Was Jack"Hairbredth Harry" pitching? Hamilton was the team's closer in 1966. He'd come in with a lead and allow just enough runs (usually by walks) to keep the lead, usually by ending things with a strikeout. Hamilton was traded to the Angels the next year, where he threw the pitch that en...

Steve Miller, who with his partner Sharon Lee, wrote the popular Liadan Universe space opera novels died on 2/20. I've known Steve for many years (and Sharon for even longer) from science fiction conventions. They've attended Albacon several times. Last November, he contacted programming for the Ast...

The fans stuck with Andrew Young...

But it was clear that DeGrom had poor run support and a bullpen that couldn't hold a lead. Even without modern analytics, it was clear his won-lost record did not reflect how well he pitched.

Schrodinger's ballgame! Is the game alive or dead?

But Norman Rockwell has it covered.

A Wisconsin bar offered free drinks if the Jets lost. When Rodgers went down, there were cheers and the patrons figured they'd have free drinks all evening.

So they thought....

https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2023/9/12/ ... s-jets-nfl

I've just never understood the origin or the purpose of the rule. It seems to exist for no reason other than to stop play for the sake of stopping play. I didn't know, but here's what I found. It goes back to the time when there was no large clock on the field. The ref timed the game with a stopwat...

Thanks to everyone.

Not In college, but finance guru Suze Ormand shared an apartment with John Belushi when they were starting out.

A shortstop and a catcher. Two positions where they're lacking in prospects. <Sarcasm> My first thought. Rule 1: You don't draft [or make down the road trades] based on current positional need Rule 2: See Rule 1 If this was a Now! trade (for, say, AAA guys on the verge of promotion) that's a differ...

A shortstop and a catcher. Two positions where they're lacking in prospects.

<Sarcasm>

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:17 pm

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 8:26 pm Maybe it's Boswell?

Not Boswell. But not Kooz, either. It's Rod Gaspar. Definitely! In

"Who the hell is Ron Gaspar?"

Herman played a new position in the Super Bowl.

No surprise. With Alvarez playing the way he had, Sanchez was 4th on the depth chart with little chance of being called up.

Nido will be gone when Narvaez comes off the IL.

This is insurance. Nido is out of options. Once Navaez returns, there's a chance he'll be lost. His hitting is pathetic, but he's considered a good defender, so another team may snatch him up. They'll need someone at Syracuse who can be called up if Navaez or Alvarez gets hurt. Sanchez has caught in...

Bad news for Nido.

ashie62 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:29 pm One of the very first Mets I remember. Jack Fisher and Jack Hamilton also

Traded for Don Bosch. Man was Bosch hyped and unfairly so

And Don Cardwell, who was an important piece in the 1969 team.

Bosch said from the beginning that Cardwell would make the trade look good.

I'm surprised and touched that people are being so kind.

I'm feeling better, but I'm not sure if I passed the stone. It's still sore, but not as bad as when I went to the ER. In any case, they have given me some drugs to help empty things out.

Thanks again.

This is just another Boomer Esiason, Vinnie Testaverde, and Bret Farvre, all of whom led the team to the Superbowl.

Or not.

MFS62 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:30 pm So, now he can walk? And talk?


Later

Note that his hand in that scene represents something else.

I have no memories of Jed Lowie. I think I blinked at some point.

Drummer Jim Gordon https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jim-gordon-drummer-layla-cowriter-dead-1235555775/ Gordon was a major sessions drummer in LA in the 60s and 70s and was a member of Frank Zappa's Band, Traffic, Derek and the Dominoes, where he co-wrote "Layla." He lived a troubled lif...

Jerry Samuels. The name might not ring a bell, but he wrote and recorded one of the weirdest top 40 hits of the 60. It was one of the few 45s I actually bought.

Yes, he was Napoleon XIV.

R.I.P.

He took classes at my Alma Mater when he was stationed here in Schenectady. The college didn't keep records of it because he was nonmatriculed, but there's no reason to doubt his claim.

What I find most amazing is his fight against the Guinea worm, going from 3.5 million cases a year to 13 last year.

Seemed like a nice guy, but when Pete came along, there was no place for him to play.

I remember him best when someone had a walk-off hit. Dom was injured and used a scooter for one leg and came onto the field to join the celebration.

I'd like to note that, while lovers of J. Giels Band's Full House are certainly correct in recognizing it as a career standout, what a terrible cover it has for a career-defining live album. Rather than tease the audience with a blurry, stage-lit photo that hints of the excitement of being at a sho...

1. Allman Brothers Band Live at the Filmore East.
2. J. Geils Band -- Full House
3. The Who -- Live at Leeds
4, Grateful Dead -- Grateful Dead (Skull and Rose)
5. The Kinks -- One for the Road