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Here we go again: Luis Severino will undergo Tommy John surgery This after pitching all of 20 innings last year, and means he's not back until late next season.

Singled out by Nate Chinen in his tweet of the article--I love the part about Sonny thinking "Who's that guy?"

We re-aired Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City Part 1 with Mark Stryker this past week, and it remains archived for online listening. Part 2 is re-airing this week and will be posted online for the first time as well.

Is that the material on Twins I and II? If so, yes. This era also well-captured on that Resonance CD that came out a couple years back.

Gerrit Cole making his first start in a Yankees uniform tonight against Pittsburgh, but neither YES nor the Pirates’ TV outlet are broadcasting it. Man, it was nice to watch a little bit of baseball this past weekend, though! The Rays are going to be very, very good this year, like 100+ wins good IMO. And because they’re the Rays, they might just roll out another outside-of-the-box innovation (though this one requires having two exceptionally fleet outfielders and, if implemented, is highly unlikely to become as widespread as their “opener” concept): Two-man outfield? Here’s how the Rays could do it

That's some vintage Indiana jazz right there! Right now:

Latest update for this oft-delayed set: Dear #HipHopHistory makers, We are grateful for your continued support throughout the production of this project! We can’t thank you enough for your engagement and patience as we progress towards this historic release. As a token of our appreciation, we'll be sending you an additional reward just for #HipHopHistory project backers: a poster illustrating some of the artists featured on the box. The poster is designed by award-winning illustrator Robert Generette, whose work is featured in the box set as well. Generette has worked with the likes of ESPN, Nike and the NBA. We’re excited to announce that nearly all the parts needed to assemble the Anthology have been completed: all the 9 CDs, the CD holders, the slipcase and the book cover. Check out the photos below! Unfortunately, we’ve had delays in completing the inside of the book. In preparing the written content for design, we had to take a different editorial approach which required further revisions and the addition of new voices. With the support of hip-hop experts and veterans, we've made tremendous progress. Over the coming weeks we will be finalizing the text so that Cey Adams can begin his deep dive into designing the book. We sincerely apologize for the continued delays, but we’re thrilled that we’re so close now! We anticipate that we can send the completed product to Kickstarter backers well before the end of 2020. We can't wait to share the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop & Rap with you! Stay tuned for more updates as production ramps up!

Here's a Night Lights show I did about this topic: Jazz, Spiritually Speaking ... which overlaps somewhat with a post I wrote for NPR's Take Five series: Wade In The Water: Five Jazz Takes On Spirituals Deep waters to wade in!

Thanks for the heads-up. I posted on Loren’s FB thread that I’m in for any such campaign.

Classic indeed! I went on a Dream Syndicate binge last summer. Watched Dazed And Confused with a friend last Saturday (I’ve probably watched that film at least a dozen times since it first came out in 1993) and have been listening obsessively to this golden oldie ever since (it plays at the end of the Moon Tower party scene). Nice live version here from Winterland 1976:

Frank told me about this project when I had lunch with him a year ago in New York City (he had just done his recording for it the week before). Very glad to hear that it's coming to fruition!

The Four Tenors!

Dodgers’ Justin Turner rips Manfred Don’t blame him one bit. And now Manfred has said that Astros players admitted the cheating continued throughout the 2017 postseason?! Strip them of their title and take away their “piece of metal” (since it’s “just a piece of metal,” the Astros won’t boohoohoo too much, right?) Maybe ban them from the postseason for 2020 and 2021 as well. Let them slog through two 162-game seasons knowing that it’s all for naught. In the meantime, Mr. Manfred is expressing vigilance about one thing: protecting the Astros from getting beaned. Frustration grows over Manfred’s edict to protect Astros from beanballs

Washington Post sportswriter John Feinstein: “Given the severity of the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, it would be almost impossible for the cover-up to do any more damage to the game of baseball. But the Astros and Commissioner Rob Manfred are giving it their best shot.” In the Astros scandal, Rob Manfred has made a bad situation worse LeBron James, one of the most respected athletes in the world, calls out Manfred, says “Fix this for the sake of sports” In a lineage of less-than-glorious MLB commissioners, Rob “the World Series trophy is just a piece of metal” Manfred has still managed to make a name for himself.

Playlist for the Tuesday classic-jazz show: Classic Jazz Tuesday Feb 18, 2020

This Night Lights program includes commentary from bassist and IU jazz faculty member Jeremy Allen about Jaco's musical significance: "The Greatest Bass Player In The World": Jaco Pastorius

We re-aired "The Jackie Robinson Of Television": The Nat King Cole Show this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

Revisiting this one:

Any updates on the forthcoming Desmond Mosaic? Do we have any idea how many CDs it will encompass?

They're also letting teams carry 26 players this year, as opposed to the previous 25. And haven't they eliminated expanded September rosters? A friend of mine who's a Milwaukee fan says that this and the 3-batter rule will do in the Brewers.

Disgruntled baby and National League MVP Cody Bellinger rips Astros' "weak" apology, Manfred's light punishment