ghost of miles

The two LPs now available on one CD from FSM. The earlier FSM I-Spy CD is still available as well.

Does seem odd--I'll try to drop him a line.

Giants still fuming about Cousins' collision with Posey. And this tweet tonight from Buster Olney of ESPN:

I watched the video replays on Pedroia's tag of Pierre from the Bosox-Chisox game today, and it sure looked like Pedroia got him...but the Globe has photo-frame stills that make it appear absolute that the call was blown: Pedroia-Pierre Two-run difference from that call.

Pete Abraham passing along a report from a Japanese media outlet that Dice-K has decided to have Tommy John surgery.

Listening right now to the Rockies-Dodgers game--what's the deal with Ubaldo Jimenez this year? Pretty dramatic dropoff in performance so far. BTW, Jsngry, an interesting discussion over at Pinstripe Alley about Ryan/the Rangers' philosophy on young pitchers and innings/pitch counts (this came up in the midst of some talk about the Yankees' pitching prospects Banuelos and Betances:

Twenty hits for Texas through the 9th, with every starter getting at least one. Seems like Texas has turned the Trop into a regular shooting gallery tonight... And I did not realize until today that the A's home stadium is named Overstock.com Coliseum. Recent development, I gather, but rather hilarious/ridiculous-sounding, even in our Brave New World of corporate branding.

Mr. Jsngry: may your Rangers continue beating the pants off the Rays this evening, sir! Dave James and other NY Yanks fans: why do I have the feeling that this year's edition is going to win just enough to keep us hoping that we're not an 87-75 kinda team? And yet somehow I think that's where we may well end up; hopefully I'm wrong. Dan, you've got to be happy with how Boston's playing lately, in spite of the 2nd-game loss to the Tigers yesterday. They've won what, 13 of their last 15 going into tonight? They're playing right now like the team everyone expected them to be.

Up for the holiday.

Look out!

Matthew, your Mariners are sticking it to us again tonight. On paper I still think NY does not look like a .500 team, but damn if they don't continue to play like one, overall... good stretches, bad stretches that all bring the team generally to a .500 level since the beginning of August last year. ESPN's Andrew Marchand nailed some of the ongoing problems yesterday. They've just begun a very challenging stretch of games, and so far they look like perennial also-rans against Seattle.

Thanks. I've dropped a line twice now to a board member who generally gets back to me pretty quickly, and no reply at all so far to either the apparently deleted conversation or the new one.

This week's Night Lights and Afterglow shows both pay tribute to Memorial Day in one way or another. On Afterglow it's I Sustain the Wings: Major Glenn Miller Goes to War With the Army Air Force Band: There is also a longer, 94-minute version of the program linked to at the bottom of the program post. On Night Lights it's Reminisicing in Tempo: Remembrance in Jazz and Popular Song, featuring music from Lou Rawls, Nina Simone, Anita O'Day, Ben Webster and more, with Duke Ellington's 1935 recording of "Reminiscing in Tempo," written in memory of his mother, serving as the highlight of the program. A safe and happy Memorial Day weekend to all.

The Glenn Miller Army Air Force band show is up: Glenn Miller Goes To War With The Army Air Force Orchestra It includes an interview with trombonist and surviving AAF member Nat Peck, historian Michael McGerr, and bandleaders/jazz educators Brent Wallarab and Janis Stockhouse. There's also a 90-minute version of the show online, which includes more music, commentary, and background. It's at the bottom of the linked post above, or you can go directly to the file here. I'll probably post this as a separate thread closer to Memorial Day, but wanted to mention it as part of the Miller AAF thread too.

Then there's always this approach.

Lazaro's Miles Davis tribute on Blue Lake.

Contribution made--thanks as always for providing this wonderful home online for our collective jazz gaggle.

We re-aired East Meets West: Ahmed Abdul-Malik and World Jazz this past week on Night Lights, and it is available for online listening.

The Yankees have a $10 million+ option on Swisher next year with a $1 million buyout--is that correct? I know he's off to a terrible start this year, but I'm not ready to give up on him just yet. He's given us two pretty good years to date, and I'm still hopeful that he'll amp it up as the season goes on. He's been abysmal so far this year, no argument on that, though I still think he brings some much-needed levity to the team. Whether or not we should keep him on after 2012 is a whole 'nother question, given that he'll turn 32 & will probably want more years than the Yankees would be willing to give. That's all contingent, of course, on his showing a big improvement over the course of this season. If he ends this year having batted .220-.230 with less than 20 HRs, yeah, hard to argue that he should be the starting rightfielder.

If a member has "left the conversation," does that mean he/she will not have any notification/evidence/body or otherwise of a PM reply that you've sent?

Great milestone for Mo Rivera today: first pitcher ever to appear in 1000 games for a single team. Incredible! And Jeter's only 24 hits away from reaching the 3000 mark. Definitely good to savor these moments, especially after Pettitte hung up his glove without taking a retirement lap, and after Posada's struggles and unhappiness this year (things hopefully improving on that front), which will almost certainly be his last. Also good to see Andruw Jones hitting two HRs today in a Yankees uniform... man, I still remember that guy giving me absolute fits during the 1996 World Series, when he was a 19-yr-old rookie for the Braves. Glad to see him knocking them out for us now, as opposed to against us. And hey, I thought the AL East was tight, what with NY/Boston/TB all within 1.5 games of one another, and the last-place Orioles only 4 back... but take a look at the AL West right now: Texas Rangers 26 24 .520 -- Los Angeles Angels 25 25 .500 1.0 Seattle Mariners 24 25 .490 1.5 Oakland Athletics 23 26 .469 2.5

Great walkoff win by the Yanks tonight! Man, that felt like a 2009 game... so glad to see Posada jumpstart the 9th with that pinch-hit double (and then run out to join the celebration after Tex's gamewinning hit). And Curtis Granderson... Curtis Freakin' Granderson!

At 28-15, Cleveland is the only team in the American League right now with anything resembling a dominating W-L record. In that same vein, the AL East continues to be a real logjam. Assuming Chicago holds on to their miraculous turnaround lead against Boston, the standings will look like this at the end of the night: New York Yankees 24 20 .545 -- Tampa Bay Rays 25 21 .543 -- Boston Red Sox 24 21 .533 0.5 Toronto Blue Jays 23 22 .511 1.5 Baltimore Orioles 20 24 .455 4.0