haha..he who laughs last...laughs best.
i am happy today. karma is a GRANDmother. today i eagerly await America's reaction to the Mitchell report. the Mitchell report named tens of baseball players connected to the use of steroids and/or HGH (human growth hormone). anyone who has been following the steroids story in baseball know that rumblings of steroids have been rampant since Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa led the attack on Roger Maris' homereun record and that these rumblings reached their peak as Barry Bonds passed all time Homerun leaded Henry Aaron. marck Ecko (punk ass) even bought Barry Bonds' record breaking ball and stamped it with an asterisk. haha. i thought that was odd for a numer of reasons
1. baseball is a game of cheating (spitballs, pine tar, stealing signs, sandpaper, corked bats) you name it.
2. shouldnt all the records made before Blacks were allowed to play have asterisks as well. they werent playing against all the best competition...no???
3. Mark McGwire don't have no asterisk.
So out of all the names that appear on Mitchell's list. Which one has the most far reaching implications for ASTERISKS??? Why the "greatest living pitcher"...Roger Clemens of course. Roger has all the same circumstantial evidence against him that Barry did. Got stronger as he got older. Got much bigger as he got older. Kept winning Cy Youngs. But he never faced the scrutiny that Barry did...hmm
Well now that the holder of the most Cy Youngs, 2nd most strikeouts, 2nd most wins in the "modern era"...lets see who rushes to place an asterisk next to his achievements or NOT!
LOL
Chess is one of my favorite labels and "Just a Taste" happens to be one of my favorite records. Originally i came across it discovering a break (walk on by) that DJ Shadow used on ENDTRODUCING (napalm brain). As is my customary practice...I scour the records that include breaks/samples/music i love. And thats where the REAL gem was found. "its no secret" has been a favorite tune of mine since i 1st heard it. no open breaks per say..but funky and soulful nonetheless. listen to her bug out at the end. GENIUS!
