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Even as a Braves fan, have to agree that guy had no business tossing him there....man, some of the umps really suck right now, don't they??? That was a ridiculous ejection, and that umpire should be sent back to the minors immediately. Just the way he acted after the first call was bush league.... Didn't look like he went, at least from the angles on the video, but those kinds of judgement calls occur almost every game. Howard is a veteran and should know enough to keep his cool, especially in an extra inning game where his team is short handed. As for sending the umpire back to the minors, does a team do that when a young player goes hitless in his first game in the majors? Well, maybe if George Steinbrenner was the owner, but he was a unique case. (I'd be more blunt about George, but he's gone, so I'll let it be.) Some players (and managers) want umpires to be held accountable to a higher standard than they are. I think both calls could have gone either way. Anyway, it's not the calls that is important in this case; it's the umps overreaction to the players that I have trouble with. I mean when have you EVER seen a ref mock a player in the NFL, NHL, NBA, etc. before last night?? And this isn't the first time during this call up that he ejected a player after tossing their equipment in disgust after striking out. I can't tell you how many players I've seen toss their helmet/bat after striking out against Halladay or Hamels this season. No, his act belongs in the bush league not in the majors. And to your second point - off the top of my head I can name 3 Phillies minor league call ups(Drew Carpenter, Vance Worley, & Scott Mathieson) this season that where sent down after 1 game. In the case of Worley and Mathieson they were sent down after pitching one inning. So it happens. There are 2 more games left in this series so I'm guessing Barry will call 1st base/home plate at some point. Or maybe they just stick him at 2nd/3rd. It will be interesting to see what happens. That ejection was uncalled for, plain and simple. That's two bad calls agains the Phils in two days. These umps suck!!

Howard also tagged him out! What a ripoff.

Thanks all

This came out recently. Any opinions? Thanks in advance. http://www.emiclassics.com/releaseabout.php?rid=49764

I've really come to enjoy his comics and jazz reviews. I may never have heard of Joe Maneri without his mentioning him. I'll miss him. http://jazztimes.com/articles/20080-playing-it-by-ear-john-laporta http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A82077

Have a good one!

Happy Birthday (Yom huledet sameach)!

What's your address? Nobody messes with Zoot!

This has been a golden age for jazz fans, as far as reissues are concerned. Unfortunately, this golden age appears to be coming to an end. Just sad.

Happy Birhday!!!! And thanks for your commitment to the music!!!

Happy Birthday, my man.

Dag! I've been eagerly awaiting this book for years! I'll probably be dead by the time it comes out. Where does Larry live and is there an easy way in?

Anyone know the status of this book? Does this mention on Amazon.com mean anything? Thanks. http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Bud-Powell-Peter-Pullman/dp/0374112614/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272392496&sr=8-1

Any word yet?

Man, that is so cool!!!!! Thanks

I hate Duke. The New York Yankees of college basketball. They get their pick of high school recruits every year.

I think I'll go wash out my eyeballs now. God, they suck.

I'm a huge Iggles fan, as well, and I kinda like the trade. Let's face it, the Eagles are going nowhere for a couple of years. The Cowboys are MUCH better (as are the Saints and Vikings). The upcoming season was Donavan's last on his current contract. If they had kept him and not extended his contract, the 2010-11 season would have been a complete circus. This way, they get some nice return without having to shell out the big bucks it would have required to keep McNabb and win nothing. The Eagles front office is a shrewd bunch. They know what they are doing. The Redskins, on the other hand, have demonstrated complete incompetence when it comes to roster moves. They are always trying to buy championships with big free agent signings and never get anywhere. Let's wait and see.

They sound basically the same to me. I think the RVGs are a marketing tool to get people to buy the same music with a little tinkering and extra photos. That's it.

At the moment... Chopin: Preludes, Impromtus, Barcarolle & Berceuse - Alfred Cortot Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 9 (Karajan w/ BPO) Debussy: Préludes for Piano, Books 1 & 2 (Paul Jacobs) Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 - Konstantin Scherbakov Bartok: The Piano Concertos / Anda, Fricsay, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Zoltán Kocsis plays Bartók (Box) Works of Igor Stravinsky (Box) Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Webern / Maurizio Pollini Benny Goodman, Collector's Edition [Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Aaron Copland (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Morton Gould (Composer), Bela Bartok (Composer), Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Béla Bartók (Performer)]

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I really never warmed to him, but I really appreciated his tip of the hat to Les Paul.

Just heard this for the first time. Really nice cut! Thanks.

Damn. Link is gone.