Myron Levine

Loves cities, Chicago, Urban Affairs & Public Administration, local economic development, East & Central Europe, SF Bay, classic cinema, Puccini, and ballet

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

@JakeSherman Is he a coach???

[Paul Hembekides (Hembo) @PaulHembo]

This is perhaps the greatest — and undoubtedly the most famous — play ever made by an infielder.

The preeminent maestro of the hot corner.

Sleep well 🙏

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

A Brooks Robinson story. Worth reading, if you like that sort of thing.

I’m talking baseball, Brooksie and the Birds.

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

Long Brooks Robinson story I believe I told on radio:

When the Orioles played in Memorial Stadium, the PA announcer was named Rex Barney. When a fan made a great catch of a foul ball, he'd say, "Give that fan a contract." At a game with my dad and Brooks fouls off a pitch. Dad makes a leaping catch, everyone cheers, Rex does his thing. I'm over the moon. I got a Brooks Robinson foul ball. Can't believe it.

Next day at school, I tell everyone. Obviously. After school we have to play catch with this ball. Obviously. I figure I can throw a major league curve ball with it. I can't. I throw it low, my friend can't catch it. Now is when I mention we lived at the top of a hill. Ball rolls down the street and into a sewer.

The Brooks ball is gone. I never told my dad when he was alive. I always look up to the sky at this point and say, "Sorry 'bout that, Pop."

I tell this story decades later at a charity event in Baltimore. Turns out a man at our table did some work with Brooks. A week later a box arrives at my house with this and a note:

Hope this makes up for the one that got away, Brooks.

Indeed it did, Brooks. What a man.

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

@aaron_renn Agreed, @aaron_renn —I think that your assessment of Chicago’s future prospects is correct.

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

@aaron_renn I don’t know the context of the fee, as you know more, Aaron. But this smacks of exclusion. Teminds me of growing up decades ago in NYC when communities in the region banned parking or imposed high fees on nonresidents in order to keep NYC families from enjoying their lakes.

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@aaron_renn I like yours, Aaron. It’s a perfect fit. Everyone else can just stop.

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@KevinMKruse Dick Wood and Galen Hall. New York Jets. Now that's time... and dues.

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

@CityofDetroit Or is this a way of providing “safe” passage through Detroit for airport arrives and other casino patrons???? Who would the tools exclude? That last part is not rocket science.

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@I_Le_Android @guyfromsamoa @myronlevine Not me. Not an androis. And never been there. But I do know where Samoa is, however.

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CN there even be an argument? Jethro Tull.

[Vintage Rock N’ Roll 🎸 @RockNRoLL_85]

Thin Lizzy or Jethro Tull?

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

@LoriSchmidt @reflog18 Without a doubt. This one is the winner. Or the loser, if you’re a Reds fan.

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@vpshannon71

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

Tom Brady knew it was time

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

Tom Brady knew it was time

[Evan Smith @evanasmith]

what’s the wood tomorrow @ndhapple?
torn between
GAETZ OF HELL
and
KEVIN CAN WAIT

[Myron Levine @MyronLev]

@WorldBollard Bollards are the key to safe #biking in high-traffic areas. Without #bollards, bike lanes become suicide lanes. Without bollards, parked cars and deliver vehicles can lock Ike lanes. #cycling

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@neiltyson So?

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@vpshannon71 And a Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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@AnnieKeatingNYC Pink Floyd is always good when on a long car trip. I’m also loving the more recent Nick Cave albums—but you have to be in the right mood for those.

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@vpshannon71 @Daniel75848403 This is actually a difficult choice. Aqualung is great. But Ziggy is transformational. Got to go for Ziggy. “He thinks he’d blow our minds.” Indeed he did.

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@Jake_Trotter “So you’re telling me there’s a chance.” @vpshannon71