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  1. I really wonder when the last time was that Mo gave up a grand-slam. He's certainly given up some big hits from time to time over the course of his career, but that was a distinctly un-Mo-like moment. Joba has been lights-out of late but also struggled badly in the 8th. Then, in the bottom of the 9th, the Yanks' two weakest and #8/#9 hitters get on, only for Jeter, Gardner, and Tex to all strike out. At least we took the series, but a disappointing way to lose the last game for sure.
  2. Best birthday wishes to the best jazz critic in America!
  3. Eye-popping stat from Yankeeland: after today's game, catcher Francisco Cervelli is 10-13 with runners in scoring position this season. NY is skipping Vasquez and going with Hughes and CC against Boston at the start of next week. Javy will pitch Friday against the Mets instead. Not sure "protecting" Javy from the Bosox is the best thing for his confidence, esp. after he pitched so well against Detroit; I would've rather seen Girardi simply push the rotation back a day, going with Javy and Hughes against Boston. Hughes has been dominant, but CC's been shaky his last couple of starts.
  4. Excellent news! Makes me want to go home and break out both the Wildflowers set and the previous Rivers Mosaic... I'm already all ginned up for the Jamal and the Carter-Bradford.
  5. Dan, I don't think it's over for Boston by any stretch of the imagination--they're only 5.5 games out of first, and we're not even 1/4 of the way through the season! Plus the Bosox were supposed to be built around pitching and defense this year, and yet, as you point out, they're tearing the cover off the ball so far. Tonight's NY-Minnesota game--I didn't get a chance to tune in and have been poring over the recaps and highlights. So let me get this straight--Gardenhire intentionally walks Tex to load the bases for A-Rod with one out...then brings in a reliever (Guerrier) against whom A-Rod is already 4-6 with 3 HR lifetime? Wow... we'll take it!
  6. Glad to see this book get such a high-profile review--I'm about 2/5 of the way through and hoping to write up something for the Night Lights site.
  7. Phil Hughes returned the favor for NY, going 7 IP, no runs given up, 8 Ks. I'm starting to feel more confident with Hughes on the mound than even CC...Yankees up 8-0 going into the bottom of the 9th, so, barring an apocalyptic rally, NY will split the doubleheader. Great to see Javy have such a good start earlier today, even if the offense couldn't come through for him.
  8. ... or Dr. Frankenstein's girlfriend?
  9. BTW, anybody interested in this era of Chicago jazz should definitely check out drummer Mike Reed's People, Places and Things project (mentioned several times before here on the board). I wasn't even aware of his ongoing CD series when I started these Chicago shows, but I've gotten very pleasantly hipped to them through other board members...the latest CD, STORIES AND NEGOTIATIONS, features excellent liner notes written by some gent named Larry Kart: Stories and Negotiations ...said CD (the third in Reed's Chicago series) includes several Chicago jazz-scene vets--Julian Priester, Ira Sullivan, and Art Hoyle. Definitely a candidate for the 2010 top 10 list.
  10. What topic(s) got locked down?
  11. Cool. I was just listening to Gary Burton's Carla-songbook album DREAMS SO REAL last night.
  12. E-mail sent re: Aretha and Shelly.
  13. Last week's Night Lights show, with music from Eddie Higgins, the MJT + 3's first LP with Muhal Richard Abrams, Paul Serrano, John Young, Clifford Jordan with John Gilmore, and Ira Sullivan, is now up for online listening: Returning the Call: More From the Unsung Heroes of Chicago Hardbop It's a sequel to an earlier show, Chicago Calling.
  14. Hats off to Valverde--he struck out Swisher, Teixeira, and Rodriguez to save the game for Detroit. Outside of a questionable called third strike on Tex, it was just overpowering, wicked stuff--almost entirely splitters. Joba struck out the side as well in the bottom of the 8th, but much less impressive--it was the 7/8/9 hitters in the Detroit lineup.
  15. If it's the 8th or 9th inning and you're getting beaten badly (whatever our definition of that may be...let's say 5 runs or more going into the 8th), yeah, I think bunting at that point looks more like an out-and-out attempt to simply break up the no-hitter. Down by 4 with the other pitcher not even halfway through the game? At that point it's still very competitive and you're simply trying to get on base and hopefully score, keeping your team competitive. EDIT: Yahoo sports columnist checks in with a yahoo-worthy analysis.
  16. Didn't realize there was a previous Lytle thread (this one didn't turn up because of the misspelling, evidently), but thought I'd mention here as well that there's an article about Lytle in the new issue of Waxpoetics (#40). Sorry I missed out on that Timmons twofer...I have a feeling it was probably dirt-cheap at one point via Newbury, but their price is now up to $45--a little rich for my blood.
  17. Just picked it up today--Ohio Players on the cover, plus articles about Tribe and the Detroit '70s scene, Johnny Lytle, Joe Cuba, and an interview with Smokey Robinson. Looks to be another excellent issue. Wax Poetics #40
  18. Hey Jsngry, you seen Wax Poetics #40 yet? (The one w/the Ohio Players on the cover.) It includes an article about Lytle.
  19. Has anybody else been following Tony Judt's memoir essays over the past year or so in the NY Review of Books? Judt's been a longtime favorite of mine, ever since I read his Past Imperfect (a book about the French intellectual left's Stalinist denialism) in the 1990s...his more recent Postwar is an excellent historical overview of what's happened in Europe over the past 60 years. In 2008 Judt was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, and in 2009 he became paralyzed from the neck down. Despite these significant physical impediments, he continues to write, and has produced a number of remarkable pieces for the NY Review of Books...I just finished reading the most recent one, "On Austerity and Being Jewish" (a two-topic reflection on the postwar conditions in England when Judt was a child, and on his Jewish identity.) Some of the articles are accessible online here: Tony Judt at NY Review of Books
  20. Digging Guru's "Loungin'" right now.
  21. Well, NY's in a pitiful way against the Bosox tonight--A.J.'s getting rocked (and not being helped out at all by having Marcus Thames in left field), and we have no one to bring in to replace him, really--Park's on the DL, Aceves is out for at least three games, and Mitre has to be saved for his start against Detroit. Looks like Boston could make up the run differential for the whole three-game series tonight...glad we at least took two and the series overall, 'cause it ain't happenin' for NY tonight.
  22. ...and you guys moved into a 2nd-place tie with the Mets, who lost to San Francisco today.
  23. Lester looking awfully good against NY through the first two innings--don't think we'll be scoring double-digits tonight. Plus A.J. tends to pitch badly at Fenway.
  24. NY Times already has a response from Rodriguez: Another quote from the Times article: Tampa Bay was down 4-0 at the time. It was the top of the fifth. Longoria's supposed to forego bunting at that point?
  25. Sure is! I also wonder how many have been thrown by someone with 18 or less wins, or sub .500 career numbers?? I smell some Kurk Jems! Interesting question--here's the list, updated to include Braden: MLB perfect games
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