Dan Gould

Well today certainly proved that you never know in baseball. I was pretty much resigned to the Yankees taking over first place, figuring: Young Mr. Weaver would give us fits Beckett was due for a bad start -Plus- RJ has been pitching well for the Yanks the guy going for the D-Rays was 2-9 with a horrible ERA Guess this was a "reverse lock", huh?

Are we comparing summer events to summer events? Doesn't the city empty out this time of year?

I'd be curious, but I'd also hope that it isn't some recording after Basie became a ghost band. I know it was still a pretty good group, but I'd be more interested if this were some sort of a '60s date.

Only 10 people so far? C'mon, its a good BFT, I swear. How about you, Free For All? I picked out a couple of trombone cuts with you in mind ...

I know that debtors have certain rights with collection agencies, like telling them not to contact at work, but what are the rights of individuals getting harrassed by a company that has the wrong person? My wife got a credit card offer in the mail (addressed to "Suzanne" not "Susan"), which turned out to be an offer wherein 1/2 of her "debt" (which they claimed was over $13000) would be forgiven if she opened this credit card account. So she calls the 800 number and they asked for the last four of her social security number to prove that she isn't the person they're looking for, they seem real apologetic and that's that. Til today, a scant two days later when we got a voicemail message insisting that she call immediately to clear up her "account". I swear, if I get one more call from these bozos I'm going to go ballistic on their asses. But in the meantime, does anyone know what the rights of the falsely accused are in this situation? Thanks.

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.