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Post by azbob643 on Jun 18, 2024 17:07:23 GMT -5
Anything but Rice-A-Roni. The adopted child of Ben Rice and Randy Arozarena... |
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Post by inger on Jun 18, 2024 21:07:28 GMT -5
Ben "Red Beans and" Rice  You're making me hungry Rizz. Anything but Rice-A-Roni. I like the chicken Rice a Roni. Well done of course…🤓 |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 18, 2024 21:11:07 GMT -5
Ben "Red Beans and" Rice \ You're making me hungry Rizz. Anything but Rice-A-Roni. In my college dormitory, we had a really uptight, persnickety guy from San Francisco named Rance. Every now and then, I would sing to myself "Rance-A-Roni That San Francisco Geek" |
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Post by donniebaseball23 on Jun 18, 2024 21:26:24 GMT -5
Not a bad debut.
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Post by qimqam on Jun 18, 2024 22:08:36 GMT -5
Jeep, I am sure you remember as I do when a popular veteran first baseman who was becoming injury-prone, Moose Skowron, was replaced by a young guy from the system named Joe Pepitone. I didn't like it at the time because Moose was one of my absolute favorites, but the move had to be made. Still I was happy for Moose when he had a great World Series for the Dodgers against us in 1963. Not happy about the series, which drove me crazy, but happy for him. Some fans are under the impression that "Moose" was a big guy, which explained his nickname. Nope...5'11" / 195. Nicknamed "Moose" when he was a kid because members of his family believed he resembled Il Douchebag...Benito Mussolini. Moose Skowron - Big Strong Moose like power - 5'11" / 195 Mickey Mantle - Legendary Paul Bunyan Power - 5'11" / 195 Brett Gardner - Scrappy little Fella - 5'11" / 195 |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 19, 2024 9:24:29 GMT -5
You're making me hungry Rizz. Anything but Rice-A-Roni. In my college dormitory, we had a really uptight, persnickety guy from San Francisco named Rance. Every now and then, I would sing to myself "Rance-A-Roni That San Francisco Geek" Amazing how many lifelong remembered characters came out of dorm life. And how creative we could be in mythologizing them. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 19, 2024 9:29:37 GMT -5
Because I am pretty sure that this is the only opportunity I will ever have to combine Rice-A-Roni with music trivia, I am compelled to say that the woman who sang the Rice-A-Roni jingle, Jackie Ward, had a modest hit record in the fall of 1963, under the name Robin Ward, called "Wonderful Summer." The odds of anyone out there recalling that song are pretty long, I admit, but this was one hanging curve I had to swing at. We now return to our regularly scheduled broadcast.
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Post by noetsi on Jun 19, 2024 11:01:20 GMT -5
Popeyes sadly departed Cajun Rice was among my favorite foods.
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Post by Max on Jun 19, 2024 11:47:57 GMT -5
My favorite rice meal is paella when it's made with chicken, shrimp, mussels, little neck clams, lobster, chorizo sausage, red bell pepper.
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Post by inger on Jun 19, 2024 11:49:06 GMT -5
.250/.250/.250:/500. Plus he wandered too far from the bag to attempt to make a play. Why, it’s as if Rizzo himself was playing…🤓 |
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Post by azbob643 on Jun 19, 2024 11:57:58 GMT -5
My favorite...  |
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Post by inger on Jun 19, 2024 12:01:37 GMT -5
Because I am pretty sure that this is the only opportunity I will ever have to combine Rice-A-Roni with music trivia, I am compelled to say that the woman who sang the Rice-A-Roni jingle, Jackie Ward, had a modest hit record in the fall of 1963, under the name Robin Ward, called "Wonderful Summer." The odds of anyone out there recalling that song are pretty long, I admit, but this was one hanging curve I had to swing at. We now return to our regularly scheduled broadcast. Young inger eyed the hanging curve as it approached the plate. He could see the spin on the pitch and he could it was going to be a nice, slightly below waist lame duck on the inside part of the plate he was crowding. His swing was short and quick and… Yep. “Wonderful Summer”. I can hear it blaring out of the car radio on Route 40, near Elkton or North East, MD. My 9 year old ears found it pleasant. I remember hearing it several times, and I’m thinking then, that perhaps we had moved out of the shack we lived in on Route 40. We might have been in Rising Sun, MD by then. My older brother had things like a record player, a radio. I even had my transistor that year. It was the first time I was being exposed to much radio music, so I suppose that may be why I recall the song. Thanks for dredging up this “modest hit”, Pipps. I still sing the chorus sometimes as I’m wandering through another day, trying to figure out why I’m here, just like everybody else. One reason wax to hear “Wonderful Summer”. I’ll play it again later today. I have to now. 🤓 |
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Post by azbob643 on Jun 19, 2024 12:10:49 GMT -5
1B has it's unique challenges, just like any other position. But just about any MLB player should be able to handle the position with some work. Not elite GG caliber, but adequately. There have been many 1Bs who were not gifted athletically. I'd say the only current Yankee players who couldn't are Stanton and probably Trevino.
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Post by inger on Jun 19, 2024 12:14:28 GMT -5
Popeyes sadly departed Cajun Rice was among my favorite foods. Noetsi trivia to add to the growing bank of it… |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 19, 2024 13:48:51 GMT -5
In with the new, out with the old farts!  Jeep, I am sure you remember as I do when a popular veteran first baseman who was becoming injury-prone, Moose Skowron, was replaced by a young guy from the system named Joe Pepitone. I didn't like it at the time because Moose was one of my absolute favorites, but the move had to be made. Still I was happy for Moose when he had a great World Series for the Dodgers against us in 1963. Not happy about the series, which drove me crazy, but happy for him. What I never understood that the Bill Skowron trade bought us only starter Stan Williams, Moose was still worth more than him, a couple young minor league players from the talented Dodgers farm system. After all, between 1958-1964, the had spent 3-4 million dollars on player development signings. |
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