Dan Gould

Sorry Met fans but $350 million to one player just doesn't buy what it used to .... <green smilie here> (and its all the better that Francona is the manager of the team that benefits from the Mets largesse. In all seriousness, the Sox have their work cut out for them, and so do the Cubs but its nice to be able to watch October baseball with an interest deeper than "Die Yankees, Die". And @Patrick - what they accomplished this season is quite remarkable, whatever happens. They didn't just beat September deficit - they obliterated it. I hope the magic continues.

Hearing about this book with NYC Jazzmen, I am curious if Percy France could be anywhere in there. Here's a snip from the Hot Doggett LP, it's the earliest photo I have of him - everything else from the 70s-80s when he was 50+

Do you understand why it is that Jomboy seems to think the box on the broadcast is not the box that would be used for challenges? Is the official challenge going to be different from the result you see with the naked eye watching TV? It's very confusing to me and doesn't make much sense. (And it has to be said that any ump missing 25 calls - 2 challenges a game per team won't fix that.)

I am sold so I just grabbed the lowest cost copy on amazon of the Sandke. Last year and into this year I have been finding and greatly enjoying those Moss CDs on the label. Heartily recommended.

All seems logical now but how is a copy leaking to a European seller and before any peep from Mosaic? I didn't even think they went to production until after a pre-sale period.

So that was earlier this year ... did Mosaic issue a set and not make an announcement? Or is this some sort of early reviewer copy, before they even hint at a release schedule?

Harvard: Professor Whose Specialty is "Honesty" Falsified Data, Got Fired, then Falsified Excel Page to Claim She Didn't Falsify Data In the First Place

Too weird! and of course that Mosaic release number is fake ... I am online friends with Michael Steinman who supposedly wrote the booklet. I should reach out to him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/arts/music/cereal-box-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.qang.mh-zDPPJe9xT&smid=url-share I have no recollection whatsoever of these recordings but surely some of the slightly older members do?

The Sox have achieved a sparkling winning percentage of 0.333 since Roman Anthony went down. Maintain that extraordinary achievement and its four more wins, or 86 total. Now you may say 6 against the A;s and Rays but then its last series against the Jays and Tigers ... 4 wins may be pushing it and it will hardly matter. 86 won't get anyone into October. No wonder Cora is saying that nothing is assured and they have to start winning games.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/lost-postcard-united-nations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE8.Z_xD.QUKHFaMgZIbs&smid=url-share

I hope attendance was strong, Ken.

Been planning this one for a while ... I put together snips of Percy from his appearance on WKCR's Jazz Alternatives as Musician Host. And today September 11, happens to be the anniversary of the day he bought his first tenor saxophone, with a little help from his Pop. This is chaptered so you can hover your mouse to see the topics covered. I hope people enjoy this, there are other clips I didn't use and some I couldn't find, including Percy talking about how different saxophone models are like a woman. So there might be a Part 2 coming up.

Addition by subtraction! Darren May placed on IL ... hopefully never seen in a Red Sox uni ever again! Whatever happens with the two rookies I'd rather have them gain experience and do what they can than watch Mr. 100 Pitches to get thru 3 1/3 innings.

MLB-related though not this season. Roy Halladay Fatal Accident Pilot Debrief BTW I have watched aviation accident documentaries for a long time and this youtube channel is very interesting/informative even for non-pilots.

I guess what I am really asking is if anything will be online (is it known they have a system akin to Vanderbilt's Aviary system?) Housed in a library for specific requests by patrons, with limitations on access or duplication - it's just guaranteed to make this a theoretical resource except for highly motivated researchers and crazy collectors.

Very curious about the photos in the archive ... and whether any of it will be available online or is it all to be held in NYC to only be seen by those who show up during business hours with specific requests? The latter doesn't exactly embody "everyone to see his archives".

Brutal: Roman Anthony to IL with oblique strain and it sounds like he is done for at least the regular season. This is a gut punch and between that and the remaining schedule, the Red Sox will be lucky to sneak in as the third WC. Every team deals with injuries but the Red Sox lost their top two starters for 2024 innings pitched/Starts (Crawford and Houk), their 1B that they had no real back up for, and now a near-super star rookie that was igniting the offense with a .400 OBP. Brutal

Interesting perspective: https://www.thefp.com/p/our-shared-reality-is-about-to-self-destruct-artificial-intelligence?r=px8hr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Sorry I never got a chance to listen Ken, but work never cooperated and when it did, I was immersed in the latest Adelson murder trial on youtube. On number 9, I should have realized it wasn't Gene/Three Sounds by the bass solo which happened so rarely on their records and when Benny Green was ID'd I was sure it was on one of the Japanese CDs he did of Blue Note/funky 60s jazz. But again no time to investigate further and get that one.

I don't know but I find this Jomboy Breakdown pretty damn funny.

Well it seems to be true ... fun fact: Tolle's extension (or release point) is as close to the batter as Aroldis Chapman. Can understand how it helps generate swing and miss.

I'll believe this https://www.mlb.com/news/payton-tolle-red-sox-callup?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage if its confirmed later today. On the one hand, they might want to keep him as a starter and not ask him to switch to the bullpen for the stretch drive, but bringing him up for this game in particular seems surprisingly aggressive in his development process. (and I thought the game that needed a replacement starter was Saturday.)

Very slow with new uploads but here are three new Percy tracks, the first two surprised me (perhaps because I never knew the Andrews Sisters or subsequent performances).