The Great One
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With all due respect to this great site, Baseball Reference is my all time favorite website! That site is da bomb!!
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Wins Above Replacement
A stupid calculation when you really think about it.
They really think that the replacement will be a AAA player they replace you with.
You damn well better be more valuable than a AAA PLAYER.
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There are lots of alternate versions on Youtube that include video, such as: "War" by Edwin Starr (Original Video - 1969)
But as we all know, the title of that song was actually the original draft title of War and Peace. From Seinfeld Scripts http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheMarineBiologist.htm
Elaine: Oh! Don't you know what this means, it's like working with Tolstoy!
Jerry: Hey ya know what I read the most unbelievable thing about Tolstoy the other day, did you know the original title for "War and Peace" was? "War--What Is It Good For?"!
Elaine: Ha ha.
Jerry: No, no.. I'm not kidding Elaine it's true, his mistress didn't like the title and insisted him change it to "War and Peace"!
Elaine: But it's a line from that song!
Jerry: That's were they got it from!
Elaine: Really?
Jerry: I'm not joking!
Later in episode:
(In the limo Elaine, Lippman, and Testikov are talkin')
Lippman: We have got you in a very nice hotel, I don't know how you like to work but I can arrange for an office if you want.
Testikov: I will work in hotel...much better. I will work away from all the penny bickering and interference.
Lippman: You know Tolstoy use to write in the village square. The faces inspired him.
Testikov: He didn't need any inspiration....God spoke through his pen.
Elaine: That is so true! Although one wonders if "War and Peace" would have been as highly acclaimed as it was if it was published under it's original name "War---What Is It Good For?"
Lippman: What?
Elaine: Yes. Mr. Lippman. It was his mistress who insisted he called it "War and Peace."
"War--What Is It Good For."(sang) Absolutely nothin'! (spoken to Testikov). That's the song that they got from Tolstoy.
Lippman: I'm sorry, it's just her sense of humor.
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I once met Sergio Tolstoy, one of about 200 great grandchildren of Leo Tolstoy. He's a pretty colorful guy and so I came up with the idea of having him put some kind of gag autograph on the jacket of a War single, but unfortunately, a record collector friend of mine said that the American release did not come in a photo jacket like this British release did, so I haven't found one yet.
But as we all know, the title of that song was actually the original draft title of War and Peace. From Seinfeld Scripts http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheMarineBiologist.htm
Elaine: Oh! Don't you know what this means, it's like working with Tolstoy!
Jerry: Hey ya know what I read the most unbelievable thing about Tolstoy the other day, did you know the original title for "War and Peace" was? "War--What Is It Good For?"!
Elaine: Ha ha.
Jerry: No, no.. I'm not kidding Elaine it's true, his mistress didn't like the title and insisted him change it to "War and Peace"!
Elaine: But it's a line from that song!
Jerry: That's were they got it from!
Elaine: Really?
Jerry: I'm not joking!
Later in episode:
(In the limo Elaine, Lippman, and Testikov are talkin')
Lippman: We have got you in a very nice hotel, I don't know how you like to work but I can arrange for an office if you want.
Testikov: I will work in hotel...much better. I will work away from all the penny bickering and interference.
Lippman: You know Tolstoy use to write in the village square. The faces inspired him.
Testikov: He didn't need any inspiration....God spoke through his pen.
Elaine: That is so true! Although one wonders if "War and Peace" would have been as highly acclaimed as it was if it was published under it's original name "War---What Is It Good For?"
Lippman: What?
Elaine: Yes. Mr. Lippman. It was his mistress who insisted he called it "War and Peace."
"War--What Is It Good For."(sang) Absolutely nothin'! (spoken to Testikov). That's the song that they got from Tolstoy.
Lippman: I'm sorry, it's just her sense of humor.
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I once met Sergio Tolstoy, one of about 200 great grandchildren of Leo Tolstoy. He's a pretty colorful guy and so I came up with the idea of having him put some kind of gag autograph on the jacket of a War single, but unfortunately, a record collector friend of mine said that the American release did not come in a photo jacket like this British release did, so I haven't found one yet.
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I will never forget my Dad taking me to a game when he and the Pirates came to San Diego in the Late 60's we were sitting in the right field bleachers everyone was cheering for him and he turned around and waved to us.... Thanks for the memories!!
And The Captain Steve Yzerman was better than both ....
Steve never gets the credit he should, had a fabulous Career ...
Actually I wouldn't put Stevie Y ahead of those two, but would but him at #3.
Steve never gets the credit he should, had a fabulous Career ...
Actually I wouldn't put Stevie Y ahead of those two, but would but him at #3.
