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05-27-2019 , 03:40 PM
Mookie! 1986: Driving out in the country; Game 6, bottom of the 10th; I start screaming and banging the steering wheel. Wife looks at me as only women can.

Wife: Wtf? it's only a baseball game...

RIP Bill, you certainly made my day.
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05-27-2019 , 04:34 PM
Buckner came to my little league end of the season dinner when he was on the Cubs. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

It was the first time I met a pro athlete, and I always associated that one line from John Fogerty's Centerfield with him when I saw him - brown eyed handsome man

Well-a, beat the drum and hold the phone,
The sun came out today.
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
A-roundin' third, and headed for home,
It's a brown-eyed handsome man,
Anyone can understand the way I feel.
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05-27-2019 , 06:32 PM
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05-30-2019 , 01:44 PM
Leon Redbone, 69. I want to play his Christmas album for some reason.
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05-30-2019 , 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Zeno
Bill Buckner died. He was sent straight to Hell.

It wasn't buckners fault. McNamara knew he was hurt.
McNamara should have put in a defensive replacement.
Did Buckner ask to stay in? I don't know.

I was a 20 year old not yet gambling , die hard red sox fan.
I can't find anything on Google about Buckner being injured.
But I remember, after all those years, the man was banged up and was only in for his bat.

I'm still traumatized. The younger generation will never understand.
Sorry for those who lost money on the game.

There , I can find closure now.
Rip Bill

Last edited by Nepeeme2008; 05-30-2019 at 02:44 PM.
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05-30-2019 , 03:12 PM
RIP Leon, he was a truly unique talent
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05-30-2019 , 04:48 PM
One of a kind:





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05-30-2019 , 05:39 PM
never did get Leon Redbone, but RIP just the same
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05-30-2019 , 10:32 PM
Claus von Bülow, socialite convicted then cleared of trying to kill wife, dead at 92
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05-30-2019 , 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Dominic
never did get Leon Redbone, but RIP just the same
Maybe this will help
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...669_story.html
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05-31-2019 , 05:46 AM
I liked Leon Redbone, what I knew of him. He was one of these eccentric artiste types but also very accessible cause his songs sounded cool, the way his voice was all growly and low.
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05-31-2019 , 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Dominic
Claus von Bülow, socialite convicted then cleared of trying to kill wife, dead at 92
Celebrity or notorious? Maybe we should start a separate thread for notorious deaths. I don't see CVB as a celebrity. Just my opinion.
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05-31-2019 , 09:41 AM
There was that great line in that movie where Alan Dershowitz (played by Ron Silver) tells von Bulow he's a very strange guy, and Jeremy Irons as von Bulow kills it with "You have no idea." Something like that
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05-31-2019 , 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by kioshk
There was that great line in that movie where Alan Dershowitz (played by Ron Silver) tells von Bulow he's a very strange guy, and Jeremy Irons as von Bulow kills it with "You have no idea." Something like that
One of my favorite lines. I wish a few people I've used it on got the reference.
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05-31-2019 , 11:20 AM
Von Bulow was an amateur; William S. Burroughs was a real pro.
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06-01-2019 , 02:05 AM
Rest in pieces Roky Erickson, of the 13th Floor Erickson and various amazing bizarro solo stuff. I never got to see him live, but I'm still gonna miss him.

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06-01-2019 , 02:14 AM
that's a seminal rock song....could argue it's the first punk song. RIP
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06-01-2019 , 06:51 AM
I grew up about 5 houses down from Roky. I hung out with his younger brothers. Crazy family. So many stories....
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06-01-2019 , 09:13 AM
There used to be a great documentary about Roky Erickson on Netflix, made a big impression on me back in the early 2010s. He had a few issues iirc, but don't we all.
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06-01-2019 , 10:31 AM
What sad news to wake up to.

"Your Gonna Miss Me" was the documentary. In the summer of 2005 I was in Vegas during the Series. I was pokering in the Rio and reading the local paper when I saw that it was playing in a theater way north of town. There was only one showing and it started in an hour. I rush out of the Rio, grab a cab, pay a fortune for the ride, and get there with 5 minutes to spare.

I sit down and within 30 seconds realize it's not the doc about Roky, but it's some streamed concert by country singer I've never heard of.

I've yet to see it. RIP Roky.
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06-04-2019 , 08:24 AM
Lawrence Leathers, jazz drummer, dead at age 37 in New York City, the victim of an assault.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/n...gtype=Homepage
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06-07-2019 , 09:15 AM
Hopefully he's in the right place......
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06-07-2019 , 05:52 PM
must have been the wrong time
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06-13-2019 , 12:12 AM
RIP Oscar-nominated actress Sylvia Miles (Midnight Cowboy).
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