tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post7833073650319902111..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: “A Town Called Disdain”, Episode 76: epiphaniesDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-88644316268046344002008-06-23T05:20:00.000-04:002008-06-23T05:20:00.000-04:00Manny, that is one great story.And I goddam love t...Manny, that is one great story.<BR/><BR/>And I goddam love the "Billy Jack" hat.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-21457554922752125012008-06-22T20:47:00.000-04:002008-06-22T20:47:00.000-04:00I didn't know that, but I'm not surprised. I have ...I didn't know that, but I'm not surprised. <BR/>I have a great Dock Ellis story for you: In the summer of 1969 my buddy Joe and I were stuck in remedial summer school, but it got out each day just in time for us to go to Wrigley Field and see a Cubs game. We used to sit in the bleachers and taunt the other teams' players. When the Pirates came to town, and we were shouting at Dock Ellis during the pre-game warm-up, he looked up at us and said he liked my friend's hat--a "Billy Jack" black hat--and asked if he could wear it. So Joe tossed it down to him (it flew like a frisbee), and Dock wore it around the outfield. Just before the game started, he threw it back to us. <BR/>We were (and are) Dock Ellis fans for life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-6135948090557008252008-06-22T04:21:00.000-04:002008-06-22T04:21:00.000-04:00Manny, Dock Ellis is my goddam hero.But you probab...Manny, Dock Ellis is my goddam hero.<BR/><BR/>But you probably knew that.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-33870719669758453132008-06-22T00:04:00.000-04:002008-06-22T00:04:00.000-04:00I like Doc. That is just the loveliest description...I like Doc. That is just the loveliest description of enjoying a baseball game in summer.<BR/>Speaking of acid head pitchers, anyone remember Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates?<BR/>http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htmAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378662301271706094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-22042059537140165582008-06-17T22:58:00.000-04:002008-06-17T22:58:00.000-04:00Just one of the sublime things about music is how ...Just one of the sublime things about music is how it rises above race, ethnic background, nationality.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-20331541448626467452008-06-17T20:56:00.000-04:002008-06-17T20:56:00.000-04:00You know all those cooking Aretha and W.Pickett hi...You know all those cooking Aretha and W.Pickett hits like "Chain of Fools" and "Mustang Sally"? Every single session musician on those recordings except for the background singers was white! Hard to believe but true. Just goes to show you how irrelevant skin color is. Go Barack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-57428205992675789252008-06-17T11:53:00.000-04:002008-06-17T11:53:00.000-04:00Ted, you know your baseball history, although it s...Ted, you know your baseball history, although it seems the Disdain Browns were a little more into the downers than the uppers. But, after all, they were stuck in a town called Disdain.<BR/><BR/>I guess Booker T and MGs were proof that soul is color-blind. What a band. <BR/><BR/>Kathleen, you're certainly not the only one who's immune to the epiphanies of baseball. (You heretic, you.)Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-78097693199250662742008-06-17T10:39:00.000-04:002008-06-17T10:39:00.000-04:00I'm missing something here. But then I don't go to...I'm missing something here. But then I don't go to baseball games without a good book to read. Manny, who at age 11 watched the entirety of a 22 inning Cubs game, will explain this to me. But then he has tried to show me the light many times before--seems even we can't share our epiphanies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-6558821782469538032008-06-17T07:18:00.000-04:002008-06-17T07:18:00.000-04:00I think back in the 60's all of the major league b...I think back in the 60's all of the major league ballplayers were on amphetemines, or "greenies" as Jim Bouton called them in "Ball Four". As far flung as Disdain's ball club seems to be, their recreational drug habits aren't far from the truth.<BR/><BR/>I don't mean to sound racist, but it's difficult to believe that half of Booker T and the MG's, the house band for Stax Records, were caucasion. I always grooved on "Time is Tight".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com