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Bush does resemble Alfred E. Neuman, doesn't he ? He doesn't seem as intelligent as Alf ,though. It will be traumatic to say the least when Vin is gone. There's just no replacing him. If I were in charge, I'd be finding out if John Miller was available and make an offer. He's a good baseball guy, who calls a good game, without grating on the nerves. The Dodgers seem to love Rick Monday. A good guy, a good former player, and an announcer who is hard to criticize, as it's evident he works hard at it. I just don't like listening to him. Just set up my July 4th season tickets. I'll be at Chavez Ravine on Sunday vs the Padres, and July 3rd vs the Braves. They just moved Nomar to 3rd base, to make room at 1st for James Loney, who's only hitting .450 since coming up. I love this time of yesr, when the season is well underway, yet still with months to go. I don't have 'season tickets'-it's just the July 4th season

I caught a good part of the game , Rocky. Vin makes most of the trips to Arizona,Denver, San Diego, and San Francisco, but I wasn't surprised that he didn't go to Toronto or Tampa Bay last week. The difference without him is jarring, and does not bode well for when he finally hangs up his microphone. I'm sure you noticed Vin was alone in the booth, without a 'color' guy to blather with. I'm sure he's about the last of that breed. Up to 2 years ago, all the Dodgers announcers worked alone. Now they only let Vin do it, and the other teams are your standard blah blah, home team rooters. Another frank McCourt 'innovation', but at least he's had the sense to not touch Vinny, or try to get him to retire. I gotta think Mark Grace is good in Arizona. I've never heard him broadcast a game, but he's been very entertaining in interviews.

I try my best to avoid the many versions of CSI, Law and Order, reality shows, American Idol type shows, and game shows like'Deal or No Deal'. Now that the Sopranos are done, I should just get rid of the TV.

Probably only one. One I've never seen.

That sounds like a great time, mstar. I'm curious who else was on that team. I didn't know Marquis Grissom had 'retired'. And I also think that Rickey Henderson would (should) be th As much as I enjoy interleague play, I'm starting to think there is too much of it. Of course, except for last nights romp on the Jays, the Dodgers have been getting shelled by every AL team they face. I guess it will be interesting to see them play in that gawd awful Tampa Bay park, but I'm not sure what the point is.I have to look fast these days to catch any games against the Phillies, Mets, or other east teams, since they play so few now. We need more Yankee -Bosox matchups! I know they don't play anymore than other division rivals. It just seems that way, thanks to espn, I guess.

In a way, I think Joe Garagiola 'invented' Yogi, in the sense that he 'got' the stuff Yogi would mutter, and talk about them in an entertaining manner. Since they've been friends since childhood in St Louis, noone knows Yogi better. Yogi never , ever, tries to be clever or profound. A true Yogi-ism is a statement that seems absurd on the surface, but makes perfect sense. "It gets late, early here", referring to the deep shadows in Yankee Stadium left field as the afternoon wears on, or nixing a restaurant because" noone goes there anymore, it's too crowded". Joe, being a great communicator, brought many of these gems to life. Joe G and Yogi-they don't make em like that anymore.

I just noticed the Yogi quote posted by mstar. That's another one that is genuine Yogi.

I'm grinning a little myself over the Yankees revival. In baseball, grins can turn into frowns mighty quick , though. As the great philosopher Yogi Berra said-"in baseball, you don't know nothing". Of course alot of what people say Yogi said, he never really said. Seems he could go days without saying anything. But in this case , I believe it.

That's because 2 weeks ago the Yankees were dying a slow death. I never get 'suicidal', even in it's most tongue in cheek context, but I had given up on them this year. Last I looked they're still about 8 games out-which ain't exactly knocking on the door. The surprise team for me so far is (are?) the Angels. They desperately needed to get some more bats, and didn't, yet are playing like they can win it all. They play 3 in Dodger Stadium this weekend, which should be fun. I'll be taking in Sunday's game.

I answered 'no' to 16 out of 17 of Shifra's questions, so I consider myself cured. My one 'yes' answer was about displaying a cross in my home, but that's only because a cross is the last thing I'd want to hang on a wall, or around my neck.

I can't speak to most of those sites, but to call Overbey's' Word Centered Productions', 'dangerous' is almost as funny as his 'Glad' magazine used to be.

Harrelson may be the worst in a large field of bad announcers. My cable gets wgn , so I get a fair share of White Sox and Cubs games. I cringe whenever he refers to the Sox as the 'good guys'. You expect the announcer to be a 'homer' to a degree, but for me that's too extreme. I also don't like his 'pick to click' before each game.He picks a Sox player who's going to have a big day, based on nothing that I can see. I've been to plenty of Dodger games where noone has 'clicked', and if someoone has, you could never 'predict' it. He's also just annoying to listen to. I don't listen often or closely enough to pick out his gaffes , goofs, and blunders, but I just don't like the delivery. I am once again thankful for Vin Scully, and sad that his days are numbered, though he seems like he could go on forever.

You can count on the game itself going close to 3 1/2 to 4 hours. For some reason the Yankees and Red Sox play extremely slow games- especially against each other. If anyone knows why I'd like to hear it.

I don't sit in the 'all you can eat' pavilion. I don't need to gorge myself on Dodger Dogs and Nachos, and the horrors of what the restrooms must be like by the 7th inning is too much drama for me. I also don't care to sit in the outfield looking in. I was sitting in my area of choice-loge level, third base side. It costs a bit more, but I'm usually able to glom some decent tickets, and justify it by not having many other 'vices' to spend money on. Dodgers got hammered 11-5. 50,000 fans turned into 20,000 by the 7th inning. No problems getting out of the lot today. If the NL west had to play the AL east all thetime they'd be run out of the league, based on this weeks performances. The Dodgers looked flatter than a pancake today.

Until the Angels 'got good' a few years ago, it was like Yankee Stadium west whenever they came to town. While it was 'comforting' to see the NY gear at the game, I never liked the idea of a visiting team overwhelming a home town crowd. If I ever go to a game in Kansas City, I want to experience Royals fans, not transplanted Yankee , Sox or whoever fans. I'm off to Dodger Stadium-playing the Blue Jays of all people , today. I love day games ( so long as I have some shade). Lots of sunshine, and time to digest the Dodger Dogs.

JD has an amazing ability to wake up for a game or 2 , then fall asleep for a month. Maybe he wanted to impress his brother and finally found some motivation.

He played a high school phys ed teacher on the show. He was a hip single teacher, and the action would shift from school, to his out of work life. A pretty good show, but nothing groundbreaking, except that it was still unusual for a black man to have his own show.

That was back when he was actually funny. The show wasn't that great, but I did like his comedy albums way back when.

Clete Boyer died today. Clete was THE 3rd baseman of my childhood, anchoring the Yankees infield with Tony Kubek, Bobby Richardson, and usually, Joe Pepitone. Great glove. Yeah, Brooks Robinson was probably better, but not to me when I was 9.

With the year the Sox are having , it hardly matters, but I did notice that JD Drew is performing pretty much true to form. It's easier to hide him in that line up, than when he was with the Dodgers though, and the Sox are certainly doing fine without him.

I got into geocaching for awhile. It was alot of fun, and was cool to find caches from right in my neighborhood, to distant parts of Hawaii when I was there. I don't know how one finds them without a gps device, but they're inexpensive and easy to use. If I could do it, anyone can. I got a little bored with it because the items left in caches were usually the same kind of 'junk'. The last straw was when I found a cache in Hawaii, with the same 'hello kitty' piece of paper I found in Pasadena. I still think it's a fun thing to do, but have gotten out of the 'habit'. Some friends have done some really interesting caches that are out of the ordinary,unusual items in unusual places. I also discovered recently that my neighbor hid his fiance's engagement ring in a cache by the 'Hollywood' sign, and proposed when she found it.

I've been enjoying this thread, especially HCW's insights and experience. I was 'on the fringe' of the arts in the way back then, attending the poiema 'advances' at HQ, hanging with some of the way artist's, and working on "Glad' magazine, which I'm not sure qualifies as 'art'. It was certainly SOMETHING. I used to wonder about the validity of these teachings on color , light, composition. While I understood the thinking behind tearing apart Degas, I thought he was a genius for the very things he was criticised for. His work moved me alot more than the work that they seemed to approve of. It all seemed boring to me, and I couldn't stand the thought of limiting ones imagination. It made sense to me that a way publication would use these ideas. The thinking behind choosing photographs that HCW was talking about was very interesting and valid. I didn't achieve anything worthwhile with art until I was free of the way. A huge reason being I was kept so busy running around to the endless meetings and responsibilities that I never had time to do anything. I also kept my sights low while in the way. The work I do now would have seemed impossible to me during those years. It really was difficult to strive towards 'worldly' goals, when it's reenforced daily how the world , and careers don't really matter, and most of the people you fellowship with are washing windows, and critical of anyone who puts personal goals above sitting through pfal for the 40th time. I'm fortunate to have a job where I draw , draw, draw, and I'm happy and thankful every day. It's still a job, though, and I'm working to please an art director. I'm finding it's the work I do on my own, with noone to please but myself, that is the most personally rewarding. I also find it's the work most people respond to. I still don't have enough time to do what I really want, but at least it's of my own choosing.

I'm pretty busy at the moment. If anyone has one go ahead.

the Avengers ? John Steed and Mrs Peel-not Captain America and Iron Man

sudo-oh yes they are. From my own sordid history in the way, to the hundreds of horror stories related in here, it sadly seems all too credible.