MLB - NEWS & NOTES

the phils are trying new things etc,

IF this is true and a reference to losing games delibrately - its wrong...

i never said that. they are bringing up AA and AAA players to see if they can hit or pitch against MLB hitters and pitchers. that's not tanking, that's seeing if they will be ready for full-time status in 2016 or 2017. they know they can't win, so they're just calling up the young kids to see about who can play or not at the pro level.

 

love this tune. mick fleetwood ftw. <compulsory disclaimer: this is the real fleetwood mac>

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHffZNfPuA[/video]

 

I thought Santana was in the studio !

 

is there any other kind of fleetwood mac, lulz ?

 

yes, there's the kind that sold billions of albums too.

 

Gallardo

 

You don't have to pick high to build a franchise. Dropping a few spots in the draft wouldn't destroy the franchise. Trevor Rosenthal was a 21st round draft choice. Scouts saw talent and the organization developed them. Player evaluation and development is how you win. If your club can't do that you can have the top 10 picks and you won't win.

 

BTW, we know the Phils have lost 11 of their last 16, including being swept by the awful Brewers, right?

 

well the scouting in philly has changed thank God, but their picks in the 90's besides rolen were awful!

wayne gomes
brandon duckworth
my boy tyler green and his knuckle curveball out of wichita state. by the time he got to reading AA his arm was mush from being overpitched. thanks.

and a few other duds. scouting is getting better and you can't compare scouting with st. louis. they're the best in the business!

 

to me lulz there is only 1 fleetwood mac and it's them! good stuff.

 

the distinction i was trying to make is that this is the group as it started, before what i consider the most dramatic change in approach and style of any group i've ever listened to.

the more popluar, recent fleetwood mac, with the additions of christine perfect (later to become christine mcvie), stevie nicks, and lindsey buckingham, has virtually nothing in common with the original group aside from the name and the 2 co-founders.

 

They were 2 completely different animals.

 

how old are you guys ?? im 43. soon to be 44. as far back as i recall from videos and songs on the radio it was mick fleetwood, stevie nicks, christie mcvie, john mcvie and lindsey buckingham. i thought that WAS THE ORIGINAL band. i never knew they were others. my apologies. learn something new everyday.

 

i turned 60 last month. here's some more from before the change:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FZNlCuI5c[/video]

 

Hemispheres by RUSH is one of the best all time......Get a CD on ebay cheap......

 

lulz-why did the original members bs mick get the boot and the new members came in ?

60-why and you still mow 3 acres? damn! kudos to you.

 

don't forget john mcvie - he's half the band's name

that's a good question, i dunno the circumstances of the comings and goings before the current incarnation. i'll try to read up on that.

the tractor deserves more kudos than i do, i just sit there and steer it

most of the land here is flood plain, but my house sits on about 7 acres of high (relatively) ground at one corner. of that 7, my lawn's probably a bit over 2, plus the pond pushes it closer to 3, and the rest of the high ground has maintained clearings and driveable trails (10 foot wide). with the tractor, assuming nothing breaks, i can do it all in about 2 hours. then, of course, there's still all the mowing in the spots u can't drive a tractor thru. that's the job of the other broken mower

 

Indians still in the hunt? Shesh pass me a beer! *DRINK*
Should atleast make games fun to watch down the stretch. Lindor has been everything I hoped for.

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The voice of summer in Los Angeles plans to return next year.

Vin Scully will be back for a record 67th season in the broadcast booth for the Dodgers, who revealed the news Friday night in the second inning of their game against the Chicago Cubs.

Magic Johnson, a co-owner of the team, appeared on the Dodger Stadium video board to tell the crowd that Jimmy Kimmel had a major announcement.

Late-night TV host Kimmel appeared and without a sound used cue cards to explain Scully would return for another season "at least," read one of the cards.

His last card read: "God bless us everyone."

The 87-year-old Scully stood up and waved from his booth as the crowd cheered.

The Hall of Fame announcer's consecutive years of service make him the longest-tenured broadcaster with one team in sports history.

"I talked it over with my wife, Sandi, and my family and we've decided to do it again in 2016," Scully said in a statement distributed during the game. "There's no place like home and Dodger Stadium, and we look forward to being a part of it with all of our friends."

Earlier Friday, Scully asked Cubs manager Joe Maddon to visit his booth in the press box.

"He was aware of our players, of course, but he wanted to know about a lot of the young guys," the manager said. "I've never asked for my photograph to be taken with anybody, but we did and I'll keep that. It was a very nice meeting and to get my photograph taken with him was pretty special. I was very honored."

Scully confided in Maddon that he was going to return.

"I was happy," Maddon said.

Scully calls all nine innings of the team's home games and road games in California and Arizona for the Dodgers' television home on SportsNet LA, while the first three innings of his games are simulcast on the radio.

"Vin is a national treasure and the Dodgers couldn't be happier to have him back at the microphone in 2016," team president and CEO Stan Kasten said. "Vin makes every broadcast special and generation after generation of Dodger fans have been blessed to be able to listen to him create his poetic magic since 1950. We look forward to adding many new chapters to that legacy in 2016."

However, a dispute between Time Warner Cable and other cable subscribers now in its second year is keeping 70 percent of the Los Angeles television market from seeing the team's games.

Only customers of Time Warner and a couple of its partners have been able to watch, while subscribers of major providers such as DirecTV, Dish Network, Verizon and AT&T have been shut out. Even Scully can't watch road games because he lives in an area not served by Time Warner.

Scully began his professional broadcasting career in 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He has called three perfect games, 25 World Series and 12 All-Star games. He was behind the microphone for Kirk Gibson's Game 1 homer in the 1988 World Series, Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Hank Aaron's record-setting 715th home run and Sandy Koufax's four no-hitters, including a perfect game.

Last season, the Dodgers revealed Scully's return on a night when talking microphones featuring his dulcet tones were given away to fans.

(Beth Harris;AP)

 

wow-don't you have any sons to mow for you or landscapers? around here which is far less land per home and i don't even have a home, there are 20 different landscaping companies who are out 7 days a week 6 am-dark!