Sunday, October 23, 2022

ALCS Game 4: Paging Dr. Kevorkian















RAINOUT THEATER: Sam Peckingpah's The Westerner, starring Brain Keith. Season One, Episode One. Peckinpah had earlier created The Rifleman, a darned good show; years later he gained fame as the bloodthirsty director of The Wild Bunch, a darned good movie.

197 comments:

  1. But Kevorkian looks so much happier in that photo than I feel right now.

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  2. If the game goes as expected, you might want to know that there's a new Doctor Who episode on BBC America at 8:00.

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  3. Or you can ketchup on your reading:

    https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/.amp/news/new-york-yankees-josh-donaldson-didnt-feel-bad-with-how-he-played-in-game-3-alcs-houston-astros

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  4. Bryce Harper wanted to be a Yankee. Brian Cashman preferred Giancarlo Stanton.

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  5. As Harper hits the clutch HR to put Philadelphia 3 outs from the WS.

    He wanted to be a Yankee but Brain knew better. We had Hicks, and Frazier so there was no room for him. What a putz!

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  6. Cashman has always been good at avoiding those albatross contracts. We should be grateful he avoided the train wreck that Bryce Harper has become.

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  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_H_Suj7SEs

    I forgot who posted this before but here is Bill Burr's Philly Rant

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  8. First few breaking balls from Robertson were filthy. Then he lost it completely. Tough game to predict, baseball.

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  9. Fun afternoon of baseball. A great example of how exviting and riveting the game can be. A well played, high stakes game full of tension and drama. And tonight the antithesis, Brian Cashman's New York Yankees.

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  10. Boone told Suzyn that there are times when you struggle and you have to get through it.

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  11. And guys, guys. Whattaya talkin' about? Why, if the Yanks had Bryce Harper hitting behind Judge, just think how many more runs they would score, and how long the games would go.

    Cashman is just looking out for our sleep!

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  12. Jets are winning on the road, after the Giants won on the road. Could it be that NYC's 2 football teams will be a combined 11-3?

    What alternate universe have we wandered into?

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  13. I'm glad the Phillies won. I lived in South Jersey 30 years, still have old friends there.

    Tonight? Hopefully they'll put a pillow over our face, end it quietly. I'm re-watching the Chipmunks - Minnesota.

    Our daughter plays bassoon in a youth orchestra at a local university. Mixture of high school and college musicians. Today was the Fall concert. After all these years of elementary school and middle school and high school recitals we finally saw a damn good band. Proud parents of a proud daughter.

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  14. Also, catching for Philly is Realmuto, the guy we apparently could have had one-on-one for Sanchez.

    Another bullet dodged there.

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  15. I'm sorry....This makes Boone look more pathetic than we already know he is....You mean to tell me there's no message you have within yourself or within your own clubs history to draw from.....so instead your watching red Sox clips for inspiration....please fire this moron

    https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-get-inspiration-from-2004-red-sox-s-alcs-victory

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  16. I hope they cancel tonight's game and it rains all day tomorrow.
    Chaos baby! Make the Asstros deal with playing game one of the WS on short rest.

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  17. I share your hopes, Doug. And they're the only ones remaining.

    Glad to hear it, Mildred! Good for her—and you!

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  18. Post updated with an episode of Rainout Theater.

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  19. Nice!

    Meanwhile, Jets ALSO get screwed by refs—actually, the video review—but WIN ANYWAY.

    Could it be that your New York Yankees have the least intestinal fortitude of any team in this city?

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  20. Stang -

    Is this the episode where Brian Keith kills Mr. Beasley in a shootout and then vows to care for his widow?

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  21. Another song comes to mind - must’ve been used here before - but who cares, right?

    I'm only happy when it rains
    I'm only happy when it's complicated
    And though I know you can't appreciate it
    I'm only happy when it rains

    You know I love it when the news is bad
    Why it feels so good to feel so sad?
    I'm only happy when it rains

    Pour your misery down
    Pour your misery down on me
    Pour your misery down
    Pour your misery down on me

    I'm only happy when it rains
    I feel good when things are goin' wrong
    I only listen to the sad, sad GAMES
    I'm only happy when it rains

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  22. Some more from GARBAGE:

    I only smile in the dark
    My only comfort is the night gone black
    I didn't accidentally tell you that
    I'm only happy when it rains
    You'll get the message by the time I'm through
    When I complain about me and you
    I'm only happy when it rains

    Pour your misery down (Pour your misery down)
    Pour your misery down on me
    Pour your misery down (Pour your misery down)
    Pour your misery down on me
    Pour your misery down (Pour your misery down)
    Pour your misery down on me

    Pour your misery down
    You can keep me company
    As long as you don't care

    I'm only happy when it rains
    You wanna hear about my new obsession?
    I'm riding high upon a deep depression
    I'm only happy when it rains

    Pour some misery down on me
    I'm only happy when it rains
    Pour some misery down on me
    I'm only happy when it rains
    Pour some misery down on me
    I'm only happy when it rains
    Pour some misery down on me

    I'm only happy when it rains
    Pour some misery down on me
    Pour some misery down on me
    Pour some misery down on me
    Pour some misery down on me

    Pour some misery down on me
    Pour some misery down on me

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  23. Looking at the hourly forecast, I don't see why they think they're going to get this game in. But what the hell. Rainy, miserable, gloomy...weather for getting bounced.

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  24. If you have never read "The Magnificent Seasons," by Art Shamsky, pick it up. It's better than living in this blighted 21st Century.

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  25. Don't know why
    There's no sun up in the sky
    Stormy weather
    Since my man and I ain't together
    Keeps raining all of the time
    Oh, yeah
    Life is bad
    Gloom and misery everywhere
    Stormy weather, stormy weather
    And I just can get my poor self together
    Oh, I'm weary all of the time
    The time, so weary all of the time
    When he went away
    The blues walked in and met me
    Oh, yeah if he stays away
    Old rocking chair's gonna get me
    All I do is pray
    The Lord will let me
    Walk in the sun once more
    Oh, I can't go on, can't go on, can't go on
    Everything I have is gone
    Stormy weather, stormy weather
    Since my man and I, me and my daddy ain't together
    Keeps raining all of the time
    Oh, oh, keeps raining all of the time
    Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah raining all of the time
    Stormy stormy
    Stormy weather
    Yeah

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  26. Doug, no it’s the one where Brian Keith makes Mr. French his slave.

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  27. If the rain comes
    They run and hide their heads
    They might as well be dead
    If the rain comes
    If the rain comes
    When the sun shines
    They slip into the shade (when the sun shines down)
    And sip their lemonade (when the sun shines down)
    When the sun shines
    When the sun shines
    Rain
    I don't mind
    Shine
    The weather's fine
    I can show you
    That when it starts to rain (when the rain comes down)
    Everything's the same (when the rain comes down)
    I can show you
    I can show you
    Rain
    I don't mind
    Shine
    The weather's fine
    Can you hear me?
    That when it rains and shines (when it rains and shines)
    It's just a state of mind (when it rains and shines)
    Can you hear me?
    Can you hear me?

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  28. … Raindrops are falling on my head
    And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
    Nothing seems to fit
    Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling
    … So I just did me some talking to the sun
    And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
    Sleeping on the job
    Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling
    … But there's one thing I know
    The blues they send to meet me
    Won't defeat me, it won't be long
    Till happiness steps up to greet me
    … Raindrops keep falling on my head
    But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
    Crying's not for me
    'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining
    Because I'm free
    Nothing's worrying me
    … It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
    … Raindrops keep falling on my head
    But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
    Crying's not for me
    'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining
    Because I'm free
    Nothing's worrying me

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  29. With Donaldson (FUCKING STILL!) in the lineup, how could they lose?

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  30. I hurt myself today
    To see if I still feel
    I focus on the pain
    The only thing that's real
    The needle tears a hole
    The old familiar sting
    Try to kill it all away
    But I remember everything


    What have I become
    My sweetest friend?
    Everyone I know
    Goes away in the end
    And you could have it all
    My empire of dirt
    I will let you down
    I will make you hurt


    I wear this crown of thorns
    Upon my liar's chair
    Full of broken thoughts
    I cannot repair
    Beneath the stains of time
    The feelings disappear
    You are someone else
    I am still right here

    What have I become
    My sweetest friend?
    Everyone I know
    Goes away in the end
    And you could have it all
    My empire of dirt
    I will let you down
    I will make you hurt


    If I could start again
    A million miles away
    I would keep myself
    I would find a way

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  31. Raining
    Raining
    I'm standing in the rain
    I'm waiting all alone
    I'm so tired
    I wanna go home

    I'm standing in the rain
    Getting soaking wet
    I'm doing my best
    But what do I get?

    I'm standing in the rain
    Can't seem to get along
    People rushing by
    Wish they could hear this song

    I'm standing in the rain
    It's teeming down on me
    Cats and dogs
    I wanna be free

    I'm standing in the rain
    Doing my thing
    I'm trying my best
    What does it bring?
    I'm standing in the rain
    Getting soaking wet
    I'm doing my best
    But what does it get?

    The good intentions and the pain
    Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
    I tried to be so good this time
    But here I am under the sky

    You try to hide
    The good intentions and the pain
    Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
    Raining
    Raining
    You made a fool of me
    Them broken dreams have gotten me


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  32. Me?

    I hear the voice of wreckage and ruin

    Don’t go ‘round tonight
    It’s bound to take your life
    There’s a Bad Moon on the rise…

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  33. Ok after this - courtesy of Monty Python:

    It was a rainy day in Berlin
    I was just standing around
    A rather rainy day in Berlin
    Rain on the ground

    Rained with rain all day in Berlin
    My, it was wet on the ground
    Rained on the trains and ran down the drains
    Rain all around

    Lord, how it poured all over Berlin
    Oh, my God, how it come down
    Cats and dogs all day in Berlin
    Rain on the ground

    Pissed with rain all day in Berlin
    Making a terrible sound
    Fucking well, bloody well, poured in Berlin
    All on the ground

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  34. Still I wonder
    Yes I wonder
    Who'll stop the rain

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  35. Hope I'm not too late but I wanted to point out the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

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  36. And there's the Temptations, "I Wish It Would Rain," but I can't remember lyrics.

    We're winning. And hitting.

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  37. Playoffs are bizarro world. Judge is popping up up first pitches while Stanton is working the count and driving the ball.

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  38. Maybe they DID take acid before the game?

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  39. Well, it's not bizarro world for Donaldson.
    Same as it ever was.
    Same as it ever was.

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  40. Off to a deceiving start, the deceptive fuckers.

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  42. TBS announcer: "Donaldson starting to draw the ire of Yankees fans."

    Um, excuse me ... STARTING TO?!??

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  43. Love the jukebox! Stormy Weather is one of the greatest songs whatever was.

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  44. Fine... here.

    Only love can make it rain
    The way the beach is kissed by the sea
    Only love can make it rain
    Like the sweat of lovers layin' in the fields

    Love, reign o'er me
    Love, reign o'er me
    Rain on me, rain on me

    Only love can bring the rain
    That makes you yearn to the sky
    Only love can bring the rain
    That falls like tears from on high

    Love, reign o'er me
    Rain on me, rain on me
    Love, reign o'er me
    Rain on me, rain on me

    On the dry and dusty road
    The nights we spend apart alone
    I need to get back home to cool, cool rain

    I can't sleep, and I lay, and I think
    The night is hot and black as ink
    Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain

    Love, reign o'er me
    Reign o'er me, o'er me, o'er me
    Love, reign o'er me, o'er me
    Love

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  45. All of my friends come to see me last night
    I was laying in my bed and dying
    Annie Beauneau from Saint Angel
    Say "The weather down here, so fine"

    Just then, the wind
    Came squalling through the door
    But who can
    The weather command?
    Just want to have
    A little peace to die
    And a friend or two
    I love at hand


    Fever roll up to a hundred and five
    Roll on up
    Gonna roll back down
    One more day
    I find myself alive
    Tomorrow
    Maybe go
    Beneath the ground

    See here, how everything
    Lead up to this day
    And it's just like
    Any other day
    That's ever been
    Sun going up
    And then the
    Sun, it going down
    Shine through my window and
    My friends, they come around
    Come around
    Come around


    The people may know but
    The people don't care
    That a man could be
    As poor as me
    Take a look at poor Peter
    He's lying in pain
    Now, let's go
    Run and see
    Run and see
    Run and see
    Run, run, and see

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  46. I have no idea what some of these songs are

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  47. Rufus quoted a Grateful Dead song...

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  48. There goes the glimmer of hope...

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  49. I have to say, this Doctor Who episode is a trip.

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  50. Thanks for a great season, Nestor. Here's hoping you won't be visiting Dr Andrews

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  51. I also got in the Johnny Cash cover of nine-inch nails 'hurt'.

    We're deep in the weeds here of depressing fatalistic songs...

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  52. Parson Tom,

    That would indeed be a fitting end to the Yankees' season. Followed by Judge signing with the mutts.

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  53. This should be a wildpitch and a run right?

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  54. No sense prolonging the pain: Shoot me now

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  55. If there was a mercy rule in baseball, they could invoke it right now.

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  56. Situational hitting.

    What a foreign concept to the ANALytics assholes.

    Fork, meet the Yankees. They're done.

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  57. Two injured pitchers in one inning. And Ma Boone leaves both of them in to allow runs. 4 runs in thus far and only one out.

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  58. Well time for Kaddish.

    If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game
    If you are the healer, it means im broken and lame
    If thine is the glory, then mine must be the shame
    You want it darker
    We kill the flame

    Magnified, sanctified
    Be the holy name
    Vilified, crucified
    In the human frame
    A million candles burning
    For the help that never came
    You want it darker

    Hineni, hineni
    I'm ready, my Lord

    There's a lover in the story
    But the story's still the same
    There's a lullaby for suffering
    And a paradox to blame
    But it's written in the scriptures
    And it's not some idol claim
    You want it darker
    We kill the flame

    They're lining up to prisoners
    And the guards are taking aim
    I struggle with some demons
    They were middle class and tame
    I didn't know I had permission
    To murder and to maim
    You want it darker

    Hineni, hineni
    I'm ready, my Lord

    Magnified, sanctified
    Be the holy name
    Vilified, crucified
    In the human frame
    A million candles burning
    For the love that never came
    You want it darker
    We kill the flame

    If you are the dealer, let me out of the game
    If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame
    If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame
    You want it darker

    Hineni, hineni
    Hineni, hineni
    I'm ready, my Lord

    (Hineni)
    (Hineni, hineni)
    (Hineni)

    Leonard Cohen

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  59. Well it's alright, riding around in the breeze
    Well it's alright, if you live the life you please
    Well it's alright, doing the best you can
    Well it's alright, as long as you lend a hand

    You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring
    (At the end of the line)
    Waiting for someone to tell you everything
    (At the end of the line)
    Sit around and wonder what tomorrow brings
    (At the end of the line)
    Maybe a diamond ring

    Well it's alright, even if they say you're wrong
    Well it's alright, sometimes you gotta be strong
    Well it's alright, as long as you got somewhere to lay
    Well it's alright, everyday is Judgment Day

    Maybe somewhere down the road a ways
    (At the end of the line)
    You'll think of me, and wonder where I am these days
    (At the end of the line, end of the line)
    Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays
    (At the end of the line)
    Purple haze

    Well it's alright, even when push comes to shove
    Well it's alright, if you got someone to love
    Well it's alright, everything'll work out fine
    Well it's alright, we're going to the end of the line

    Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive
    (At the end of the line)
    I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive
    (At the end of the line, end of the line)
    And it don't matter if you're by my side
    (At the end of the line)
    I'm satisfied

    Well it's alright, even if you're old and gray
    Well it's alright, you still got something to say
    Well it's alright, remember to live and let live
    Well it's alright, the best you can do is forgive

    Well it's alright, riding around in the breeze
    Well it's alright, if you live the life you please
    Well it's alright, even if the sun don't shine
    Well it's alright, we're going to the end of the line

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  60. Leonard Cohen suits my current melancholy

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  61. @13 Bit...Art lives in the Horizon on First and East 37th across from the Corinthian.
    How do I know this? My friend owns 2 units there and his main residence is directly above Art's one flight up. He frequently gets his packages by mistake and so takes the elevator down and knocks on his door to give him the delivery.

    Dr K. wont make house calls at my residence. He claims he gets so depressed because the Yankees are usually on and it makes him want to commit suicide. So I employ a very helpful French doctor. His last name is Martin, first name Remy. He's about to give me another IV of his magic elixir that he ages at least 4 years. Okay, gotta run, as he's reaching for my arm.

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  62. The Sparks Brothers:

    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home...

    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home...

    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home…

    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home...

    As we walk through the morning rain
    And the skies are clearing
    And the streets are glistening
    Streets named for New England trees
    A rainbow forms
    But we're both colorblind
    But we can hear what others can't hear
    We can hear the sound of a chorus singing

    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    Home, my baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home
    My baby's taking me home...


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  63. A song about the nuclear apocalypse seems apropos:

    Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
    Walk me out in the morning dew today.
    I'll walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
    I guess it doesn't really matter anyway,
    I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
    I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
    Guess it doesn't matter anyway...

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  64. Send lawyers guns and money.

    The shit has hit the fan.

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  65. Donaldson.....2 AB, 2 K. Same as it ever was.....

    And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
    And you may find yourself in another part of the world
    And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
    And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
    And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
    Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
    Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
    Into the blue again, after the money's gone
    Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
    And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?"
    And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large automobile?"
    And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house"
    And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife"
    Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
    Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
    Into the blue again, after the money's gone
    Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

    Water dissolving and water removing
    There is water at the bottom of the ocean
    Under the water, carry the water
    Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean
    Water dissolving and water removing

    You may ask yourself, "What is that beautiful house?"
    You may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"
    And you may ask yourself, "Am I right, am I wrong?"
    And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?"

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  66. How about The Angels? Are the Yankees going to see another game this year?

    No way! Get fucked! Fuck off!

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  67. I hope My Bryce continues his torrid hitting and lights up the righty heavy Asstros pitching staff. No one could have predicted that a lefty outfielder with power could have been at all useful in the post-season.

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  68. 20, 20, 24 hours to go
    I wanna be sedated
    Nothin' to do, nowhere to go-oh
    I wanna be sedated

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  69. Jesus, it's only the fourth inning. Feels like the 45th

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  70. My turn...

    Good times for a change
    See, the luck I've had
    Can make a good man
    Turn bad
    So please, please, please
    Let me, let me, let me
    Let me get what I want
    This time
    Haven't had a dream in a long time
    See, the life I've had
    Can make a good man bad
    So for once in my life
    Let me get what I want
    Lord knows, it would be the first time
    Lord knows, it would be the first time

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  71. Dusty Baker leaves in McCullers and will have dominant bullpen to complete the game.....our genius manager pulls Cortez at 55 pitches....extending and exposing our bullpen

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  72. Joe of AZ, Suzyn reported that Nasty tweaked a groin. His velocity fell in to the eighties and he gave up the homerun. Apparently because BOONE CAN'T BOTHER TO CHECK THE SCOREBOARD FOR A SIMPLE THING LIKE VELOCITY!!!!!

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  73. Fairy tales can come true
    It can happen to you if you're young at heart

    For it's hard, you will find
    To be narrow of mind if you're young at heart

    You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
    You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
    And life gets more exciting with each passing day
    And love is either in your heart or on it's way

    Don't you know that it's worth
    Every treasure on earth to be young at heart
    For as rich as you are
    It's much better by far to be young at heart

    And if you should survive to a hundred and five
    Look at all you'll derive out of bein' alive
    And here is the best part, you have a head start
    If you are among the very young at heart

    And if you should survive to a hundred and five
    Look at all you'll derive out of bein' alive
    And here is the best part, you have a head start
    If you are among the very young at heart

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  74. And that's another thing. Dusty Baker is borderline special-needs stupid but the Asstros seem to overcome his imbecilities. That tells you how very dumb Ma Boone is.

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  75. In honor of the creepy midget altoovie.

    Short people got no reason
    Short people got no reason
    Short people got no reason
    To live

    They got little hands
    And little eyes
    And they walk around
    Tellin' great big lies
    They got little noses
    And tiny little teeth
    They wear platform shoes
    On their nasty little feet

    Well, I don't want no short people
    Don't want no short people
    Don't want no short people
    'Round here

    Short people are just the same
    As you and I
    (A fool such as I)
    All men are brothers
    Until the day they die
    (It's a wonderful world)

    Short people got nobody
    Short people got nobody
    Short people got nobody
    To love

    They got little baby legs
    And they stand so low
    You got to pick 'em up
    Just to say hello
    They got little cars
    That got beep, beep, beep
    They got little voices
    Goin' peep, peep, peep
    They got grubby little fingers
    And dirty little minds
    They're gonna get you every time

    Well, I don't want no short people
    Don't want no short people
    Don't want no short people
    'Round here

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  76. Winnie,

    I believe the technical term is "tweaked a gonad".

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  77. Nestor is hurt, Joe. Couldn't be helped.

    Nice to see a Sparks song make it to the comments.

    And since none of you watch Doctor Who, I can tell you that the Doctor regenerated at the end, and became David Tennant. The first actor to do a second tour in the Doctor role. His first go-round was the most sweeping, almost operatic cycle due to the writer/showrunner at the time. Wonder how he'll fare this time around.

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  78. Hard to believe that there is a manager dumber than Toothpick Baker.

    But Boone rises to the occasion.

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  79. I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine
    Then to be at home alone and knowing' that you're gone
    Would cause me to lose my mind

    Well blow your whistle freight train carry me far on down the track

    Well I'm going away, I'm leaving today
    I'm goin', but I ain't comin' back

    I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine
    Then to be in some big city, in a small room, with you upon my mind

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  80. Crowd has gone eerily silent again. I fear they may decide to rush the field and tear everyone there limb from limb.

    I couldn't really blame them.

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  81. Y'know death don't have no mercy in this land
    Death don't have no mercy in this land, in this land
    Come to your house, you know he don't take long
    Look in bed this morning, children find your mother gone.

    I said death don't have no mercy in this land.
    Death will leave you standing and crying in this land,
    Death will leave you standing and crying in this land, in this land, yeah!

    Whoa! come to your house, why' know he don't stay long,
    Why' look in bed this morning,
    Children you find that your brothers and sisters are gone.
    I said death don't have no mercy in this land.

    Death will go in any family in this land.
    Death will go in any family in this land.
    Come to your house, you know he don't take long.
    Look in the bed on the morning, children find that your family's gone.

    I said death don't have no mercy in this land.
    Death will leave you standing and crying in this land,
    In this land. whoa! come to your house,
    Why' know it don't stay long, why' look in bed this morning,
    Children find that your brothers and sisters are gone.

    I said death don't, death don't have no mercy in this land.

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  82. the donald is still in the lineup why?

    to make Carpenter look good?

    I'm going to whip out (but not like sheriff Bart) Kyrie Eleison next. A death dirge for the ages that one. I'll tell you!

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  83. JM

    I hear Adam West is coming back as Batman.

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  84. Rufus - I wish we could provide answers to your questions

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  85. AA,

    The answer is a HAL aneurysm. It all flows downhill from there.

    Adam West was the best Batman.

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  86. ?Honey Badger?

    'cause he don't give a shit!

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  87. Adam West was an incredible comedic actor. And did a nice turn on some old TV shows pre-Batmam. Hollywood wasted his talent.

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  88. AA - Well considering Adam West Would have been 94 we probably didn't want to see him in the Batsuit anyway.

    He also couldn't pull himself up the side of buildings anymore and they would have to use trick photography.

    So it's just as well that he's dead.

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  89. Bader is a home run king postseason. Judge is a popup and strikeout machine.

    You can't predict baseball. Except that Donaldson will suck.

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  90. Doug,

    The never really...

    Oh, nevermind.

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  91. You can predict Donaldson's suckitude.

    He pegs the meter at a Tufnel 11.

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  92. Look at Rizzo talking to that little kid at first base. How cute!

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  93. Note to intern:

    Get whatever you can for him in the offseason.

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  94. I was driving home and I missed Master Bader.

    MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!! MASTER BADER!!

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  95. Yankees finding new ways to fuck up a game…

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  96. IFK is such a remarkable fielder. It's like Ozzie Smith out there.

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  97. UUURRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  98. Ranger -

    Bad fielding plays by Gleyber and IKF seems pretty standard to me.
    :)

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  99. You know with a 5-4 lead Boone might have considered putting in Peraza as a defensive replacement.

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  100. This is the end, beautiful friend
    This is the end, my only friend
    The end of our elaborate plans
    The end of everything that stands
    The end
    No safety or surprise
    The end
    I'll never look into your eyes again
    Can you picture what will be?
    So limitless and free
    Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
    In a desperate land
    Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
    And all the children are insane
    All the children are insane
    Waiting for the summer rain
    There's danger on the edge of town
    Ride the king's highway
    Weird scenes inside the gold mine
    Ride the highway West, baby
    Ride the snake
    Ride the snake
    To the lake
    The ancient lake, baby
    The snake is long
    Seven miles
    Ride the snake
    He's old
    And his skin is cold
    The West is the best
    The West is the best
    Get here and we'll do the rest
    The blue bus is calling us
    The blue bus is calling us
    Driver, where are you taking us?
    The killer awoke before dawn
    He put his boots on
    He took a face from the ancient gallery
    And he walked on down the hall
    He went into the room where his sister lived
    And then he paid a visit to his brother
    And then he, he walked on down the hallway
    And he came to a door
    And he looked inside
    "Father?"
    "Yes, son?"
    "I want to kill you"
    "Mother, I want to..."
    Come on, yeah
    Come on, baby, take a chance with us
    Come on, baby, take a chance with us
    Come on, baby, take a chance with us
    And meet me at the back of the blue bus
    Doin' a blue rock on a blue bus
    Doin' a blue rock, c'mon yeah!
    Fuck, fuck-ah, yeah
    Fuck, fuck
    Fuck, fuck
    Fuck, fuck, fuck, yeah
    C'mon baby, c'mon
    Fuck me baby, fuck yeah
    Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, yeah!
    Fuck, yeah! C'mon baby
    Fuck me baby, fuck, fuck yeah
    Whoa, whoa, yeah, fuck, yeah
    C'mon, yeah
    Alright
    Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill...
    This is the end, beautiful friend
    This is the end, my only friend
    The end
    It hurts to set you free
    But you'll never follow me
    The end of laughter and soft lies
    The end of nights we tried to die
    This is the end

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  101. I don't recall all the fuck's in that song, AA. Not on the record.

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  102. Welp this one's over boys....fuck Hal fuck Cashman and fuck boone

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  103. JM, AA has those lyrics absolutely correct. You can trust me.

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  104. Or the fielding. Did we leave anything out? Perhaps the managing.

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  105. Nice put out by Donaldson

    I would have never wanted Adam in a bat suit at 94 - rather comfortably being taken care of in a high end skilled nursing facility, Doug

    Jim Morrison liked his lyrics to be a bit raw, JM.

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  106. Fuck fuck fuck fuck ad nauseum fuck ...

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  107. One more, Winny - for the cheap seats

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  108. Stanton and Judge now have warning track power

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  109. That’s because the roof is open…

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  110. Finally, we approach The End.

    It seemed this game would be endless

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  111. Ranger, do you write boone's post game speeches?

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  112. Are those lyrics what he sang live? I only know the record label release.

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  113. Mrs. Teasdale is both disgusted and amazed at Dusty Baker's ability to spit a big one with a toothpick in his mouth.

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  114. Dusty is a very gifted and talented man

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  115. Donaldson IS the way to our salvation

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  116. Thank gods we have Donaldson to light the rally.

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  117. Turn out the lights, the party's over
    They say that all good things must end
    Call it a night, the party's over
    And tomorrow starts the same old thing again

    What a crazy, crazy party, never seen so many people
    Laughing, dancing, look at you, you're having fun
    But look at me I'm almost crying
    But that don't keep her love from dying
    Misery, 'cause for me the party's over

    Turn out the lights, the party's over
    They say that all good things must end
    Call it a night, the party's over
    And tomorrow starts the same old thing again

    Once I had a love undying, I didn't keep it wasn't trying
    Life for me was just one party and then another
    I broke her heart so many times, had to have my party wife
    And then one night she said, "Sweetheart, the party's over"

    Turn out the lights, the party's over
    They say that all good things must end
    Call it a night, the party's over
    And tomorrow starts the same old thing again

    And tomorrow starts the same old thing again

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  118. Now the Asstros put up two more runs to ice it.

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  119. Actually Me thinks that they’ve already iced it

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  120. Yes. Doesn't matter. We can't win anything.

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  121. Oh shit - are we about to be swept by Houston?

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  122. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!$!$$$!$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!

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  123. If Judge makes the last out will the fans have the good sense to cheer for him anyway in what could be his last at bat as a Yankee? They should give him a standing O when he gets up to the plate!

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  124. Nice play. I think that's today's highlight.

    Sad how quiet the Stadium is.

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  125. Yes, AboveAverage. We're about to be swept by the Asstros. At home.

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  126. They won't give Judge a standing O. More likely, they'll boo him when he makes the last out. Which is sad, too.

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  127. I guess the Yankees have the idea that the pitcher will never, ever throw them a first-pitch strike.

    Which is wrong.

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  128. HAL is doubtless in Florida, probably sound asleep, dreaming of money.

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  129. Perhaps judge will end the “festivities” with a strikeout

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  130. I love you all. See you tomorrow.

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  131. No MVP chant? Who the fuck are those fans?

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  132. Yes bitty. See you all in the morning.

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  133. Good night to you all. Regret that the season ended like this.

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  134. 1) Baseball is a stupid game.
    2) Doctor Who was really good.

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  135. Not a strikeout, 999, but a grounder back to the pitcher.

    "This is how the world ends
    This is how the world ends
    This is how the world ends
    Not with a bang but a whimper."

    And...a whimper, frankly, from a team we never really thought had a chance to begin with.

    The main thing to be said about the 2022 Yankees? They were exhausting. Sleep well, all!

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  136. And it's good you did start it, Anon. All those songs brought back many happy memories. Seeing the Rome glitterati sing "Stormy Weather" in La Dolce Vita...Ah, a much better evening than the one those poor fans had at the park.

    Good-night!

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  137. Well, not the way we we have liked it to end doesn't quite describe how I imagine everyone feels. Well, we did get to enjoy Judge, Cortes, and a few others who right now don't come to mind. But we do get to get ourselves embroiled in the machinations of the winter, which is usually good for some laughs, fury, and intrigue in no particular order.

    I would also like to thank everyone who contributed to the blog, especially the moderators. This HAS to be the best blog on the web, moderated by people who understand the game, have a wicked, twisted sense of humor, who are also control their tempers, unlike your humble narrator. You sickos who follow this blog, I salute you!

    PS, mainly because of numerous references over time I got intrigued by "Doctor Who" references. I have, like most old-timers have heard about the show over the years, but to borrow a line from the Guess Who's song "Laughing", '...time passes slowly, but carries on' (only fairly recently did those words really sink in 😱). Okay to the point, I just bought the Blu-ray collection, "Doctor Who: The Complete David Tennant Collection". I haven't opened it yet, so any opinions on my choice would be extremely appreciated. Good-night to all 😍

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  138. Ode to Brian Cashman


    "Lucky Man"

    He had white horses
    And ladies by the score
    All dressed in satin
    And waiting by the door

    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

    White lace and feathers
    They made up his bed
    A gold covered mattress
    On which he was led

    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

    He went to fight wars
    For his country and his king
    Of his honor and his glory
    The people would sing

    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

    A bullet had found him
    His blood ran as he cried
    No money could save him
    So he laid down and he died

    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

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