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Consider the following possible scenario: Yankess, Red Sox, Cleveland & Anaheim all wind up with identical records. I know that the Yankees would win the division because they won the season series with Boston and Boston would get the wild card. Who gets home field advantage through the playoffs and World series- how is that decided in this scenario? Anybody know the answer to that one?

They show 6 people with the same name(Philip Quirk), but one is my father, who died about 4 years ago(old database). I also went on MSN.com to their white pages for the same name in NYC and found that they STILL list my father. I once Googled my name and found an Australian photographer(no relation).

Don't know if it's been commented on, but I vaguely recall seeing somewhere that HGH improves visual acuity. Ankiel/Bonds/Sosa etc- cheaters who didn't even 'fess up! Oddly enough, Giambi apologizes for using and THAT"S the guy Selig calls in! When Ankiel sets some records he should be pilloried as badly as Bonds is now- that to me is the big difference between the two as far as reaction. But a cheater is a cheater...

The following is actually a true story. I went to the wedding of a friend in 1985, and at the wedding a pretty woman caught the bouquet. I wanted to meet her, so when the garter toss came along I stood in front of another friend who is 6'4"(I'm 5'8"). My theory was correct, and the garter hit his hand and got jostled down to where I caught it. Of course, I got to meet the woman when I put the garter on her leg in front of a few hundred people. I asked her for a date, and while dating we found we had some mutual friends and that she grew up about 12 blocks away from me! We have our 20th anniversary on the 26th.

That is WILD!!! I'd love to catch them live, it looks like they're a whale of a party band.

Check out the steaming piles of excrement streaming from Stanley Grouch: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/col/crouch/index.html Stanley Crouch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A cautionary tale on the dangers of never growing up -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, September 3rd 2007, 4:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are many things attached to the horror story of star NFL quarterback Michael Vick participating in the barbaric sport of watching two dogs trained to kill go about tearing each other apart. Though people like Geraldo Rivera have gone on the record assuming that the national black community will come behind Vick because of the attention, the weight and the charges to which he has pleaded guilty, I doubt it. Like every other minority group of Americans - including Catholics - black people can sometimes be manipulated by the idea of group solidarity. But, also like everybody else, black people are usually too shrewd to be hustled by those who try to hide indefensible sins behind ethnicity. However uncomfortable it might be to swallow, disappointment in human behavior is almost always faced in the long run. Apologies may throw people off for a short while, but they only go so far. There are a number of things that stand out about Vick and separate him from most of the black Americans we see celebrated in the media. First, he is not only very dark in skin tone but he is also inarguably one of the handsomest men in the entire United States. Were he an equally attractive and talented actress, his smoky color would have kept him from starring roles in film or the abundant jobs reserved almost exclusively for light-skinned half-naked rump rollers in hip-hop videos. Second, with his ability to think fast and scramble when necessary (move around quickly in the backfield or carry the ball if no receivers are available), Vick was on his way to becoming one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the sport. He resoundingly shut down a complaint held for many years by black football fans: that black men were rarely chosen for that position because white owners almost never thought they were intelligent enough to handle a role that called for brains as well as brawn. In short, never expect or demand quality thought from a black man; it's asking too much. Thirdly, Vick seems to have joined Mike Tyson and Allen Iverson in becoming a hip-hop athlete - one whose talent, no matter how massive, becomes secondary to embracing the gutter excitements and trashy behavior that hip hop celebrates as a form of ethnic allegiance called "keeping it real." Comedian Chris Rock, in a routine on his "Bring the Pain" CD, refers to such loutishness as "Keeping it real. Real dumb." This was echoed by a Black Entertainment Television host of a hip-hop show who said Vick misunderstood one fact: Some things from one's background need to be left behind and one should not be so naive as to be exploited by the worst elements from his former neighborhood. A great hall of fame black athlete from the days before the multimillion-dollar contracts and endorsements told me when the Dwight Gooden drug problems became big news that the younger players seemed to have not been given the right advice by their parents. Every temptation from women to drugs had always been waved in the faces of athletes. It was in their interest to turn away from them. They needed to be adults, not bad little boys in the bodies of men. Perhaps that ugly adolescent streak that has dogged American men in so many instances is the real problem and the one that Michael Vick alluded to when he publicly apologized and said that he needed to grow up. Although Americans have long worshiped youth and childlike behavior, we can see in the arrogantly imbecilic actions of a Paris Hilton or a Lil' Kim that the problem of immaturity transcends color, sex and the class of one's background. It is a disease of the mind and the spirit that we all need to disavow and step away from. Perhaps we will, but that is a freedom that demands more than a notion. scrouch@nydailynews.com Digg Del.icio.us Newsvine Reddit Furl Stumble Upon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Crouch Stanley Crouch is a columnist, novelist, essayist, critic and television commentator. He has served since 1987 as an artistic consultant at Lincoln Center and is a co-founder of the department known as Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 1993, he received both the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a MacArthur Foundation grant. He is now working on a biography of Charlie Parker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions Update E-mailSign up to receive daily newsletters --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Are these Goldberg variations Magnificient?

To my ears this is one of those discs that is best listened to in small bursts, not all at once. I reach for it sometimes but I'll only play say, 5-7 cuts and then move on to something else. At that level of exposure it serves to 'clean out' my ears and I'm refreshed and ready to be a bit more 'open-eared'. I play handball on Sundays and my friends have dubbed me the 'maestro' because I make up discs every week and bring the boombox to play them on. I like to slip in a few cuts here and there from 'Spy vs. Spy' and my friends, who are not big jazz fans(but quite tolerant) almost always get a chuckle out of that. In fact, for this Sunday...

Sorry to hear that, Mark. I have two cats and I can understand how you feel. My condolences

Well, I guess one man's bombastic is another's layered and complex? I went to Birdland last Thursday(first set) to see them and I thoroughly enjoyed them. At Birdland Tolliver was well miked and he soloed some, but he was more absorbed with conducting the band. I wish I remembered the names of the players, but the alto player and couple of the trumpet players stood out. The drummer(Hutchinson?) really drove the band hard, and they were tight and explosive.

First words "Bush is still president?", goes back into coma

I got it recently and I have to say that the tracks that were not on the "Havana Jam" discs were pretty good. I was hesitant because I had "Havana Jam" and it was not very special at all. It sounded like an ordinary jam. The actual live tracks are much better.

If you paid by Paypal you also have recourse through them, but I would first go to Ebay's resolution center. Watch you dates on the feedback- you may be getting close to the end of the feedback period.

"Gus, your wife can't climb stairs but she can climb the f**k out of a tree"

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" Now that's a fire!"

It is ironic that the sports network does such a lousy job of covering sports. I would like to see the game, please. I don't need 2/3 of the screen loaded with meaningless graphics with irrelevant stats. I'd like the news delivered without sarcasm, smirks and catchphrases. I'd like annoncers who actually know something about sports besides " When I played..." I know, I Know, I'm asking too much.

SI had an article about him and a few other players some time back. Campbell takes about 5-10 minutes to(barely) get up a few stairs, and he can't stand for long.

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Bumpin' for eyeballs...

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Hello all, I have some discs for sale below. Price includes postage in the lower 48- elswhere at cost. Please note the I will be out of town for a few days, so the earliest I can mail anything is Monday. Everything for sale is in very good shape. Please PM if interested. In case of competing PMs, earlier one wins. here they are: Gil Evans 'Bud & Bird' big band on Projazz(1987) $5 Gil Evans 'Farewell' big band on Projazz(1988) $5 Gregg Bendian & Interzone- 'Requiem for Jack Kirby' $5 Defunkt 'A Blues Tribute' $5 Reggie Nicholson Concept 'Unnecessary Noise Allowed' $3 VSOP- 'Live Under the Sky(2 discs) $8 Voodoo Dogs- $5 Children on the Corner- 'Rebirth' $4 Los Hombres Calientes- 'Vol 4: Vodou Dance'- $4 Tangerine Dream-'220 Volt(Live)- $4

Jazzkat, You are 18 now, so in NYS you can buy a house, vote, marry, serve on a jury, etc, but you can't(legally) have a beer. So you're responsible enough to make lifetime commitments, but not enough to have a beer! Hope you enjoyed it.

I tossed a few bucks onto the pile a few minutes ago. Jim, many many thanks for making this the best place to hang online.