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Chick Corea wearing a young Roman Polanski? The other way around? Where does Don Schlitten enter into this anyway? There's a distinct lack of exclamation points!!!

But yet it did!

Chick Corea wearing contacts?

Oh, I'm sure it is, but the question is how many games overall at the start of the season w/o having to hit in the bottom of the ninth, which by definition includes road games in between homestands, Right now, the Rangers have played seven home games and nine road games. Looks like the 2009 Dodgers could have the record - they had 13 home wins to start a season (7 road games, 6 consecutive home wins, 9 road games, and then 7 more home wins before a home loss) , : http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2009-schedule-scores.shtml but... their second home game - their ninth overall game of the season - was won in the bottom of the ninth: http://www.baseball-...200904150.shtml Here we have some information about the 81 A's: http://sportsillustr...24410/index.htm But...their first loss was at home, in Game 12 of the season: http://www.baseball-...hp?y=1981&t=OAK So they made it 11 games into the season w/o having to bat in the bottom of the ninth. 16 games into the season w/o having to bat in the bottom of the ninth...an odd little streak, basically w/o any real importance in and of itself, which could easily come to an end this evening. But is it a record?

A quirky little stat that should be noted before it becomes invalid - 16 games into the season & the Rangers have yet to bat in the bottom of the 9th. Is that a record?

As always, Plano is not at all affected by anything natural.

As shall I!

That's Chick Corea w/o his glasses, right?

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Has Dave Anderson had a stroke that's gone undetected?

I wonder what the motivation was to get it down to a Two Step?

Same here. "Rated X" is still what I keep coming back to..

Other than those homers, Mr. Ogando, how did you enjoy the play? A real character-builder, you say? Imagain what a character-builder it'll be when you give up those home runs and win! 2-4 over of the last 6, three of those losses (including this evening's) could have been wins with a littler better focus at on time or another, and we open at home against the hot Angels. Cruz looks to be cooling off with the bat, Elvis might be coming around, but that's hardly a fair trade. Kinsler really needs to start making contact. The only two real confidence inspires in the order now are Beltre & Young. When this team is firing on all cylinders, they're scary good. If 2-4 is how they play when they're not...it ain't gonna be so much fun.

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Ogando has been scary his first two times out, which of course means nothing about what will happen in his third, fourth, fifth, etc. times out. Pitchers can get figured out pretty quickly in the bigs. But his stuff so far seems the real deal, and his attitude is fearless. The hot question raging in these parts (other than how the heel did John Rhadigan get the TV PBP gig and what do we have to do to get rid of him?) is this - between Holland, & Ogando, who goes back to the pen when Tommy Hunter comes off the DL. Myself, I'm not a big Tommy Hunter fan, so I'm kinda like, hey, let him go to the pen, but it's a nice debate to be able to have, to say nothing of an unexpectedly pleasant surprise. But don't let that record fool you - we've lost 3 out of 4 with Hamilton out, two walkoff losses in Detroit and the one yesterday. Yesterday was just one of those "it ain't gonna happen today" days, but the two in Detroit were winnable - but didn't get won due to a lack of RISP hitting, which is not at all The New Rangers M.O.. Once Kinsler & Andrus get on track, it'll be ok, but still...having Hamilton is better than not having Hamilton. Duh.

I like it when young brides fetch, especially when they're royalty.

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There's improvisation all over the world and always has been (probably? maybe?). Jazz is just one example. So saying that Just shows that the baton for making self-aimed appraisals of what is or isn't "important" has also been passed (or is in the process of being passed). Good riddance!

Sounds like you're also young enough to have a collection where that's a practical undertaking!

Oh, so it was a need that "they" needed to make, not that improvisation itself needed to make. That's a totally different thing.