Comments on: Sunday Morning Random Thoughts

By: Moving truck

Moving truck — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:41:11 +0000

If Greinke doesn’t get it, a lot of people deserve to get fired. It would be nuts. Seriously, unbelievably nuts.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:50:38 +0000

I think things are named after people enough already. “NFC South”, despite being geographically iffy, is perfectly fine.

This fed-up-ness comes from driving the highways, where every dang intersection is named after some senator that bought the pork home. Highway 6 does the job just fine.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:02:34 +0000

Ii is hard to believe that about 1987 I actually thought Gammons was pretty good.

Maybe because it was pretty cool that he opened the World Series broadcast by playing a Springsteen song and saying that the Cardinals were “Tougher than the Rest.” But the Cardinals lost.

Now, I know that Gammons is just a pompous, arrogant, overhyped old fool. It is really painful to read the crap he puts out there these days.

By: Harry Dangler

Harry Dangler — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:04:14 +0000

The genius that is Wah-Wah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn2UH2eiuQo

By: Padre

Padre — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:19:15 +0000

-News Alert-

Dan Gladden, announcing for the Twins, was looking at some of Greinke’s numbers. His wins and losses aren’t too impressive, but he has a good ERA. Along with Sabathia, he’ll get some consideration for the Cy Young.

By: Padre

Padre — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:25:21 +0000

“– Atlanta, Minnesota, Green Bay, Jacksonville, Kansas City, New England, Philadelphia, Tennessee, Washington, Buffalo, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, New York and Miami.”

I’m sure I’m missing something, but what is this list? I suppose the title of the post is “Sunday morning random thoughts”, so a little randomness shouldn’t be a surprise.

And I was just feeling sorry for the Twins that they have to face Greinke twice in the final stretch, but then I saw that they haven’t faced him in any of their four series so far this year, so I guess that’s only fair.

By: Cardinal Mike

Cardinal Mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:44:35 +0000

To all those calling the Beatles a “boy band,” you couldn’t be more wrong if you tried to be.

Yes they made silly teenaged girls scream and faint.

Yes actual boy bands no doubt deliberately tried to emulate the attraction felt for the Beatles.

and

Yes the comparison of fan reaction to the Beatles and to later boy bands is accurate but all that means is that their FANS were similar.

The Beatles were not emulating anyone; they changed the course of music in general and pop music in particular.

The fact that so many idiotic girls were shrieking at everything the Beatles did is what kept me from seeing them in person; it simply isn’t fun to attend a musical event and get shrieks instead. It didn’t, however, stop me from buying ALL their albums.

And I never bought a single album/CD by any boy bad group that followed.

As for how many musical geniuses are involved with the Beatles, I say 2 or 3 depending on definition.

The entire group was genius IMO and within it, John and Paul likewise. Ringo was seriously underrated all his career and George became a talented songwriter (despite plagiarizing M Sweet Lord), but they are not on the same level at all. Except when you consider the group as a whole as genius. After all it was not John, Paul and friends but the Beatles.

Oh and if you want another rock drummer to proclaim, try Mick – perfect strokes.

By: John Pontoon

John Pontoon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:01:40 +0000

“Incidentally I’ve heard that Genesis is the only other band that has had all of its members have a number one with another band or as a solo artis…”

This is not true. Genesis’ keyboard player Tony Banks has never had a solo hit of any stripe, plus Genesis has had many replacement members that never achieved solo success. Hell, Phil “Onionhead” Collins was their second drummer. The first guy didn’t get a #1 hit anything.

By: pugs

pugs — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:13:14 +0000

@65
The Phil always seems to be the example of the drummer vocalist and while he was successful at both he is certainly not in the same class as some others. There are definitely worse but most casual music fans seem to think he invented multitasking. If drumming is defense, singing and songwriting are offense, the Phil’s comp is Edgar Renteria; occasionally awesome, usually disappointing. There actually aren’t many musicians that deserve to be shunned, and maybe he shouldn’t be one but Susudio undoes a lot of the good…a Buckner moment for sure.
Incidentally I’ve heard that Genesis is the only other band that has had all of its members have a number one with another band or as a solo artist, not counting supergroups like the Travelling Wilburys. As for Don Henley, he certainly counts but I have to say I hate the fucking Eagles

By: Logan

Logan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:38:12 +0000

latch-key,
It was in reference to this post by Joe:

http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/09/05/ryans-hope/

Ryan asked Frank which stat was more important for a #3 hitter – RBI’s or OBP. Frank said RBI’s, and that you really only look at OBP for a #8, #9, #1, or #2 hitter.

Later, they were waxing on and on about great RBI guys, like Edgar Martinez, who always, always got in the guy in from third with less than 2 outs.