KMK

Musings on culture, sports & other stuff.

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@JoeyWahler There were seasons where in the offseason Dave DeB pitched for the White Sox, wrote a book, was ABA Commissioner or the Knicks' GM. Quite a guy.

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@steelydanise @ThatEricAlper Excellent pairing and show. Here's hoping we may see it again.

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@WiltStats The irony of Wilt beating Rick Barry's team with underhanded free throws . . .

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@atothej428 @ThatEricAlper 2016. Wish I'd seen them together in the early 90s as well.

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@ThatEricAlper This (great!) album is from the Sept. '79 MUSE concerts at MSG, not the June '82 CP rally. The '80 No Nukes film of the shows is even better. Unthinkable that neither has been expanded/reissued, esp w so many great performances unreleased.

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@mckoosa1 Hard to imagine the Cap'n playing with a red, white & blue ball.

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@RushmoreLists Grazin' in the Grass (Friends of Distinction)
Build Me Up Buttercup (Foundations)
Stoned Soul Picnic (Laura Nyro/5th Dimension)
Woodstock (CSNY)

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@HoopsAnalyst Celts were easily the class of the league that season - the Knicks upsetting Bos in the playoffs was remarkable, then beating the Lakers was just icing on the cake. A title every bit as impressive (if slightly less dramatic) than 69-70.

[Serena Ehrlich @Serena]

#knicks 1973! #art let’s do this!

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@MikeVacc Yes - except the Knicks (w/3 games left) weren't up against the wall like the Giants when Tyree Tyreeached, the Mets when Mookie worked his 6th-game bottom 10th magic, or even the NY Giants when Bobby Thompson homered to beat Brooklyn. (Can't read your paywalled piece, alas)

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@jgd0634 Cousy un-retired and put himself on the court just in time to enable the Knicks last-minute come-from-behind then-record 18th consecutive win in 1969. (Any thoughts @PeterVecsey1?)

[HarryHew @harryhew]

It's official: The Beatles' first album, PLEASE PLEASE ME, was released closer to the 1800s than to the present day.

Dec 31, 1899 to March 22, 1963 = 23,091 days
March 22, 1963 to June 11, 2026 = 23,092 days

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@Hot_Pepper76 @fredforthemets Hollies had better originals but Byrds had better covers.

[Kirk Herbstreit @KirkHerbstreit]

Incredible experience just being a fan at Game 4 at MSG!
This is why we love sports-Here was my angle for the game winner… @nyknicks down 29 and just kept choppin wood to give themselves a chance at the end-and won it with poise and determination.
Appreciate Mark Shapiro for the invite to witness it in person. Nothin better!

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@lt4kicks SB is do or die. Game 4 of the NBA Finals still gives either team more chances.

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@GaryMyersNY Not quite. The Giants had 1:15 left to win the title, while the Knicks have 3 more games to do so.

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@abathrowbacks @MikeVacc @GlobeBobRyan That's a shame for all sides. I was disappointed that Soul Power didn't include a few of Pluto's book's best anecdotes (eg Dallas' owner saving $$ by taking his GM's (alphabetical) shopping list -not his GM - to the 1st ABA draft & getting lots of players w/surnames A thru C).

[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

Having lost a job and lost a spouse in my lifetime, they are very, very, so much not the same.

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@abathrowbacks @MikeVacc @GlobeBobRyan Yes, and I've mostly enjoyed reading/watching him for 40 years, and have a sense of his perspective. Terry Pluto is the guy that Soul Power should've been sure to include.