tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post163812849678220521..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: By the time I get to Boston, Cleveland, and DenverBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24730430106444906042012-05-27T19:17:41.488-07:002012-05-27T19:17:41.488-07:00Caroline Kennedy threw out the first pitch at the ...Caroline Kennedy threw out the first pitch at the Red Sox 100th anniversary game - her grand-grandfather, Honey Fitz, threw out the ball at the first ever Fenway Park game. It rekindled speculation about whether ``Sweet Caroline'' was named after her, which Neil Diamond apparently never said until the song had been out for several years. Caroline has said the words to the song are somewhat disturbing if you're talking about a little girl, but she says she's met Neil Diamond a few times now and he seemed pretty cool.<br />-RayMuRay Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27311543182831002012012-05-24T12:17:32.243-07:002012-05-24T12:17:32.243-07:00NY to Boston is a great train ride. As a Red Sox f...NY to Boston is a great train ride. As a Red Sox fan I was glad the Mariners took one from the Yanks. Too bad the rain kept people away from the M's/Sox game, there had to be some die hard M's fans there – living in the NW sort of makes you indifferent to the rain, irritated by it at times too, but sitting in a ball park getting soaked does sort of suck.<br />You were on our local station in Stumptown.Kevin Jqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28876265695425458782012-05-23T14:41:36.535-07:002012-05-23T14:41:36.535-07:00The best part of the Mariners road trip BEFORE (an...The best part of the Mariners road trip BEFORE (and after) they arrived in Denver was listening to you. Thanks for doing a great job and making intolerable baseball listenable. Since you're aware of who the Mariners' sponsors are, does that mean you have to listen to the spots during the breaks? I would have thought not hearing the commercials would be one of the broadcasters' perks.Larry Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902047210547655012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44966139457350467102012-05-23T14:27:58.315-07:002012-05-23T14:27:58.315-07:00That line about being dark at night ... we had fri...That line about being dark at night ... we had friends getting married in Saratoga Springs and flew back there from Las Vegas on the night of the big blackout. I'm used to seeing lights down below. Nothing! It really IS dark at night.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21280595265993081692012-05-23T14:21:57.518-07:002012-05-23T14:21:57.518-07:00I mean sellout crowd sings “Sweet Caroline” by Nei...<i>I mean sellout crowd sings “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond in the 8th inning. What says baseball more than an ode to feeling-up Caroline Kennedy? Has anyone ever actually listened to those lyrics?</i><br /><br />Hey, they could be singing the lyrics to "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies. <i>"You lost your charm as you were aging"</i>? Yeesh.<br /><br />Don Draper probably would have been hanging out in the bar car to New Haven (though I kind of see him more as a New York Central Harlem Division bar car patron -- central Westchester County was where the new money was in the 1960s). Of course, given Jim Bouton's stories about late '60s MLB teams in "Ball Four", any Yankees' train to Boston probably would have been all bar cars.<br /><br />Now that the Indians play in Progressive Field instead of Jacobs Field, isn't it about time they replaced Chief Wahoo with Flo? Or at least Elizabeth Warren, who's both progressive and claims tribal heritage.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19752163757317491412012-05-23T11:51:15.424-07:002012-05-23T11:51:15.424-07:00Plus, my feeling is, if you're going to goof u...Plus, my feeling is, if you're going to goof up, do it spectacularly.<br /><br />By the way, I'm not on the next trip. I catch up with the team in San Diego later next month.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66808073215684875862012-05-23T11:49:56.298-07:002012-05-23T11:49:56.298-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51752238611770286622012-05-23T11:49:06.566-07:002012-05-23T11:49:06.566-07:00Thank you, Brent. You know me. I'll do anyth...Thank you, Brent. You know me. I'll do anything to shamelessly plug a book. <br /><br />Thanks for listening. Hope the rest of it was good. :)By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40888449200626687412012-05-23T11:43:51.841-07:002012-05-23T11:43:51.841-07:00Ken, glad to hear you on the radio again this year...Ken, glad to hear you on the radio again this year. I did catch your subliminal promo for one of your books though, on the long fly by Carp that would have made it back-to-back-to back dingers. "It's GONE, no, wait a minute..."<br /><br />Does that damn drum in Cleveland make you as nuts as it does me?Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894271593432818292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16891634322394056042012-05-23T11:28:25.128-07:002012-05-23T11:28:25.128-07:00Why do I get the feeling that dog's name is Jo...Why do I get the feeling that dog's name is Joni?RCPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251247613686669877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9983728502210214442012-05-23T11:13:34.315-07:002012-05-23T11:13:34.315-07:00Let's just up the shudder quotient a bit here:...Let's just up the shudder quotient a bit here:<br /><br />Neil Diamond was 28 when he recorded "Sweet Caroline". Caroline Kennedy was 10.Michael Hagertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854329436921975104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39446644427321620192012-05-23T09:48:34.053-07:002012-05-23T09:48:34.053-07:00Ken, glad you survived the roadtrip.
And yeah, tha...Ken, glad you survived the roadtrip.<br />And yeah, that Montero can RAKE.chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73074533811916702142012-05-23T09:03:55.891-07:002012-05-23T09:03:55.891-07:00PS: Sounding as if you were coughing up a furball ...PS: Sounding as if you were coughing up a furball during the intro to "Angie" was particularly inspired.Beccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81215596435362166162012-05-23T08:50:21.748-07:002012-05-23T08:50:21.748-07:00This has nothing to do with your post today, but I...This has nothing to do with your post today, but I just heard your voice for the first time (the airchecks on that blog you referenced awhile ago) and...WOW. Not at all what I expected. As I'm sure you realize, you do not have a typical "radio" voice (fitting, since you also don't have a "face for radio"...yes, that's a compliment), but you were (and are) hella funny. "If you were supposed to pick her up at 7:00, you're two minutes late, Bozo!" Those airchecks were less than a year from the time you and David became showrunners for M*A*S*H. Funny ol' world, innit?<br /><br />Why were they still using that electronic "pew-pew-pew pew pew...pew....pew......pew" sound well into the '80s?<br /><br />My Friday question: Is In 'n' Out Burger really as good as people say?Beccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85995159364015626312012-05-23T08:36:20.308-07:002012-05-23T08:36:20.308-07:00Thanks Ken for sharing your eye view of an experie...Thanks Ken for sharing your eye view of an experience all of us Walter Mitty (or in my case Ernie Harwell) baseball lovers can only live via the internet. Go Tigers! (Verlander has one of those 9am (LA time) starts in Cleveland tomorrow. I realized JV is spoiling us when he walked a guy in the first inning last start and I sagged at the loss of the perfect game and sweet entry from Kate Upton. Maybe tomorrow.Chuck Warnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118868209923095810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59346753163809818082012-05-23T08:33:22.301-07:002012-05-23T08:33:22.301-07:00Ken, I was a the first game back, Felix vs. Yu Dar...Ken, I was a the first game back, Felix vs. Yu Darvish. Nice crowd for a rainy Monday. With Saunders on first, Ichiro hit a screamer directly up the first base line that got caught under the little overhand past the ball girl for an RBI triple. Teaching Darvish that you have to respect your elders on the Japanese national team. Next time up, Ichiro hit a single up the middle that led to an RBI but Josh Hamilton threw into the dugout for another run and Ichiro ended up on third again. Teaching Hamilton that you have to respect your elders in the MVP club.Breadbakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75851740666217127282012-05-23T07:56:06.992-07:002012-05-23T07:56:06.992-07:00'I never realized how dark this country is at ...'I never realized how dark this country is at night' reminded me of the postcards with a black front cover with the caption, "Seattle at night." (Plug in your own city) And the extra nice touch is when the captions are in a fancy font.<br /><br />At least the little tykes weren't trying to lick the German Shepards' balls...can you imagine how angry they would be if that were to happen?JT Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859574895105837480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39195199703477843052012-05-23T07:31:34.454-07:002012-05-23T07:31:34.454-07:00Hey, my brother was at that rainy game in Boston. ...Hey, my brother was at that rainy game in Boston. The a capella group he directs sang the national anthem, but more importantly, it was his six-yer-old son's first game.<br /><br />The highlight for my nephew was the bouncer at a bar on Landsdowne givin him a ball that Big Papi had hit out of the park in BP. So now he knows not to bother with buying tickets, just hit the bars.<br /><br />Glad you had a safe trip, but watch out for those bees!Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14526174145312149352012-05-23T06:32:29.630-07:002012-05-23T06:32:29.630-07:00Will you be on the road with the Mariners when the...Will you be on the road with the Mariners when they come through to Chicago?<br /><br />-paulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277031794120012634noreply@blogger.com