Ahem, Washington Nationals. Hot dogs at Citizens Bank Park are $4.00.
The Ravens are lowering theirs to $3.00. You just raised your price to $7.00. Get with the program!
Saturday, June 2, 2018
#187 It Makes No Difference – The Band (1975)
Robbie
Robertson doesn’t get nearly enough credit as a songwriter, and this is one of
his best. Rick Danko nails the lead vocal on what one critic has called “one of
the most devastatingly beautiful heartbreakers in rock and roll history”.
Friday, June 1, 2018
#186 Should I Cry – The Concords (1964)
Absolutely
fantastic up-tempo doo-wop, every bit as good as the Del Vikings’ “Come Go With Me”. The former hit the top 10 in 1957, while this one, like “Morse Code Of Love” and “Rainy Day Bells”, had the misfortune to come out after doo-wop’s
popularity had peaked. Life is like that sometimes.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
May 27, 2018 – Blue Jays 5, Phillies 3 – Citizens Bank Park
Attendance: 24,182
Duration: 2:50
Weather: 68 degrees, Cloudy
Wind: 11 MPH Right to Left
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Mark Ripperger. 2B: Joe West. 3B: Doug
Eddings.
Section 143, Row 10, Seats 7-10 – left field, definitely in home run
territory (but no luck)
Game notes – Nick Pivetta got off to a rough start, throwing away a
pickoff attempt in the first and giving up two runs in the second on a pair of
walks and a double (with two wild pitches mixed in) … settled in and faced the
minimum number of batters over his final 3 innings of work … after Pivetta was
lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 5th, Adam Morgan gave
up a two-run double to Dwight Smith Jr. … Phils finally broke through against
J.A. Happ and cut the deficit to one run in the bottom of the 6th on
4 straight singles, accompanied by 2 Toronto errors … unfortunately those were
the final hits of the game for the home team … Hector Neris allowed a Curtis
Granderson homer in the 9th for the final margin
Other – Phillies had moved up to first place in the NL East after
winning Saturday, but dropped back to
second as the Braves hammered the Red Sox … the threatened rain didn’t
materialize during the game, but it did rain most of the way home, especially
on I-95 south of Baltimore, with 3 flash flood alerts coming up on my phone …
parked in Lot W rather at the Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium, as it turns out
that the facility is being razed in preparation for a new
hotel/casino/entertainment complex
It’s not just Republicans who are fiscally irresponsible
For example: “Democrats have put ourselves at a longtime, strategic
disadvantage,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), who has introduced a bill
that would make most college free but has waved off questions about the cost.
“We have to pay for progressive priorities, and they borrow money for theirs. After the tax cut, there’s almost no
enthusiasm for worrying about how to pay for new proposals.”
Hey Alexa, come clean about how much you’re really recording us
Hey, Alexa (and friends) – you’re NOT welcome in my home!
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