tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post93555975018755133..comments2024-01-03T15:30:05.586-05:00Comments on Home in the railroad earth: The Bierce Cursesteve on the slow trainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post-26311174818670971242007-08-10T00:18:00.000-04:002007-08-10T00:18:00.000-04:00Thanks. Yeah: "the Long Count." I didn't make th...Thanks. Yeah: "the Long Count." I didn't make the connection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post-829990120897178502007-08-04T22:22:00.000-04:002007-08-04T22:22:00.000-04:00Peter--Thanks for the comment. Terkel is still ar...Peter--Thanks for the comment. Terkel is still around, but I haven't read anything by him since 2003. Usually the "frozen" ref is referred to as the "long count."<BR/><BR/>Gerry-I went ahead and changed the blog to allow anonymous comments. Unless I get deluged with spam (it happened once before), I'll keep it that way. Personally, I wouln't mind if the Cubs became just another team.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post-76574899562447276082007-08-04T18:48:00.001-04:002007-08-04T18:48:00.001-04:00When the Red Sox finally won the World Series, the...When the Red Sox finally won the World Series, they became just another team, don't hope for a similar fate for the Cubs.gerry rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095232815291651669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post-73352337197583158242007-08-04T18:48:00.000-04:002007-08-04T18:48:00.000-04:00By not allowing anonymous comments, you have a sit...By not allowing anonymous comments, you have a situation where in order to comment, I have to sign in with my Blogger account, which then posts my comment as though I have a Blogger blog, which I don't anymore.<BR/>Gerry Rosser<BR/>twoblueday.wordpress.comgerry rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095232815291651669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post-56064707525710397782007-08-04T18:46:00.000-04:002007-08-04T18:46:00.000-04:00When the Red Sox finally won the World Series, the...When the Red Sox finally won the World Series, they became just another team, don't hope for a similar fate for the Cubs.gerry rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095232815291651669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159522.post-68107665605405507272007-07-24T21:43:00.000-04:002007-07-24T21:43:00.000-04:00A good piece, with your usual, thoughtful unwindin...A good piece, with your usual, thoughtful unwinding of history.<BR/><BR/>I had no idea that anyone had "frozen" the ref in the '27 Dempsey-Tunney fight.<BR/><BR/>So Studs Terkel is still around? I read a book of his essays (or columns?) a quarter century ago -- loved them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com