Dan Gould

Fined $17,000 for her actions: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/serena-williams-fined-dollar17000-for-code-violations-during-us-open-final/ar-BBN5AEk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U220DHP And reading the definition of actionable verbal abuse, is there any doubt it was appropriate that he issue the game penalty?

https://nypost.com/2018/09/08/its-shameful-what-us-open-did-to-naomi-osaka/ My mother-in-law worked at Macy's in the Palm Beach Gardens Mall for many, many years. On more than one occasion the Williams sisters came to her department. When she approached to offer assistance, she was intercepted by their "assistants" and told in no uncertain terms that she was not to speak to them, that their assistants would inform them what was required of her. I submit that same attitude was on display yesterday.

Well brother from another mother cause my Mom ain't that hip.

Sorry Fabio I am just demonstrating how on this forum threads can go in different directions. We are not remotely limited to "real jazz music" or "real jazz musicians" and certainly not limited to whatever you think is acceptable. Cheers.

Or the Yankees could very easily by only 6.5 games back by tonight.

Sorry Fabio, all comments are welcome so long as if they aren't political or religious in nature. So let me add, in the spirit of this discussion, couldn't she be Ruth Lion's long lost sister?

She "has never cheated" yet her coach says he's coaching "every point". I always said its an archaic rule serving no real purpose. Everybody has a coach nowadays and if they want to give mid-match advice via hand signals, have at it. Players still have to execute their shots, hand signals never won a match. But the rules are the rules, her own coach admits violating them. I haven't seen the post-match stuff, is she playing the victim?

I figured it was with commentary in Japanese so I left the speakers off. Last night was exhibits 1-7 why the Red Sox will die in October. Their bullpen is a fucking joke, top to bottom, full of no-names that suck. Yankee fans complain bitterly and yeah, a healthy Chapman would line everybody up just a little better but I would not hesitate to trade, straight up, the entire Red Sox bullpen for what the Yankees have. It's not remotely close. Hell I'd give up every no-name we have for every no-name the Yankees have. Couldn't happen though because everybody other than Kimbrel is a no-name and the Yankees have four legitimate closers. So to my Yankee friends please, whatever happens, remember that it could be far worse. You could be sending Joe F-ing Kelly out to get critical outs but you don't have to.

So the Tigers play-by-play guy and the color man got into a "physical altercation" and I think are both are suspended. Pretty crazy: https://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/sources-rod-allen-choked-mario-impemba-after-disagreement-over-chair-in-tigers-broadcast-booth But not nearly as crazy as this from the color man's days in Japan: I don't recall seeing this ever before, not sure what is funnier, that the pitcher turned and ran or the sheer look of terror on his face as he was running. Great camera work there. Kudos to him though for putting on the brakes in the outfield, let the rest of the field catch up and get in between. And the dude wasn't even hit!

But isn't that the same good ole boy character? What I like about that film is Eddie Albert playing so far against type. Or at least far against type for the characters I saw him play.

Or he would say he was afraid to take a chance and when he wanted to show what he could do he wasn't getting the offers. Deliverance was certainly a strong performance and who knows what we would think if he took the Terms of Endearment role.

In John Boorman's Deliverance (1972), based on a book by James Dickey, Reynolds starred as macho survivalist Lewis Medlock, one of four guys from Atlanta who head to the wilderness for the weekend. Filmed by Vilmos Zsigmond along the Chattooga River near the Georgia-South Carolina border, it was an arduous production that Boorman shot in sequence. "When I asked John why, he said, 'In case one of you drowns,' " Reynolds wrote. He had good reason. When Reynolds saw test footage of a dummy in a canoe going over the falls in one scene, he told Boorman the scene looked fake. He climbed into the canoe, was sent crashing into the rocks and ended up in the hospital. "I asked [Boorman] how [the new footage] looked, and he said, 'Like a dummy going over the falls,' " Reynolds wrote. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burt-reynolds-dead-deliverance-boogie-nights-star-was-82-831093?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=google.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral ************************************************* The list of movies he turned down is quite impressive - Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment, Harrison Ford in Star Wars and Bruce Willis in Die Hard. I never did see the movie about the porn industry in the 70s, should probably remedy that.

Considering that until yesterday, teams were 0-487 when down by six or more entering the 8th inning, I'd have to say that is true.

Wasn't Severino's night but what's this I hear about cross-ups being to blame for all those PBs and WPs? I saw one pitch where Sanchez set up on the outside and the fastball came inside and off the plate. That was the only one that looked like a cross-up. The rest were just further evidence that Sanchez has no clue how to block pitches. 13 PBs ties him for the major league lead. And he's watched 39 wild pitches go by. In. 59. Games.

I don't know what you mean. I am saying what Paul seconded: the Rays have played much better than anyone expected and in any other division but the East and the AL West, they'd be playing very meaningful games right now. That doesn't mean I think they belong elsewhere.

And Workman gives up an f-ing home run in the bottom of the eighth. And welcome back to the big leagues, Brandon Phillips. Two out two run homer top of the ninth.

Shouldn't say anything to jinx it but Sox trying to steal a sweep in Atlanta. Down 7-1 in the 8th, I was going to post that they look like they are playing like they are already on the charter back to Boston. With one out they've scored six to tie. And Betts is called out on strikes with the bases loaded. I'm gonna be pissed if they end up losing this.

Much of my shopping is too late at night for that but even then, I always understood that they had an online order dept that was back-office/double secret probation/they can't be bothered/don't you know its first come-first serve ordering. Never occurred to call and get them to find the damn thing straightaway.

They really have a fail-safe system for online shoppers who have no idea if a listing was already grabbed by a prior online browser or snatched by someone in person, so complaining about not finding the big "find" in the well-packaged box is nothing but projecting your anger at the wrong target. As for the ratings I've taken all of them with grain of salt and never gotten something so beat I couldn't fix it up in Goldwave and make it sound pretty damn good.

You may be considering the Big O has you as 106 today. (If you really are 106, please remember, if you are on a chair with wheels on it, make sure you brace it against the table before you try to rise.)

AT 75-63 the Rays would only be 3 behind Cleveland, as tight as the NL Central division is right now. That's ridiculous.

I will always throw in extra things if I see them but whether I wanted the extra things or not I'd want to KNOW if the major target was actually available or not and wouldn't wait to see if its in the box when it arrives. Your disappointment is palpable but it has nothing to do with Dusty Groove's actions.

I see 11-12 wins on the schedule which is 106-7 total. I'm trying to be conservative but that's pretty tight for beating the 1946 club record of 105. Sox will need a sweep or two of the Mets/Jays/Orioles series and no disastrous series with the Astros, Yanks or Indians. Surely the Mariners record is safe now.