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Baseball

You Make the Call!

vote.jpgI’ve been playing around with a few ideas for site features during the upcoming bases-ball season. Rather than pick one without any input like a fascist, I thought I should let you, the reader, choose, or at the very least influence my choice.

The first thought I had was to do a parallel, alternate reality season for the Mets. With Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes already sidelined for god knows how long, things ain’t looking to good for the team already. But anything is possible once you use your imagination! So I would simulate the season one game at a time, in MLB10:The Show (which I just purchased) or the less high-tech option, Stratomatic. Or both. The video game version could be accompanied by screenshots of moments of triumph and tragedy–contrasted, of course, by whatever actually happened to the Mets that day.

But I’ve also given some thought to doing a 10-year retrospective on the 2000 season, as I did last year with 1999. I’m already on record (many times) in my belief that 2000 was vastly inferior to 1999, but I’m also willing to consider that I’m totally wrong. Maybe in re-examining that season, I’ll discover that it had charms that my fetishizing of 1999 have glossed over. Plus, The 1999 Project got a lot of good response, and I am nothing if not a crowdpleaser. I play to the rafters!

So folks, I need you to help me choose. Should I go for Alternate Reality Season, or The 2000 Project? Vote below to make your voice heard. Your input is needed immediately! Nothing, not even the Census, is so important!

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Baseball

Jose Reyes’ Underwater Diet

doctor.jpgWell, Jose, the good news is your hyperthyroidism is treatable. The bad news is you need to rest for at least a few weeks until your elevated thyroid levels start to go down. You’ll also need to make a few changes to your diet. Have you been eating a lot of fish lately?

reyes2.jpgYeah, I have, now that you mention it.

doctor.jpgTake me a through a typical day, meal-wise. What do you have for breakfast?

reyes2.jpgUsually, a caviar omelet.

doctor.jpgI’ve never even heard of that. What do you do, add caviar to scrambled eggs?

reyes2.jpgNo, the caviar is the base. I crack the fish eggs and fry em up in a pan. Sometimes I throw a few prawns in there, too.

doctor.jpgWow. How do you crack caviar?

reyes2.jpgVery precisely.

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Tuneage

The Collected Singles of Chubby Checker

chubbychecker.jpg“The Twist” (1960)

“Let’s Twist Again (Like We Did Last Summer)” (1961)

“Let’s Twist One More Time (Like We Did Two Years Ago)” (1963)

“It’s Been Four Years Since We Last Twisted (Shouldn’t We Do it Again?)” (1967)

“C’mon, Let’s Twist One Additional Time” (1968)

“(Would It Kill You to) Twist With Me Yet Again” (1969)

“I’d Like to Teach the World to Twist” (1971)

“Say It Loud (I Twist and I’m Proud)” (1972)

“U Kan Twist Gud” (featuring Slade) (1973)

“Do You Feel Like Twisting Once More? Is that Something You’d Be Interested In?” (1974)

“Disco Twist” (1977)

“New Wave Twist” (1979)

“Twist the System” (split 7″ w/Minor Threat) (1982)

“New Romantic Twist” (1984)

“Can You Believe It’s Been 25 Years Since We First Twisted?” (1985)

“26 Years of Twisting!” (1986)

“Lets See, 87 Minus 60…Yeah, It’s Been 27 Years Since ‘The Twist'” (1987)

“Grunge Twist” (from the soundtrack to Singles) (1992)

“New Jack Twist” (from the soundtrack to Cliffhanger) (1993)

“Baile El Twist” (featuring Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas) (1998)

“Twist2K” (2000)

“Twistin’ with Stan” (featuring Eminem) (2001)

“I Concentrate on You” (from Chubby Checker Sings the Songs of Cole Porter) (2004)

“50 Years of Twisting (And We’re Just Getting Started)” (2010)