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Dude, I played club dates and rich kids weddings for so many years that if I go through my next 30 lifetimes without encountering even one more rowdy drunk, that would be fine with me. Rowdy and vulgar is the worst, especially when there's kids around... Oh, one thing that I never knew was that bowlers change ends every over. Laugh all you want at that, but in TV there's always a commercial when that happens.

It was the family thing that really warmed me. Everybody from babies to very senior Senior Citizens.

Had a great time! Food was excellent. We has a lamb curry basket that was quite tasty and very generous in portion size. Spice level was surprisingly pretty mild. I could have gone up several notches, but the flavor was good The match itself was really fun. TSJ batted first and had a good run. 176 runs iirc. Not overwhelming though especially with Poorham batting 3rd But - we got him out on a wicket in a relatively few overs and with no big slugging After that, our bowlers brought there A-game. Lots of singles and dot balls for a lot of overs. It was fun to see the bats foiled like that. MINY came alive after about 15(?) overs and suddenly started walloping 4s & 6s, but the math was against them by that point, and our bowlers kept it under control. I had a blast, really. So e parts of the game were easier to follow on TV, but the longer I sat there, the more they came into focus. And the crowd, whoa! Totally family friendly. Kids, parents, and grandparents all together. Beer was sold and consumed, but there were no drunken expletive spewing like you often find at other sporting events. That was really nice. The only thing I didn't like was the attempts at "Americanization" if the experience, lits if loud sound bites between every pitch, and a PA announcer who was stuck on excited. Not sure that was needed, but it's their business plan not mine All in all, a truly wonderful sporting experience. I'd definitely do it again!

It was a good song!

Yeah, all I do know is that if you would have asked any of the more "spiritual" African,-American musicians of the 70s that I knew if they had been checking out Les Baxter...that would have been a hard no. Absolutely a hard no. And I'm still not sure exactly how much Ra loved that stuff. I'm certain that he heard it and took some ideas from some elements from it, but that's as far as I'd go. Now, I think he loved Fletcher Henderson. And who could blame him?

Is it my imagination, or has Oakland been putting up an unusual # of stoopid-crazy double digit run games this season?

Ok, I hear what you're hearing in terms of the music, but I'm not sure that anybody's got Les Baxter on their mind...but if you can incorporate it into a club set, by all means do so!

Big Boy Homer - I Got All Of It!!!

Proper fielding techniques are an integral part of the game.

Red Bowlerton - Spicy Come a-Callin'!!!

Big Donk Romerica - Little Stick, Please Come Home!!!

Peni Candra Rini - Wulansih new on New Amsterdam via Bandcamp https://penicandrarini.com/

Can you name one track in particular? I'd like to check it out.

Right. Just wondering where/what the "Exotica" is.

I still wonder what you mean in the context of "Spiritual Jazz".

Please define "exotica" in this context.

Tromper Skilton - Panther Quick & Leather Tough!!!

Wayne turned you down for a collaboration?

Happy Granitos - Cartwheels After Dawn

Blink Frander & Darley - At Work, Properly Shod

That's nasty!

Do we have any color photos that show what color Bobby's turtleneck was?

Still a bit mind-blowing that in cricket, not only is the bowler allowed to pitch directly at the batter, but that the batter is OUT (wicket) if the ball hits him without him hitting it first! These pitches are (generally) not the 90+ mph as routinely found in baseball, but they're still coming in pretty damn hard, some of them are. I've seen quite a few in the mid-80s, more than fast enough to hurt. No wonder the batters wear all that padding! My understanding of baseball is heightening my appreciation of both the similarities and the differences between it and cricket.