controlled.

How many fans will opt out from watching the season?

I first remember him from the Dick Van Dyke Show, which he created. A true legend. RIP.

Are you referring to resentment that you feel against family members? If so, I think that’s natural. I think most companies would understand and let you attend remotely. It’s great that players have the financial wherewithal to opt out (not to mention not being penalized for not showing up). Most of us can’t do that.