seinfeld meets all in the family?

There have been a couple recent instances on social media where I had occasion to refer to All in the Family's famous shoes and socks debate. So a friend suggested that it seemed like something out of Seinfeld. While I don't deny that the the proper order of on-putting shoes and socks is something that the Seinfeld gang would have obsessed over, I think they would have handled it differently.

For starters, in the AitF episode, this was an aside -- a two minute diversion. In Seinfeld, it would have been a plotline (admittedly, a B plotline). I can see it now. George is at his girlfriend's apartment and notices her getting dressed (for the rest of this post I will call her Kristen -- just for convenience). A concerned look comes over his face.

Later, at Jerry's place, he's in a panic as he tells his friend about it. "But Jerry! She puts on sock shoe sock shoe! I don't know how I never noticed!" Jerry tries in vain to come up with a justification, but meekly acknowledges that Kristen's behavior is unacceptable. "Nobody does sock-shoe-sock-shoe!" George emphasizes. At some point Kramer makes his usual insane entry. Without any buildup or context-giving preamble, George tells him that "Kristen does sock-shoe-sock-shoe!" Kramer snaps backwards as if he's been punched in the face.

And, at the end of the episode, Kristen breaks up with George. He wants to know why. "Well," she says sheepishly, "it's just that I noticed...you get dressed sock sock shoe shoe."

happy tunesday! ("my pal foot foot" by the shaggs)

For no reason other than that this is 2020.

monday art break -- hammond and his mech

Well, the title of this post kind of gave it away. This is a sample of Sharon's Overwatch fan art. Overwatch, by way of background, is a videogame that Sharon plays. Or did play -- I'm not sure, since it sounds like she's not as into it as she used to be. She does (or did) manage a team, and had to spend a lot of time with them, prepping for matches and then reviewing their performance.

Anyway, one of the cutest characters is Hammond. He's a vicious hamster who spends most of his time in a mechanical weaponized ball. And this is a drawing that Sharon made of him.

cinema history class (the strange case of dr. jekyll and miss osbourne)

Session: Wild, Wild Films From a Wild, Wild World, Week 1
Movie: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
Directed by Walerian Borowczyk

As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL

Plot:
Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne are having a dinner to celebrate their upcoming nuptials. Everyone is merry, but the mood changes as guests start dying via sadistic (and sometimes sexual) attacks. Hilarity ensues.

Reaction:

The biggest problem with this film is that it can be hard to follow the plot and understand what's happening. There's a dreamlike quality that permeates from start to finish. This is accentuated by a constant blue tint and eerie camera angles. As things progress, the plot becomes more clear, though the ending is kind of muddled and open to interpretation. I was kind of expecting a Carrie-like ending, with the house caving in on the lovers as they embraced.

But the dreamlike quality that I noted above is relevant, because it persists for most of the movie. There are some places where this seems like a soft-core porn movie. Notably, near the end when Fanny soaks herself in the bathtub, the camera lingers lovingly in soft-focus on her soaking butt. And earlier, the porn is considerably more sado-masochistic. There's imagery that's erotic in a horrid way.

There's something that I find personally interesting that I didn't catch initially. Stylistically, this reminded me a lot of the 2012 movie, I Am a Ghost. And, clearly, if one influenced the other, it was Jekyll/Osbourne that influenced Ghost. The main similarities are at the beginnging and the end. Both movies start with a series of still images, and jarring bursts of sound. At the end, the fast cuts and frenetic violent action feel similar. Under ordinary circumstances I might not make a point of noting this. But there is the fact that I brought Ghost to class for "Bring Your Own Movie Month" three years ago (I wrote about it here), and I used to be friends with the guy who directed Ghost. I assume he saw Jekyll/Osbourne.

Ratings:

Me: 8.5
Christina: 8
Ethan: 8
Sean: 2 out of 4

recipe: deep fried pickle slices

I promised a couple people (Rod, Susan, I mean you) that I would share my recipe for deep fried pickle slices. So here it is. That said, I should preface this by noting that this is not particularly complicated, and it's not as if a have a recipe with a big R. It's something I tried doing based on my genmeralized knowledge of cooking (on Ethan's willingness to answer a few basic questions. So this is a sort-of step-by-step guide, and pretty informal and not very linear.

The required ingredients are as follows:

• pickle slices: I used dill slices, though I imagine you can use other kinds. Part of me wants to try this with an assortment of pickle types, and have a batch of assorted.
• all-purpose flour: I know what they say about all-purpose flour; it's adequate for all purposes, but good for none. Go ahead and pick a better flour. Let me know how it works.
• eggs
• bread crumbs: I used unflavored panko. If you prefer another kind, go for it. I also hear the corn flakes work.
• oil: I prefer avocado oil. It doesn't have a strong flavor, and it does have a high smoke point.

Essentially, there are four steps. I'll first list them individually, then provide commentary.

• Coat the pickle slices in flour.
• Dip them in egg
• Coat them in bread crumbs
• Deep fry them

The easiest way to flour-coat the slices (at least for me) is to put flour in a zip-lock bag, then pour in the pickle slices (after draining the excess liquid from the jar) and shake. After that, I do the egg-dip and crumb-coat for each slice in turn. Meaning, I take a bread-coated slice, dip it in egg and then cover it with bread crumbs. This is as opposed to dipping all of them in the egg and the covering all of them in bread crumbs. This is sort of a culinary equivalent of the sock-sock-shoe-shoe vs. sock-shoe-sock-shoe debate from All in the Family (video below) except that there are three steps instead of two. Think of it as if you have to put on socks, shoes and galoshes. So the proper sequence is sock-sock-shoe-galosh-shoe-galosh.

It's worth noting that, in my experience, the flour and egg kind of resist adhering to each other. So the egg-dipping part requires more than just an instantaneous contact.

Anyway, once the pickle slices are all triple-coated, they have to be deep-fried. I do not have a deep-frier, so I use a sauce-pan. I put oil in the sauce-pan until it's a few inches deep, and then heat over a high flame until the oil is somewhere in the neighborhood of 325-350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remember I mentioned that I like avocado oil in part because of its high smoke point? According to Wikipedia, avocado oil has a smoke point of 520 degrees, so targeting 325-350 leaves me with plenty of wiggle room. When the oil is in that desired temperature range, I turn down the flame so it doesn't get too hot. That said, I don't go completely nutsoid over temperature-monitoring. I generally don't start the oil heating until after all the pickle slices are dipped and ready. It may be a few minutes quicker to start it sooner, but I don't want to risk it burning if I'm distracted, and I just don't want to have a saucepan of oil that I'm keeping hot for an extended  period while I'm off tending to something else.

Anyway, I put the pickle slices in the hot oil until they turn golden brown. That takes a few minutes. Unless you're cooking very few pickle slices or using a very wide saucepan, this has to be done in shifts. They float at the surface of the oil, and I put enough to fill out one layer. When they're done, I take them out, put them on a paper towel to soak up the excess oil, and then put the next bunch in the oil.

Enjoy.

Oh yeah...I use a slotted spoon (see ad below) to remove the chips from the oil. I like the wholes because that way I'm not pulling an extra ton of oil out of the pan.

space: 1999 -- season 2 episode 08 -- the rules of luton

Season 2, Episode 08: The Rules of Luton

This blog comes with the generalized warning that any post may contain spoilers. That is especially true of these Space: 1999 posts. So if you haven't seen this episode, intend to watch it, and therefore don't want spoilers, then don't read.

Plot Synopsis
Surveying a planet for possible colonization, Koenig and Maya pick flowers and eat berries. For this, they are condemned as murderers and cannibals (!!) by the plants that rule the planet. In order to save themselves, they must fight a trio of other condemned criminals.

My Thoughts
There's a certain unmistakable silliness to this episode -- the premise, the costuming of the aliens and the dialog all make it feel like an episode of Lost In Space, though there are obvious similarities (conceptwise) to Star Trek's "Arena." I would guess that this was a prime example of why Martin Landau was unhappy with the direction that the second season took. And yet, as silly as it is it's an enjoyable little romp. Sure, you have to suppress some doubts, but if you can do that, great!

At several points, Maya and Koenig see animal skeletons covered in vines and assume that the plants and animals fought a huge war and the plants won. Me? I would have assumed that vines grew onto the skeletons of already-dead animals. Whatever. I would have enjoyed seeing more about how plants fight, but sadly they didn't give us much of that. At one point, when Maya is in the form of a bird, we see a vine trying to sneak up on her. But that concept wasn't followed up, leaving me dissatisfied.

The one really annoying part of the episode was the bonding conversation Koenig had with Maya. We learn a bit more about their backgrounds. About Maya we learn more of her relationship with her father (who had been conveniently killed by Koenig). And we learn that Koenig had a wife who died in the 1980's during a world war. We also learn from Koenig that his wife was just like Helena. Excuse me, but barf-a-rama. Seriously, the whole conversation was supposed to be an exploration of the characters to give them more heft. But it was just maudlin.

But in terms of the characters' heft, I noticed that, at the end, there was a reference to Tony's homemade beer. It pleased me that they were revisiting, however briefly, some of the previously-introduced personal aspects of the characters. But we still haven't seen anything about Helena's sculpting since "The Exiles."

All in all, this was an enjoyable romp, though I suspect I shouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much as I did.

On another matter, I find I've gotten used to Yasko. She's not a satisfactory substitute for Sandra, who was ever-present during the first season and the start of this one. Yasko is bland and uninteresting. But her character is little-used, so it's no big deal.

floral fridays -- the ditchlily chronicles

I got a text from a friend of mine* from work.

It read "Day Lilly?" and had this picture.

At work, a large subset of the actuarial department knows me as the one who's really into gardening, and particularly daylilies. This guy in particular is part of my inner circle of friends -- he was the first person to train me when I started, so I've known him for more than three decades. So he felt comfortable asking me about it. And, yes, I know he spelled "daylily" wrong -- but I didn't see any need to correct him.

I wrote back, "Yes. Where? Was it planted on purpose?" I was concerned. In the picture it looked like a wild daylily -- one of the ones that are very aggressive and hard to get rid of. I was thinking that it might be in his garden. And if it was, I felt I should warn him.

He responded. "Across the street from my parents. It's on the street side of the sidewalk so I'm wondering if the owner planted it or some birds and the bees stuff happened."

"Looks like what some daylily folk derisively call a 'ditchlily.' The orange wild ones are invasive, and can be hard to get rid of. Is there a reason you asked? Or just curious?" I felt better having issued the warning, even though it wasn't in my friend's yard. It wasn't even in his father's yard. It was in the yard across the street from his father. But I was wondering why he bothered asking me.

"My dad said 'that's a day lilly' and I had no idea if that was true."

Now I was really puzzled. Why would his father -- an elderly Orthodox Rabbi who (to the best of my knowledge) has never had much interest in gardening -- point that out? "He was right. It is a daylily. But as I noted, it looks like one of the invasive ones." I felt I had to sound the warning again.

A few days later it seemed the conversation had died. We were back on other topics. Then he sent me another photo:

"What it looks like now," he wrote.

At least I could now confirm that these were ditchlilies. I could also ask him the burning question. "I was gonna ask...I don't imagine that, out of the blue, your father pointed to a flower and said 'that's a daylily.' Guessing you saw the funny orange flower and asked what it was?" And I still had to remind him that these were invasive. "Judging from the picture alone, those are the invasive ditchlilies. Daylilies come in lots of sizes, colors and bloom habits."

He quoted my message -- the "out of the blue" part, and wrote "That's exactly what happened! I go every day or two to take him for a walk. And he said 'hey! Day lillies"

"You're BS ing me..."

"Nope. He was looking to make conversation."

"So you had to fact check him..."

Well, my friend's father had his facts straight. Maybe I can get him to join LIDS...

*I won't repeat his name here. Suffice to say he shares a name with a celebrity. But he's not famous, except among people who know him.

thursday nights in new york -- kiss me kate

As the pandemic continues*, I continue my weekly recommendation of a movie set in New York.

Tonight's offering: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Fred Graham is producing, directing and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Casting his ex-wife as well as his girlfriend and her boyfriend may prove to be his undoing.

KMK is a charming little love story with aspirations to be more than it is. Nonetheless, the music makes it an enjoyable romp. Give it extra points if you're into that whole show-within-a-show thing.

New Yorkiness Rating: 2 out of 4
Virtually the whole movie takes place backstage at a Broadway theater, on the roof of the theater or in the alley behind the theater. But it could otherwise be any city's theater world.

*At least there's no curfew now

it's zmedsday!! (lxxviii)

it's tunesday! ("alien in my nose" by trout fishing in america)

For those unfamiliar, Trout Fishing in America is a musical partnership between Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood. They have what I will call, for lack of a better way of putting it, a dual personality. Some of their two dozen or so albums are "serious" music, while the others are what they seem to call their "family" albums. It's tempting to think of those as children's music, since they are definitely trying to appeal to kids. But they're really not just kids' music. It's a testament to how good they are that I prefer these albums to the serious stuff. I generally am not enamored of kids' music as I often find it to be either insipid or copndescending. But they do a good job of making music that's accessible for kids and enjoyable for adults. This, sounding like the best of new wave power pop, is one of my favorites.

i voted (in the end, anyway...)

Before I start, let me give the TLDR version, so you can decide if you want to read the whole thing.

TLDR: Blair and I went to vote in the primaries today. The ballots consist of two sheets of paper, each with two sides. At our polling place, the pollworker was only giving people one sheet.

Full version:
Blair and I both applied for (and received) absentee ballots, but then decided to vote in person instead. Still, having a physical copy of the ballot in advance helped. I was familiar enough with the Presidential candidates, but not with all the candidates in the downballot races. Having a physical ballot gave me added encouragement to research the candidates in these races.

But, more importantly, having seen the ballot and having reviewed it made Blair and me aware that it consisted of four pages (on two sheets of paper). For reference:

• Sheet A contained: 
• Civil Court Judge
• Brough President
• Congresscritter
• State Assemblymember
• Female Party Assembly District Leader
• Male Party Assembly District Leader
• Delegates to the Judicial Convention
• Sheet B contained:
• President
• Delegates to the Party's National Convention

At the polling site, Blair and I duly waited in line and got our ballots. We were each only given a copy of Sheet A. As I filled it out, I noticed that Sheet B was missing, but I kind of dismissed this from my mind, figuring that since the presidential race was a fait acompli they may have removed it from the ballot. So I filled out sheet A and submitted it. Then I stood by the exit to wait for Blair. Blair didn't accept her half-ballot with the same sanguine acceptance that I did. She went back and asked about the missing page. "Where's the ballot for President?" I heard her ask. And I heard the pollowrker tell her that this was just the primary -- the Presidential election is in November. After some back and forth, the supervisor came over and found the unopened package of sheets B.

They gave her Sheet B, and she made a point of calling me back so I could have Sheet B. They showed me a Sheet A and asked if that's the one I filled out. I confirmed. They asked about B, and I confirmed that I hadn't been given that one. So they gave it to me and I filled it out. I can only guess that this is a huge breach of protocol.

In the end, I got to vote the full ballot, and only once. But the way it all happened was an invitation to accusations of trouble. And at that point we were the only voters at the site. But if it were crowded, and if the pollworkers had trouble picking me out because they were busy, it could have been problematic. In addition, we weren't the first voters there. When we got there, there was one person ahead of us, getting her ballot. I have no idea how many were ahead of her. Did all those people not get Sheet B? Had I not seen the mail-in ballot, I would not have known about Sheet B. Blair told me she doesn't know if she would have.

The supervisor was visibly furious, though he largely resisted the urge to scold the workers in front of Blair and me. He did ask the one who was handing out ballots "didn't you pay attention during training?" After Blair and I had both submitted our full ballots, a pollworker called us over to talk to the supervisor. But without talking to us, he simply said to her "let's wait until the voters aren't here." And with that we were dismissed. I can only assume there were harsh words after we left.

The kicker? The pollworker who handed out incomplete ballots gave Blair the standard "I Voted" sticker. But she tore it when pulling it from the roll. Instead of pulling off another one so Blair could have an unblemished sticker, she taped it up and gave it to Blair as is (and the tape is holding it to its backing, so it can't be used as a sticker). Of course, Blair got a sticker; I didn't.

monday art break -- cream's better nature

I found this drawing on Sharon's Instagram page. Is she trying to guess at Cream's nature?

cinema history class (phantom of the paradise)

Session: Music, Madmen and Monsters, Week 4
Movie: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Directed by Brian DePalma

As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL

Plot:
An aspiring composer agrees to have let a renowned producer make him a star. Too bad he didn't read the fine print. Hilarity ensues.

Reaction:

The obvious (and, admittedly, lazy, but I'll get to that) thing to do is to compare this to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. So let's start there. But first, let me note that this Phantom came out before Rocky, so it can't credibly be accused of being a ripoff. Like Rocky, this had a ton of great music (though it wasn't a musical per se), a lot of glam, and a somewhat muddled plot that involved some supernatural elements. There were also several scenes that, visually, reminded me of Rocky. If you had shown me this film without telling me when it was made I would have sworn that it was heavily influenced by Rocky. The way Beef (in Phantom) emerges to start singing reminds me of the way Eddie (in Rocky) is revealed beneath the dinner table. The imagery of the Paradise Theater at night reminds me of Frank-N-Furter's castle. And there are other similarities. Maybe this influenced Rocky? It's hard for me to say.

And, while we're on the topic, there are a couple of other coincidences: This has a character named "Beef" while Rocky had a character played by Meat Loaf. As well, this was Jessica Harper's feature-length film debut. She would later go on to play Janet Majors in Shock Treatment, the sort-of-maybe-but-not-quite-sequel to Rocky Horror.

But this isn't really from the same mold as Rocky, beyond the glam factor, bright colors and frenetic loudness. The plot is an odd mix of elements from Faust, Phantom of the Opera and The Picture of Dorian Gray. If you want to go out on a limb, throw in Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. Most of the music seemed like some kind of early Kiss or Alice Cooper (or maybe even proto-Twisted Sister), though the opening was more of a Sha-Na-Na meets musical story-telling kind of thing. 

Part of me wanted to give this movie a 10 because it was really fun in an odd way, and it did do a good job of being purposefully rule-breaking. But, when it came down to it, I just couldn't see it as a 10.

Ratings:

Me: 9
Christina: 8.5
Ethan: 7
Sean: 3 out of 4

space: 1999 -- season 2 episode 07 -- the mark of archanon

Season 2, Episode 07: The Mark of Archanon

This blog comes with the generalized warning that any post may contain spoilers. That is especially true of these Space: 1999 posts. So if you haven't seen this episode, intend to watch it, and therefore don't want spoilers, then don't read.

Plot Synopsis
The Alphans find two people (a man and a boy) entombed underground in the moon. These people are from the planet Archanon -- a planet of peace -- but they have some very violent tendencies.

My Thoughts
This isn't really a terrible episode, though it's less interesting than some of the other ones from this season. It does have some decent action, which keeps it from being boring like the majority of season 1 episodes. But there's this weird feeling of cheap silliness about it. The costuming, the appliances...this just feels stupid.

I think this has helped me to crystallize why I am still dissatisfied with the character development, after complaining about how it was so absent in season 1. There's a sort of scattershot approach to it. Alan Carter, who was one of the few characters who felt fully developed in season 1, has been reimagined. He's seems to really like singing his way through episodes now. So I guess they're consistent about that. But it just seems weird -- especially since I don't recall him singing in season 1. And in this episode his immediate bonding with Etrec (the boy found entombed) just feels creepy. Also, suddenly he's a big football fan? Again, I know they're trying to introduce another aspect of his personality (and work it into the episode), but it just rings false -- just like Helena's sculpting and Tony's zymurgy, which were used in an episode and never mentioned again.

As much as there's more to things in this season, it' shaping up to be a long annoying slog.

floral fridays -- a visit from stella

I'm generally not much for the pale peach-colored daylilies. I tend to prefer the bright reds and deep purples. But for some reason, Stella's Ruffled Fingers (Crichton, 1999) is an exception. Also, it's the first non-yellow bloom we've had this year.

thursday nights in new york -- marty

As the pandemic continues*, I continue my weekly recommendation of a movie set in New York.

Tonight's offering: Marty (1955)

Marty has lived his entire life doing what others want him to do. Now he's met a girl, and no one is happy about it. Will he finally do something for his own happiness?

Marty isn't a big epic kind of movie, and it doesn't have a whole lot to say. But as a romantic story it comes across as charming and honest in a way that the contrived romantic comedies don't. The whole thing covers a short span of just over 24 hours, and the romance is still at its incipient stage as the show ends. So the viewer is left to hope that things will work out. But I suppose that's true of most romance stories.

New Yorkiness Rating: 3 out of 4
New York -- specifically the Bronx is mostly in the background. But the outdoor scenes -- walking along the Grand Concourse or standing around with the el in the background give it a New York feel.

*At least there's no curfew now

happy zmedsday!! (lxxvii)

it's tunesday! -- "beware of the flowers 'cos i'm sure they're gonna get you, yeh!" by john otway

This morning, Blair and I were out at Planting Fields with other LIDS members weeding the daylily garden. And as I went through pulling out all the campanula I could find, this classic John Otway number kept running through my head. I could have gone with the studio version, which is more easily understandable. Or the country version which is...more country. But somehow this live version catches my mood better.

Happy Tunesday!

monday art break -- wiglaf

I used to have a cat named Wiglaf. For a little over a year anyway.

The picture accompanying this post is a portrait Sharon drew. It's based on a photo of Wiglaf sleeping on the papers on my desk. When Sharon started selling her artistic wares via fiverr (please check out her account), I thought about commissioning a picture. But she offered to do it as a birthday gift.

We got Wiglaf as a kitten from the breeder that we got our other cats from. Wiglaf was a mix -- half Maine Coon and half British Shorthair. His parents managed to get together despite the breeder trying to keep the Maine Coons separate from the Brits.

The breeder was bringing a few kittens for Asher to choose from. He was picking his second cat after Spiderman died. As soon as I saw Wiglaf (the breeder had named him Simon) I was in love. I wanted Asher to pick him. But for some reason, Asher was taken with Alvin -- which we renamed 18. I was disappointed, but this was to be Asher's cat, so we let him pick the cat he wanted. Ethan and Sharon managed to talk me into getting the cat I wanted as well.

Early on, Wiglaf had his share of health problems. He would go into sneezing fits. One. two. three...up to a dozen or more sneezes in quick succession. And by the time he was done, he'd have given himself a bloody nose. Also, shortly after we got him he seemed to have an ear infection. The vet told us he had a ruptured eardrum. Just great. The vet said he'd recover, though he was likely to be subject to illness. I asked if he was likely to just have one health problem after another. If life with him would mean a never-ending stream of worry and veterinary bills I would bring him back to the breeder before I got too attached. But if we could expect him to have a happy, relatively healthy (even if short) life, then I could deal with it.

The health problems cleared up, but they left their mark. Wiglaf never could walk straight or meow. He'd look at me, and move his mouth as if he was meowing, and no sound came out. And he loved the cold. During the winter we had to be careful opening the front door because he was always trying (sometimes successfully) to get out. But there was one time, when we had a deep snow, he shot out the door right into a snowdrift. A second later he strutted out  and back to the door looking immensely pleased with himself. Ethan picked him up and tossed him into the snow. He disappeared beneath the surface, but quickly came out and ran back to Ethan. Ethan threw him again, and again he came back. They played this tossing game for a half hour or so, until he had had enough and went inside.

Wiglaf quickly caught on that I was his person. He would spend his nights in bed next to me. And when I worked from home he would sleep on the papers on my desk -- hence the photo that served as the basis for the illustration above. He was fine with the rest of the humans in the family, but never as close. And he was a terror for the other cats. He was very food oriented, and wanted all the food in the bowls for himself. But he didn't simply eat it. When there was fresh food, he'd go to the kitchen and wait in ambush. When another cat came by, he would pounce. Only after another cat ran away he would eat. Blair would have to hold him back so that Cream (the blind, deaf one) wouldn't starve.

Wiglaf would, occasionally, get out and stay away for a few days. But he always came back -- until he didn't.

I miss Wiggy.

cinema history class (crescendo)

UPDATE: As originally posted, this said that the part of the mother was originally meant for Rita Hayworth. I meant Joan Crawford. This has been corrected below. 

Session: Music, Madmen and Monsters, Week 3
Movie: Crescendo (1970)
Directed by Alan Gibson

As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL

Plot:
A young, beautiful graduate student studying music history is invited to stay with a reclusive family as she studies the work of its dead patriarch. She doesn't know what she's getting into. Hilarity ensues.

Reaction:

Early on, I figured I had this plot figured out. And I sat back pleased with myself, knowing how everything would unfold. And, while I was on the right track, the movie had some interesting surprises for me. I like that. And I liked the way it played out. The actual plot was much more interesting than what I was expecting.

Keith noted that the role of family matriarch was, at one point, going to go to Joan Crawford. Production delays prevented that, which is a shame, since It would have likely been a better movie with her powerful presence. As it is it was kind of rudderless, which detracted.

Ethan saw a kind of House of Usher dynamic in the plot, and I have to admit I hadn't noticed it until he mentioned it.

Ratings:

Me: 7.5
Christina: 7.8
Ethan: 7
Sean: 1 out of 4

space: 1999 -- season 2 episode 06 -- new adam new eve

Season 2, Episode 06: New Adam New Eve

This blog comes with the generalized warning that any post may contain spoilers. That is especially true of these Space: 1999 posts. So if you haven't seen this episode, intend to watch it, and therefore don't want spoilers, then don't read.

Plot Synopsis
The Alphans have an encounter with God, who wants them to start a new human race on a new earth. But God isn't what He initially appears. And neither is New Earth.

My Thoughts
This is a Star Trek episode, pure and simple. The feel isn't quite the same, but the storyline is definitely Trek. It's easy to make fun of the way things start out -- the moon is floating along in space when they see God (though he uses the name "Magus," for some reason that I don't think was explained). It's stupid. But Star Trek did similar things. In "Who Mourns for Adonis," the Enterprise ran into a big green floating hand -- which turned out to be the hand of God (or a god, to be more accurate). And in "The Savage Curtain" they ran into an Abraham Lincoln floating in space. So this is pretty standard. The whole couple swapping -- pushing Tony to be with Dr. Russell, and Koenig to be with Maya -- was an interesting touch.

This is a good story and it's done pretty well -- though I still prefer the feel of Trek. This may well be the best episode yet.

floral fridays -- yellow first?

Is it just an accident of the daylilies that I've gotten? Or is there some bigger reason that the first blooms we have are yellows?

This week we saw our first blooms. First we had Happy Returns (Apps, 1986). Now, joining the party is Sweet Seneca Kisses (K. Rood, 2003). There's also a yellow noname, and another one that'll probably bloom tomorrow. We think it's Eenie Weenie (Aden, 1976) -- hopefully we'll have a better idea once it blooms. Now, we have lots of cultivars in lots of different colors. Reds. Oranges. Purples. And that includes a lot of bi-colors and multicolors.

Is there a reason the yellows come first? I can speculate that it takes less energy for a plant to make the pigments needed for a pale yellow flower than for a brighter or darker one. But that would just be me pulling explanations out of my butt. I wonder if other daylily enthusiasts see the same phenomenon?

thursday nights in new york -- the apartment

As the pandemic continues*, I continue my weekly recommendation of a movie set in New York.

Tonight's offering: The Apartment (1960)

A nebbishy accountant hopes to get ahead by letting his managers at the insurance company where he works use his apartment for their affairs. But the arrangement is getting in the way of his life

The Apartment is an enjoyably quirky little comedy. It doesn't really have a lot to say, but it's fun to watch. And the chemistry between  Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon is really good. My only problem was that I keep seeing Lemmon's role as being a kind of proto-Felix Unger.

New Yorkiness Rating: 3 out of 4
New York isn't the star, and I guess this could have been set in another city. But somehow it does feel like a New York thing. Plus, I love those UWS brownstones.

*At least there's no curfew now

it's zmedsday!! (lxxvi)

it's tunesday! ("when you get a little lonely" by maureen mccormick)

Bear with me here...

I was kind of flipping around Youtube, and watched the Pop Up Video version of the Brady Bunch episode, "Dough Re Mi." That's the one where Greg decides he's a songwriter, and Peter suggests that all six kids form a singing group. Anyway, after that I saw this as an option for the next video to watch. I figured it would be good for a laugh.

But it wasn't simply good for a laugh. It was good. I mean, really good.

Now, I should note that I really like the Nashville sound of the mid-1990s, and this is from smack dab in the middle of that decade. It also kind of reminds me of some of Rachel Sweet's country-flavored tunes ("Truckstop Queen," for example).

At any rate, I really love this track, and hope you do too.

monday art break -- mousecow

In her art, Sharon likes to concentrate on animals. One way she's practiced is creating combination animals. Apparently there's a website that will help with this. It gives you two animal pictures (chosen at random from it's ginormous library), and you then create a picture of a hybrid between the two. Exactly how you combine the two is entirely up to you.

This picture is but one example -- a combination of a cow and a field mouse. It kind of reminds me of the rat creatures from Jeff Smith's Bone books.

space: 1999 -- season 2 episode 05 -- brian the brain

Season 2, Episode 05: Brian the Brain

This blog comes with the generalized warning that any post may contain spoilers. That is especially true of these Space: 1999 posts. So if you haven't seen this episode, intend to watch it, and therefore don't want spoilers, then don't read.

Plot Synopsis
Alpha is contacted by a clever, friendly wisecracking robot who seems to just want some company. But his demeanor masks some sinister intentions

My Thoughts
I can't help but marvel at how often Alpha runs into objects, people or probes from Earth. Either earth was sending off a shit-ton of missions or that's the unacknowledged coincidence of the ages. Whatever.

I'm betting that a lot of hardcore fans hated this episode. It is by far the campiest one yet, and in some ways seems more like Lost in Space than Star Trek. I, however, loved it. Brian's patter was really fun to listen to, and yet he made a great villain, once he decided to go there. It's also an interesting and well told story, although I notice there seem to be a lot of episodes about Alpha meeting people (beings?) who seem congenial and friendly but are hiding ulterior motives.

I especially loved the scene where Brian devises a variant of the prisoner's dilemma to test John's and Helena's feelings for each other. Even though it was obvious how that would turn out. And the ending was well done, even though I was worried at one point that they were going into Star Trek territory with some variation of Kirk's "confuse the computer" ploy. Fortunately, the script made the ending better than that.

I have to admit that I find the interpersonal dynamics stilted and offputing when the show addresses the Koenig/Russell romance. I'm glad they went with it, and this is still a vast improvement over the wooden stoicism of season 1. But I don't think the writers have it right yet. Also, so far no follow-up mention of Helena's sculpting or Tony's beer-brewing. I really hope those weren't one-offs.

floral fridays -- knowing the neighbors

Today, Blair found a potted plant on our front stop. No name. No note. No explanation. We have our suspicions regarding who left it, but we're not sure. We also aren't sure what it is, though I suspect it's some kind of vegetable -- zucchini?

Similarly, a couple weeks ago someone left us a plant that was labelled as a two-year lemon tree. I don't know what a "two-year" lemon tree is; maybe that means it's two years old? Whatever. I think Blair said she figured out that it came from "the compost guy." We have to figure out where to plant it. And where to plant the (suspected) zucchini, while we're at it.

This is an interesting and encouraging development.

One nice thing about doing our own gardening is that we meet and interact with our neighbors in a way that we otherwise wouldn't. Almost everyone around here hires professional gardeners. We don't. So our yard is a bit on the ragged side. It's not fully weeded, there are areas that could use mulch, and it typically goes too long between mowings. But people see us out there, and I have been told that some know us as the weird gardening people*.

But people stop and talk with us. Our next door neighbor came by one day this week and asked us about all the label markers -- the ones that identify daylilies. His family was wondering if the were locating the graves of pets? And we got into a conversation about daylilies and life. There are some other neighbors a few doors down who stop and chat as they finish their daily walk. These are people I've known since I was a teenager -- I used to babysit their kids. And it's nice to connect. A mother comes by with her kids who pepper Blair with questions -- about the flowers, the mulch, the markers, how to plant, weed, water. She tells them that if they want she'll dig up flowers that they can take home and plant.

And this is a big part of what it means to be in a community.

But back to the mystery plants that show up...I think they're thank yous.

This season, Blair has given away lots of flowers. Daffodils spread very fast. Irises and daylilies also spread. And we've found places where flowers are spreading more than we want and encroaching on other flowers. Instead of digging up excess and throwing them away, Blair has offered them to neighbors -- some of whom gladly accept. She has seen freecycle ads from people requesting sun-loving flowers, and gone out to dig things up. I could go on, but these examples put it well.

Building bonds one bulb at a time...

*We're also known for being the house with the swing, so we have that going for us, which is nice.

thursday nights in new york -- our idiot brother

As the pandemic continues*, I continue my weekly recommendation of a movie set in New York.

Tonight's offering: Our Idiot Brother (2011)

A well-meaning but naive goofball upends his own life. Then manages to upend his sisters' lives.

OIB isn't particularly deep, meaningful or memorable, but it's a cute little comedy that can make you smile. Paul Rudd is well cast as Ned, the titular character who just can't seem to avoid saying the wrong thing by just speaking the truth. But then, all of the major characters are well cast, and the interaction is really fun. It's certainly better and more clever than I would expect from what is essentially a piece of lightweight fluff.

New Yorkiness Rating: 2 out of 4
There's a good bit of New York in this movie -- lots of scenes in Brooklyn and Manhattan. But for the most part New York is really just background.

*And we're under curfew

new team -- same home

Before Barry Bonds steroided along and entered the upper echelons of home run hitters, I was interested in the fact that (what were then) Major League Baseball's top three players in that department had ended their careers in the same three cities that they started, but playing for different franchises. Those three are:

• Hank Aaron (755 homers, started with the Milwaukee Braves, ended with the Milwaukee Brewers)
• Babe Ruth (714 homers, started with the Boston Red Sox, ended with the Boston Braves)
• Willie Mays (660 homers, started with the New York Giants, ended with the New York Mets)

I mentioned this fact on Twitter, and people liked it. Some also noted a few other big-name players who had done the same. Jimmie Fox, who was, for a long time, second to Babe Ruth in career home runs, did it. Some friends pointed out other -- Yogi Berra, Ron Santo, Marv Throneberry. So I got to wondering just how many players there are. For those who lack patience, I have reproduced the list down below. There are either 235 or 365 players on the list, depending on how you keep score. And to know what I mean by that you'll have to either read further or read my mind (which may be difficult with all the tin foil).

Anyway, before I go on, I want to thank Sean Lanham. I used his downloadable baseball database for this effort.

One challenge is determining what it means for two franchises to be in the same city. One case in point is the case of Brooklyn. Do I consider that part of New York City? It is part of New York. Of course, before 1898 it was a separate city. So one obvious solution is to literally go by city. But that would require me to distiguish pre-1898 Brooklyn (which remains Brooklyn) from post-1897 Brooklyn (which is New York). And, if I'm going down that road, do I have to check where every team played its home games? From the world of football, I know that neither the Jets nor Giants play in new York (despite their names). I'll bet there are cases in MLB history where teams played their home games outside of the cities for which they were named. But it does seem silly, if a team is called "New York" but plays just across the river in New Jersey, to consider them not to be a New York team. Certainly, it would ruin the spirit of the enterprise.

In the end, I decided on two approaches that seem credible.

• Method 1: Categorize teams according to how they are named. Under this convention, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Mets are not considered to be from the same location. Similarly, the Angels had three locations (Los Angeles, California and Anaheim), despite always being from the Los Angeles metropolitan area. A player who started his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and ended with the California Angels (or Anaheim Angels) would not be counted. By this method, there were 235 players on the list.
• Method 2: Categorize teams by metropolitan area they are from. Using this methodology, a player who began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and ended with the Angels would be counted -- regardless of which incarnation of the Angels he ended with. One drawback of this method is that it requires a bit of judgement to decide if two locations are part of the same metropolitan area. In the end, I had 46 metropolitan areas. I list them all here, but I will show the five which included more than one "location" (as indicated by team name). By this method there were 365 players on the list.
• Los Angeles -- includes Anaheim, California and Los Angeles
• Miami -- includes Florida and Miami
• Minneapolis / St. Paul -- includes Minnesota and St. Paul
• New York -- includes Brooklyn, Elizabeth, New York and Newark
• San Francisco / Oakland -- includes Oakland and San Francisco

If you disagree with my choices, let me know in the comments. Maybe I'll redo the work if I am convinced of my wrongness.

With two credible methodologies, I couldn't decide which to use. So I compromised and did this both ways. It wasn't really much extra work, so what the heck. Rather than show two separate lists, where one is actually a subset of the other, I decided to combine and present one list. The players are listed in alphabetical order. The first column shows numbering for players based on methodology 1 (with "N/A" indicating the player is not on the list). The second column shows numbering for players based on methodology 2.

But before the list, I have a few comments and observations.

I found five players on the list who only played during one season. Yes. Five players moved from one team to another (in the same metropolitan area -- four within the same city) during their debut season, and never played in another season. Those players are:

• John Burns who played in 1884 for the Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Monumentals;
• Robert Foster who played in 1884 for the Philadelphia Keystones and Philadelphia Athletics;
• Bob Murphy who played in 1890 for the New York Giants and Brooklyn Gladiators;
• Henry Oxley who played in 1884 for the New York Gothams and New York Metropolitans;
• Ed Yewell who played in 1884 for two franchises called the Washington Nationals (in different leagues).

The 1884 Chicago/Pittsburgh franchise in the Union Association presented a special challenge, since the team moved during the year. Fortunately, I only found one player (Will Foley) for whom this was a potential issue. Foley began his career in 1875 with the Chicago White Stockings, and ended it in 1884 with Chicago/Pittsburgh. But a little research revealed that he played his last game before the team moved to Pitssburgh. So he's on the list.

These statistics run through 2019 (duh). They assume that all players who were active in 2019 ended their careers then. Some who are on the list may eventually be off the list when all is said and done.

Finally, I have to note a bit of bad form. I should have done this in such a way that I could share the final file on Dropbox or something similar. I didn't. In my process, I repeatedly erased records or fields from the data tables that I didn't need. I intend to redo the analysis in a way that preserves the data. Both to share it (for auditability) and so I can do other things with it. If that does happen, there will be follow up posts.

I am open to suggestions for other things to do with these data.

And now the data...

Num (Loc)	Num (Metro)	Name	First Team	Last Team
1	1	Hank Aaron	1954 Milwaukee Braves	1976 Milwaukee Brewers
N/A	2	Jeremy Accardo	2005 San Francisco Giants	2012 Oakland Athletics
2	3	Johnny Allen	1932 New York Yankees	1944 New York Giants
N/A	4	Orlando Alvarez	1973 Los Angeles Dodgers	1976 California Angels
N/A	5	Garret Anderson	1994 California Angels	2010 Los Angeles Dodgers
3	6	Joe Ardner	1884 Cleveland Blues	1890 Cleveland Spiders
N/A	7	Bob Aspromonte	1956 Brooklyn Dodgers	1971 New York Mets
N/A	8	Charlie Babb	1903 New York Giants	1905 Brooklyn Superbas
4	9	Ed Bagley	1884 New York Gothams	1885 New York Metropolitans
5	10	Bill Bailey	1907 St. Louis Browns	1922 St. Louis Cardinals
N/A	11	Tom Baker	1935 Brooklyn Dodgers	1938 New York Giants
6	12	Frank Barberich	1907 Boston Doves	1910 Boston Red Sox
N/A	13	Larry Barnes	2001 Anaheim Angels	2003 Los Angeles Dodgers
7	14	Ross Barnes	1871 Boston Red Stockings	1881 Boston Red Caps
8	15	Dick Barrett	1933 Philadelphia Athletics	1945 Philadelphia Phillies
N/A	16	Bill Bathe	1986 Oakland Athletics	1990 San Francisco Giants
9	17	Stan Baumgartner	1914 Philadelphia Phillies	1926 Philadelphia Athletics
10	18	Buck Becannon	1884 New York Metropolitans	1887 New York Giants
11	19	Joe Beggs	1938 New York Yankees	1948 New York Giants
N/A	20	Hank Behrman	1946 Brooklyn Dodgers	1949 New York Giants
N/A	21	Tim Belcher	1987 Los Angeles Dodgers	2000 Anaheim Angels
12	22	Yogi Berra	1946 New York Yankees	1965 New York Mets
N/A	23	Ray Berres	1934 Brooklyn Dodgers	1945 New York Giants
N/A	24	Harry Billiard	1908 New York Highlanders	1915 Newark Pepper
13	25	Hi Bithorn	1942 Chicago Cubs	1947 Chicago White Sox
14	26	Joe Blong	1875 St. Louis Red Stockings	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings
N/A	27	Vida Blue	1969 Oakland Athletics	1986 San Francisco Giants
15	28	Zeke Bonura	1934 Chicago White Sox	1940 Chicago Cubs
N/A	29	Ike Boone	1922 New York Giants	1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
16	30	Jim Bottomley	1922 St. Louis Cardinals	1937 St. Louis Browns
17	31	Sumner Bowman	1890 Philadelphia Phillies	1891 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	32	Bill Boyd	1872 New York Mutuals	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics
18	33	Harry Brecheen	1940 St. Louis Cardinals	1953 St. Louis Browns
19	34	Don Brennan	1933 New York Yankees	1937 New York Giants
20	35	Jim Brosnan	1954 Chicago Cubs	1963 Chicago White Sox
21	36	Lew Brown	1876 Boston Red Caps	1884 Boston Reds
22	37	Fritz Buelow	1899 St. Louis Perfectos	1907 St. Louis Browns
23	38	Jack Burdock	1872 Brooklyn Atlantics	1891 Brooklyn Grooms
24	39	Smoky Burgess	1949 Chicago Cubs	1967 Chicago White Sox
25	40	John Burns	1884 Baltimore Orioles	1884 Baltimore Monumentals
N/A	41	Buster Burrell	1891 New York Giants	1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
26	42	Doc Bushong	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics	1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
27	43	Nick Buss	2013 Los Angeles Dodgers	2016 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
N/A	44	Leon Cadore	1915 Brooklyn Robins	1924 New York Giants
28	45	Howie Camnitz	1904 Pittsburgh Pirates	1915 Pittsburgh Rebels
29	46	Robinson Cano	2005 New York Yankees	2019 New York Mets
N/A	47	Ben Cantwell	1927 New York Giants	1937 Brooklyn Dodgers
30	48	John Cassidy	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics	1885 Brooklyn Grays
31	49	Welington Castillo	2010 Chicago Cubs	2019 Chicago White Sox
32	50	Phil Cavarretta	1934 Chicago Cubs	1955 Chicago White Sox
33	51	Chet Chadbourne	1906 Boston Americans	1918 Boston Braves
34	52	Hal Chase	1905 New York Highlanders	1919 New York Giants
N/A	53	Doug Clark	2005 San Francisco Giants	2006 Oakland Athletics
35	54	Clem Clemens	1914 Chicago Chi-Feds	1916 Chicago Cubs
36	55	Verne Clemons	1916 St. Louis Browns	1924 St. Louis Cardinals
37	56	Jack Coffey	1909 Boston Doves	1918 Boston Red Sox
38	57	Gene Conley	1952 Boston Braves	1963 Boston Red Sox
N/A	58	Peter Connell	1886 New York Metropolitans	1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
39	59	William Coon	1875 Philadelphia Athletics	1876 Philadelphia Athletics
40	60	Jimmy Cooney	1917 Boston Red Sox	1928 Boston Braves
41	61	Bill Cox	1936 St. Louis Cardinals	1940 St. Louis Browns
N/A	62	Fred Crane	1873 Elizabeth Resolutes	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics
N/A	63	John D'Acquisto	1973 San Francisco Giants	1982 Oakland Athletics
42	64	Bill Daley	1889 Boston Beaneaters	1891 Boston Reds
43	65	Abner Dalrymple	1878 Milwaukee Grays	1891 Milwaukee Brewers
44	66	Tom Daly	1913 Chicago White Sox	1921 Chicago Cubs
45	67	Ike Davis	2010 New York Mets	2016 New York Yankees
N/A	68	Willie Davis	1960 Los Angeles Dodgers	1979 California Angels
46	69	Dizzy Dean	1930 St. Louis Cardinals	1947 St. Louis Browns
47	70	Paul Dean	1934 St. Louis Cardinals	1943 St. Louis Browns
48	71	Mike Diaz	1983 Chicago Cubs	1988 Chicago White Sox
49	72	Tommy Dowd	1891 Boston Reds	1901 Boston Americans
N/A	73	Kelly Downs	1986 San Francisco Giants	1993 Oakland Athletics
50	74	Moe Drabowsky	1956 Chicago Cubs	1972 Chicago White Sox
N/A	75	Jack Dunn	1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms	1904 New York Giants
N/A	76	Bull Durham	1904 Brooklyn Superbas	1909 New York Giants
N/A	77	Leo Durocher	1925 New York Yankees	1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
51	78	Lee Elia	1966 Chicago White Sox	1968 Chicago Cubs
N/A	79	Gil English	1931 New York Giants	1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
52	80	Nick Etten	1938 Philadelphia Athletics	1947 Philadelphia Phillies
53	81	Roy Evans	1897 St. Louis Browns	1903 St. Louis Browns
N/A	82	Ron Fairly	1958 Los Angeles Dodgers	1978 California Angels
54	83	Sid Farrar	1883 Philadelphia Quakers	1890 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	84	John Farrow	1873 Elizabeth Resolutes	1884 Brooklyn Atlantics
N/A	85	Jim Faulkner	1927 New York Giants	1930 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	86	Alex Ferguson	1918 New York Yankees	1929 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	87	Joe Ferguson	1970 Los Angeles Dodgers	1983 California Angels
N/A	88	Chico Fernandez	1956 Brooklyn Dodgers	1963 New York Mets
N/A	89	Chick Fewster	1917 New York Yankees	1927 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	90	Chone Figgins	2002 Anaheim Angels	2014 Los Angeles Dodgers
55	91	Dana Fillingim	1915 Philadelphia Athletics	1925 Philadelphia Phillies
N/A	92	Jack Fimple	1983 Los Angeles Dodgers	1987 California Angels
56	93	Lou Finney	1931 Philadelphia Athletics	1947 Philadelphia Phillies
57	94	Wes Fisler	1871 Philadelphia Athletics	1876 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	95	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1925 New York Giants	1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
N/A	96	Frank Fleet	1871 New York Mutuals	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics
58	97	Jim Fogarty	1884 Philadelphia Quakers	1890 Philadelphia Athletics
59	98	Will Foley	1875 Chicago White Stockings	1884 Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)
60	99	Davy Force	1871 Washington Olympics	1886 Washington Nationals
61	100	Robert Foster	1884 Philadelphia Keystones	1884 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	101	Keith Foulke	1997 San Francisco Giants	2008 Oakland Athletics
62	102	Jimmie Foxx	1925 Philadelphia Athletics	1945 Philadelphia Phillies
63	103	Ken Frailing	1972 Chicago White Sox	1976 Chicago Cubs
N/A	104	Lonny Frey	1933 Brooklyn Dodgers	1948 New York Giants
N/A	105	Tito Fuentes	1965 San Francisco Giants	1978 Oakland Athletics
64	106	Kosuke Fukudome	2008 Chicago Cubs	2012 Chicago White Sox
N/A	107	Joe Gallagher	1939 New York Yankees	1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
65	108	Pud Galvin	1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings	1892 St. Louis Browns
66	109	Oscar Gamble	1969 Chicago Cubs	1985 Chicago White Sox
67	110	Debs Garms	1932 St. Louis Browns	1945 St. Louis Cardinals
N/A	111	Phil Garner	1973 Oakland Athletics	1988 San Francisco Giants
N/A	112	Dan Giese	2007 San Francisco Giants	2009 Oakland Athletics
N/A	113	Jose Gonzalez	1985 Los Angeles Dodgers	1992 California Angels
68	114	Dwight Gooden	1984 New York Mets	2000 New York Yankees
69	115	Johnny Gray	1954 Philadelphia Athletics	1958 Philadelphia Phillies
70	116	Danny Green	1898 Chicago Orphans	1905 Chicago White Sox
N/A	117	Kent Greenfield	1924 New York Giants	1929 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	118	Hal Gregg	1943 Brooklyn Dodgers	1952 New York Giants
71	119	Bob Habenicht	1951 St. Louis Cardinals	1953 St. Louis Browns
72	120	Warren Hacker	1948 Chicago Cubs	1961 Chicago White Sox
73	121	Walter Hackett	1884 Boston Reds	1885 Boston Beaneaters
74	122	George Haddock	1888 Washington Nationals	1894 Washington Senators
75	123	Ralph Hamner	1946 Chicago White Sox	1949 Chicago Cubs
N/A	124	Joe Harris	1914 New York Yankees	1928 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	125	Buddy Hassett	1936 Brooklyn Dodgers	1942 New York Yankees
76	126	John Hatfield	1871 New York Mutuals	1876 New York Mutuals
77	127	Bill Heath	1965 Chicago White Sox	1969 Chicago Cubs
N/A	128	Dave Heaverlo	1975 San Francisco Giants	1981 Oakland Athletics
78	129	Sean Henn	2005 New York Yankees	2013 New York Mets
N/A	130	Gil Heredia	1991 San Francisco Giants	2001 Oakland Athletics
79	131	Orlando Hernandez	1998 New York Yankees	2007 New York Mets
80	132	Rudy Hernandez	1960 Washington Senators	1961 Washington Senators
81	133	Lefty Herring	1899 Washington Senators	1904 Washington Senators
82	134	Frank Hiller	1946 New York Yankees	1953 New York Giants
83	135	Charlie Hilsey	1883 Philadelphia Quakers	1884 Philadelphia Athletics
84	136	Paul Hines	1872 Washington Nationals	1891 Washington Statesmen
N/A	137	Gil Hodges	1943 Brooklyn Dodgers	1963 New York Mets
85	138	Charlie Hodnett	1883 St. Louis Browns	1884 St. Louis Maroons
86	139	Holly Hollingshead	1872 Washington Nationals	1875 Washington Nationals
87	140	Rogers Hornsby	1915 St. Louis Cardinals	1937 St. Louis Browns
88	141	Bob Howry	1998 Chicago White Sox	2010 Chicago Cubs
N/A	142	Waite Hoyt	1918 New York Giants	1938 Brooklyn Dodgers
N/A	143	Bill Hubbell	1919 New York Giants	1925 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	144	Johnny Hudson	1936 Brooklyn Dodgers	1945 New York Giants
N/A	145	Tim Hudson	1999 Oakland Athletics	2015 San Francisco Giants
N/A	146	John Hummel	1905 Brooklyn Superbas	1918 New York Yankees
89	147	Pat Hynes	1903 St. Louis Cardinals	1904 St. Louis Browns
90	148	Ryota Igarashi	2010 New York Mets	2012 New York Yankees
91	149	Frank Isbell	1898 Chicago Orphans	1909 Chicago White Sox
92	150	Darrin Jackson	1985 Chicago Cubs	1999 Chicago White Sox
N/A	151	Merwin Jacobson	1915 New York Giants	1927 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	152	Jay Johnstone	1966 California Angels	1985 Los Angeles Dodgers
93	153	Levin Jones	1873 Baltimore Marylands	1874 Baltimore Canaries
N/A	154	Spider Jorgensen	1947 Brooklyn Dodgers	1951 New York Giants
N/A	155	Bill Joyce	1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	1898 New York Giants
N/A	156	Frank Kane	1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops	1919 New York Yankees
94	157	Joe Kappel	1884 Philadelphia Quakers	1890 Philadelphia Athletics
95	158	Matt Karchner	1995 Chicago White Sox	2000 Chicago Cubs
96	159	Andy Karl	1943 Boston Red Sox	1947 Boston Braves
97	160	Benny Kauff	1912 New York Highlanders	1920 New York Giants
98	161	George Keefe	1886 Washington Nationals	1891 Washington Statesmen
99	162	Bill Kelly	1920 Philadelphia Athletics	1928 Philadelphia Phillies
100	163	Charlie Kelly	1883 Philadelphia Quakers	1886 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	164	High Pockets Kelly	1915 New York Giants	1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
N/A	165	Ed Kennedy	1883 New York Metropolitans	1886 Brooklyn Grays
101	166	Don Kessinger	1964 Chicago Cubs	1979 Chicago White Sox
102	167	Bill Kienzle	1882 Philadelphia Athletics	1884 Philadelphia Keystones
N/A	168	Pete Kilduff	1917 New York Giants	1921 Brooklyn Robins
N/A	169	Brian Kingman	1979 Oakland Athletics	1983 San Francisco Giants
N/A	170	Dave Kingman	1971 San Francisco Giants	1986 Oakland Athletics
N/A	171	Fred Kipp	1957 Brooklyn Dodgers	1960 New York Yankees
103	172	John Kirby	1884 Kansas City Cowboys	1888 Kansas City Cowboys
104	173	Brandon Knight	2001 New York Yankees	2008 New York Mets
N/A	174	Len Koenecke	1932 New York Giants	1935 Brooklyn Dodgers
105	175	Mark Koenig	1925 New York Yankees	1936 New York Giants
106	176	Ken Kravec	1975 Chicago White Sox	1982 Chicago Cubs
107	177	Charlie Krehmeyer	1884 St. Louis Browns	1885 St. Louis Maroons
108	178	Rube Kroh	1906 Boston Americans	1912 Boston Braves
N/A	179	Clem Labine	1950 Brooklyn Dodgers	1962 New York Mets
N/A	180	Bob Lacey	1977 Oakland Athletics	1984 San Francisco Giants
109	181	Nap Lajoie	1896 Philadelphia Phillies	1916 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	182	Ken Landreaux	1977 California Angels	1987 Los Angeles Dodgers
110	183	Max Lanier	1938 St. Louis Cardinals	1953 St. Louis Browns
N/A	184	Frank LaPorte	1905 New York Highlanders	1915 Newark Pepper
N/A	185	Tacks Latimer	1898 New York Giants	1902 Brooklyn Superbas
111	186	Doc Lavan	1913 St. Louis Browns	1924 St. Louis Cardinals
N/A	187	Gary Lavelle	1974 San Francisco Giants	1987 Oakland Athletics
112	188	Tony Lazzeri	1926 New York Yankees	1939 New York Giants
113	189	Bevo LeBourveau	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	1929 Philadelphia Athletics
114	190	Ricky Ledee	1998 New York Yankees	2007 New York Mets
115	191	Lou Legett	1929 Boston Braves	1935 Boston Red Sox
N/A	192	Johnnie LeMaster	1975 San Francisco Giants	1987 Oakland Athletics
116	193	Dave Lemonds	1969 Chicago Cubs	1972 Chicago White Sox
117	194	Charlie Levis	1884 Baltimore Monumentals	1885 Baltimore Orioles
118	195	Ted Lewis	1896 Boston Beaneaters	1901 Boston Americans
119	196	Cory Lidle	1997 New York Mets	2006 New York Yankees
N/A	197	Freddie Lindstrom	1924 New York Giants	1936 Brooklyn Dodgers
120	198	Phil Linz	1962 New York Yankees	1968 New York Mets
121	199	Bob Locker	1965 Chicago White Sox	1975 Chicago Cubs
122	200	Tom Loftus	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	1883 St. Louis Browns
N/A	201	Ernie Lombardi	1931 Brooklyn Robins	1947 New York Giants
123	202	Phil Lombardi	1986 New York Yankees	1989 New York Mets
124	203	Terrence Long	1999 New York Mets	2006 New York Yankees
125	204	Turk Lown	1951 Chicago Cubs	1962 Chicago White Sox
N/A	205	Ray Lucas	1929 New York Giants	1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
126	206	Tony Lyons	1920 St. Louis Cardinals	1924 St. Louis Browns
127	207	Danny MacFayden	1926 Boston Red Sox	1943 Boston Braves
128	208	Hector Maestri	1960 Washington Senators	1961 Washington Senators
129	209	Fergy Malone	1871 Philadelphia Athletics	1884 Philadelphia Keystones
130	210	Marty Marion	1940 St. Louis Cardinals	1953 St. Louis Browns
N/A	211	Mike Marshall	1981 Los Angeles Dodgers	1991 California Angels
131	212	Al Martin	1872 Brooklyn Eckfords	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics
132	213	J. C. Martin	1959 Chicago White Sox	1972 Chicago Cubs
133	214	Randy Martz	1980 Chicago Cubs	1983 Chicago White Sox
134	215	Charlie Mason	1875 Philadelphia Centennials	1883 Philadelphia Athletics
N/A	216	Mike Mattimore	1887 New York Giants	1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
135	217	Willie Mays	1951 New York Giants	1973 New York Mets
N/A	218	Vin Mazzaro	2009 Oakland Athletics	2016 San Francisco Giants
136	219	Jim McAnany	1958 Chicago White Sox	1962 Chicago Cubs
N/A	220	Johnny McCarthy	1934 Brooklyn Dodgers	1948 New York Giants
137	221	Tom McGuire	1914 Chicago Chi-Feds	1919 Chicago White Sox
138	222	Stuffy McInnis	1909 Philadelphia Athletics	1927 Philadelphia Phillies
139	223	Polly McLarry	1912 Chicago White Sox	1915 Chicago Cubs
N/A	224	Tommy McMillan	1908 Brooklyn Superbas	1912 New York Highlanders
140	225	John McPherson	1901 Philadelphia Athletics	1904 Philadelphia Phillies
141	226	Trick McSorley	1875 St. Louis Red Stockings	1886 St. Louis Browns
142	227	Fred Merkle	1907 New York Giants	1926 New York Yankees
N/A	228	Andy Messersmith	1968 California Angels	1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
143	229	Levi Meyerle	1871 Philadelphia Athletics	1884 Philadelphia Keystones
144	230	George Miller	1877 Cincinnati Reds	1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings
145	231	Fred Mitchell	1901 Boston Americans	1913 Boston Braves
N/A	232	Johnny Mitchell	1921 New York Yankees	1925 Brooklyn Robins
146	233	George Moriarty	1903 Chicago Cubs	1916 Chicago White Sox
147	234	John Morrill	1876 Boston Red Caps	1890 Boston Reds
148	235	Heinie Mueller	1920 St. Louis Cardinals	1935 St. Louis Browns
N/A	236	Van Mungo	1931 Brooklyn Robins	1945 New York Giants
N/A	237	Bob Murphy	1890 New York Giants	1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
N/A	238	Danny Murphy	1900 New York Giants	1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
149	239	Danny Murphy	1960 Chicago Cubs	1970 Chicago White Sox
150	240	Skeeter Newsome	1935 Philadelphia Athletics	1947 Philadelphia Phillies
151	241	Bill Nicholson	1936 Philadelphia Athletics	1953 Philadelphia Phillies
152	242	Wayne Nordhagen	1976 Chicago White Sox	1983 Chicago Cubs
N/A	243	Darby O'Brien	1887 New York Metropolitans	1892 Brooklyn Grooms
153	244	Lefty O'Doul	1919 New York Yankees	1934 New York Giants
154	245	Will Ohman	2000 Chicago Cubs	2012 Chicago White Sox
N/A	246	Dave Orr	1883 New York Metropolitans	1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
N/A	247	Phil Ortega	1960 Los Angeles Dodgers	1969 California Angels
155	248	Jose Ortiz	1969 Chicago White Sox	1971 Chicago Cubs
156	249	Johnny Ostrowski	1943 Chicago Cubs	1950 Chicago White Sox
157	250	Henry Oxley	1884 New York Gothams	1884 New York Metropolitans
158	251	Juan Padilla	2004 New York Yankees	2005 New York Mets
159	252	Reggie Patterson	1981 Chicago White Sox	1985 Chicago Cubs
N/A	253	Tom Patterson	1871 New York Mutuals	1875 Brooklyn Atlantics
160	254	Charlie Pechous	1915 Chicago Whales	1917 Chicago Cubs
161	255	Ray Pepper	1932 St. Louis Cardinals	1936 St. Louis Browns
N/A	256	Ron Perranoski	1961 Los Angeles Dodgers	1973 California Angels
N/A	257	Joe Pignatano	1957 Brooklyn Dodgers	1962 New York Mets
N/A	258	Norman Plitt	1918 Brooklyn Robins	1927 New York Giants
162	259	Jay Porter	1952 St. Louis Browns	1959 St. Louis Cardinals
163	260	Jim Qualls	1969 Chicago Cubs	1972 Chicago White Sox
164	261	Tom Quinn	1886 Pittsburg Alleghenys	1890 Pittsburgh Burghers
165	262	Jose Quintana	2012 Chicago White Sox	2019 Chicago Cubs
166	263	John Radcliff	1871 Philadelphia Athletics	1875 Philadelphia Centennials
167	264	Pedro Ramos	1955 Washington Senators	1970 Washington Senators
N/A	265	Doug Rau	1972 Los Angeles Dodgers	1981 California Angels
168	266	Bob Reach	1872 Washington Olympics	1873 Washington Blue Legs
169	267	Jeff Reardon	1979 New York Mets	1994 New York Yankees
N/A	268	Bill Reidy	1896 New York Giants	1904 Brooklyn Superbas
170	269	John Reilly	1880 Cincinnati Reds	1891 Cincinnati Reds
171	270	Jack Remsen	1872 Brooklyn Atlantics	1884 Brooklyn Atlantics
172	271	Hal Reniff	1961 New York Yankees	1967 New York Mets
173	272	Carl Reynolds	1927 Chicago White Sox	1939 Chicago Cubs
174	273	Woody Rich	1939 Boston Red Sox	1944 Boston Braves
175	274	Ken Richardson	1942 Philadelphia Athletics	1946 Philadelphia Phillies
176	275	Marv Rickert	1942 Chicago Cubs	1950 Chicago White Sox
177	276	Joe Riggert	1911 Boston Red Sox	1919 Boston Braves
N/A	277	Adam Riggs	1997 Los Angeles Dodgers	2004 Anaheim Angels
178	278	Royce Ring	2005 New York Mets	2010 New York Yankees
N/A	279	Rick Rodriguez	1986 Oakland Athletics	1990 San Francisco Giants
179	280	Red Rollings	1927 Boston Red Sox	1930 Boston Braves
N/A	281	Goody Rosen	1937 Brooklyn Dodgers	1946 New York Giants
180	282	Jack Rowe	1879 Buffalo Bisons	1890 Buffalo Bisons
181	283	Bob Rush	1948 Chicago Cubs	1960 Chicago White Sox
182	284	Babe Ruth	1914 Boston Red Sox	1935 Boston Braves
N/A	285	Rosy Ryan	1919 New York Giants	1933 Brooklyn Dodgers
183	286	Ken Sanders	1964 Kansas City Athletics	1976 Kansas City Royals
184	287	Ron Santo	1960 Chicago Cubs	1974 Chicago White Sox
185	288	Harry Schafer	1871 Boston Red Stockings	1878 Boston Red Caps
186	289	Johnny Schaive	1958 Washington Senators	1963 Washington Senators
N/A	290	Al Scheer	1913 Brooklyn Superbas	1915 Newark Pepper
187	291	Hank Schreiber	1914 Chicago White Sox	1926 Chicago Cubs
N/A	292	Paul Schreiber	1922 Brooklyn Robins	1945 New York Yankees
N/A	293	Dave Sells	1972 California Angels	1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
188	294	George Seward	1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings	1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings
189	295	Bobby Shantz	1949 Philadelphia Athletics	1964 Philadelphia Phillies
N/A	296	Tommy Sheehan	1900 New York Giants	1908 Brooklyn Superbas
N/A	297	Larry Sherry	1958 Los Angeles Dodgers	1968 California Angels
N/A	298	Craig Shipley	1986 Los Angeles Dodgers	1998 Anaheim Angels
190	299	Ernie Shore	1912 New York Giants	1920 New York Yankees
191	300	Burt Shotton	1909 St. Louis Browns	1923 St. Louis Cardinals
192	301	Clyde Shoun	1935 Chicago Cubs	1949 Chicago White Sox
193	302	Frank Shugart	1890 Chicago Pirates	1901 Chicago White Sox
194	303	Bill Smiley	1874 Baltimore Canaries	1882 Baltimore Orioles
N/A	304	Aleck Smith	1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms	1906 New York Giants
N/A	305	George Smith	1916 New York Giants	1923 Brooklyn Robins
195	306	Phenomenal Smith	1884 Philadelphia Athletics	1891 Philadelphia Phillies
196	307	Pop Snyder	1873 Washington Blue Legs	1891 Washington Statesmen
197	308	Allan Sothoron	1914 St. Louis Browns	1926 St. Louis Cardinals
198	309	Geovany Soto	2005 Chicago Cubs	2017 Chicago White Sox
199	310	Shane Spencer	1998 New York Yankees	2004 New York Mets
200	311	Stan Sperry	1936 Philadelphia Phillies	1938 Philadelphia Athletics
201	312	Chick Stahl	1897 Boston Beaneaters	1906 Boston Americans
202	313	Roy Staiger	1975 New York Mets	1979 New York Yankees
N/A	314	Jigger Statz	1919 New York Giants	1928 Brooklyn Robins
203	315	Bill Stearns	1871 Washington Olympics	1875 Washington Nationals
N/A	316	Milt Stock	1913 New York Giants	1926 Brooklyn Robins
204	317	Len Stockwell	1879 Cleveland Blues	1890 Cleveland Spiders
205	318	Darryl Strawberry	1983 New York Mets	1999 New York Yankees
206	319	Tom Sturdivant	1955 New York Yankees	1964 New York Mets
N/A	320	Eric Surkamp	2011 San Francisco Giants	2016 Oakland Athletics
N/A	321	Marty Swandell	1872 Brooklyn Eckfords	1873 Elizabeth Resolutes
207	322	Ryan Sweeney	2006 Chicago White Sox	2014 Chicago Cubs
208	323	Ron Swoboda	1965 New York Mets	1973 New York Yankees
N/A	324	Vito Tamulis	1934 New York Yankees	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers
209	325	Ralph Terry	1956 New York Yankees	1967 New York Mets
210	326	Zeb Terry	1916 Chicago White Sox	1922 Chicago Cubs
N/A	327	Henry Thielman	1902 New York Giants	1903 Brooklyn Superbas
211	328	Sam Thompson	1885 Detroit Wolverines	1906 Detroit Tigers
N/A	329	Hank Thormahlen	1917 New York Yankees	1925 Brooklyn Robins
212	330	Marv Throneberry	1955 New York Yankees	1963 New York Mets
213	331	Steve Toole	1886 Brooklyn Grays	1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
N/A	332	Jeff Torborg	1964 Los Angeles Dodgers	1973 California Angels
214	333	Bill Trotter	1937 St. Louis Browns	1944 St. Louis Cardinals
N/A	334	Ty Tyson	1926 New York Giants	1928 Brooklyn Robins
215	335	Elmer Valo	1940 Philadelphia Athletics	1961 Philadelphia Phillies
N/A	336	Pat Venditte	2015 Oakland Athletics	2019 San Francisco Giants
216	337	Bill Vinton	1884 Philadelphia Quakers	1885 Philadelphia Athletics
217	338	Hal Wagner	1937 Philadelphia Athletics	1949 Philadelphia Phillies
N/A	339	Joe Wall	1901 New York Giants	1902 Brooklyn Superbas
218	340	Josh Wall	2012 Los Angeles Dodgers	2014 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
219	341	Murray Wall	1950 Boston Braves	1959 Boston Red Sox
N/A	342	Eric Weaver	1998 Los Angeles Dodgers	2000 Anaheim Angels
220	343	Sam Weaver	1875 Philadelphia Whites	1886 Philadelphia Athletics
221	344	Billy Werber	1930 New York Yankees	1942 New York Giants
N/A	345	Johnny Werhas	1964 Los Angeles Dodgers	1967 California Angels
N/A	346	Billy West	1874 Brooklyn Atlantics	1876 New York Mutuals
222	347	Warren White	1871 Washington Olympics	1884 Washington Nationals
223	348	Wally Whitehurst	1989 New York Mets	1996 New York Yankees
N/A	349	Kemp Wicker	1936 New York Yankees	1941 Brooklyn Dodgers
224	350	Dave Wickersham	1960 Kansas City Athletics	1969 Kansas City Royals
225	351	Wild Bill Widner	1887 Cincinnati Red Stockings	1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
226	352	Joe Wilhoit	1916 Boston Braves	1919 Boston Red Sox
227	353	Gerald Williams	1992 New York Yankees	2005 New York Mets
228	354	Joe Willis	1911 St. Louis Browns	1913 St. Louis Cardinals
N/A	355	Hooks Wiltse	1904 New York Giants	1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
229	356	Kettle Wirts	1921 Chicago Cubs	1924 Chicago White Sox
230	357	Mickey Witek	1940 New York Giants	1949 New York Yankees
N/A	358	Rynie Wolters	1871 New York Mutuals	1873 Elizabeth Resolutes
231	359	Harry Wright	1871 Boston Red Stockings	1877 Boston Red Caps
N/A	360	Keiichi Yabu	2005 Oakland Athletics	2008 San Francisco Giants
232	361	Ed Yewell	1884 Washington Nationals	1884 Washington Nationals
233	362	Tom Zachary	1918 Philadelphia Athletics	1936 Philadelphia Phillies
N/A	363	Geoff Zahn	1973 Los Angeles Dodgers	1985 California Angels
234	364	Rollie Zeider	1910 Chicago White Sox	1918 Chicago Cubs
235	365	Dutch Zwilling	1910 Chicago White Sox	1916 Chicago Cubs