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What Steve Vai Taught Me About Myself

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I started out as an unsophisticated music lover (of course I did), which in many ways is the best kind. My family had an old cabinet style combination radio and record player (mono of course). I remember we had a…

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The GOR Beta Test — a theoretical election from 1974

1974 GOR Election As promised, here is your opportunity to help out on a project. Remember: this thread is more about “process” than “results”.If you are unfamiliar with what I’m posting, I recommend you review my postings in the threads titled “A Different Methodology” and “Gallery Of Renown”.Rules/guidelines: 1. Rank the ten most worthy of […]

2022

By Daniel Marks January 1, 2022 The ballots have been submitted and tallied. Before proceeding, I just wanted to mention that, once again this year, it was very satisfying to see so many new posters participating in this process. We welcome and encourage you to participate not only in our occasional votes and contests, but also to […]

2023

By Daniel Marks January 1, 2023 The ballots have been submitted and tallied. Before proceeding, I just wanted to mention that, once again this year, it was very satisfying to see so many new posters participating in this process. We welcome and encourage you to participate not only in our occasional votes and contests, but also to […]

2020 Manager Election

written by Dan Marks The ballots have been submitted and tallied. Here are the results of the 2020 Gallery of Renown voting for managers, which we only conduct once every 10 years. There were 44 ballots tallied this year. Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a ballot and for continuing to support the memory of […]

2020 GOR Player Comments

I’ll post these in alphabetical order; the number next to a player’s name is his Test grade. Abreu, Bobby (1.3): Abreu was involved in two of the worst trades ever on paper, one because an expansion team was obsessed with positional need, the other because the Yankees and Phillies almost certainly made a deal beneath a […]

2021

The ballots have been submitted and tallied. Before proceeding, I just wanted to mention that, once again this year, it was very satisfying to see so many new posters participating in this process. We welcome and encourage you to participate not only in our occasional votes and contests, but also to participate in the various Reader Posts […]

2020

The ballots have been submitted and tallied. Here are the results of the 2020 Gallery of Renown voting: There were 64 ballots tallied this year. Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a ballot and for continuing to support the memory of our friend Bob Gregory and his brainchild. Remember that points were awarded MVP-style: 10 players per […]

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“Community Standards” explained:

Q1: Do I do it? yes: hold parades and assign holidaysno: it's terrorism Q2: Do I say it? yes: make Webster add it to the dictionary at gunpointno: it's hate speech Q3: I hear a joke using a cultural reference. Do I have any...

A Third-World State

Yaknow the term 'third-world country,' right? I feel like politics is turning our red states into third-world states. I mean, there isn't anything wrong with being a red voter, not at all. But when the leaders sell their dammed soul...

Ballplayer Profiles: Roy Parnell

Roy "Red" Parnell had himself a rookie season in 1927. In 87 games (360 plate appearances) he slashed .422-.464-.653, leading the league in batting and onbase as well as hits (141). In roughly a half-season of work he had 24...

The 2022 MIHC (Most Improved Hall (of Fame) Case

MIHC stands for Most Improved Hall (of Fame) Case; I did this once, several years ago. Bill James first thought the idea up in his "The Baseball Book" series that ran from 1990-1992. Before I get to the top ten,...

Gosh, Guvnah

I just downloaded a vulgarity governor app on my phone - it's really cool; it changes all my profane words to gosh. For example, if I say "gosh" it changes it to "gosh." I mean when I say gosh it......

Obituaries

RIP: Detroit’s Finest

When I think about Bob Lanier, I think three things: Great player on a team with no directionHuge feet (size 22 shoes)Airplane! Lanier was the prototypical 20-10 player; he averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds over his 14-year career. He...

RIP: Mr. Patriot

Gino Cappelletti was the Paul Hornung of the AFL, a hybrid player who could beat you from any direction. Primarily a kicker, defensive back and wide receiver, he scored 42 career touchdowns and an AFL record 1,130 points in the...

RIP: Gershwin of the Livery Stables

Paul Vance was a prolific songwriter and producer who wrote over a thousand songs that made it to vinyl. He is best-known as half of the Vance/Pockriss writing team that wrote “Leader of the Laundromat,” “Catch a Falling Star, “Tracy,”...

RIP: We’ll Play for You

If I set out to compile a list of the best musical families, several obvious names would come first (and then the Interweb would flood me with dozens of others): the Jacksons, the Carter/Cash family, the Osmonds (stop laughing), the...

RIP: Queen of the Hollers

I feel like she was too famous for one of my usual obits ... it would take me weeks to write a proper obituary for Loretta Lynn, and a book publisher to get it distributed. So how about ten things...

Book Reports

Charlette’s Web

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A group of us were having our men’s group and talking about men displaying their emotions and it being Ok for men to cry. While this is more acceptable in society now, I think some people are judgmental about it....

Chuck Cunningham and the Multiverse

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Chuck Cunningham was a character on a show that started in January 1974 and lasted 11 seasons. He was the older brother of the Cunningham family the main family of the show. The star of the show was Ron Howard...

Book Report: Robert Heinlein, “If This Goes On — “

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Terry July 3, 2021 “If This Goes On — " is the story of a revolution to wrest control of the United States back from a fundamentalist totalitarian regime, founded by Reverend Nehemiah Scudder, that sprouted up after WWIII destroyed Europe...

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Lew Archer and (the) Hooks

Halfway home, just above Emerald Bay, I overtook the worst driver in the world. Ross MacDonald / Gone Girl I’ve always considered Ross MacDonald, known for his series of Lew Archer detective novels, a great writer with a unique,...

What I did During My Pandemic Vacation

My wife and I are an adventurous couple. Unfortunately, there's been this covid-19 thingy that has curtailed our wild lifestyle. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Anyway, for the last year and a bit, there’s been no Bingo, no Casinos and...

Fathers Day

I loved my father. Fathers and sons playing catch – what is it about throwing that baseball back and forth in the yard, anyway? We did so many other things together, after all. So many things shared and remembered by...

Gary is all over the map, but can still find his way home

I’ve noticed in the last couple of years that while writing I tend to skip over little words like ‘the’ and ‘and’ and the like. I also sometimes skip over letters. For example, the word ‘look’ turns into ‘lok.’ It...

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