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I don't think so. In the Mid-Atlantic states we get a variety that only comes out once every 14 years! Do they really come out every summer where you live? How about in the south? The noise they make might be associated with mating. Sounds like a crowded noisy bar with partying going on! They sure are a topic of conversation when they appear around here!

What a surprise! Well, I guess we know what Larry King's covering tonight.

Well, Manny did it with a walk off single and an error by Baltimore's left fielder in the bottom of the 10th. Can't beat those guys!

See this New Yorker article where the Wikipedia founder predicts the demise of Britannica and triumph of Wikipedia in 4-5 years. Delusions of adequacy! http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060731fa_fact

I am probably even more cynical today than BeBop. Will they be remembered 150 years from now? Are they remembered well today? The entry for Brittney Spears in Wikipedia is longer than the entry on Louis Armstrong! Of course, Wikipedia has a strong bias toward entries by people consumed with pop culture. Entries on pop culture have the same value and weight in Wikipedia as those things that have traditionally gone into an encyclopedia.

Trash the NL if you want, but every game in last year's World Series could have gone the other way. Brutal games. Some of you well said, if it involves Chicago and Houston, it is of no interest at all. It has to have Boston or NY. I don't think any teams from there will be going to the World Series this year. Maybe the Yankees. Doubt it.

Soriano stays in Washington for now. That surprises me. He could have helped a contender, and the folks on National discussion boards thought he could have been had for a few Radio Shack coupons and municipal bonds. Greg Maddux goes to the Dodgers for Izturis, and Julio Lugo goes to Dodgers for a couple of minor league prospects.

I think Hot Ptah got it right. In my own case, when I get aggressive, I've probably been doing the hooch. Too sleepy to talk but not to type! It's a good question. What makes people think they can send false or unreliable info to an online encyclopedia like Wikipedia? Good God, the entry on St. Augustine is not as long as the ones on Brittney Spears and Special Agent Jack Bauer!!! You talk about passive-aggressive behavior there! No sense of proportion or history! One scotch, one bourbon, and a beer...

It's really none of my business, but I think I am hearing spin both from ESPN and Reynolds. I really hope Reynolds' spin is not the worse. You don't get fired just for hugging a lady and she misinterprets it. Not at his level. It goes much deeper than that. If he did something wrong but only THINKS it was a misinterpreted hug, then it might be denial of a problem. Then if ESPN had other reasons to fire Reynolds, and just latched on to an accusation, there's little Reynolds or any of us can do if we are "at will" employees. They can fire us because of nothing if we work at their pleasure. I would give Reynolds the same advice he has been giving A-Rod. Don't talk too much!! Where is my smilie for take this with a grain of salt!

Your written expression is copyrightable, but not your ideas and concepts. Ideas are not protected by copyright. Only tangible expressions. Maybe you are using the word "concept" in a way I don't understand. Under what is not protected by copyright see this quote: "Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration." You might have something that can be patented.

Well, I asked about this in the MLB thread, not thinking it would have its own thread. Have any of you heard that it is really about the ESPN coverage of A-Rod, focusing on that angle during the recent Yanks Rangers series? They are saying he had an encounter, a major disagreement with ESPN, over its coverage. For my money's worth, the trashing has been cruel, borne of jealousy of his money more than anything. I mean in the stadiums. If Reynolds had issues with ESPN about it, I wouldn't blame him. Then again, I hear the Yankee fans booed Mickey Mantle during his heyday. Guess they want to be known for being tough, by which I mean "semi-tough." Two cents.

Any idea why ESPN fired Harold Reynolds? I liked him and thought he gave good commentary. I have heard a couple of theories, but what have you heard?

Southwest Louisiana had a lot of local groups record. Later a term was coined, swamp pop, which I never liked, but the genre still sells well. See Floyd's Records under Swamp Pop. Popular artists were Rod Bernard Jivin' Gene Cookie and the Cupcakes Johnny Allan Randy and the Rockets Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs Tommy McLain T.K. Hulin Warren Storm Phil Phillips Dale and Grace Charles Mann The Boogie Kings Lil Bob and the Lollipops

Did anybody mention Johnny Cash? I Walk the Line Folsom Prison Blues Get Rhythm Big River I Still Miss Someone Train of Love Come in Stranger Home of the Blues There You Go

Awesome come from behind victory for the Nationals over the Yankees on Fox today. 2-2 early going. Then the Yanks went ahead 9-2 in the fifth. Then the Nationals chipped away and won against Rivera 11-9.

NO! Proud flip flopper here!

My country rock lps by New Riders of the Purple Sage, Grateful Dead, Great Speckled Bird, Byrds, Ian Matthews.... Canned Heat; Fleetwood Mac when it was Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan; John Mayall Back to the Roots Savoy Brown, Hellbound Train Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure Neil Young, Harvest and On the Beach Band, Big Pink and brown album Got just about all of Fahey if that counts

I misread that as The Voice of Revival Tires and couldn't understand what y'all were talking about. I am probably one of the four people Revival Tires would like to go to Hell.

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Salutes.....Boxcar Willie! Slim Gaillard, Slim Whitman....The Songs of Big Mama Thornton Jon Hendricks scats Eddy Arnold

I've been a Houston fan since the time they were the Colt 45s! One they should have listed was trading Rusty Staub to Montreal. He was an all-star player there, and a local favorite for the Louisiana fans like me. In those early days it seemed like every time they traded somebody, that player became a star for another team. Mike Cuellar went to Baltimore and was one of that 4 man rotation that were all 20 game winners (the last time that happened, probably!) Now I am in the DC area and a Nationals fan. Too early to call the Soriano deal a big failure, in my opinion. Conventional wisdom is that he'll be a free agent after this season and sign with the highest bidder, but you never know. Wilkerson is a good guy and I wish him well with the Rangers.

Well, it takes more than money, I think. He'll be a king in Houston for the rest of his life if he returns or even retires, but not so much if he goes to Boston. At least that's what I thought I heard Gammons think out loud.

Nobody much follows the AL East anymore, but is anyone counting out Toronto just yet? Wild card is as likely to be Detroit as anybody East. Clemens got a good offer from someone he might not be able to refuse: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48399

I think Bonds will just pass Ruth and retire soon afterward before passing Aaron, don't you? He looks like he's playing in so much pain. What was his point with passing Ruth? Ruth will always be a greater icon in baseball history. How many seasons did he spend pitching? I thought he held some pitching records for many years before he ever was the home run hitter. He changed the game. Passing Ruth meant something for Aaron at the time, but what is the point now for Bonds? I just don't see it. Is it all about spiting his enemies in the press?

Nice article by Ryan, Mr. Gould! As I was reading about comparing athletes from different eras, I was also thinking about comparing musicians from different eras. Slippery slopes.

I am pretty disoriented right now. Last week we saw Yankees Red Sox 3 times on ESPN. This week who are these teams? CHICAGO has a team? Who knew from TV?