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Post by inger on Mar 22, 2020 11:17:52 GMT -5
I like The Gambler... only song I heard by him Did you see “The Great Lebowski”? You have to listen to “Just Dropped In (to see what condition my condition was in). Maybe “Tell it All, Brother) would resonate with you. Both from his earlier incarnation when he was more rock than country. Very talented man... |
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Post by sierchio on Mar 22, 2020 13:24:44 GMT -5
I like The Gambler... only song I heard by him Did you see “The Great Lebowski”? I tried to watch it but wasn't really into it... More like background noise. This dude I used to work with would call me The Dude, apparently he was a character in the movie?? I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing... LOL |
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Post by sierchio on Mar 22, 2020 13:25:12 GMT -5
I think the movie was actually called The Big Lebowski??? Maybe different movie w/ similar title?
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Post by sierchio on Mar 22, 2020 13:25:35 GMT -5
Did you see “The Great Lebowski”? You have to listen to “Just Dropped In (to see what condition my condition was in). Maybe “Tell it All, Brother) would resonate with you. Both from his earlier incarnation when he was more rock than country. Very talented man... I'll def. check those songs out tonight!! |
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Post by inger on Mar 22, 2020 14:47:59 GMT -5
I think the movie was actually called The Big Lebowski??? Maybe different movie w/ similar title? Yeah, Big. Not great... |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 26, 2020 14:42:42 GMT -5
RIP to a Globetotter:
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 26, 2020 19:59:43 GMT -5
RIP to Jimmy Wynn
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Post by inger on Mar 26, 2020 20:09:07 GMT -5
Let’s not forget that he finished up as a Yankee! The numbers he put up in the then-cavernous Astro Dome were phenomenal! He’d be a forty plus guy in these times... |
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Post by inger on Mar 26, 2020 20:15:17 GMT -5
Let’s not forget that he finished up as a Yankee! The numbers he put up in the then-cavernous Astro Dome were phenomenal! He’d be a forty plus guy in these times... Oops. I forgot he was released and wound up with Milwaukee... Bit he did hit his final HR with the Yankees, (#291)... |
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Post by inger on Mar 26, 2020 20:20:29 GMT -5
In ‘67, when Wynn led Houston with 37 HR, a 23- year old Rusty Staib and 39- year old Eddie Matthews finished tied for 2nd on the team with 10. Young Joe Morgan hit 6. That gives you an idea of the kind of pop Jimmy Wynn, a slender 5’ 10”, 160 pounder produced...
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 6, 2020 15:21:32 GMT -5
We're having to use this thread way too much lately.
RIP to the great Al Kaline.
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Post by rizzuto on Apr 6, 2020 15:41:23 GMT -5
One of the legends of the game. RIP
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Post by inger on Apr 6, 2020 16:19:38 GMT -5
Very important player who played the latter portion of his prime in an offense-suppressed era. Just missed the .300 BA level at .297, just made the 3000 hit milestone at 3007, just missed 400 HR at 399.
Kaline had a powerful throwing arm and like Mickey Mantle transferred to 1B late in his career. Though he never hit 30 HR in a single season when he was 27, the season he broke his collarbone and played in any 100 games he hit 29, his career high, which he tied a few seasons later. He was on the way to one of the great single seasons of the 60’s that year. Kaline was similar to players like Eddie Murray and Harold Baines in that he was more about consistency that individual great single seasons...
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 7, 2020 21:12:37 GMT -5
RIP John Prine
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Post by inger on Apr 7, 2020 21:38:28 GMT -5
RIP. Losing all these people before it seems their time is due is really sad, but I suppose if there is such a thing as going when your time is due, then... their time was due. It’s odd though. You have to wonder how many of them were frail, and how many appeared to be perfectly healthy before the virus got them. This illness doesn’t discriminate. Rich, poor. Plain or famous. Not quite as picky about old vs. young as I thought it would be.
There seems to be conflicting information about whether this illness is a “natural” one or if someone tinkered with it to make it more contagious. If they catch anyone and can prove it... words aren’t enough...
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