47.20 hits a home run

Last season, I lost $47.20 because Ryan McKenna of the Orioles dropped a fly ball. See this post: https://wordpress.com/post/sad209898016.com/43576

Yesterday, McKenna hit a very improbable home run. I was at the game. I told the friend I was with that I would have given McKenna the ball if I had caught it and wouldn’t have asked for a bat or a ball. He said maybe McKenna would give you a ticket to a Norfolk game. (I assume he winds up back there.)

Move over, Mantle and Maris. Mateo and McKenna are the new M&M Boys.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 3, 2024

Tweets on the AR-15 rifle

NEW: @cbsnews polling shows majority of respondents supporting a nationwide ban on AR-15 semi-automatics pic.twitter.com/PHHejnWB4F
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 16, 2023

After each mass shooting, the public asks, “How did we get here?”

The real answer goes beyond NRA lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots.

It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Richard Dyke. https://t.co/7qdRC2LQBj
— ProPublica (@propublica) April 28, 2024

There are as many as 44 million AR-15–style rifles in circulation in the United States today, nearly a tenth of the total 393 million guns in private hands in this country. https://t.co/u0aP6kblTu
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 23, 2023

NRA: “MILLIONS … use AR-15s to defend themselves and their families.”

ALSO NRA: We have only been able to identify SIX incidents of self-defense involving an AR-15 since 1993, one of which was against a wild boar attack.

See:https://t.co/YOhDleITJg https://t.co/Azw2ixiAxe
— Louis Klarevas (@Klarevas) August 27, 2023

The AR-15 semi-automatic is one of the most popular guns in the U.S. — and one of the most reviled.@NBCNews takes a look at what we know about these weapon’s use in mass shootings and which jurisdictions have banned its sale. https://t.co/YPEmwgHLEj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 16, 2023

While Trump and others push the same old lies about gun violence at the NRA convention in Indianapolis, here's the grim reality of AR-15s and mass shootings https://t.co/i7fHVgJXTF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 15, 2023

“I Love Onions”

There sure were a lot of strange songs in the 1960s. Susan Christie released “I Love Onions” in 1966.

Link to interview with Richard and Linda Thompson on I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

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Covers: These Days

“These Days” was written by Jackson Browne but was actually recorded first by Nico.

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Paste’s top 20 baseball films

I have seen many but not all of these.

My favorites are:

Eight Men Out
Major League
Bull Durham

It's the 75th anniversary of The Stratton Story, where Jimmy Stewart flings fastballs and suffers tragedy. We updated our ranking of the best baseball movies in its honor: https://t.co/P1NNjmM5Qf
— Paste Movies (@PasteMovies) April 22, 2024

Tweet on Bunuel’s Viridiana

Luis Bunuel’s great Viridiana (1961) was banned in Spain where it was filmed.

"Luis Buñuel's 'Viridiana' (1961) is an incredibly brutal movie about Religion & charity and it is incredibly anarchic. The bravery of Buñuel to tackle those subjects & circle around censorship and to have showed it in Franco's Spain is unmeasurable."

— Guillermo del Toro pic.twitter.com/B0FULaZRxS
— DepressedBergman (@DannyDrinksWine) April 28, 2024

The Criterion Collection has released it as a DVD.

Covers: Turn On Your Love Light

“Turn On Your Love Light” was recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961. The Grateful Dead covered it with Pigpen on lead vocal.

Covers: I Stand Accused

“I Stand Accused” was recorded by Jerry Butler in 1964. Elvis Costello and the Attractions turbo-charged it in 1980. If you like his version, check out the Merseybeats. Isaac Hayes recorded a slower cover.

Covers: I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down

“I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down” was originally recorded by Sam & Dave in 1967. Elvis Costello and the Attractions raced through it at a Ramones pace in 1980.