Keep him. Anyone who pisses off Derek Jeter can't be bad.

Because the "odds" are not mathematical odds. They are the results of a simulation. Garbage in, garbage out.

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...

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....

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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?"

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.

Loved the movie. Still keep remembering this scene. Paul Dooley was wonderful.

Top ten from 1970 (back then) 1. Spirit "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" 2. Who "Live at Leeds" 3. Traffic "John Barleycorn Must Die" 4. Soft Machine "Third" 5. Grateful Dead "American Beauty" 6. Kinks "Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround&qu...