While in West Virginia over the weekend I took the kids to a couple of scenic places in the New River Gorge and had a couple of nice meals. But this was easily the highlight of the trip. Found it in my wife’s childhood bedroom. Still in the wrapper, just waiting to be made into a righteous mix-tape. It obviously was never used for its intended purpose, so the question remains: would it have been meant to be a breakup mix tape (first song: “Pictures of You” by the Cure) or a new relationship mix-tape (first song: “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel)? All I know is that it would have sounded great seeing as though it would have been made on that sweet silver-front stereo system in the background.
Anyway, here’s what else happened over the weekend:
- Davey Johnson. I’ll be damned.
- And he could be there for a while.
- The Rangers are scouting Yu Darvish. I have this feeling things won’t end well for him over here.
- Rafael Furcal could be moved to second base. One theory: Dee Gordon is so awesome he’s forcing the change. Competing theory: it’s simply way easier to find an extra second baseman for Furcal’s inevitable trip to the disabled list. Which should be coming any minute now.
- James Shields says that deal with the Devil is not the most fair document he’s ever signed, but he does like the certainty it provides.
- Ryan Madson: uncomfortably numb [cue righteous three minute guitar solo].
- Shin-Soo Choo is out at least six weeks with a broken thumb. At this point I’m thinking his year would have been better spent in the Korean army.
- Throw it to first! They’ll never expect it!
- Derek Jeter swung off a tee. Took 30 hacks. Only 27 of them bounced harmlessly to short, so he’s improving.
- The most depressing story of the weekend.
- The most horrifying story of the weekend. No, it has nothing to do with baseball, but I had to work this in there somewhere.
- Steve Soboroff resigns as Frank McCourt’s propagandist-in-chief.
- Roy Oswalt will be out for a while with a bulging disc. Note: there are few written phrases more needing of manual proofreading than “bulging disc.”
- Kerry Wood: “I’ve got blisters on my fingers!”
- The Giants may be interested in Yorvit Torrealba. What, there are no spare Molinas floating around?
- Keith Olbermann lost his Old Timers Day job at Yankee Stadium. I for one am shocked — shocked! — that he alienated someone and was forced to leave employment earlier than anticipated. It’s so unlike him.
Now watch as I hit [play/record] and [play] at the exact same time …
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- deathmonkey41 - Jun 27, 2011 at 8:53 AM
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I remember the days of hitting Play+Rec as I anxiously waited for the radio station DJ to shut the hell up and not talk over the beginning of the song I wanted to capture on magnetic tape for eternity…or at least until the tape broke from repeatedly listening to it. Ah, the good old days. Of course, I would be trying to tape some thrash or death metal song- not Gabriel or the Cure.
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- Craig Calcaterra - Jun 27, 2011 at 8:57 AM
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I was a DJ at a radio station from 1989-1992. Top 40 stuff that teenagers wanted to use for mix tapes. I would get calls all the time begging me to not talk over the intro to a given song because the kid was trying to tape it.
If they were nice, I’d oblige. If not, I’d talk that sucker up until the very moment the lyrics started.
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- Jonny 5 - Jun 27, 2011 at 9:12 AM
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Dude, If you were trying to bag chicks and get any make out time you can’t get around the Cure or the Smiths/Morrisey. Otherwise you had to fall back on the classic Journey, and that was just old and played out when I was making tapes.
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- Craig Calcaterra - Jun 27, 2011 at 9:15 AM
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Dude, the girls I dug in high school liked The Cure and The Smiths/Morrisey. The girl I ended up marrying 16 years ago did too. It worked out.
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- Jonny 5 - Jun 27, 2011 at 9:27 AM
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I used to say “Dude” alot back then too. Duuuude………..
For my self I listened to EVERYTHING.
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- deathmonkey41 - Jun 27, 2011 at 9:41 AM
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So, you’re saying that nice Slayer/Death Angel/Cannibal Corpse mix can’t help you rope in the ladies? I beg to differ!
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- cur68 - Jun 27, 2011 at 10:23 AM
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FYI; Bob Marley works wonders in prairie Canada. I still got my Marley mix tapes, too.
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- Jonny 5 - Jun 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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And south of our border as well Cur, that was something that was kinda trendy in popularity from what I remember. Always really good though.
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- The Dangerous Mabry - Jun 27, 2011 at 9:32 AM
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Craig, I was surprised I didn’t see anything on HBT about the fact that Jeff Wilpon apparently wants his team to throw at other players. You’d get to hit on two of your favorite topics: Beanball wars, and the ridiculous Mets front office.
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- jimbo1949 - Jun 27, 2011 at 11:41 AM
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I’d say somebody ought to bean Wilpon but apparently, from his comments, someone already has.
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- cur68 - Jun 27, 2011 at 10:24 AM
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“What, there are no spare Molinas floating around?”
Ahem: Cur “El Guacho” Molina68 is available.
