Matthew

This what I just bought a couple of weeks ago, and it's wonderful, love it! Smooth to operate, and it syncs great with my iPhone, which is a big plus for me. PS: Plus it's perfect for editing and graphics for a on-line magazine, which is what I'll be spending a lot of time on in the coming months.

The unwritten rule also says don't make the first or last out at third, which I see more often now then ever before. Want to see a manager completely freak-out, get caught trying to steal third for the third out!

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time -- Jim Bouton

I hope you found it of interest. At least is indicates what was in Marion's mind at time of recording. I did indeed. The Brown connection made perfect sense. It was a stimulating and in parts somewhat challenging read but time well spent. I can imagine I'll revisit it Wasn't Andrew Hill's "Dusk" based on "Cane" also?

Matthew, if you like that one, you will probably like another of Otto Penzler's books, The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories. I recommend it! Thanks for the tip, I oredered it yesterday.

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories From The Pulps During Their Golden Age -- The 20s, The 30s,& 40s. Slowly making my way through this very enjoyable collection. I've become addicted to pulp fictions lately.

King Author And His Knights Of The Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green. I have to admit, most of my knowledge of King Arthor come from "The Sword In The Stone," which is not the most reliable source out there. Interesting book, and I can see why so many people remember reading it in childhood, and have continued throughout their life.

The Cornish Coast Murder (British Crime Library) by John Bude. Nice murder mystery from the "Golden Age" of British mystery, it was published in 1935. The whole series is worth checking out.

I would have thought the Cardinals cutting a wider swath of fanship, as they were the southern team for so many years. Plus, I've always found the Braves one of the dullest teams to watch.

Sad news, I just watched a reply of the Jets vs. Colts Super Bowl this weekend

Trailor Park Boys: This is some hilarious stuff.

So, for the second time in his career, Josh Hamilton injurers himself sliding headfirst. Doesn't this guy ever learn?

Tim Hudson wasn't too shabby the other day either. That's right, I completely forgot about his great game.

Giants took two of three from the Dodgers this weekend. Their pitching still looks weak, Madison Bumgarner's game Saturday has been their only good start of the year, and this for a team that relies on pitching. I have to admit that I wasn't that impressed with the Dogers, and this Puig situation is pretty crazy as he's curreently playing some very stupid baseball.

I often wondered how in the world a pitcher can walk in the winning run....

Rangers having an unbelievable streak of injuries. The Giants looked good once they woke up, Brandon Belt seems to be on the verge of a breakthrough season

Is there any team under a darker cloud than the Angels? Really? Don Baylor breaks his leg catching a first pitch? What next?

Prohibition by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. Finished watching this one tonight. I thought it was a very good documentary on the forces that caused Prohibition, the effects, and repeal of the 18th Amendment. I actually learned a lot about its history.

Hmmm....You callin' McCarthy Satan??? Of all the joke categories I can think of, Baseball Jokes may be the rarest. There are funny stories (Dizzy Dean, Garagiola, Uecker) but jokes? Thanks for these, Larry and Matthew. OMG! Didn't realize I made McCarthy out to be Satan. Of course, Red Sox fans never forgave him for starting Denny Galehouse in that 1948 playoff game.

Reminds me of a story Joe McCarthy, the old Yankee, Red Sox manager use to tell. One day Satan and St. Peter got into an argument over who had the best baseball team, heaven or hell. St. Peter said: "It's not even close, I got Ruth, and all those other great players, and you got nothing!" McCarthy: "That might be true, but I got all the umps!"

To help prepare for opening day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-Ij5AQC9k

Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindberg, and America's Fight Over World War II. 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson. Interesting account of the battle for, and against, intervention that took place in America.

Am I crazy, or does "In My Room" owe a huge debt to A.A. Milne's "Solitude"? There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to In my room, in my room In this world I lock out all my worries and my fears In my room, in my room Do my dreaming and my scheming Lie awake and pray Do my crying and my sighing Laugh at yesterday Now it's dark and I'm alone But I won't be afraid In my room, in my room In my room, in my room In my room, in my room Solitude I have a house where I go When there's too many people I have a house where I go Where no one can be; I have a house where I go Where nobady ever says "No" Where nobody says anything -- so There is no one but me I was reading Milne, and it just struck me how similar these two are.

Hearing Secret Harmonies by Anthony Powell. Book twelve of the A Dance To The Music Of Time novel cycle. Critics tend to rate this one as the least of the twelve, but I like it a lot, despite the 1960s feel. I think that The Military Philosphers is the weakest link; it just didn't seem to move the story along. Other than to make sure everyone knew what a terrible person Pamala Widmerool is, not much happened that I found interesting. Still, the whole is a great work of art. PS: It looks like Kindle will have some of Powell's early novels available on March 26.

The most popular addition so far this season.