Dan Gould

And what the hell did I do other than point out the error of your ways? No one "Goulded" you off the premises, ya nimrod. Why not bitch at the owners, they're the ones who agreed with my opinion and actually moved your thread(s) to the forum they belonged in.

I would be very curious to know what it is about Cannon that gives you the heebie jeebies and what constitutes the small doses and contexts where you can't avoid the irritation.

Happy birthday to the guy who hipped me to that blessed resource, the Dime!

While no one knows what Concord will do with absolute certainty, I was informed by a friend who owns a predominantly jazz record store in Connecticut that A] She was told nothing would be done to the back catalog and B] Everything she has ordered (and she stocks deeply into the Fantasy catalog) has arrived. So I have no idea what these "hundreds" of reissues are that are"no longer being printed". ****************************** This is indeed sad news and perhaps I can only hope it will spur me to get my act together and force myself to decipher what Bob is saying on those tapes. I certainly expected to transcribe them a long time ago, but life, and Bob's troublesome dental work (which makes understanding his words even harder beyond the not so great audio quality) kept me from slogging through it all. RIP, Bob.

All I can say is, it shouldn't have come down to that kick, but it was cosmic payback for that botched call on the interception. What the hell was the referee looking at to rule it incomplete? And of course the Colts took that and ended up nearly stealing the game. The refs sucked too on that non-call on fourth and short. Last time I checked, if the defense comes across the line and hits someone, and they weren't drawn off, that's encroachment or offsides. Truly a rollercoaster of a game.

And January 14th was announced in September as the date for his Fort Lauderdale appearance. As I understand it, he double-booked and ultimately gave the shaft to Fort Lauderdale.

Congratulations. Apparently it was this gig that he preferred to take rather than the one in South Florida he had previously committed to. And now I have it from the head of the jazz society he screwed around with that he is "not worth the trouble" so there won't be any future attempt to bring him here.

Well, it should be noted that this idea is being propagated on Red Sox discussion boards. I think the Sox are more likely to try to extract Coco Crisp from the Indians or, heaven forbid, Reed from the Mariners, or else look at a three way trade with Oakland that brings Jay Payton back. Trading major chips to get someone who's proven he can't stay healthy is nuts as far as I am concerned.

Except that 2009 doesn't exactly have a full new class either. And if Rickey somehow manages to play a game in the majors, he won't even be on the list either.

Sorry I'm late, Andy. Hope it was a good one.

The follow up to Tavarez is that there are whispers that with so many arms in the bullpen, someone is sure to be traded, with one possibility being Mota & Wells to the Dodgers for JD Drew ... an interesting possibility, I'd be more excited if Drew weren't so injury-prone.

But he's wearing sandals in the winter!?WTF??? That's a Coyote's game, not a Bruins game. It was probably 80 degrees that night. MEANWHILE, great news out of Boston (if the report is accurate): Red Sox Sign Julian Tavarez I tell ya, we may not have a shortstop of centerfielder, but with Tavarez, Seanez & Mota added, plus Timlin and the rookies who figure to make an impact, Hansen and Delcarmen, PLUS a healthy Foulke, there's no doubt in my mind the Sox will have the best bullpen in the majors next year. Especially if Foulke is the Foulke we've known and loved. But either way, with the shakeup in the Yankee bullpen, Yanks fans better hope Mo's arm doesn't fall off and that he doesn't start his inevitable late career slide. But either way, there's no question about it: The Sox have the better bullpen, and to top it off, they added a stud starting pitcher. Add a slim-downed, man on a mission Schilling and I'm ready to start the season with Cora at SS, cuz this team will win plenty of 4-0, 5-2, 3-1 games.

Unfortunately, Greenwell ain't going in, but the streak will start again with Manny.

I agree. And while I think Goose is more deserving that Sutter, I was glad to see that for once the writers looked at player's peak rather than being enamored with a long hanger-on career where "magic" numbers were reached. Hello. (Where's the wave emoticon?) He's wrong though. Most hitters from (for example) the Dodgers, Padres and Athelitics do better on the road. Most Rockies and Red Sox hitters do better at home. Park dimensions that are out of whack with the league norm have a tremendous effect on player stats. He was very strong. He may have lost home runs at Fenway because of the wall, but he did hit 54.4% of his career total there. He also lost fly outs to left field as the Monster ate those up & turned them into to hits so his batting average improved. Here's his home & away HR totals: Home Away '74 01 00 '75 12 10 '76 12 13 '77 27 12 '78 28 18 '79 27 12 '80 11 13 '81 10 07 '82 09 15 '83 16 23 '84 17 11 '85 11 16 '86 10 10 '87 07 06 '88 09 06 '89 01 02 Total 208 174 Sorry it doesn't look sharper - I've forgotten how to format tables. I'm not going to split up your comments, I'll just make several points: Number one, parks like L.A. and Oakland are pitcher's parks. Naturally players on those teams do better on the road. Number two, you are simply wrong about the wall eating up "outs' and padding Rice's BA. Undoubtedly he hit a few off the end of the bat that brushed the wall ... but anyone who watched him in those years knows that he hit far more rising line drives that would have gone out anywhere else, including the Bronx' "Death Valley," but became doubles or even singles at Fenway. Number three, I am fundamentally unimpressed with a split of 54/46 in homers. You act as if Fenway made him what he was ... if the split were even 60/40 I'd almost believe you. But its not. Look at some of those splits, and think statistically for a moment. Would you agree that a difference of three or less in a given year would be negligible and due to chance? Then lets look at his years of dominance, '75 to '86: Four of those 12 years show a significant difference in homer totals favoring Fenway. Three of those 12 years show a significant difference in homer totals favoring road homers. The remaining five years are either split exactly even or within 3 or fewer difference in homers. That might explain why your overall difference is so negligible. Hell, even looking purely at your year-by-year break down, I see 8 years that favored Fenway, 6 that favored the road, and 1 that split evenly.

Now you're just making shit up. But I tell you what, no more pics of Curt until pitchers and catchers report.

I just had to share this image with my Yankee friends: That's photo was taken just a week ago. Have you ever seen Schilling so slender? He sure looks to me like a man on a mission to prove that 2005 was lost to injury and rehab, not declining skills. I think Curt's gonna put up numbers like 2004. Now if Foulke returns to 2004 form, I don't care about Damon, the Sox will be very tough to beat.

There's no doubt whatsoever in my mind that Goose belongs, and as Shaugnessey in the today's Globe suggests, maybe after next year's party for Ripken and Gwynn, Rice and Gossage, two major combatants from the legendary '78 season, will go in together. That would be highly appropriate. Speaking of Rice, Shaugnessey identified Bill Madden of the NY Post as one writer who can't quite pull the trigger for Rice, and it all seems to boil down for him to the fact that Rice didn't reach 400 homers, which is bullshit. But as Rice himself points out, he reached 382 in relatively few seasons. He's listed as playing 16 seasons, but his first was a 67 at bat cup of coffee, and his last season only saw 200 at bats. So in reality, he played 14 1/2 full seasons. Last point I'll make, someone mentioned Fenway as some major factor in Rice's success. As Kevin Kennedy points out on foxsports.com, of course players do better at home; its part of the reason they're on the roster, because they figure to play well at a particular park. But more importantly, its not at all clear that Rice's homer numbers are inflated by Fenway. The guy was so strong, and hit so many screaming, rising line drives, can there be any doubt that the Green Monster actually took homers away from him? I think anyone who watched Rice at Fenway in his prime decade knows the answer.

A classic, and very important for the presence of Ike Quebec. Nowhere near enough was recorded by that man, so I appreciate every bit available.

I've thought about doing that, but I have this fear that even visiting such a site is going to do something to infect my machine or worse yet, find personal info on it, even if I enter the username and password you suggest.

I think he be spammin'.

As I understand it, there's no Vet committee vote this year, but I understand there's some sort of special committee looking at Negro League stars for reconsideration. And that means (I expect) that this man: Will get his due.

I hate to quote myself, but here's a telling reminder from the past, courtesy of ESPN.com: Three guys broke 60%, three guys made it in the next four years. Same thing will happen now.

And one more thing: I'd really like to know who voted for people like Walt Weiss, Gary Gaetti, Gregg Jeffries, hell, anyone who voted for any candidate from Dwight Gooden down. These people have no business casting ballots, they should be banned from any future balloting. They obviously have no clue what it means to be a hall of famer, so I would be curious to see who else they voted for. I wonder what would happen if you eliminated the ballots of fools who think Weiss or Gaetti or Gooden belong, and recalculated the results. I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same fools who refuse to vote for Rice, Gossage, et. al.

Only Sutter made it, which is how I looked at it this morning. Here are the votes: What's ridiculous is an idiot like Steve Phillips is now declaring that Rice, Gossage and Dawson now have no chance at ever getting elected, all because next year is reserved for Gwynn and Ripken. As if these players are dropped from the ballot now. Yeah, 2007 won't be an easy ballot to crack, but the fact remains that from 2008-2010, the only bona fide new candidate is Rickey Henderson. Now I'll admit I'm a bit disappointed that Rice didn't break 70% this time, but I also note that there are three candidates now resting in the 60% range, and I'll go on record right now: By 2010, all three, Rice, Gossage and Dawson will be in.

Anyone responding to any message in their email, whether it appearss to be from ebay or paypal or whatever, deserves what they get. Never follow a link in such an email message. Go to the website yourself and log onto your account there. I hope you sent this to spoof@ebay.com