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  2. Sports teams that you REALLY HATE!!!!!!

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    DaveJames, please feel free to join the Organissimo Yankee Fan Support Group along with yours truly, Paul Secor, and PhillyQ. I've been a Yanks fan since '74 (Bill Virdon era); picked 'em because I was an eight-year-old Civil War buff at the time and a HUGE fan of the North (aka Yankees). Weird reasoning, huh? After the vast desert that was the 80's and the early 90's, the Torre era has been quite a ride!

    I think the only team I can 'fess to absolutely hating is the Dallas Cowboys. :angry: Their smug, "God-is-on-our-side-cuz-we're-Texans" attitude has always put my nerves in a tizzy. I used to give 'em a pass as a kid because Tom Landry was the coach, but when they replaced him with Jimmy Johnson, they went from class to ass. I never fail to crack a smile whenever they lose. ^_^

  3. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Just mentioned this in a PM to Dan, but here's my own "curse" theory regarding the Yanks and why they will lose to the Marlins. Ever since being purchased by George Steinbrenner (who faced criminal charges for financial skulduggery related to Nixon contributions), they have been unable to win a World Series whenever a Republican president is in office:

    Year President World Series

    1976 Ford ® Cin 4, NY 0

    1977 Carter (D) NY 4, LA 2

    1978 Carter (D) NY 4, LA 2

    1981 Reagan ® LA 4, NY 2

    1996 Clinton (D) NY 4, Atl 2

    1998 Clinton (D) NY 4, SD 0

    1999 Clinton (D) NY 4, Atl 0

    2000 Clinton (D) NY 4, NYM 1

    2001 Bush ® Ari 4, NY 3

    2003 Bush ® ????? :o Doesn't look good for the Yanks!

  4. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    What Brad said.

    This is 100%, no fucking doubt about it, Grady Fucking Little's fault.

    Counting the number of times he should have taken Pedro out is like counting the number of times the Sox went to two strikes in Game Six of the '86 World Series.

    1.  Before the 8th inning started.

    2.  When he realized how many lefties were coming to the plate after Jeter.

    3.  After Williams' hit made it 5-3.

    4.  Etcetera, etcetera, AD FUCKING NAUSEUM.

    Grady Little should keep a tape of this game handy for the rest of his worthless life, so that when his children's children ask why he never managed in the major leagues again, he can cue up the 8th inning.

    The Yankees should vote Grady Little a full fucking World Series share.

    Yankee fans are cordially, respectfully and sincerely invited to

    EAT SHITANDDIE

    :excited:  :rmad:

    ;)

    Dan summed things up very nicely, especially to the Yankee Nation. :P

    I think I'll pass on Dan's, ah, "invitation." ;)

    As a Yankee fan I was astonished (and grateful) when Little didn't pull Martinez in the 8th. I was listening on the radio, so I hadn't seen the contact that was being made, but from Joe Morgan & co.'s description it surely sounded as if Pedro had run out of gas. He was at 115 pitches! That said, going into extra innnings I still felt that the Red Sox had the advantage. Going into the bottom of the 10th, Rivera had now pitched two innings (yeah, I know Jeter said Rivera used to be a starter and could've gone longer than 3, but Torre didn't think so--wasn't Contreras warming up when Boone hit his homer?) and Boston had yet to use Wakefield or Williamsen. By the time the bottom of the 11th rolled around, Rivera was now either gone or pitching longer than he had since 1996--and, as I said yesterday, I don't think Torre trusted anybody else in the bullpen against Boston (hence his use of Mussina and Wells last night). This is going to be a big problem for NY against the Marlins; if their starters don't go 7, they get into trouble. And who are they going to start tomorrow night? Contreras? Ya got me... If I had to bet on the Series, I'd give slight odds to the Marlins. I know it won't have the romance of Boston-Chicago (or New York-Chicago, the Series that I--and no doubt Fox--was dreaming of), but game-wise I think it's going to be a great one.

    Much, much respect to the Red Sox. I'll spare you the rest of the sports-announcer cliches, but what other two teams could play 26 times in one year and go down to the wire like that? Talk about adding another incredible chapter to the lore of these two clubs...

    Memo to Grady Little and Dusty Baker: Gentlemen, regarding the overextended use of your aces in the late innings... get a f#%@ing clue!

    Recommended offseason reading: THE YEAR THE YANKEES LOST THE PENNANT, by Douglass Wallop. Published in 1954 and the basis for DAMN YANKEES, but more enjoyable than the musical, IMO. Great baseball novel.

  6. Television (the band)

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    You beat me to it, Eric. I've long wanted to start a Television thread, and now's a great time for one, as Rhino recently re-issued both MARQUEE MOON and ADVENTURE, as well as releasing a concert CD, LIVE AT THE OLD WALDORF, as part of their Handmade series. Lots of good talk about Television in Clifton Heylin's FROM THE VELVETS TO THE VOIDOIDS; they were strongly influenced by Ayler and late Coltrane, among others. Certainly I hear much free jazz influence in Lloyd & Verlaine's guitar lines.

    I'm disappointed by how little the Rhino re-issues add--there is some prime Television sitting in the vaults, much of it with Richard Hell on bass. If you can find the bootleg DOUBLE EXPOSURE, it makes for a worthy addition to the public canon of the band.

  9. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Can't wait to watch the Yanks and the Marlins.....no, won't watch at all if that happens....

    Who's to say that's going to happen? God only knows w/the Yanks and the Bosox this year; NY took the regular season series 10-9, and now they're tied at 3-3 in the playoffs. This will be the first time in baseball history that two teams have played each other 26 times in one year. Like I said yesterday, no way would I count Boston out.

    I think Clemens and Martinez will both throw great games tomorrow night. Torre better hope he can get 7 out of Roger because I don't think he trusts the bullpen against Boston outside of Rivera. Wakefield will undoubtedly be on tap for the Bosox in the late innings. It's gonna be a war of inches...

  12. who are Richard Williams and Harold Alexander?

    in Artists

    Posted

    Richard Williams also was in the Gigi Gryce quintet near the end of Gigi's career and appears on 3 albums:

    Sayin' Somethin'

    The Happ'nins

    Rat Race Blues

    Up for Mike Fitzgerald next time he happens round these parts. I'm at work, but I'll try to check my copy of RAT RACE BLUES when I go home tonight to look for more info on Williams.

  15. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by ghost of miles

    Yanks are goin' back to the Bronx up 3-2!

    Man, I can't believe they took 2 of 3 from the Red Sox in Fenway. No guarantee they'll get the pennant, though--this has been a great series so far, and NY won the season series only 10-9, so I ain't countin' on nothin'.

    Interesting--NY's 7-0 in the playoffs when Mussina doesn't start, 0-3 when he does. He pitched a lot better last night than in his previous two outings, at least.

    C'mon, Cubs!

  16. What happened to Larry Young in 62-63??

    in Artists

    Posted

    Wow, I've never heard that. Of course, I'm not a musical insider in any way. If true, it's a shame. I thought he was a devout Muslim.?

    Never stopped Buhaina. Nor has any religious faith ever kept some of its practicioners from doing things seemingly at odds with their beliefs. I'd heard stories before to the effect that Young had, at the very least, dabbled. It doesn't detract at all from my enjoyment of his music--just makes me bummed if it indeed played a role in cutting his life & career short.

  17. What happened to Larry Young in 62-63??

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by ghost of miles

    Great thread Soul Stream!

    I think I remember reading somewhere that Young frequently jammed with John Coltrane when Coltrane bought his house in Engelwood Cliffs. For some reason, I think it was in the book Chasin' the Trane, though I could be wrong. I wonder is this could have been the time period that this shift occured.

    Just guessing.

    Isn't there alleged to be a tape of a Young/Coltrane practice session floating around somewhere?

    That would be cool to hear. In the liners to 'Mothership' Michael Cuscana writes that no documentation of the events exist. This sounds right, but it could also mean that no known tape exists. It would be nice for something like this to turn up.

    Also not be off topic, but in the liner notes it also said that Larry died in the hospital due to negligence. What was he in the hospital for? And what exactly happened?

    My memory of where I heard that a tape might exist is extremely sketchy. If one does, it's probably in the possession of the estate, which means that it would be up to Ravi & Alice as to whether to release it or not. But so far I can't even confirm the rumor that I heard/read.

    I'll second Chuck's recommendation on the Jimmy Forrest Delmarks.

  19. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Are you presuming that game 6 matchup or has someone said something? Pedro could go on three days rest for game 6, with Burkett or Suppan as backup (or he could do what he did in the Cleveland series, and come in in relief after someone else goes the first 3 or 4.

    Dan,

    That's how it was being reported on one of the wires last night... I don't know if this rotation is still holding true today.

  20. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    A lot has been written, and depending on whether you're a Sox or Yanks fan, you probably agree with one side or the other.

    The bottom line: Pedro lost his cool and his team lost the game. Roger kept his cool and his team won the game.

    If the series goes to a 6th game and returns to New York, perhaps the Yankees should provide minimum security (for attending fans only) and leave the Red Sox to fend for themselves. (That's the Yankee fan in me losing my cool. I actually hope that there are no further incidents anywhere, and that fans can watch some good baseball without any more craziness.)

    P.S. - I like Zip, but for a different reason than most folks. To my mind, he mismanaged the Sox in '78 and allowed the Yanks to win the pennant.

    Verily, I believe not mine eyes! Another Yankees fan on this board? We should form a support group... ;)

    I remember the '78 playoff game very well. My industrial arts teacher allowed me to listen to it on a transistor radio while I was doing shop work; I heard Dent's home run there, and heard Jackson's as I was walking home from school. Beautiful memories! B)

  22. Opus to return!!!!!!!!!!!&

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    I can't remember the details or even when, but I remember Johnston announcing that she was going to end the strip. I've tried to find something about it, but there's nothing on the For Better or Worse website, and I can't find anything anywhere else. Here's hoping it was just a bad dream!

    Oh man, that is a drag. It's another strip that my wonderful :rolleyes: regional paper the Indpls. Star has occasionally banned (remember when Michael's gay friend took his lover to the prom?). It's been a warm, witty, and pretty true-to-life strip--I'll miss it like hell when it's gone.

    Doonesbury, of which I'm a lifelong fan (started reading it when I was 10) thankfully seems to be set to roll along for a good long while... Not as good as it used to be, but I've grown so attached to the characters that it doesn't matter as much to me. (I'm enjoying the recent narrative, resumed--at last!--in the past week, with B.D. and crew mounting a sort of Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now journey up the Euphrates River to take out Uncle Duke, who has commandeered an Iraqi town called Al Amok.)

  23. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    With the game rained out tonite, Grady Little should have some thinking to do. #1, you can skip Burkett and bring Wakefield back for game four (of course that leaves Wakefield for game 7 or an extremely rested John Burkett.

    OR (and I like this idea)

    #2, Let Burkett pitch tomorrow night but switch Lowe and Wakefield so that Lowe pitches game five in Fenway (with regular rest because of the rainout) where he's been awesome all year and let Wakefield pitch game 6 in New York where he's already won and the big field/foul ball area works to his advantage.

    I think Little's choice is obvious.

    I'd probably opt for #2. I doubt that Torre will change his rotation.

  24. ***Home Plate***

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Fair? Zimmer has a plate in his head from a beaning 50 years ago. Pedro nearly takes Garcia's head off, threatens to do it to someone else again. How would you react?

    Crazy!

    I know that theoretically speaking, legally speaking, professionally speaking, that it was wrong of Zimmer to go after Pedro like that.

    But I gotta say I smiled when I watched Z.'s charge on video--he's still got the Zimmer spark. ^_^

    Pretty sure that Zimmer played with the mid-50's Dodgers--correct, Jim? I think I remember his name popping up in THE BOYS OF SUMMER or some other similar source.

  25. Charlie Parker

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    Well, when it comes to the question of, "If you could listen only to one set/era of one artist's music for the rest of your life, what would it be?", the Parker Dial/Savoys give Ellington's Blanton-Webster band some pretty stiff competition as far as I'm concerned, since they'd also top my "most listened to" poll.

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