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Sweet. Thanks.

A ton of sand is pretty damn cheap. If you consider $12.50/ton cheap.

I agree. An excellent album. If you haven't seen the documentary on the recording of The Wind, you should. Disclaimer to folks weary of dying artists: Warren Zevon is dying in it, and knows he's dying.

Hit catch phrases are popular are popular on espn. Listen to some other announcers from around the league. Most of them try, and do a decent job, to see the game as objectively as possible and leave the majority of subjectiveness out of it. We all know that if they work for the team, chances are they are rooting for the team. I don't want a fan-boy in the booth, but someone who can objectively relay the game to me so I can learn something new. Also, with the Extra Innings package, I'm willing to bet that it's lower than 90% of CHI fans he's reaching. It appeared from the t.v. coverage tha

I'm seeing only what I want to see? The man has an official club in his honor that calls for his removal. I have absolutely no reason to be "biased" against the guy. I've watched CHI games not involving the Red Sox and would state exactly the same points I've made. I realize you and other CHI fans might get a bit defensive of the guy since he's "your" guy, but all I'm saying is that in my opinion, he's a shitty announcer. FWIW, George Frasier for the Rockies blows as well, just for different reasons. I have no personal bias against him, either.

Exactly. It's amazing he's considered a brilliant writer (he was pretty damn good, too) and he was done with his career by 20 years old. I believe he became a gun runner to Africa after this. He was pretty messed up with booze and drugs, too. Had a leg amputated, as well.

Did you watch today's game? Hawk was claiming that the ump had a large strike zone for CHI pitchers and a small zone for BOS pitchers. He expressed disatisfaction over balls and strikes throughout the game when they were called against CHI wrongly, according to Hawk. If this isn't the epitome of homer-ism, I'm not sure what is. After Iguchi popped a bunt up in the air today for an out, he made a comment along the lines of (sic)"if he were in Japan the manager would call him into the clubhouse and smack him in the head." What the hell is that? The guy's a clown.

Hey, the Stones have been bringing 'em in pretty steady the last decade or two.

I find he's more a distraction to what's going on down on the field. His pointed bias clouds his perception of accurately calling the game. Really, is it appropriate to be second-guessing the umpire everytime a call goes against "the good guys?" It's a distraction, IMO. While McCarver annoys the tar out of me too (don't mean to be bitching so much, it's just...there) and will inevitably find a way to extol the awesome-ness of the Yankees no matter what game he's calling. He knows the game, though.

Does Vin Scully still do Dodgers games? I could listen to that cat call a game all day. Folks like Harry Caray and Curt Gowdy and Phil Ruzzuto and Jack Buck were excellent at radio announcing (Caray was pretty good in the T.V. booth for the Cubs, too). I might get one of those sateelite radio packages next season to be able to tune in to some radio broadcasters.

I need to throw this in, too: How in all that is sacred do White Sox fans put up with the utter inanity that is Hawk Harrelson and his co-boob? These two are beyond being homers. They consistently bash the officiating when "they" don't get a call, even so far as to bitch about separate strike zones and arguing the validity of balls/strikes. I had forgotten how much these guys blow at calling games. Not to mention the juvenile "he gone" and "you can put it on the boarrrrrrd....YES!" crap. I was fortunate to get the NESN feed on Friday and Fox pretty much takes care of making sure I don

The (defending WS Champion) White Sox just lost 2 of 3 at home and had to go 19 innings to avoid a sweep. What am I missing here?

Rimbaud died at 37.

Recognize.

The Rainbow Family are known for leaving behind stolen cars and abandoned/lost dogs when clearing out of their gatherings (40-50 dogs recovered already from the gathering wrapping up in Steamboat area).

No matter: Manny will be replaced (officially: "knee") by Magglio Ordonez for the ASG.

I believe moe. has been around a bit longer, but anyway. I think the point was, for whoever wrote, to name as many bands and adjectives as possible. A contest of sorts.

Because what would a jam band know about jamming.

Per ASG: Joe Average fan likes it. And, it drives in loads of money to the hosting city and gives MLB a chance to promote the sport on an epicly inflated scale. That said, I don't watch either. I've got another pressing question, though: Why the title of "Captain" on some teams? And why does Varitek have to wear the riciculous "C" on his jersey? I can understand a Captain in hockey, for example, because it's who the referees go to for penalties/problems. But what, in baseball, does a Captain actually do? Absolutely nothing. Clubhouse morale? It's ridiculous. It bears no significance whatsoev

I'd imagine it'd have to be up until roughly 2 weeks prior to the ASG stats. This would actually be closer to the true half-way point of the season, too, stat-wise. As it is now, balloting begins in late May, I think.

Either that or take it back out of the fans' hands and base selection strictly on a pre-determined set of statistics.

I believe the players voted exactly the same way as the fans did in the N.L. (for the 8 starters that the fans select) and got pretty close with the fans in the A.L. With the home-field advantage at stake for the winning division, there's gotta be a better way, though. I think letting the fans have a percentage of the vote, the players/managers a percentage, and the sports writers who are HOF-eligible voters a percentage would be fair.

I'll help save you some time. Kalle is yanking everybody's collective chain. Kalle posts insipid posts to see how many folks will take the bait.

I read Into the Wild several years ago and parts of the story pop into my head every now and then. It's the kind of book that stays with you, IMO.

I saw him open for the Dead a few times in '86 and I don't recall him playing the keys. You may be referencing another time, or I may simply have not noticed/forgotten. I do remember he was sounding extremely garbled (drunk?) most of the time. I referred to him at the time as appearing (on the large jumbo stage-side screens) as a gruff woodchuck barking out lyrics. He didn't meld too well with the Dead when he sat in on some tunes with them, either. Baby Blue was pretty much screamed by Dylan at RFK while Bob Weir tryed singing the "Dylan" version along with the barking. But hey, they're his t