Dan Gould

To my knowledge, I wouldn't call it common. In baseball, sometimes a former member of a team makes an appearance in their clubhouse, but not uninvited. Often he'll wait outside the door and get an attendant to relay a message that he wanted to say hi to the team or particular players. So usually an opposing player is greeted in the hallway or brought into the clubhouse. But its generally considered that the clubhouse is off-limits. Players will mingle during batting practice, which is something that old timers hate, because back in their day, there was no fraternization between teams. With the advent of a strong union and free agency, players are more collegial than they were when a team had perpetual rights to the services of every player on the roster.

I haven't seen the clip but there's also the element of getting a "pop" from the crowd if you rag on your biggest rival.

You can be snooty about the rest, but you should be embarrassed about "Clerks" since that was kind of an early 90s phenom. That's like missing out on "Resevoir Dogs" when it came out. Or not being into Grunge. It was part of the Zeitgeist of the era. Edited for misspelling "Zeitgeist," which I can't believe I did. I think one can refuse to be embarrassed to have had the good sense and taste not to have been into Grunge.

The bullpen blew seven saves for him. He tied for the team lead in quality starts. His WHIP and BAA were well below career numbers. He was 17-12 last year with an ERA that was .63 higher. No reason not to keep him around. Having said that, I wouldn't want to see him pitch in October, unless he finishes on one of those rolls that he usually gets on at least twice a year.

When the Hollywood rating system established "X" as describing movies with adult content inappropriate for children, the porn industry next door appropriated the term, and to differentiate its product, called its movies "XXX". There has never been a porn film with a rating of "X" or "XX". I remember in "Big Time" where Tom Waits tells a story about seeing a porn theater with seven "X"s. "Girls without skin, that's all I could think..." Yeah, "XXX" became the minimum, and theaters differentiated by claiming to be "more X-rated". But no one ever saw a porn film "rated" X or XX.

Will you think of any worse of me if I cop to having heard the name "Misty Rains"? I only got 5 of 12 overall. What is obvious is that the guy knows nothing about porn "ratings" as revealed in the opening: When the Hollywood rating system established "X" as describing movies with adult content inappropriate for children, the porn industry next door appropriated the term, and to differentiate its product, called its movies "XXX". There has never been a porn film with a rating of "X" or "XX".

It has nothing to do with capitalism. Papers that publish online will still do it with the profit motive in mind. Changing attitudes of readers and changing decisions by publishers aren't a reflection of capitalism's perceived deficiencies.

Its going to be a lot more than a few million dollars to leave on the table, if the Yankees do what everyone suspects - blow the next highest offer out of the water. With the $850,000 luxury boxes sold out, they can surely afford it. And here's something else to consider - the union has an interest in everybody taking the best financial offer they can, to "set the market". Supposedly Thome had a lower offer to go somewhere else (or maybe stay in Cleveland?) but got enormous pressure to accept Philly's deal. The same thing will happen to Sabathia.

I would argue that people who rely on their local newspaper as their lone source of information are already at a severe disadvantage in the information age. In any case, the whole thing is driven by advertising, as we all know, and advertisers don't care too much about the elderly or people who can't afford internet access, certainly. The elderly will die off and young people simply do not read daily newspapers. They go online. Online is where the eyeballs are. () () The cost of printing and delivering newspapers is considerable and growing. The efficiencies realized by simply going online (both cost efficiencies and in terms increased flexibility in gathering and packaging the news) will be tremendous, once advertisers hit that tipping point. The NYT will someday be online only, I'm certain. They and other news organizations will be healthier for it, and will deliver a much more useful and compelling product. ... One would hope, anyways. IMO My father hates the Times yet continues to read it, and is quite happy being completely unconnected to modern technology (he once asked me, how do you pay to send all those emails?) so I can only say that I hope the tipping point doesn't come til after he's gone.

Boy you don't find many who prefer that lineup, fine as it was. It was this group, and the compositions it wrote and recorded, that made the Messengers. Had Art stuck with that band and the bop they favored, I don't think "The Messengers" would be recognized in the same way that they are today. YMMV, of course.

The Angels will surely be in on him also. With Vladi aging they need someone in the middle of the lineup. I could see 8 years, I just don't want them to go to 10. Eight takes him to 37, he could still be decent at that point. 39, he's surely being overpaid.

And its so nice to see that after a post in which the only remotely "nasty" thing I said was "what the fuck are you smoking?" I get "asshole powder" "turd burlar" (quaint Maine terms of endearment?) "hate monger" and "blowhard". You've learned well, grasshopper.

Yes, he was such a good minor league third baseman, he played a grand total of 85 games there - with an utterly shitty fielding percentage. Maybe, just maybe, he was such a special hitter, he had to be brought to the majors despite his horrid fielding. He played 15 games there in the last six years. It is utterly moronic to believe that anyone would consider moving him there, let alone that he would be interested in a team that would consider it. And Mike Lowell, in July and August (he was placed on the DL August 14, so these are pre-injury stats) had an OPS of .580, for an astounding OPS+ of 54. When this team needed him the most (Manny gone or on his way out, Papi not ready to contribute) Lowell was completely MIA.

Lowery is the SS for a long time to come. Its obvious his hitting problems came from playing through a sprain/non-displaced fracture in the wrist of his top hand when batting lefty (he did hit well over .300 as a righty). He's going to pepper the wall with doubles and remind you of Pedroia without the lip. Lugo can go away or sit on the bench as the reserve infielder. Ideally they'll pay 15 million of his remaining 18 and get rid of him, as I am sure Pawtucket needs a new bag of balls. Lowell doesn't have the value he had after his 2007 season but if he shows he is healthy in spring training/April, he would still have interest. They should never go after Burnett. He is soft, plays hard only when a new contract is on the line, and is perpetually hurt or inconsistent. He's a horrid risk. If Lowe came back on a two year deal, I might consider it, but he's going to get a four year offer from the Mets and has no reason to come here. And don't forget, he wasn't all that great the last time in the A.L., he just came up huge in the post-season. If they go for a pitcher, it should be Sabathia, if only to ensure the Yankees give him more money and years than they would otherwise. And if they can get him, all the better, even if his girth scares me.

And who do you think is going to provide some pop in this lineup going forward? Teixeira hits, hits for power, and gets on base, with more walks than strikeouts last year. He is the ideal addition to the lineup and the only reason they should hesitate is if the bidding gets up to 8 or 10 years. Do you want Teixeira taking aim at the short porch in Yankee stadium? Do you want him gobbling up balls that Giambi waved at, or throw runners out on plays that Giambi heaved the ball into CF? And on top of that, you want Teixeira to play "his original" position???? When was it his original position? In little league? He has played third base all of FIFTEEN times in his major league career, ALL OF WHICH were in his rookie season. And you think this is his natural position? And that Youk is better at his adopted position? What the fucking hell are you smoking? "Don't sign him, keep the old man coming off a bad injury, but if you do, be sure to tell him he'll play 3B for the first time in six years if he signs with Boston." You don't know what the fuck you're talking about, which is unfortunately par for the course. Apparently Hanley Ramirez is more important than a world championship, which just happened to be won by that "fat fuck" from Texas. And what else did you say about that? "You could have gotten Lowell in a separate trade". Yeah, right. WHO WANTED LOWELL AT THAT POINT? And why would the Sox want Lowell in a separate trade when Youkilis was taking over at 3B and only moved to 1B because Lowell was forced on them to get Beckett, the pitching hero of the last championship? You are the only person I have ever known who continues to lament that trade, who doesn't rate it as at least even because the Sox won a world championship with Beckett. Edit to say that in that rookie year, when he played "his natural position", Teixeira made an astounding SEVEN errors in only TWENTY attempts. And in 85 career games at 3B in the minors, his fielding percentage was .917. Yeah, that's his "natural" position. Or, maybe he's a butcher at 3B which forced a change to 1B where he became an elite defender.

Congratulations Phillies and their fans and thanks for easing my pain, if only just a little. Now, the long cold winter starts. I wish I could wake up and discover its January 1st, and this is what happened in the hot stove season. I get sick of dealing with the rumors.

Here are pics of the Ira Sullivan Delmar record.

Haven't come across that one. A beautiful copy is on my second LP list.

At this rate they'll get to my parent's home in CT sometime after my unborn niece's great great grandchildren enter a nursing home on Mars.

How about Joe Newman on Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman, with Miss Cott, on Roulette?

Tommy Turrentine also appeared with LD and Big John on Signifyin' (Argo). Bill Hardman is also on Possum Head (Argo) with LD and Big John. Jim Snidero is on Greg Hatza Organ-ization (Palmetto).

I've updated the list to reflect the fact that the Cliff Jordan with Hank Jones is a "direct to disc" recording, great sound and to my knowledge not issued on CD.

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UPDATE: PLEASE DISREGARD THIS LISTING - I AM NO LONGER SOLICITING BIDS, MOST OF THESE LPs CAN NOW BE FOUND HERE: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...p=0&#entry0 WHERE THEY HAVE A SET PRICE OF $3 EACH, BUY 5 AND IT BECOMES $2 EACH. THE LPs NO LONGER LISTED WILL GO TO EBAY. THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. OK, here is the second batch, I've got about 80 more to go so we're a little more than 2/3 of the way through (Note that I pulled all remaining Blue Notes, so if those you are the ones you're interested in ... Rules are the same as last time: Cannonball Adderley, Hooray For (Session) Boris Rose issue VG+/VG+ Joe Albany, Portrait of an Artist (Elektra Musician promo copy) VG- (price sticker, sticker residue, ringwear) / VG Roland Alexander, Pleasure Bent (New Jazz) With Marcus Belgrave – Reissue bought from the Bastards NM/NM Gene Ammons, Heavy Sax (Olympic Records) Gray market reissue of what originally came out as Howard McGhee, House Warmin' on Argo. This one doesn't even have an inner sleeve – but the sound is as good or better than the Argo! VG/VG+ Dave Bailey, One Foot in the Gutter (Epic – 1995 Classic repressing on heavy vinyl) NM/NM Dave Bailey, Getting Into Somethin' (Epic) VG+ (corner ding) / NM SOLD FOR $4 Count Basie, Not Now, I'll Tell You When (Roulette) NM/VG+ Lou Bennett Quartet (RCA Camden) French issue, with Jimmy Gourley and a cool set of tunes – Sister Sadie, So What, Amen, Jubilation NM/NM Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Backgammon (Roulette) VG (partial seam split)/VG+ Art Blakey, Hooray For (Volume 1) (Session) Boris Rose issue NM/VG+ Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, 'S Make It (Limelight Japan) VG+ (tiny notch, sticker residue on back) / NM Bess Bonnier, Theme for the Tall One (Argo) VG (only flaw is sticker damage on front and on back there are date stamps for when the record was played at a radio station) VG+ Mel Brown, Chicken Fat (Impulse) VG+/VG+ Ray Brown Trio, Soular Energy (Concord – Pure Audiophile half-speed remaster) Red Promo copy, has three alternate takes never issued by Concord VG due to corner ding top left and indent in lower left / NM Dave Brubeck featuring Gerry Mulligan, Blues Roots (Columbia) NM/VG+ Conte Candoli with Phil Woods, Old Acquaintance (Pausa) NM/VG+ Buck Clayton, Songs for Swingers (Columbia (six eye)) This is one of the LPs that wasn't included in the Mosaic, to the disappointment of many. VG (ring wear and partial seam split)/VG- Decent play copy George Coleman Octet, Big George (Affinity) Frank Strozier, Junior Cook in band VG+/VG+ Gloria Coleman, Soul Sisters (Impulse) With Grant Green and Leo Wright NM (only flaw a hole punch) / VG+ SOLD FOR $10 John Coltrane & Lee Morgan, The Best of Birdland (Roulette) VG (hole punch, edge wear, light ring wear) / VG Concert in Argentina (Halcyon) Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Ellis Larkins, Marian McPartland This is a very rare recording in its complete form (there is a CD reissue that couldn't fit all the music) VG+ (some peeling starting on spine but otherwise mint) / VG+ SOLD FOR $12 Junior Cook, Pressure Cooker (Affinity) NM/VG+ SOLD FOR $4 Barbara Dane, Livin With The Blues with Earl 'Fatha' Hines and His Orchestra (Dot) Dane later became a folk singer but she sounds great on this program – one of the few recordings with Benny Carter exclusively on trumpet, plus Plas on tenor VG+ / VG+ Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (Roulette) From the Count Basie Presents series … Extremely nice cover, only flaw being rub wear at the lower left corner and a previous owner's stamp above the Roulette insignia at upper right VG vinyl Eddie Lockjaw Davis with the George Arvanitas Trio, Chewin The Fat (Spotlight) NM/NM SOLD FOR $7 The Detroit Four, Cadillac and Mack (East World) Barry Harris, Charles Greenlee, Roy Brooks, Vishnu Wood VG+ (corner ding only flaw) / VG Lou Donaldson, Back Street (Muse) Live recording from Paris, 1982, with Herman Foster VG+/VG+ Lou Donaldson, Cole Slaw (Argo) VG (Scotch tape used to protect against seam splits, cut corner, price sticker on back) NM Lou Donaldson, Possum Head (Argo) VG+ (only noticeable problem is minor ring wear at bottom) / VG Lou Donaldson, Rough House Blues (Cadet) VG+ (hole punch, minor ring wear, name on back) / VG+ Lou Donaldson, Blowing In The Wind (Cadet) VG+ (rub wear on front) / VG Lou Donaldson, Signifyin' (Argo) VG+ (small amount of wear at bottom seam) / VG Kenny Dorham, Ease It (Muse) This was the LP issued originally with Rocky Boyd as leader NM/VG+ Charlie Earland, Smokin' (Muse) NM/VG+ SOLD FOR $7 Charlie Earland, Mama Roots (Muse) VG+ (ringwear) / VG+ SOLD FOR $7 Charlie Earland, Boss Organ (Choice) One of the rarest releases in his discography … VG+ (edge wear) VG+ SOLD FOR $25 Leonard Feather's West Coast Jazzmen, Swingin on the Vibories (ABC Paramount) Kenny Drew and Sonny Clark take turns on the Vibories, a piano keyboard that made a vibe-like sound. VG- (complete seam split on top and partial on left) VG Ella Fitzgerald, Hooray For (Session) This is one of those Boris Rose issues NM / VG+ (I know it looks cleaner than it plays) King Fleming Trio, Misty Night (Argo) VG – very nice but for hole punch and price sticker VG+ King Fleming Trio, The Weary Traveler (Cadet) VG+ (hole punch, slight upturn on corner) / VG King Fleming Trio, Stand By (Argo) VG+ (only flaw a hole punch) / VG+ Curtis Fuller, The Magnificent Trombone of (Epic) NM/NM SOLD FOR $10 Kenny Garret Quintet featuring Woody Shaw, Introducing Kenny Garrett (Criss Cross) NM/NM SOLD FOR $5 Stan Getz, Hooray For (Session) Boris Rose issue NM/VG+ Don Goldie and Orchestra, Trumpet Exodus (Verve) NM front – VG back due to browning / VG Benny Golson, Turning Point (Mercury) With Wynton Kelly VG (water damage/stain on front, promo stamp and a little writing on back) VG+ Grant Green, Goin' West (Blue Note) VG+ (corner ding, a little writing on back, audition copy stamp) / VG+ SOLD FOR $25 Al Grey – Jimmy Forrest, Out 'Dere (Greyforrest) I believe this label was co-owned by Al and Jimmy. Don Patterson is on organ. NM/VG+ Paul Griffin Pours on Some Soul Sauce (Somerset) VG+ (ringwear)/VG – VG+ Consummate session man, as far as I know this is his only recording as a leader. Paul Griffin, The Swingin' Sound of Soul (Audio Spectrum) Yeah, I was stupid and bought the same album twice. VG+/VG Paul Guerrero Quintet, Texas Tenors Featuring Marchel Ivery and James Clay VG- ring wear, corner ding, wrinkling on back/ VG+ - VG Fans of Ivery and/or Clay shouldn't miss this extreme rarity! The New John Handy Quintet featuring Bobby Hutcherson, New View (Columbia) VG+/VG Bill Hardman, Focus (Muse) With Junior Cook, Slide Hampton, Walter Bishop Jr VG+ (clipped corner, price sticker) / VG+ SOLD FOR $7 Bill Hardman, Home (Muse) VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ Hampton Hawes All-Stars (Jas) There is a videotape available of this excellent set featuring Sweets, Sonny Criss, Teddy Edwards and Big Joe Turner. Not sure how common the LP is. VG (hole punches, partial seam split on back seam, a bit of writing on back VG+ Shirley Horn, Embers and Ashes (Stere-o-craft Records) Still sealed when bought, this is as perfect as perfect can be, Shirley's first studio LP Freddie Hubbard, Extended (Phoenix) Live recording with Junior Cook and Cedar Walton VG (browning, some ringwear) / VG All things considered, a cool document of the group SOLD FOR $6 Freddie Hubbard, Hot Horn (Everest) Same group as for Extended Pretty nice copy but there are two library stickers on the front – VG/VG SOLD FOR $7 Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune, Trip on the Strip (Prestige) Rare Prestige title in excellent shape – NM/VG+ Milt Jackson – Sonny Stitt, Loose Walk (Palcoscenico) Live recording of a show in Italy, and to my knowledge the only recording of these two legends together NM/NM Jam Session Number 3 (Verve) (Polydor Japan reissue) Sweets/Getz/Carter/De Franco/Gray/Smith/Basie/Greene/Simmons/Rich VG (slight tearing away jacket opening)/NM Jazz Crusaders, Uh Huh (Pacific Jazz) VG+/VG+ Jazz Crusaders, Lookin Ahead (Fontana issue of Pacific Jazz) VG+ (browning on back)/VG+ Jazztet, Another Git Together (Mercury) NM/VG+ The Jazztet, Big City Sounds (Argo) NM/VG+ Ron Jefferson, Love Lifted Me (Pacific Jazz) One of the rarest PJs I've seen, and (I believe) Bobby Hutcherson's first record date NM because its still in the shrink / VG+ Bill Jennings-Leo Parker Quintet, Billy in the Lion's Den (King) VG (only one flaw, there's a tear in the "et" of Quintet) VG+ Plas Johnson and the Grease Patrol, L.A. '55 (Carell) VG+ (cut corner)/NM Clifford Jordan, Hello Hank Jones (East World) This is a "Direct to Disk" recording, great sound and to my knowledge never issued on CD! VG+ (corner ding, price sticker on back) / NM SOLD FOR $15 Wynton Kelly/George Coleman, Live in Baltimore (Affinity) VG+ (price sticker, tiny bit of edge wear) / VG+ Wynton Kelly, Undiluted (Verve) NM/VG+ Billy Larkin and the Delegates featuring Clifford Scott, Blue Lights (Aura) Yes, I have two copies, this is the not as nice copy. VG- (Browning on back that is pretty dark, might have been a stain, tear in front cover) VG vinyl that plays much nicer Billy Larkin & The Delegates, Pigmy (Aura) NM/VG+ Yusef Lateef (Cadet) One of the rarest Argo/Cadet releases, this one is "Electronically Altered for Stereo" VG+ (seam wear but still intact)/ VG+ Dodo Marmarosa, The Chicago Sessions (Argo) NM (only flaw some sticker residue)/NM This is a two-fer combining his trio LP, Dodo's Back, with a previously unissued quartet session with Bill Hardman SOLD FOR $15 Hank Marr, Live at the Club 502 (King) VG+/VG+ SOLD FOR $20 Hank Marr, The Greasy Spoon (King) VG+/VG+ Howard McGhee Orchestra, Cookin' Time (Zim) Released in 1977, the recording was made in 1966. Members included Bill Hardman, Norris Turney, Cliff Jordan and Andy Bey VG (pretty bad ring wear but nice intact seams)/ VG Howard McGhee – Illinois Jacquet, Here Comes Freddy (Sonet) VG (sticker damage on front)/VG+ - VG Hank Mobley Sextet (Blue Note 1560) (Blue Note Japan reissue) NM/NM SOLD FOR $30 Wes Montgomery, Solitude (Yes to Jazz) Live recording in Paris, 1965, with Griff and Mabern NM/VG+ SOLD FOR $12 Lee Morgan, Live Sessions (Trip) Double LP, and isn't this the release with music not on the Blue Note Lighthouse set? Must be – I don't see "Willow Weep for me" on the BN date. So if you don't have the Fresh Sound issue … VG (ring wear, writing on back)/VG – nice copy with a pop here and there David Newman, Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard (Atlantic) VG+ (cut out notch)/VG+ Big Nick Nicholas, Big Nick (India Navigation) VG+ (corner ding)/VG+ Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds (Verve) VG+ (corner ding an hole punch) / NM – VG+ Okeh Jazz (Epic) Some of the earliest recordings by Johnny Griffin (billed as "Little Johnny Griffin") and Ahmad Jamal, plus sessions by Arnett Cobb and Wild Bill Davis. VG+/NM Horace Parlan, Musically Yours (Steeplechase) VG (cut corner, sticker) / VG+ Big John Patton, Got a Good Thing Goin' (Blue Note) (NY USA label) VG (browning, partial seam split)/ VG+ - VG SOLD FOR $10 Cecil Payne, Zodiac – Dolphy Series 3 (Strata-East) With Kenny Dorham and Wynton Kelly NM/VG+ SOLD FOR $12.50 Dave Pell's Prez Conference featuring Joe Williams – in Celebration of Lester Young (GNP Crescendo) NM/NM Bill Perkins, Killer Joe (Fresh Sound) Featuring Claude Williamson VG+/VG (plays better than it looks) SOLD FOR $4 Houston Person, The Real Thing (Eastbound) One of those rare Grant Green dates from the 70s, a classic live date recorded in Detroit with Jack McDuff, Etta Jones among others VG (extensive writing on inside of gatefold cover, plus signatures in red on front, but they blend in well with the color of the cover- honest!) VG+ vinyl Houston Person, The Gospel Soul Of (Savoy) Very rare LP NM/VG+ Bud Powell Trio, Hooray For (Session) Boris Rose issue NM/VG+ Mel Powell Trio, Thigamagig (Vangard) (different sound with no bass and Ruby Braff on trumpet) VG (staining and price sticker on back, partial seam split, slight corner ding) / VG+ The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran reissue on Polydor Japan) NM/NM Claudio Roditi featuring Slide Hampton, Claudio! (Uptown) NM/VG+ Jimmy Rowles, Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue (Orange Blue) With Sweets Edison, Ray Brown, Don Bailey & Stacy Rowles VG+/one side is VG+ other VG Jimmy Rushing, If This Ain't The Blues (Vanguard) VG (spine damage (though intact), sticker on front) / VG+ and really nice sounding Clifford Scott, Out Front (Pacific Jazz) NM/NM Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes (Atlantic) With King Curtis, Hank Crawford and David Newman VG+ (corner ding) / VG+ SOLD FOR $4 Don Sickler, The Music of Kenny Dorham (Uptown) With Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins VG+ (edge wear) / NM Horace Silver – Live 1964 (Emerald) What's extra cool about this set is that it’s the Joe Henderson-Carmell Jones band performing earlier tunes like Filthy McNasty, Tokyo Blues and Senor Blues. VG+ (corner ding) / VG+ (marks but very few that make noise) SOLD FOR $25 Horace Silver, The Stylings of Silver (Liberty era Blue Note) VG+/VG+ SOLD FOR $26 Norman Simmons Trio (Cadet – reissued by Teichiku Records Japan) NM/NM Bumble Bee Slim, Back in Town (Pacific Jazz) With Les McCann, Groove Holmes, Curtis Amy, Ron Jefferson, Leroy Vinegar and Joe Pass – very rare PJ! NM (still in shrink) / VG+ Jimmy Smith, Keep on Comin' (Elektra Musician) With KB and Johnny Griffin (pretty sure this is the only appearance with Griff, plus Jimmy plays a solo piano medley) VG+ (notch cut) / VG+ Sphere, Four For All (Verve) VG+ / VG Sonny Stitt – Lockjaw Davis, Tenor Battles (Phoenix Jazz) According to AMG, this is an issue of four tracks from the concert with Dog Bagby that Roulette did not release originally. The CD reissue contains all the music from both LPs, if you missed it, this is a decent sounding play copy of what didn't make the cut originally. VG/VG Sonny Stitt – Zoot Sims, Inter-Action (Cadet) VG+ (intact seams but has browning/fading) / VG- Sonny Stitt, New York Jazz (Verve Japan) VG+ (notch cut) / VG+ Ira Sullivan Quintet Featuring Johnny Griffin (Delmar) Yes, Delmar is the label, so you know its an original pressing or close to it VG+ / VG+ SOLD FOR $35 Ira Sullivan, The Incredible Ira Sullivan (Stash) VG (significant edge wear but seams are intact) / VG+ Super Black Blues Volume II (Flying Dutchman Blues Time) NM but for a price sticker on front/VG+ I always wondered how Wynton Kelly and Elvin came to back up Joe Turner, Cleanhead and T-Bone Walker on side 1 of this LP Buddy Tate, Hard Blowin – Live at Sandy's (Muse) VG (corner ding barely keeps it from VG+) / VG+ SOLD FOR $5 Billy Taylor Introduces Ira Sullivan (ABC Paramount) VG+ (slight corner upturn) / VG Three Sounds, Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note audition copy) VG (ring wear, slight seam split at top, some browning, "11-15-67" written on back) / VG+ SOLD FOR $27 The Three Sounds, Vibrations (Blue Note) VG+ (ringwear and a tiny bit of writing on back)/VG+ SOLD FOR $27 Bobby Timmons, Little Barefoot Soul (Prestige) Cover is perfect but for price sticker/VG+ SOLD FOR $10 A Trumpet Tribute – To Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown and Booker Little (Trip) Woody Shaw, Blue Mitchell, Richard Williams, Kenny Dorham, Bill Hardman, Walter Kelly plus Lonnie Smith on piano, Peck Morrison, Walter Perkins The coolest Trip release of all-time, a double LP jam session recorded at Club Ruby's VG (intact seams, but a hole punch, ring wear and rub wear)/ VG+ Stanley Turrentine, Another Story (Blue Note) VG+ (sticker residue, corner ding) / VG+ Stanley Turrentine, Mr. Natural (Blue Note LT series) VG+ /NM SOLD FOR $10 Stanley Turrentine, In Memory Of (Blue Note LT series) VG (price sticker, corner turned) / Harold Vick, The Caribbean Suite (RCA Victor) VG+/VG+ SOLD FOR $12.50 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson & Roomful of Blues (Muse) NM/NM The Ernie Watts Encounter, The Wonder Bag (Vault) VG- (price sticker removal marred front)/VG- Ben Webster, At Work in Europe (Prestige) 70s two-fer and one of the sessions never issued on CD Sides 3 &4 were issued as "For the Guv'nor" but Sides 1 & 2 feature Kenny Drew and Frans Wieringa on piano, surprising tracks like The Preacher, Straight No Chaser and Work Song, and only saw issue in Holland as Blow Ben, Blow. NM/NM & VG+ Jack Wilson Plays Brazilian Mancini (Vault) "Tony Brazil" is actually Jobim VG+/VG+ SOLD FOR $12.50 John Wright, The Last Amen (Prestige – Japanese pressing) VG+ (really close to NM) / NM Leo Wright, Soul Talk (Vortex) With Gloria Coleman and Kenny Burrell NM/VG John Young, A touch of Pepper (Argo) VG+ (intact seams but browning on back, hole punch) / VG+ Young Men From Memphis, Down Home Reunion (UA) Booker Little, George Coleman, Louis Smith, Calvin Newborn, Phineas Newborn, Frank Strozier VG (partial seam split and writing on back)/VG- (too many clicks to grade it higher but it really doesn't distract that much from this rare LP)

Actually that's one important difference - an inning is complete when both teams get up to bat, so a baseball game is 9 innings. Certainly though the unique thing about both games is the lack of a "clock". Non-fans hate it and think its boring, but I say a game when you can't run out the clock as in football (either kind) or hockey makes a huge difference in the competition. By the way, really fast, well-pitched games can take about two hours. Games with a lot of offense and pitching changes can go four or more. Add in commercials in a world series or playoff broadcast, and they can go even longer.