The Chris Moeller Archives

Three more endorsements

The "Sinatra Vegas" CD box set from 2006 is a must-have. I had hesitated to buy it before Saturday, due to an impression that disc #2 of the set was a re-edited version of the already-released "Sinatra at the Sands, with Count Basie" from 1966, the greatest live musical-- or non-musical (for that matter)-- recording of all-time. But you won't believe it-- quick, find a chair and sit down-- it's an entire different show! The set list is very similar to the first, but it's recorded from a different night entirely of the same week-long engagement of Basie and Sinatra and Quincy Jones at Jack Entratter's Copa Room at the Sands. This is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me.

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Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell was once the go-to guy for baseball coverage during October, but now the top man is Will Leitch, editor of deadspin.com and now a baseball blogger for the New York Times. He's a Cards fan from way back so you know you can trust his impulses and insight when you're reading about even the most horrific of diamond developments, such as last night's Red Sox World Championship. His most poignant thoughts are contained in the posts about Curt Schilling and J.D. Drew. Check 'em out in the link above.

Incidentally, my ability to psychically steer the outcome of all post-season baseball games lasted exactly either 380 or 381 days. It began with the mental willing of a Cardinals' victory in San Diego on October 3rd, 2006, and ended on either the 18th or 19th day of this month, depending on whether or not you count that inexplicably-scheduled off-day in Cleveland between games 4 and 5 of the ALCS Friday before last. It was terrific fun while it lasted.

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Thanks to a tip from a friend, it's now time to play the "Candidate match game." You may have seen it already on the USA Today website. Match 11 questions and you'll win a dream date in a voting booth with one of the 17 Democratic or Republican candidates for president. I polled a "Gravel/Kucinich/Paul" result. See if you can beat that, suckers! Brownback's out of the race, so try not to land on that "Whammy."

posted by CM @ 8:40 PM