Post-Gazette beat writers Dejan Kovacevic and Chuck Finder blog about the Pittsburgh Baseball Club.
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Good morming Inmates.......
It's a dog eat dog world out there........and I'm wearing milk bone underware.......
www.youtube.com/watch
I believe that would be a quote from Norm on "Cheers"
That was the very same decoration that incited my dog to sing.Must have the same effect on many dogs.I left this link on the previous lounge thread.
sports.espn.go.com/.../story
Bay- in case you miss this on the other OS
Sorry, I missed that one!
We are at 23.0 degrees...wouldnt say it feels quite like 12 degrees but I am one that believes that anything below 32 degrees feels pretty much the same. (Depending on wind, which there isnt much)
There is no snow on the ground...sorry. Actually it spinkled rain most of the day, unfortunately!
Pizza Bay-A curse on you.After listening to Maahi Ve(many many times)I checked it out on Wikipedia.Whatta sad story.Also surprised to see a lot of it was filmed in New York.I (incorrectly) assumed it was filmed in India.But Preity Zinta is very hot in any country in the world.Hope you raked.
Ice - Yes, I saw your posting on the yesterday's OS thread, Ice, thanks. A might chilly out.
Maz - No raking tonight. Pretty disappointing for a Friday night. Normally figure on making $50-60 in tips working late on a Friday. Had a whopping $25 tonight ... Oh, well, we must be grateful anyway.
Dock o the BAY-I say you bear (albeit slight) resemblance to Anthony Bourdain.BTW the kids told me the ex is flying in tomorrow.I asked them if she had a new broom.They both thought that was very funny.That bad streak in me that just won't let go.
e BAY-More snow on the way.Talking about wind chills -25 in the afternoon.Any chance I could have Bay Jr. room for the winter?
Let's make this a good weekend...
JHadar-I'm hoping you have no plans my friend after reading about the blizzard.We seem to be in a nasty weather period.Also the possibility of 40 mph winds and the thought of not being able to see over the hood of a car is very scary.I'm sure you are safe,but could you check in some time over the course of the day.I always think of Little House on the Prairie when I think of where you live Mr.Ingalls...... err Mr.H
e Bay- you up yet or taking care of personal hygiene?
Tori Amos
Snoopy vs the Red Baron(Christmas version)
Good Morning, Mazbo!
You are on quite the roll here this morning, all by your lonesome! You're cracking me up - and quite impressing me - with your creativity ... variations on Bay.
I must say "Dock o' the Bay" I really like, in honor of our fallen greatest flake of all time, Dock Ellis.
Gonna grab me a Dock avatar for the day. Speaking of avatars, you've been quite the holdout!
Good <insert appropriate time of day reference> everyone:
56 DAYS UNTIL PITCHERS AND CATCHERS!!!
Hi, all - that may mean Maz and Bay. I have reported for duty.
The weather reports on this side remind me of yesterday in the burgh. It poured - it was almost frightening - hitting all of my windows really hard. Thank goodness it wasn't snow - I think our temps were in the high 30's - but Boston (daughter) got the snow - 8-10 inches.
If you haven't already, be sure to read Cave's Night Before Christmas on the baseball side. It'll bring a smile.
I'm going to be watching for your countdowns, Sir. Seems like a long way right now, but by the time the holidays are all over it will be in the low 40's. Then there is daughter's birthday on Jan 11 - that should be the high 30's - then heading for Super Bowl (teens?) and Valentines Day and we're there!
Maz -- Safe and sound at home, a little snow is falling, but the blizzard is supposed to come in last Saturday. Lazy day so far, canceled my trip to Denison this afternoon, and watched My Darling Clementine on the cable this morning -- got a phone call right as the shootout at the OK Corral was starting and missed the ending. Learned that Tombstone is in monument valley -- was always quite a ways south of there when I lived in Arizona -- also Doc Holliday was a surgeon instead of a dentist, but it was a good movie anyway.
Alas another fabled name passes... DOCK ELLIS.... Lordy I had no idea who we traded him with to the yankees. Good thing there was not a blog back then No wonder people want to trade with the pirates. Dock Ellis, Willie Randolph, Ken Brett for Doc Medich! Medich played for the pirates one season! Willie went for 12 seasons with the Yankees.. Amazing all of the players in that trade (cept for Ellis) played another 10 years. Dock did go 17-8, 12-12 with Yankees
Dock, I remember a card show in San Francisco, you almost alone signing for $5 per signiture. I told you I was a Pirates fan and started to kneel before you. Yes I got a good laugh from you on that one. Thank you for all the memories. I only remember good times for the Pirates when you were around.
If you can, shed some light and love upon the team and fans that still love you... Rest in Peace....
JHadar-If you ever get the chance watch Grapes of Wrath.Gotta be one of the best blank and white flicks.Glad you decided to stay home. BTW I got one of those loaves of frozen bread.Mrs.H has inspired me,plus I love homemade bread.
Was thinking late today, but my fingers typed last Saturday. Sometimes they just act on their own. gjq0gg te4ih wt4ih 4wtq34, if you know what I mean.
Maahi Bay-Is Jr (NOT John Russell)coming back for Xmas?What do you think about the resemblance to Anthony Bourdain?He's becoming one of my favorite tv personalities.The man speaks his mind.He's the one that turned me on to bloodwurst and mashed taters
Maz - No, BayJr's not coming home for Christmas ... he's not the sentimental-type like me. Me and Mrs. Bay offered to fly him home (he's in Greensboro, NC), but he just goes:"Well, I'll get home and not have a car, and will probably be bored so I'm just going to stay here."
Made sense, really!
I checked out a picture of the Bourdain guy. I don't think I look like him. I'm a little heavier in the loafers, if you know what I mean!
Maahi Bay-Guess he's not homesick.Or maybe likes it on his own.
Bay leaf-Got the grandson coming over to watch in an hour or two.Anyway thought I'd mention the Magnificent 7 is gonna be on AMC.Not surewhen, but in the next couple hours.I'd heard you mention it and figured you'd watch it for the umpteenth time.I'd go over to the dark side,but i get tired of rehashing what ifs and shoulda did this and coulda done that. I TRY to keep my complaining down till the season starts.
I see the dog thing took off
Bay -- A couple of snow pics from the Fort Dodge Messenger (18 miles south of here)...
www.messengernews.net
Maz - Thanks for letting me know about The Magnificent 7 ... what an AWESOME movie! We don't have cable, but we DO have the video, so I just may put it on over the weekend.
JHadar - Thanks for posting the photos of Fort Dodge. You're so thoughtful ... I just may move up there!
Bay -- << Thanks for posting the photos of Fort Dodge. You're so thoughtful ... I just may move up there! >>
You're welcome, but before you pack your bags how are you at driving on ice with a gusting cross wind?
A friend of mine married a gal from Reno. First winter here she put her car in a ditch -- pulled off the side of the road to make a U-Turn and didn't realize the ditch was full of snow -- to her it looked like a level place to drive on.
Not that you wouldn't be welcome here, but I've seen what happens when they get a little snow in Texas.
@JHadar - "Not that you wouldn't be welcome here, but I've seen what happens when they get a little snow in Texas."
I hear what you're saying, and I could very well wind up in a ditch, but don't forget I lived in Pennsylvania for 10 years of my adult life (5 years in the Poconos, and four years in Bedford, just south of Altoona).
It's been a long time ago, but I drove through Iowa, in 1973, coming back from out west ... I never will forget ... it was late-March, and we pulled into this KOA Kampground, just off of I-80, in Iowa. Everything was nice when we went to bed ... woke up to about four inches of snow ... nice.
OK, must be at work in about 1 hour, 15 minutes ... off on a personal hygienic mission.
Maz -
Candidate for "Separated at Birth" comparison: Tori Amos and Kari Byron (Mythbusters)
Baysinger -
Do you have what one might call regular customers on your pizza route that might give you a Christmas bonus tip this time of year?
Two things on my mind this morning:
(1) On this date last year (12/20/07) I worked my last day for Wyeth. I did a ten month consulting gig after I retired on 3/1. Cannot believe it has been one whole year since the last time I worked.
(2) Congratulations to the Richmond Spiders football team who beat Montana 24-7 last night to win the Division I football playoffs and their first NCAA championship of any kind. They were 4-3 at one point and won the next 9 in a row to be crowned.
Bayleaf-Don't suppose you remember where that KOA was?I grew up in West Liberty.About 30 miles from the Illinois border.As for the Texas thing.I visited a cousin in Austin and his folks in Fredericksburg.When it rained(hadn't rained ,so streets were slick from oil and rubber) those people were scary behind the wheel.I wish they would have let me drive,but you are welcome here if you don't mind corn and bean fields endlessly.
G-Man -"Do you have what one might call regular customers on your pizza route that might give you a Christmas bonus tip this time of year?"
Well, I know there are some (who hand out bonus Christmas tips), but I've been there five years and for whatever reason, I don't think I've really UNUSUALLY RAKED the week of Christmas.
A lot of that may be due to the fact that our regular customers pretty much belong to all of us, since we have 3-4 drivers working during the supper rush ... for example, on a given night I might get stiffed all night long while another driver rakes, that kind of thing.
I can tell you that I was absolutely, almost blown away to the point of tears on Thanksgiving Eve this year.
I'll skip the details but suffice it to say that I went on maybe 8 deliveries and came home with $75. What made it extremely touching for me was that the unusually large gratuities came from a wide spectrum of socio-economic backgrounds. One guy in a ritzy neighborhood, with whom I'd been developing some rapport, gave me $10; one woman, who lives in a shanty town where the houses are little more than lean-tos with floors are about to cave in, told her daughter to run get her purse. "I'm going to give him a $5 tip," she said proudly. We never get tips out there.
Again, the other guy working that night only made about $25.
And, yes, congrats to those Richmond Spiders! That's awesome.
Maz - I couldn't tell you where we were in Iowa. It was 1973 and we were just beating a trail across 80 to get to my uncle's place in PA.
So much for a Andy Katz picking Miami, Ohio over WVU as one this weeks upsets--final WVU 82 Miami 46
Guys ... I have to share one story with you before I run off to work.
I received a Christmas card yesterday from my 7th grade school teacher, John Wallace. I was in 7th grade, 1966-67, in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District (North Carolina), at Alexander Junior High.
The year before, while I was in 6th grade, they passed the integration law that de-segregated schools there. From what I understand, the NC decision was one of the first, if not the first in the nation.
In my little town, I feel like we had good race relations, though blacks lived in a separate community outside of town called Smithville.
Anyway, the 7th grade was the first year I went to school with blacks. It was just an awesome experience for me, even though I never stopped to think about it. I, personally, just got along very well my new friends who happened to be black.
But Mr. Wallace, who was my first black teacher, was a big part of that. I developed so many close friendships - (mostly buddyships, I mean, come on, it was the 7th grade and I was coming of age rapidly) - in that Language Arts/Social Studies class.
I loved Mr. Wallace - although I gave him a mischieviouisly hard time - and I loved him more, for some reason, after I saw To Sir With Love when it came out at the theatres, that school year, I think maybe January or February 1967. Mr. Wallace and Sidney Poitier sort of reminded me of each other.
About four years ago, I got on this thing where I had this undeniable, insatiable desire to find Mr. Wallace. I worked through the schools system, who put me in touch with the old junior high school, and the assistant principal there.
She found a picture of me from an old annual, sent it to Mr. Wallace, and gave him my address. He wrote me the nicest, longest letter ... I was so blown away.
We've stayed in touch the last four years, by phone and by letter. I was hoping to see him this Christmas, for the first time in 41 years, but it didn't work out for me to go home (to NC). So getting his card in the mail today was very special.
Race relations out here are no doubt worse than any place I've ever lived. Any other place, I've been able to break down any wall that a potential black friend might have by just being myself ... but here it takes a little more work.
I work with a white guy who resented integration here, and has worked to shelter his kids from having to go to school with blacks ... I told him my story, and I really have to be careful not to become angry when he says bigoted things ... all in the name of the right to choose, unfortunately. I understand the arguments ... but when I think about my experience ... guess I've seriously digressed!
Haven't fun across these guys for 15-20 years
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Here's another group I scoured youtube for!
Here is a Johnny Rivers tune I bet you never heard.Great tune
You're a good person, Bay. I'm glad I know you.
I was absent for 3 hours to watch, as mentioned above, The Magnificent Seven. Very nice to come back here and see that others had noticed it was on also. Sorry I didn't mention it earlier myself.
Neil Young
Anyone else catch Ray Lewis's rant on the pregame tease on ESPN tonight? What on egomaniacal, strutting, braying (_!_)!!! I've hated him ever since he got away with murder (literally) in Atlanta years ago.(if O.J. was guilty, so was Ray) I'm sure there are a couple LBs on the Stillers and one on the Cowboys who would dispute Ray's claim that he is "the most dominant player in 2008. Sure dominated the Steelers this year, huh Ray? I usually don't wish anyone harm. but I wouldn't shed a tear if someone would put Mr. Lewis in a full body cast. One which covers his mouth would be great.
Off to watch the Penguins now
I was out and about today, and I know it 's not as dramatic as the snow in Las Vegas, or Iowa, but we had a fair amount of rain, as these photos show...Also are some pics of PNC all decked out for the holidays...
community.post-gazette.com/.../slideshow.aspx
80 and sunny here in FloriDUH today ( he said, smiling like a butcher's dog). I really miss hearing Mike Lange on the Penguin broadcasts
Back to the game
DMac: Nice shots. Looks like a walk on the Riverwalk would literally be river walk!
Thanks, Sir L....
Yeah, it wouldn't take much to step into the Allegheny right about now. The geese sure are enjoying it.
D-mac
Very nice--thanks for sharing.
Speaking of sharing, the Penguins sure are in a giving mood tonight, eh?
They're wrapping this game up nicely for the Leafs.
That was a beautiful goal by Malkin though.
Evening, All! Home from the wars ... actually, it gets a skirmish minus tonight. I think a lot of our business was away at Christmas family get-togethers.
Been listening to the 'Boys game vs. those mutually-agreed-to-be disgusting Ravens ... sounds like the 'Boys have totally stunk it, with just a few minutes to go now.
All righty... Technically this belongs on tomorrow's threads, but I'm tired, so here goes...
HEAR YE! HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!!!
You've made it! The day is here!
We are now HALFWAY TO PITCHERS AND CATCHERS!!! (a.k.a. www.youtube.com/watch )
It's been 55 days since the last pitch of the World Series, and it's only 55 days until Pitchers and Catchers!
So, relax, kick back, and enjoy the song that ALWAYS gets me thinkin' fondly of my favorite sport, www.youtube.com/watch
Bay.......that has got to be one of the best avatasr you have ever had. What a memory.
Ken - I was real pleased with the way this avatar turned out because when I went to the Google images in search for it, I was really surprised at how washed out that image was. BUT after a few tweaks in Photoshop ... just a dash of levels, and a little lightening up, it is what it NOW is!
Maz - If you're lurking or when you get home, add Cowbay to my list of aliases ... after that disgusting performance of the Cowgirls tonight in their last ever game in Texas Stadium!
Irate and All - I was honestly partly hoping they'd win for your/The Steelers sakes ...
Ant's Marching
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