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I think Barry Larkin. Joe was in the 3-hole most of the time during his MVP years, as I recall. I forgot they have the splits on Retrosheet. In his MVP year (there was only one) he batted 2nd 63 times, 3rd 49 and 1st 19.

Don't know about the AL, but just eyeballing the NL I know of at least 3 since Morgan (and I confirmed on Retrosheet and Baseball-Ref.): 1995 - Barry Larkin - Batted 2nd for all of the playoff games at least. 1985 - Willie McGee - Some of the time. Whitey like to change things around, plus there so many speed guys on the team it was easy to do. 1984 - Ryne Sandberg. Frey's line up was set in stone. Dernier, Rhyno, Sarge, Bull, Moreland, Penguin, Jodie and Bowa. I was kind of surprised there were that many, and there may be more since Morgan (and I didn't look over the AL.) Although if you recall in Morgan's 2nd MVP year in '76 he was batting 3rd as Griffey was moved into the 2nd spot.

Yeah, it's a 5 lb. 1700+ page book with a few paragraphs that would have better been left out or rewritten... We've all made errors -- e.g. assuming that we knew things what we did not in fact know them -- but this is a mistake of egregious, mean-spirited, I would even say poisonous, would-be-know-it-all commission. The question, then is how and why could the author(s) have made this mistake? -- or rather, because I believe that the passages I quoted are essentially their invention, why did they invent this stuff? It sure ain't misguided but received "wisdom" in any circles I've been around. My guess is that the chief strain in writing a book like this, aside from the sheer typing, is to generate opinion after opinion after opinion after opinion, all presumably (but perhaps we know better) with the same degree of commitment and alertness. One suspects that the opinion-forming/emitting process gets a bit mechanical and exhausting at times, and further that it can generate little fits of virtually free-form, seemingly crazed pontificating excess -- the way, say, someone whose job it is to masturbate in private as much as possible might get confused and/or carried away, pull out John Thomas, and spray his fellow commuters on the morning bus. That's why I made the comment about the entry for Moncur which was in an older edition (before the 5th I think) but deleted. I no longer have the earlier book, but it was obvious that Moncur was an artist that possibly both authors detested (I have no idea how they divided the responsibilities.) There was a crack made somewhere along the lines of "but that would entail actually having to listen to his albums." I envisioned the author being beaten down & giddy from overwork & it being a late hour, facing an artist who he just couldn't stand. I think it was inappropriate to include it, although when faced with a review that is "off" in such a manner I figure that I should probably look elsewhere for other opinions for that artist. Is it better to fake interest and throw 2 or 3 stars at an album, leave out the artist altogether or find a 3rd person to review the artist when the 2 can't do it? Cook is dead so I doubt there will another book, although I suppose Morton could be teamed with someone else or (gulp) go it alone.

Yeah, it's a 5 lb. 1700+ page book with a few paragraphs that would have better been left out or rewritten, but on the whole it's useful and at times there's wit along with the criticism. At least they dropped the snotty Moncur III entries altogether in the 7th edition. Just think if they had let Allen Lowe write the Dexter Gordon section.

I haven't listened to a crystal radio set since 1975. Don't recall the station I tuned into but it was a kit and I used the pipe under the kitchen sink.

Dang, I only got 3 near the bottom. I was going to guess correctly on the top right one (which I haven't seen) as I recognized the landscape but then guessed a movie I've seen twice that it wasn't from. The Right Stuff is the wrong stuff for that one. Wrongly guessed Deliverance for the rowing picture and Magnificent Ambersons for the auto scene.

Being from Oregon I disagree that beer is approximately 5% alcohol. Try 10! (I tend to go for Hair of the Dog and barley wines.) 25, but I demand a retest as I was interrupted.

Another longtime Economist subber. National Geographic (grew up with it) Sports Illustrated out of habit (33 years...eek) Gourmet (a long-term cheap deal that I'll likely let run out. Maybe try Fine Cooking instead.) Cooks Illustrated Entertainment Weekly (a freebie, and surprisingly decent.) Also the Mosaic catalog. (Not much changes per issue, but it looks like a magazine.)

Ooo, I've done that. Not sure if it's him or my sometime fear of flute. It's a part-time affliction cause you know, I love Dolphy on flute, and others too such as Kirk and Rivers. Length of disc doesn't matter that much if the price reflects the poundage. I've actually come to appreciate the 35 minute CD that has little to no filler over discs crammed to limit with bonus tracks that may have been better left in the vault.

Wait for a better answer from one of our insiders, but as so much of his catalog is on Fantasy I'd either just head over to Concord or your favorite music shopping places for those releases. If Mosaic were to do a set I'd think the Verve material would be what would be boxed, simply because they've done other Verse sets. But I haven't a clue whether such a thing is planned.

Your rundown of the Braves does look mighty grim. But if we were to have a playoffs of sucking you guys still haven't clinched the wild card yet (you're up against whoever doesn't finish last in the Central between the Pirates & Reds.) Washington & San Diego seem to have their divisions won...er, lost. The Giants right now are too good to make such a playoff. The Mariners have a good sized lead over the Royals being 6 games "ahead" for the worst record. In a series of sucking does the worst record get home field advantage? Not sure how things work in bizarro playoffs. The A's at the moment would be wild card, and the Orioles may be last in the East but are playing .474 baseball and seem far too good. Their winning % is better than 7 National League teams.

Wow, that's right up there with Jim Fixx dying while jogging. I loathed the imitators, particularly the thrown together crapola of 1000 or 1001 albums to listen to before you die and the like. But that's not his fault. Nothing wrong with reminding people that there are no guarantees on how long you'll be here, so go out and live life. Btw, all the best in your career transition ejb. You carry yourself as a prof (I mean this in the best sense), though you need to work on being "absent-minded."

Don't know what's come over our lot in the last few days. Lots of gold medal faves falling off bikes, not correctly passing batons etc. I think they need to use a "good grip" technology on the batons, especially given the high humidity. Then again the way the US luck has been going in relays, the baton would stay stuck in a runner's hand and not get passed rather than dropped. But hey, that's relays for ya.

(Uh um.) Mariner fan here. Game over! Playing .365 baseball. In their inaugural (whew, spelling is hard) season they played at an awesome .395 pace (64 wins.) Franchise worst was the next year (56 W, .350.) At least they've cleared out Vidro & Richie. Though honestly, I know this kind of soft talk doesn't happen much around here, but they seemed like decent fellows even if they weren't playing well, so it's not like I'm overjoyed that they're gone. (Richie was a fine actor in the promo spots. ) I've never been a fan of Ibanez (mainly because of what they paid him) but truth is he's been pretty damn good, downright great since the All-Star break. Without him they'd probably be < .350. Felix has games that make you shake your head, then you realize again that he's just 22. Land sakes, this is his 4th season! (First was a partial.) Gonna have to live with the heartwarming memory of the '95 WC series for awhile me thinks. And "borrow" other teams to root for on a season-by-season basis. Turnarounds (& collapses) can happen quickly in the majors so I can still dream of something better for the M's next year.

Available now: August 7, 2008 Parkwest official download link.

Since color has been available only (off the top of my head): Dr. Strangelove Manhattan Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Eraserhead

I think you want to edit your link. It's the Wooden Mirror one.

2nd night at Parkwest is supposed to be available for download within a couple of weeks.

Angelo Badalamenti was the composer for the series. Not to be too obvious, but check out the soundtracks (Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me, Blue Velvet.)

Well hell, if that's what you got to do to get the good news (pause to squirm in seat)... Damn, brain tumors taken out the nose and I think gall bladders can be yoinked out the belly button if you're a supermodel and don't want a scar. Wait, maybe that's thru the nose too. And then there's your procedure! Whew, here's to less adventurous healthy "regular" checkups at the doctor!

Terrific news. Congrats!

On the road! By a combined score of 18-2. Piniella managing vs. his hometown & a Tampa team that he bailed on would be so wunnerfull. Uh, never mind that thing about the Cubs not being in a World Series in awhile.

Wow, what a story! If the mystery gets solved please let us know. And welcome back!

That is a very odd way to make web & catalog copy last longer. Perhaps it's also a hint as to when it will time out.

Whatever it is it gets reissued every 3 months (at least.)