Lammycat

A few that pop out at me, in order and without elaboration: GD: Aoxomoxoa Rolling Stones: Between the Buttons Frank Zappa: Apostrophe Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks Meat Puppets: Up on the Sun

Cheers to you.

Uncle Milty notoriously swung with heavy lumber. Pops- who knows?

Those train conductor caps always creeped me out as a kid. So did Milton Berle, though.

234,000 google hits for "Jim Rice was awesome!" Must be true.

239,000 google hits for "Jim Rice nice guy" and 1,390,000 for "Jim Rice HOF"

BOS schedule: Truck Day @ 2/7-2/9 2/12 Pitchers/catchers report. 2/14 First workout for pitchers/catchers. 2/16 Position players report. 2/18 First workout for the entire squad.

Cheers to you, dsc!

Oh, thanks moe. I went to the Kimock/JGB thing, anyway. I never really worry about tickets. If it doesn't happen it doesn't happen....I generally never have a problem getting to shows I want to see.

Hm. I may have taken it.... re: The Dead. I'm expecting plenty to be available closer to show time and for cheaper as it's a Thursday night.

The flipping through a dictionary for a name is a GD thing. Hadn't heard of UT doing it, as well....

Just got through to the Pepsi Center in Denver. Upper level, 3rd row: w/tax and handling fees= $115 and change.... I passed.

Sox.

I'm not really too shocked at the sell-outs. Plenty of people never saw the GD and it's a chance to capture a fraction of the magic for them. I hope they have fun. I'll probably end up going, regardless....

I've been in and out of the waiting room for awhile now. I'm not even sure I'd purchase tix if I got in. The prices are a bit absurd, as is the venue out here.

ed. dang

Nice Gordon Edes piece on Rice: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqAO...o&type=lgns

Harold Reynolds made a comment yesterday on MLB Network (in a discussion with Verducci, Heyman, etc. whom, fwiw, all agreed on the merits of Rice as a HoF-er) that basically spoke to the reason why it may have taken Rice until this last chance to get in and it may be (in part, at least) because a good size of the BBWA are new guard and may not have ever seen him play. I think it's a valid point.

Let's assume Rice was a jerk, as he has been called before by some writers. I don't see evidence of Rice being a jerk on the field where his integrity, sportsmanship, or character are concerned. If members of the BBWA didn't vote for him because he was arrogant or abrasive in interview situations I don't see how that matters to his on-field contributions and/or consideration/election to the HoF. "Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."

Total dickface is an inaccurate portrayal of him, imo. But my opinion means nothing in regard to his admittance to the HOF, which I agree was a borderline case but certainly understand him being let in. I don't consider this any less "informed" of an opinion than your opinion that he does not deserve to be in or the opinions of the 75% of the voters who's opinions actually matter.

By all accounts? Total dickface? You're grasping at straws here. It isn't what I think the criteria should be, but what the criteria actually is. Calling anyone who disagrees with you (including 75% of the BBWA) "uninformed" smacks of delusion. Sorry.

And he'll accept the honor on behalf of himself....

Anybody else really looking forward to Rickey's HOF induction speech? That'll be a treat.

Speaking of tarnished players, Clemens indictment pending: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?i...e=ESPNHeadlines

I had forgotten about that. It was at Fenway and Rice rushed the kid (it was a very small kid, too, from what I remember) into the trainer's room during the game.