GA Russell

Congratulations Jim, Joe and Randy! I was thinking along the same line as Moose - that eight years was about the length of The Beatles' recording career.

Happy Birthday Eric! You seem to me to be a different person without your Kansas Jayhawk logo!

The offensive all star team was announced today. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...lobeSports/home

The Quebec Liberal government is offering to contribute $50 million (if they win the election) to a proposed $660 million Quebec City complex which will include a football stadium for a CFL team and a hockey arena for an NHL team. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/GlobeSports

Today I received an email from JHS saying that I would no longer be required to decline the monthly offer. So if they want to spend money sending me their newsletter each month, I don't care.

This comes as a surprise to me. The Bombers fired Doug Berry today. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...lobeSports/home ***** The league's defensive all-star team was named today. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/New...7389221-cp.html The offensive team will be announced tomorrow.

RIP. Another artist from my youth gone. I read not long ago a critic's comment (could be b.s., I don't know) that Mitchell attempted to apply Elvin Jones drumming to rock music.

LOL at all of you! Lon, I will step back and allow you to be the king of Latin here! I struggled through four years of high school Latin. Each grading period, I would get straight F's, only to be given a D out of pity as the final grade for the semester. I guess it shows, huh?

I noticed this morning that the winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile race the other day was a horse named Albertus Maximus, which is Latin for Big Al. Al, do you have more money than we realize to spend on horse racing? http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/bre...tory?id=3663387

I cancelled my membership tonight. I only placed a couple of orders over the time I was a member. There was always an album or two in each catalogue that appealled to me, but by and large the selection wasn't compelling, and the prices weren't motivating.

Herb Score died Tuesday. If you ever see the film clip of the ball hitting his face, you'll never forget it. I have read that Gil McDougall was never the same player after that either. I read an interview a few years ago in which he said that it was not widely known that after he recovered from his injury he developed a sore arm, and that caused him to lose his greatness. From the AP: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,2234049.story Herb Score dies at 75; Cleveland Indians pitcher turned to broadcasting after line drive altered his pitching career Email Picture Mark Duncan / Associated Press Cleveland Indians broadcaster Herb Score waves to the crowd as he is honored before a game in 1997. Score died on Tuesday at his home in Rocky River, Ohio. Associated Press 4:25 PM PST, November 11, 2008 Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday at his home in Rocky River, Ohio, the team said in a statement. He was 75 and had needed a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2002. A hard-throwing left-hander, Score pitched for the Indians from 1955 to '59. He was named American League Rookie of the Year in 1955 after going 16-10. He went 20-9 in 1956 and was twice named to the All-Star team. He also led the American League in strikeouts in 1955 and 1956. But Score's career took a sad and nearly tragic turn on May 7, 1957, when Gil McDougald of the New York Yankees lined a ball off Score's right eye, breaking his nose and a number of bones in his face. As Score lay on the field covered in blood, the public-address announcer asked the crowd at Municipal Stadium, "If there is a doctor in the stands, will he please report to the playing field." Fearful of being hit again, Score changed his pitching motion, with less than favorable results. After two losing seasons in Cleveland he pitched parts of three seasons with the Chicago White Sox. He didn't win more than nine games a season after the injury and retired in 1962 with a 55-46 record and 837 strikeouts in 858-plus innings. "Herb Score . . . would've been just as good if not better than Sandy Koufax if it wouldn't have been for his injury to his eye," Bob Feller, a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Indians, said Tuesday "And Sandy Koufax was the best pitcher I ever saw in my lifetime. Herb was a very dear friend of mine." Not long after ending his playing career, Score began a second one when he joined the Indians' TV broadcast team in 1964. He moved to radio in 1968, where his deep voice and thick New York accent became a fixture for generations of Indians fans. He retired from broadcasting after the 1997 season, his 34th in the booth. Score was named to Cleveland's 100th anniversary team in 2001. He was inducted into the Indians Hall of Fame in 2006. From the outset, Score showed as much promise as the three future Hall of Famers -- Bob Lemon, Early Wynn and Feller -- he joined on the Cleveland staff. During his 1955 rookie year, Score recorded 245 strikeouts, a rookie record that stood until 1984, when it was broken by the New York Mets' Dwight Gooden. Score followed that up by going 20-9 with a 2.53 earned-run average and a league-leading 263 strikeouts in 1956. But the solidly built lefty had an awkward pitching motion that left him vulnerable to balls hit back through the mound. Although the Indians languished for decades during Score's broadcasting tenure, his last game was Game 7 of the 1997 World Series. As it turned out, the Indians blew a ninth-inning lead and lost it in the 11th, missing a chance to end a World Series title drought dating to 1948. Score offered a brief personal send-off to listeners that night. "And so that is the season for 1997," he said. "And there's very little else we can say except to tell you it's been a pleasure. I would like to thank all the fans for their kindness over the years. You've been very good to me. And we hope that whoever sits in this chair next, you'll be as kind to them as you have been to me." Score was born June 7, 1933, in Rosedale, N.Y. He was signed by the Indians as an amateur free agent on June 7, 1952. He is survived by his wife of more than 40 years, Nancy, and three children.

Happy Birthday S.O.W.!

Breaking news: The Roughriders have released Michael Bishop! You may recall that I commented at the time that when the Riders released Marcus Crandell, it was the only time I was aware of that a team in first place released its starting quarterback. As I recall, they had only lost one or two games, and had suffered many injuries. As it turned out, they never did settle on a quarterback for the remainder of the season. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** Fourteen (!) Bombers played out their options this year and are set to become free agents. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Chuck, where did you find that great price? From an Amazon "seller" "importcds" for $13.95. I see the offer is gone now Rats!

I hear Bryant's recording fairly often on Sirius. It reminds me of the line dances that were popular ten years ago that I could never do.

Chuck, where did you find that great price?

paps, it sounds like he returned the love he received. I'm sure he was grateful for all you did for him.

Edmonton Eskimos 29....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...aspx?id=4189795 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/GlobeSports Exciting game, particularly because the Winnipeg crowd was so electric from start to finish. Jason Armstead set a Bomber team playoff record with a 93 yard punt return for a TD. This was the fifth time a Western team crossed over for the Eastern playoffs, and the first time they won. This was probably Milt Stegall's last game. ***** British Columbia Lions 33....Saskatchewan Roughriders 12 http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4189841 http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home The score flatters the Riders. The Lions dominated from start to finish. The Riders had four turnovers in the first quarter alone. ***** So both road teams won today. I don't know of another league in which the home field advantage is worth so little in the playoffs as it is in the CFL. Just think of all the Western Finals Wally Buono has lost at home in Calgary and BC. ***** Versus, the cable network which carries the NHL, will carry the Grey Cup game Nov. 23. Versus serves 73 million US viewers. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=s...aspx?id=4189726

Look again, GA! It's a red letter day for Conn.

Naturally, every artist would like to see every record get five stars. But I would be more interested in the airplay ranking, and Groovadelphia came in at #1 in that one.

I'm very surprised we've gone this far without the word "dick" being used!!!!

Happy Birthday Conn!

Happy Birthday Paul! Hope you get to spend the day listening to your favorite Kennedy administration vocal groups!

Here's another link I forgot to post the other day: Final Team Stats http://stats.globesports.com/cfl/tmleaders.asp ***** Fred Williams Semi-Finals previews http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...aspx?id=4189572

Best wishes Dan!