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Paul Daugherty
Paul Daugherty has been an Enquirer sports columnist since 1994 and has been chronicling Cincinnati sports since 1988. He has covered almost every major sporting event in America, as well as five Summer Olympics. Along the way, he has been named one of the country's top-5 sports columnists four times, and Ohio columnist of the year on seven different occasions. Last year, he was voted 2nd-best sports columnist in the country, by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

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Thursday, August 03, 2006

rock and roll part 2

Has it occurred to anyone else that hitters are starting to time B.Arroyo's changeup because they know it's coming and he hasnt done a very good job mixing his pitches? It's almost like he's a new hitter and he's gone around the league once. The book has been written. That's wa-a-a-y inside baseball for me, but watching him the last time he pitched, the thought occurred...

Negative Cincy Note of the week, from SI: The misdeeds of the Bengals are noted in a chart, side by side with the Chicago Bears' aspiring criminals. Allegedly. Chris Henry, last in SI for housing his family post-Katrina, now is in there for being a slap. The mag does note that at least 25 players from 17 different NFL teams were arrested in the offseason. Stupidity loves company.

The crowds keep growing at Bengals training camp. I know of one family spending their vacation in Georgetown. Seriously. And it is amazing how long Carson Palmer spends signing autographs in the miserable heat, after practice. Wednesday, he must have stood for 20 minutes. It also makes you wonder how many of these fans would be down there if the Bengals had a no-autograph policy. As it is, they have a container filled with Sharpies, which camp minions distribute to players as they jog off the field. Very nice and should be noted by the other pro sports team in town.

The best thing about owning a few million CDs is, occasionally, you rediscover one that sounds as fine as the day you bought/burned it. I'm listening to the Stones in the car today -- Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out. One of the best live rock albums ever made. Jumping Jack Flash, Carol, Sympathy for the Devil. Fabulous. Live big. It's a gas.


5 Comments:

at 3:22 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

That could be, based on your observations, Paul. But Dirty Water's history has always been to start strong, falters mid-season, regains second wind and win at least 14-15 games. Is that stamina, maybe? Is that the heat, maybe? Frankly, I am anticipating
5 consecutive wins from the second wind.

Peter

 
at 9:01 AM Blogger nvexel2 said...

Doc:

You are right. I would put Live at Leeds, the classic Who album, with Get Yer Ya Ya's Out. But it is a very short conversation.

Steely Dan - Riverbend, August 29, show of the year.

 
at 8:45 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yep, Ya-Ya's is a beaut. And so is Leeds, as "nvexel" added. BUT! In any discussion of great live rock albums, you can't forget Little Feat's brilliant "Waiting for Columbus."

Know who I don't wanna be? Gary Majewski's agent, the next time he finds himself sitting across an arbitration table from Wayne Krivsky, given all Gary's done to make Wayne the laughing-stock of Major League Baseball...

 
at 3:38 PM Blogger Paul Daugherty said...

yeah, Columbus: Willin'... Sailin' Shoes... Oh Atlanta... almost forgot that one.

 
at 1:28 PM Blogger Paul Daugherty said...

Saw Zep when I was a senior in high school, 1975, their mirror ball days. It was good, not great. Been thinking of making the trip to Churchill Downs to see Mick and the boys, though the act seems less rock and more vaudeville... Stones lack the passion, have replaced it with showmanship... except Keith, but everyone knows he's dead, anyway.

 
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