Catholic, husband, Fr of 9, GrFr of 26. Author for eons of Wise Guy Baseball. Loving baseball, good books & rocknroll, I knew and hated the boomers from within.
@9Kings1910Alt That's good, I'm with you on that although I don't know who dolphinmaria is. But I'm sure I've heard her line of sh*t before, and suggest you change her name to dauphinmaria.
Rome and the early USA advanced civilization with wonder after wonder, and improved the lives of millions including yours and mine. You can throw in Britain too because their greatest period of advancement coincided with republican limitations on their monarchy. So maybe a monarchy/republic hybrid is best, but like I said we human beings will always find a way to corrupt it.
@Hot_Pepper76 Many good songs and I count six in the top 500, which makes Chrissie hugely underrated:
Kid
Talk of the Town
Back on the Chain Gang
Don't Get Me Wrong
2000 Miles
Show Me
Plus their cover of Stop Your Sobbing blows away the Kinks.
@TheExtremeMusi1 He's got a helluva greatest hits album, but nothing better than "Toussaint L'Overture." Unless it's the 2nd solo in the song before it, "Taboo."
I think the increased walk rate in MLB is mostly because the automatic strike call on 3-0 pitches is mostly gone. Likewise the automatic ball call on 0-2 pitches, but pitchers rarely throw a strike on 0-2 anyway. They should do it more - not down the middle but aim for a corner.