Apologies to those that visited the site the past few days only to discover no new info. I've been busy settling into New York and a new job, but now I think we're ready to resume our schedule of regular updates.
The big news in baseball this time of year is on the trade front and there is no shortage of headlines this year. Mark Texeira to the Angels. Pudge Rodriguez to the Yankees. Manny Ramirez to the Marlins ... wait ... what???
Okay, so the last deal hasn't gone down yet, but there is a rumor the enigmatic left fielder will be dealt to the Marlins for some of their young talent like Jeremy Hermida and/or Josh Willingham. The Sox may then spin those players off to Pittsburgh for Jason Bay. If the Marlins make this trade I think they're nuts. Renting Manny (there's no way a franchise paying its entire roster $22 million coughs up $20 million for a lone player) isn't worth two valuable building blocks. If they are serious about investing in the team and finally ending their eternal rebuilding process, then it becomes a very interesting development.
With Manny in the lineup, the Fish would then sport a top of the order that looks something like this: Hanley Ramirez, Jorge Cantu, Manny Ramirez, Dan Uggla, Mike Jacobs. I can't even count up how many home runs that is.
And if that deal falls through, Manny has another proposal for the Sox ... trade me for Favre.
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Spent Tuesday night on a concert cruise around Manhattan listening to Joe Purdy and The Beautiful Girls. Purdy, as usual, was wonderful, performing a solo acoustic set of "Goldfish," "You Can Tell Georgia," "Brooklyn I'm Calling," "I Love the Rain the Most," and a few more tunes I hadn't heard before giving way to the headliners.
Got a chance to speak with him before the show and learned it may be a little while before the next album, Last Clock on the Wall, comes out. He just moved back to Arkansas and is taking time to help his family build a boat and fence. When he's done with the manual labor, he'll deal with the record. In the meantime, listen to plenty of existing tunes at his website.
He also told a group of fans, including my girlfriend, that I was an amazing writer. When one of the best songwriters I've heard calls me a great writer, let me tell ya, it does wonders for the ego. Thanks for the compliment, Joe.
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Spoke with KK Downing of legendary metal gods/band Judas Priest about the band's new album, Nostradamus and the perils of leather pants. You can read about the album and the tour in the Falls Church News-Press when "Press Pass" goes live on the website later today. In the meantime, you can enjoy this bit about the band's run in with PETA over their wearing leather on stage:
Mike Hume: You guys had a run in with PETA about wearing leather on stage. What's your current stance in regard to their request?
KK Downing: They'll be very pleased to know it's all synthetic. In the early days, we did actually go to people in London and have stuff made of genuine leather. We found it really didn't wear very well. It used to stink and when you washed it, it would shrink. So we found this guy, Ray Brown, in Los Angeles who told us he had this great stuff, looks like leather, feels like leather, but you can wash it and it won't shrink. So that's hopefully put that one to bed.
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