Dan Gould

Hey, if the Netherlands wins it all, there will be a lot of lucky winners. Details here.

Like I said, continue in whatever direction you choose.

Then wouldn't it be "C. Obligacion"?

My Sammy Price is a valid continuation of his Sammy Price/Lucky Thompson. We're supposed to be working off of my post but since asserting any control here is akin to herding cats, carry on in whatever direction you choose.

My first Sammy Price: Rib Joint on Savoy. For our purposes, with Kenny Burrell and King Curtis.

with Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, John Bunch, Chris Flory, Major Holley and Chuck Riggs.

It sure as fuck isn't. Neither is fuckwad, which I almost came back last night to bestow on Goodie.

WHY THE FUCK CAN'T THAT CONTEMPTIBLE PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT MATSUSUCKA BE THE ONE TO GO ON THE FUCKING DL????? Now the fucking asshole is on the bench and with this combustible bullpen to cover 12 outs, the game is over. And two days ago they reached their summit and there is no fucking way to go but down. They have a whopping four home games in their next twenty, and all of them will be with Billy Fucking Hall at second base. Look out below.

Very cool, still wish I could find the organ LP MG mentioned years ago.

Agreed. And the disasters keep multiplying. Of course they were a little too optimistic about Buchholz's hamstring injury and he will now be placed on the DL. So he misses at least two starts, and they will in all likelihood once again go with that 21 year old rookie on the road in Tampa and then against Cleveland. Unless Tampa slumps - and it looks like they are righting the ship - I'd say we're headed again for third place.

Yeah, you'd think they were straining to stay above .400. For us 3rd place is a long ride up. What do we have to root for? Uh...gosh, Ichiro is the front runner to lead the AL in singles. When you're a game and a half out of missing the playoffs, despite this "best record" business, you'd predict disaster too if you were hit with such a boatload of injuries.

Do whatever you want.

I thought you were a mainstream-type guy Bill - you never gave a "young lion" like Hargrove or Benny Green a chance? And I'll use my topic-creator power to veto that last one. First Benny Green: That's Terence Blanchard, Javon Jackson, Tony Reedus and Peter Washington.

It is hoped that V-Mart is ready to go right after the break. Beckett is targeting July 21 or July 25 depending on how his rehab starts go. Ellsbury isn't even cleared to start baseball activities. They'd be lucky to see him in uniform by the second week in August unless he picks up the pace. And I hate to burst anyone's bubble but you can't hope to hang in the division with Billy Hall at second base and Cory Patterson's crappier younger brother playing LF. And it will be weeks with that lineup - not to mention a shitty Molina or Kevin Cash at the bottom of the lineup.

You'd think if it were new that would make it into the description. But I really don't know either way. And I don't think you can presume its a legit label because its "Candid" - is the original Candid still in existence? How do you know its not a different "Candid Records"?

There's a huge difference between a first string catcher who can't hack it any longer and, having lost the starting catcher for an indeterminate time and having the third and fourth string catchers out of spring training be on the DL at Pawtucket then losing the backup, thus leaving you with a fifth string catcher and a career minor leaguer to try to hold down the fort. On top of that, there is a level of comfort between certain pitchers and Varitek (Dice-K, Beckett, Buchholz) which is now gone. How would you feel if the Yankees lost Posada, Cervelli, and the next two catchers on the depth chart? Even with the depth the Yankees supposedly have, I suspect you'd be mighty worried if the fifth best catcher in the system was going to be a full time starter.

First Don Sickler: with Carl Fontana, Ralph Moore, Bobby Porcelli, Gary Smulyan, Richard Wyands and the Washingtons.

Good one - I can honor Benny Powell with a nice LP I picked up a few years back, Coast to Coast. A west coast band and an east coast band.

OH MY FUCKING GOD Varitek broke HIS foot and is out six weeks. It truly is over and done with. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK No fucking shit.

First Lalama: with Tom Harrell, Barry Harris and the Washingtons, Peter and Kenny.

I remember getting the Don Grolnick reissue but not loving it. Lovano, both Breckers, Steve Turre, Marty Ehrlich, more here.

Lots of Mulgrew I could plausibly say were first, I am going to go with this one as it gives some alternate ways forward: Reggie Workman, Freddie Waits

It opens up places but nowhere I've been. And let's say up front that no one can go with Linda Rondstadt!