“So there you have it. While our third Bus Leagues Experience compilation will be on the way soon, this is the last post that will appear on the site. I hope it’s not too self-indulgent – the main reason for it is so that when people arrive here in the future, they will know that our shutdown was a conscious decision; it’s an explanation for a ghost town, in a sense.
The site will remain up – we’ve posted some good stuff over the years and I’d like people to be able to make use of it if they can – but our Twitter account will be deleted (I’m sure most, if not all, of us will continue to be active on our personal accounts). Our Facebook page was Mike’s creation and domain. He built it and grew it, and while I don’t like the way it was used several weeks ago to publicly disseminate this news, I had told him that he could continue updating it if he wished and I intend to honor that. It’s up to him if he wants to do so.
Finally, we would like to thank everyone who read, linked, and otherwise supported our work over the past five years. It was always nice to know that people cared, and a positive comment or response always seemed to appear just when we needed it most. I won’t speak for anyone else (really, this whole post should be considered as my point of view; I can’t speak for anyone else, except for those parts where I presumed to speak for Eric), but I know I will miss that.”
A story I recorded for the Bus Leagues Podcast that never saw the light of day. It’s called “Boobs”.
Yogi Berra explains jazz
Interviewer: Can you explain jazz?
Yogi: I can’t, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it’s wrong.
Interviewer: I don’t understand.
Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can’t understand it.
It’s too complicated. That’s whats so simple about it.
Interviewer: Do you understand it?
Yogi: No. That’s why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn’t know anything about it.
Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today?
Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it.
Interviewer: What is syncopation?
Yogi: That’s when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don’t hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they’re the same as something different from those other kinds.
Interviewer: Now I really don’t understand.
Yogi: I haven’t taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well.
Bristol vs. Greenville.
BHC 0716 BristolvsGreeneville 03 on Flickr.
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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
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Bus Leagues Podcast, Episode 2. Featuring Bus Leagues Express, Bus Leagues Story Time and Bus Leagues at the Ballpark.
In this week’s Busleagues Podcast, Scott and I discuss the Futures Game, Pirates hold out Mark Appel, The Houston Astros, Royals Pitcher Mike Montgomery, and other prospects that are struggling throughout the minor leagues. Eric Angevine introduces us to “Bus Leagues Storytime: Bob…
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