Dan Gould

There are some nice Percy France memories here from Allen Lowe. Between the two of you he sounds like a helluva good guy.

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Dave, Its ten years in the league/5 years with the same team to have trade veto power. Not 5/5. Lee is a free agent, that's why the Brewers finally made a deal because after a short discussion they knew they couldn't re-sign him. But no first-time free agent is going to have veto power on a trade.

You had a girlfriend who dug Stitt/Peterson and you let her get away??

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Are you sure Jon Hart isn't still the GM, Big Al? Typical Stupid Ranger Trade, pitching needed, trade for a free agent hitter. And give up a pitcher to get him!

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Joe's post of the classic Onion article about the tenth circle of hell opening up made me think of this one. I'm going to need to think about it, but I'm leaning towards John Tesh.

Man, how often do you get an opportunity to connect "Dick Rising" to "Peter North"? Carry on.

Well Chuck hearing the recording, this is not a multi-generation source. Its clearly straight from the soundboard to reel to digital. One generation from the source. I love all eras of B.B. but its very rare to find recordings much earlier than this. Listening to these tracks he's sounds as strong as the Blues is King album or Live at the Regal.

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Speaking of Fillmore recordings, a truly rare and sure to be spectacular recording has appeared on Dime: Two sets of B.B. King, first generation CD off of soundboard, live at the Fillmore East in 1971. The seeder says "I just got the ok to put up" but I am guessing that OK came from his source, not B.B. or this guy who bought the tapes. Don't snooze and lose!

Cool that Blue Note is going to document the festivities, though I presume these are one-offs and they haven't signed KB or Wilson.

They suck. Yankees are lucky. I'm nauseous.

He's tellin' the truth! Some nice nuts nuts to crack, some weird stuff, some of the type that makes you kick your ..... for not recognizing the players instantly ..... that said: Dan: the discs arrived here today. Thanks for prompt service. I will have an internet connection and a hi-fi at my disposal in the house where we stay from the 14th, so everything will be fine. Been listening to disc one this afternoon, a real fun compilation, I nailed one track so far. wow that was fast, Mike. Glad you're digging disc 1.

I'm not posting a link here, Marcus, so you need to send me your email for the yousendit link.

Well I damn sure hope the clubhouse doesn't think as you do, cuz the Big Hurt is kicking the crap out of us right now, so we need some help, bad.

She did the spoofs at least 6 years before she ever appeared on the children's show. Then she never should have mentioned them to her employer. Well, that was the reason why she was shit-canned, wasn't it? right back atcha, slick.

Yes, I think she should have been fired, because she was the host of a children's program. If those spoofs are running at a time when kids could see them, no parent should be expected to explain what the nice lady from their kid's favorite show is talking about.

Up for more. Any interest from the usual BFT contingent? couw? Jim R.? Jim S.? I got some good (good) stuff on here and some good (weird) stuff too!

There's no reason to blow a gasket. You're down 3-0 and about to fall behind the Yankees in the wild card chase. Like they say, scoreboard. I'm laughing right now, but I bet its Ozzie who blows the gasket.

Agreed, except tha it was Matthew who made the point about touching in the workplace.

I'm not giving up yet. Seems to me you've got two things working in your favor: I'm pretty sure you can pound on Jaret Wright's pitches One of the problems I see the Yanks having is the inability to go for the jugular and finish off a team with a sweep. They haven't won more than 5 in a row, and without specifically looking up the stats, that has been the pattern, and its kept them from ripping off the kind of long streak they've needed to make a move. The only team they manage to sweep is the White Sox who are in free fall, and we all know Texas has more sac than the defending champions, don't we? Well, with all due respect Dan, as much as you wanna rag on the White Sox, don't forget that the Red Sox didn't repeat, either. Do we rag on them for that? Yeah, but at least we made the playoffs. By the end of the day, the White Sox may be out of the playoff hunt, and at this point I don't see how anyone can predict that they will hold off Minn. or the Yanks. So yeah, I would say that if you make major improvements to your team and then fail to make the playoffs in your title defense, you deserve to be ragged on. The Red Sox had plenty of excuses: they effectively lost their closer and their ace for the entire season. The White Sox added a HoF slugger and a very good starter, and they're about to collapse like a wet taco. the interesting question now is, what desperation move will they try in the final few days before the deadline?

Anyone else see this as contradictory? Don't care if you like it but if you don't recognize beauty when you hear it you aren't listening. who doesn't like "beauty"?