Yep Craig Counsell set the bar, this was where Dodgers had to come financially.

You too, my friend. Hope Spencer is not here though or he will see what you got him for Christmas too early!!!! Ha!! Best to Rick

Writes David on working with O.J. Simpson in Naked Gun movies: "Although he actually improved with each film, his acting remained a lot like his murdering--he got away with it, but nobody really believed him."

Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by
David Zucker, Jerry Zucker & Jim Abrahams will have you laughing as the movie did. An oral history, David gets off a great line talking about bringing @kareemabduljabaar.bsky.social into the movie & working with athletes:

The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv & the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé
is great fun & delivers on several fronts: Film, music & icons. I wondered for years why Paul Schaffer was on record but not BB film, & answer to that is here, too

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker is an ambitious idea executed very well. Story of how game & city grew together from late 1800s thru WWII. Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Hal Chase, Mordecai Three-Finger Brown, NY politicians, characters galore

The Tao of the Backup Catcher is as gracefully written as I would expect from @bytimbrown.bsky.social with deep respect and empathy for all of who toil away at one of most overlooked positions in the game. Erik Kratz riding shotgun here is sometimes touching, sometimes funny & always fun.