Add-on posted early Tuesday.
MLB
–Sunday night, the Yankees (36-22) salvaged the final game of their series with the Dodgers (36-23), 7-3, as once again Ryan Yarbrough, who the Yankees signed as a free agent late in spring training, was solid, six innings, one run, his record 3-0, 2.83. Yarbrough has helped give the starting staff consistency sorely lacking after the injuries to Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil.
Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman went a combined 0-for-12 in this one.
The Yanks suffered a big blow when they learned Monday closer Luke Weaver will be out the next few weeks with a hamstring issue.
–The Mets then came into Dodger Stadium for a 4-game series, and Monday night they pulled out a thrilling 4-3 win in 10, even though Edwin Diaz blew his first save of the season in the ninth. Francisco Lindor opened the game with another leadoff home run and then had what would be the game-winning RBI in extra innings. Shohei Ohtani hit No. 23 for the Dodgers.
–The Rockies entered Monday’s game at Miami 9-50, with four 8-game losing streaks already this season, and a 3-28 record on the road.
And whaddya know? It’s win No. 10…10-50, 6-4 over the Marlins (23-35).
College World Series
—Wright State, out of nowhere, knocked off No. 1 national seed Vanderbilt with a 5-4 victory Sunday in the Nashville Regional, while No. 2 national seed Texas was eliminated by UTSA in the Austin Regional.
It’s the second time since national seeds were introduced in 1999 that the top two seeds were both eliminated in regionals, 2014 being the other.
Wright State, out of the Horizon League, was the No. 4 regional seed. They then lost to Louisville, 6-0, Sunday night, to get eliminated.
Vandy became the first No. 1 national seed to fail to reach its regional final since the tournament went to its current format in 1999.
–For Wake Forest fans, Sunday night was exciting, as the Deacs won their third straight elimination game, an exciting 7-6 triumph over No. 14 national seed Tennessee to force a final contest Monday between the two to see who advances to the super regional.
Duke also won Sunday night, 3-2 over Oklahoma State, so the Blue Devils advanced to the super regional.
But the Deacs were eliminated by the Vols Monday, 11-5.
However, the ACC has 5 teams moving on the super regionals and the SEC just four.
–In the Women’s College World Series, it’s going to be Texas vs. Texas Tech, after Texas Tech eliminated four-time defending champion Oklahoma on Monday.
Golf Balls
–A few more tidbits on Scottie Scheffler. His win at the Memorial Sunday was his third in four events, and he converted his ninth straight outright 54-hole lead since the 2023 WM Phoenix Open.
As CBS’ Trevor Immelman remarked, “We might have to start calling him The Closer.”
Scheffler earned $4 million. Ben Griffin picked up $2,200,000 for finishing solo second, Sepp Straka $1,400,000 for solo third, and Nick Taylor $1,000,000 for solo fourth.
–Turns out Rickie Fowler’s T7 was good enough to get him a spot into The Open Championship in July as the top finisher not previously qualified.
—Maja Stark became the third Swede to win the U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills, Wisconsin Lisolette Neumann and Annika Sorenstam the others. It was the 25-year-old Stark’s second LPGA Tour win.
Nelly Korda finished T2.
French Open
—Monday, 2 Coco Gauff beat 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova, and 7 Madison Keys beat fellow American Hailey Baptiste.
But 3 Jessica Pegula was stunned by unseeded-French 22-year-old Lois Boisson, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6.
On the men’s side…6 Novak Djokovic and 1 Jannik Sinner moved on in straight sets.
So in the quarterfinals (matches I care about), Tuesday, 12 Tommy Paul goes up against 2 Carlos Alcaraz, and 15 Frances Tiafoe faces 8 Lorenzo Musetti. Tiafoe is in his first French Open quarterfinals.
This is the first time the U.S. has placed more than one man in the quarterfinals in Paris since 1996 (Jim Courier and Pete Sampras). Wow.
Wednesday, 1 Jannik Sinner goes up against unseeded Alexander Bublik, while 3 Alexander Zverez faces 6 Novak Djokovic.
On the women’s side, Wednesday we have 7 Madison Keys against 2 Coco Gauff.
Stuff
—Ryan Blaney won his 14th career NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, first win of the season after five top-5 finishes in the first half of the campaign. Carson Hocevar finished second for the second time this season.
—Journalism is going to run in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. After winning the Preakness, and finishing second in the Kentucky Derby, the colt will be the only horse to run all three legs of the Triple Crown.
Sovereignty, the Derby winner that skipped the Preakness, will be in the Belmont as well, so an exciting race.
But wait…there’s more! Baeza, the third-place finisher in the Derby, also held out of the Preakness, is in the race. And Bob Baffert’s Rodriguez, held out of the Derby and Preakness due to a sore hoof, is too, “Money” Mike Smith on top.
Be sure to catch it. This could be fun.
Next Bar Chat Sunday p.m.
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[Posted Sunday p.m.]
Add-on up top by noon, Tuesday.
College World Series Quiz: With the NCAA Baseball Tournament underway, 1) Name the seven schools to win at least four titles. 2) Name the only school from the Northeast (PA, NJ, NY and New England) to win the CWS. 3) Who am I? I was Most Outstanding Player in the 1973 CWS, playing for Minnesota, as a pitcher, and I went on to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Answers below.
NBA Playoffs
–Us Knicks fans were pumped watching Thursday’s Game 5 at the Garden, Knicks staying alive with a dominating 111-94 win over the Pacers, Jalen Brunson with 32 on 12 of 18 shooting, Karl-Anthony Towns with a superb 24 points, 13 rebounds performance. And Tyrese Haliburton with just 8 points on 2 of 7 from the field for the Pacers after his All-World triple-double, zero turnovers effort in Game 4*.
Brunson and Towns were the first duo to score 20-plus in each of the first five games of a conference final since Kobe and Shaq in 2002.
*For the record, in Game 4, which took place after I posted my Add-on, Haliburton had 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds, 4 steals and zero turnovers in the Pacers’ 130-121 win to take a 3-1 lead. Nikola Jokic and Oscar Robertson were the only other players to post 30 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in a playoff game.
Haliburton’s 12 rebounds were a career-best in any game.
So on to Indianapolis for Game 6 on Saturday night. And the Knicks laid an egg, series over.
After trailing just 58-54 at the half, as is customary for this Knicks squad, they came out flat in the third quarter, were outscored 34-23 as Indiana stretched the lead to 92-77, and it was essentially game over…New York falling 125-108.
Jalen Brunson didn’t perform like a superstar in a big moment, 19 points, 2 of 7 from 3, and five turnovers; Karl-Anthony Towns had a hollow 22 points, 13 rebounds, as he was 0 for 4 from beyond the arc; Mikal Bridges committed five turnovers, and Josh Hart was a total non-factor in 22 minutes off the bench, 1 of 6 shooting, 6 rebounds.
For the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton returned to form, 21 points, 13 assists, and Indiana is headed to its first NBA Finals in 25 years.
Every Knicks fan knows, however, that the series was kind of over after blowing Game 1 in historic fashion, one of the worst collapses in the history of sports, and you can’t lose the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals at home!
Brunson said afterwards he was “confident” the Knicks’ core can win a title, but no way. For starters, KAT and Brunson don’t play well together, and Bridges and OG Anunoby just aren’t that good.
There’s really not much more to say. I expect changes in the offseason, including possibly at head coach.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City, which closed out its Western Conference finals against Minnesota, 124-94, taking the series in 5, is going to whip the Pacers, possibly a sweep.
OKC is the greatest team in major sports no one knows about…just a complete team, in all facets, and fun to watch.
–I don’t like to comment on initial sexual assault cases involving athletes, but it’s out there…New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, accused by a woman he allegedly began dating in 2018 at Duke, and through 2023, of rape and abuse.
–Just a College Basketball note…the ACC released its schedule for the 18-game league season and Wake Forest, for the first time anyone can remember, has no home game against either Duke or North Carolina, which really sucks. We play both on the road.
Instead, at home we have Cal, Stanford, and SMU (all three of whom we played on the road last season) among others. Not exactly a traditional ACC schedule, but that’s the way it is these days in college sports.
–And one more. Reporter Howard Bryant told Bob Costas on “The 92nd Street Y” that Cooper Flagg earned $28 million through two NIL deals during his one year at Duke…$13 million with New Balance and $15 million in a deal with Fanatics. It wasn’t clear if the figures represent the totality of multi-year deals or a one-year payment.
The National Player of the Year and the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft is expected to sign a four-year, $62.7 million contract with the Dallas Mavericks.
Stanley Cup Playoffs
We have a rematch of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, Edmonton vs. Florida, the Panthers winning in seven last June.
Edmonton wrapped up its second Western Conference title on Thursday night, 6-3 over Dallas, taking the series in five. Earlier, Florida had dismantled Carolina in five games.
So will Edmonton bring the Stanley Cup home to Canada for the first time since Montreal, 1992-93? Connor McDavid (26 points in the playoffs, six goals) and Leon Draisaitl (25, 7) could be key for the Oilers, as the duo almost always is. I sure hope Edmonton wins.
Game 1 is Wednesday in Edmonton.
MLB
–The Mets did what they had to do this weekend, beat up on the godawful Rockies.
Friday, Francisco Lindor hit two home runs to lead the Metsies to a 4-2 win, and Saturday, New York cruised 8-2, Kodai Senga, with 6 1/3 of 2-run ball, improved to 6-3, 1.60, and Juan Soto homered, one of three by the Mets.
Senga has now had 28 straight starts allowing 3 runs or fewer.
Coupled with the Phillies’ 17-7 loss at home to the Brewers, after Saturday’s action, the Mets and Phils were tied atop the NL East at 36-22.
Former Phillie Rhys Hoskins had two home runs and six RBIs.
The Mets completed the sweep Sunday, 5-3, Clay Holmes, the converted reliever, going 7 innings for the first time, now 6-3, 3.07, Pete Alonso, Lindor and Soto all with home runs.
On to L.A. and four games at Chavez Ravine. Unfortunately, 3 of the 4 are very late, so it’s going to bed with trepidation as to what the result is.
The Phillies lost again to the Brewers today, 5-2, 3 unearned runs, and the Metsies are suddenly back in the NL East lead by one.
–The Yankees returned to Dodger Stadium after falling to L.A. in last fall’s World Series in five games, and the Dodgers beat up on the Yanks in the first two…winning 8-5 Friday night as Shohei Ohtani had two home runs, giving him 22 on the season, while Aaron Judge hit No. 19 for New York, so the fans got their monies worth. Yankee starter Max Fried was hit hard for the first time season, five innings, 6 earned, as he is now 7-1, 1.92.
Then Saturday, L.A. obliterated the Yanks, 18-2, as Max Muncy hit two home runs, 7 RBIs, and in going 2-for-3, Freddie Freeman hiked his batting average to .374! Aaron Judge hit two homers for all of New York’s offense, Judge now with 21 homers. Ohtani went 2-for-4. Yankee starter Will Warren was lit up for 7 runs in 1 1/3.
OPS Watch…Judge 1.268, Freeman 1.078, Ohtani 1.062.
The two teams are playing in the ESPN Sunday Night game.
–Kind of a shock that after Friday’s play, the 38-20 Detroit Tigers had the best record in baseball after Friday.
But then again, as The Athletic pointed out Saturday, the Tigers (68-33) had the best record in baseball since August 11 of last season, besting the Dodgers (64-37).
This year, Detroit, following Friday’s action, was 5th in Team ERA and 4th in runs scored in all of baseball.
Saturday, the Tigers then lost 1-0 at Kansas City, wasting 7 innings of 2-hit ball from Tarik Skubal, as K.C.’s Michael Wacha matched, 7 innings, one hit, the Royals getting a run in the bottom of the eighth for the win.
—Mike Trout returned to the Angels’ lineup on Friday, 1-for-5 as DH in L.A.’s 4-1 win over the Guardians. Cleveland then rebounded Saturday, 7-5, Trout 3-for-4, with a double and RBI.
–The Pittsburgh Pirates are 5-7 in games Paul Skenes has started this season, even though the stud is 4-5, 2.15 ERA, overall.
So he’s 23, the Pirates are going nowhere fast, and he’s under team control until 2029, so there is growing talk (just that for now) that Pittsburgh will trade him and get a haul in return.
But no way the Pirates (22-37) do so. That would be nuts.
Meanwhile, Skenes’ girlfriend, Livvy Dunne, a gymnast, SI swimsuit model and social media sensation, is being stalked by autograph hounds who seem to have her travel schedule. She is literally mobbed when she shows up at an airport. It’s sick. You don’t know if someone is going to hurt you, but as she put it the other day, it’s as if someone has a connection to an airline who is giving the leader of the mob her schedule. These assholes need to be called out, names released, and employers notified.
—I stopped betting on sports a number of years ago, having limited my action to doing Golf and NASCAR lineups on DraftKings. I just kind of got bored with it. I also knew that when it came to individual games in any sport, I sucked.
But I understand why it’s popular…I would submit, however, this is the peak, not the beginning. [Something like the Super Bowl is in a totally different category.]
That said, what is happening to Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. and his family is beyond atrocious. He now has 24-hour security after receiving online death threats directed at his family.
McCullers returned to the mound at the beginning of May after missing nearly two years due to injury and on May 10, after giving up seven runs in the first inning while recording only one out, manager Joe Espada told reporters about the online abuse that the 31-year-old had received that night.
“There are people who are threatening his life and the life of his kids because of his performance tonight,” Espada said. “It’s very unfortunate that we have to deal with this – after all he’s done for this city, for this team. …I’ve got kids, too. And it really drives me nuts that we have to deal with this.”
–An ultra-rare T206 Honus Wagner card is now on sale at auction, marking a milestone event for the sports card hobby. Bidding for the “Connecticut Wagner,” which got its name after being brought to a Connecticut card show in 1985, opened on Wednesday at $2 million in Goldin’s Spring Vintage Auction and rose above $3.1 million within the first hour. But Ken Goldin, founder of the auction house, would not be surprised if the winning bid doubled that amount – even though it’s graded “poor” condition by PSA, as a “1” on a scale of 1-10.
Goldin said the condition is really better than a “1,” with the face undisturbed where a lot are very disturbed. And the back is very clean.
There are only 36 graded T206s by PSA, the leading trading card grader. Goldin says the total population of all T206 Wagner cards is no more than 60.
The auction doesn’t end until June 21.
–In the NCAA Baseball Tournament, we have begun the drive to get to Omaha, a 64-team field to be winnowed down by the end of next weekend to the final eight for the College World Series.
Two years ago, Wake Forest had the best team ERA in college baseball and we got to Omaha, where we almost knocked off eventual champion LSU.
Two years later, our pitching is beyond horrendous, but we made the field, playing in Knoxville, and lost our opener 11-6 to Cincinnati. We then barely held on in an elimination game against Miami (OH), Saturday, 14-13 in a game that went on and on and on…something like 4 ½ hours. It was so long, I went shopping in the top of the sixth, knowing that 40 minutes later it would still be in the sixth and it was.
Anyway, the Deacs faced elimination again today with a rematch against the Bearcats, when out of nowhere, Matthew Dallas gave Wake 7 shutout innings, before tiring in the eighth (115 pitches), leaving with a 10-3 lead, and that’s where it ended.
So Wake is playing Tennessee tonight to see who moves on. Gotta give the Deacs a lot of credit.
Meanwhile, Duke is playing tonight with a chance to advance to the super regionals, after beating Oklahoma State and 7 Georgia. Their opponent is the Cowboys, who defeated Georgia this afternoon, 11-9.
College Football
–So we know the College Football Playoff seeding for this coming season will be as it should be for the 12-team field, and I’m already looking forward to it.
But these days it’s all about the 2026 season and the football powers, i.e., the SEC and Big Ten, are calling for a 16-team playoff featuring the top five conference champions and 11 at-large teams.
However, a critical component is the SEC’s choice between staying at eight league games or moving to nine, as every conference calls for the need for clarity about how the CFP selection committee ranks its teams, starting with how strength of schedule is determined and applied. There’s a sense among some athletic directors in the SEC and ACC that moving to nine conference games is feasible – if the committee doesn’t penalize teams for losing two or three games against strong opponents.
But some SEC ADs stressed this week that they would only favor a nine-game league schedule if the conference is guaranteed four playoff spots – also the Big Ten’s preferred model.
NFL
—Terry Bradshaw made it clear he is not a fan of his Steelers bringing Aaron Rodgers to Pittsburgh. In a radio interview with 103.7 The Buzz in Arkansas on Tuesday, Bradshaw lambasted the Steelers for their interest in signing the 41-year-old.
“That’s a joke. That to me is just a joke,” Bradshaw said. “What are you going to do? Bring him in for one year, are you kidding me? That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there.”
Bradshaw also called out the organization for its failure to manage now-Cleveland Browns QB Kenny Pickett.
“I liked him. I know what he’s like. When they got him to Pittsburgh, they didn’t protect him, they didn’t get him an offensive line. They wanted to run the football, but they didn’t have an offensive line that could protect and they didn’t have weapons. He had no wide receivers to speak of. …Now they’re saying Kenny Pickett is a failure. He wasn’t a failure, the Steelers were a failure.”
I concur.
Golf Balls
–At the Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio, a signature event, with a cut, after two rounds…
Nick Taylor -7
Ben Griffin -7 …last week’s winner….
Akshay Bhatia -5
Scottie Scheffler -4
Sam Burns -3
Shane Lowry -3
Jordan Spieth -3
Rory McIlroy took this one off, which as I mentioned before, I really can’t blame him. He’s playing next week’s Canadian Open before the U.S. Open.
And after three rounds…look who’s on top….
Scheffler -8
Griffin -7
Taylor -5
Sepp Straka -3
Keegan Bradley -3
Spieth -3
Will Scottie run away with it?
Rickie Fowler at -2 is once again poised to make a big move in the FedEx Cup standings…90 to 62 currently.
And Scottie wins it…No. 16 on the Tour…amazing….one bogey the whole weekend.
Griffin is second.
Straka finished third…I don’t bet anymore, but I would put a few quid on him to win The Open Championship. Let’s see how I do with that prognostication in July.
As for the U.S. Open, Rory vs. Scottie would be a dream come true.
Fowler finished T7 and is tentatively 67 in the standings…worth following the last few tournaments. He’s good for the game.
–The PGA Tour is messing with the format for the Tour Championship once again, but for the better. In 2018, the tour moved away from 72-hole stroke play to a “starting strokes” format, but now it is moving back to the old format.
In a release Tuesday, the tour says it is changing to stroke-play as part of its ongoing commitment to innovation on behalf of the fans.
“As soon as the Tour Championship begins, any fan – no matter if they’ve followed the PGA Tour all season or are just tuning in for the final event – can immediately understand what’s going on and what’s at stake for every single player in the field,” Commissioner Jay Monahan said. But that was his 2018 announcement.
The format never caught on, players never liked it, and fans felt lost in trying to understand how a player who is playing better than the leader is not leading.
So now it’s simple. The 30 players who qualify for the final field will all have an equal shot. The winner gets the FedEx Cup (and the $25 million cash prize).
“I didn’t love the previous format of starting strokes, and I really like the direction where we’re going,” said Scottie Scheffler. “I think the Tour Championship’s going to be difficult to qualify for. Making the Tour Championship is truly going to be the result from a great body of work over the course of a season, and then you have an opportunity to win the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup.”
I totally agree. It is very difficult to get to the final 30. Reminder for you casual fans, you have two FedEx Cup playoff events before the finale, winnowing the field from 70, then to 50, and then 30. It’s a tension convention during the playoffs. Now it will be even more so when those, say Nos. 20-30, realize they’ll have as good a shot as winning it all as Scottie.
–Congratulations to Charlie Woods for winning his first American Junior Golf Association event to follow in father Tiger’s footsteps.
The 16-year-old claimed a three-shot victory at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Green, Florida.
Tiger played in 13 AJGA tournaments from 1991 to 1993, winning eight – the joint highest behind Phil Mickelson.
Before this week, the younger Woods’ best result on the AJGA circuit was a share of 25th place at an event in March.
—Oklahoma State won the men’s NCAA golf championship, besting Virginia, 3-1, for the Cowboys’ first title since 2018, No. 12 overall for this sterling program.
Ole Miss’ Michael La Sasso captured the individual title.
Stuff
–In an historic blowout, Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title for the first time, thrashing Inter Milan 5-0 Saturday in Munich. After spending major euros on the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in a futile attempt to win the crown, two years ago the club changed course and here they are…finally at the top of European football.
It was the biggest winning margin in a Champions League final.
Unfortunately, some French people partied way too hard, taking the triumph as an excuse to riot in some parts of Paris and the country overall…two people died and at least 190 were injured, with the French interior ministry saying 559 people had been arrested, including 491 in Paris.
But at the same time, millions did celebrate in the right fashion.
–In the French Open, much has been made of the 18-year-old Brazilian sensation Joao Fonseca, who was slated to play for the University of Virginia but turned pro and is already turning heads with his booming shots.
But Fonseca fell in the third round in straight sets to 5 Jack Draper of England, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
13-seed American Ben Shelton took on 2 Carlos Alcaraz Sunday in fourth-round action and Alcaraz won it in four to move on to the quarterfinals, 7-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Shelton put up a good fight.
Earlier, 12 Tommy Paul advanced to the quarterfinals with a straight sets win over 25 Alexei Popyrin.
No. 1 Jannik Sinner and 6 Novak Djokovic go Monday to try to punch their tickets into the quarters.
Tomorrow is big for U.S. women in Round 4 play (to get to the quarterfinals)…2 Coco Gauff, 3 Jessica Pegula, and 7 Madison Keys (Keys going up against fellow American Hailey Baptiste).
16 Amanda Anisimova lost today to 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
–I had to post my last Add-on Monday night and didn’t have a chance to put down for the record some of the post-Indy 500 news. Marcus Ericsson, who finished second to Alex Palou, and Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood, who finished sixth, were penalized and moved to the back of the 33-car finishing order after post-race inspections revealed unapproved modifications to their vehicles.
Both were forced to forfeit their prize money and championship points earned during Sunday’s race. Although each will receive the money and points for finishing 31st (Ericsson) and 32nd (Kirkwood), respectively; Ericsson and Kirkwood’s teams were each fined $100,000, and the competition managers for both were suspended for the upcoming race in Detroit.
—Oscar Piastri won today’s Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris, Piastri’s fifth win of the season as he sits atop the F1 standings, Norris second.
Four-time champion Max Verstappen dropped to 10th as the result of a penalty.
–And I missed that last Monday, Cornell, after nearly five decades, won the NCAA men’s lacrosse championship, defeating Maryland 13-10 in front of 32,500 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. It’s the Big Red’s fourth NCAA title overall, but first since 1977. The Terrapins won the title in 2022 but had to settle for a runner-up finish for the third time in the last five NCAA tournaments.
–We note the passing of Loretta Swit, the Emmy-winning actress who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the acclaimed television series “M*A*S*H.” She was 87.
In the Oscar-winning 1970 film “M*A*S*H” directed by Robert Altman, Major Houlihan (whose nickname was Hot Lips) was played by Sally Kellerman. When the movie became a CBS series, Swit stepped into the role and made it her own. She was nominated 10 years in a row for the Emmy Award for best supporting actress in a comedy series, and she won twice, in 1980 and 1982.
The TV series aired from 1972 through 1983 and, like its movie inspiration, was set at a mobile Army hospital during the Korean War. Major Houlihan spent the first five seasons distracted by her open secret of an affair with the very married Maj. Frank Burns (Larry Linville).
The finale of the series in ’83 attracted a record 106 million viewers in the U.S., the most watched episode of any TV series in history.
“Cheers” (1993) as noted the other week with the passing of George Wendt, is second at 80 million, “The Fugitive” (1967) third at 78m, and “Seinfeld” (1998) fourth at 76m. “Friends” (2004) is fifth at 52.5 million.
Loreta Swit was born in Passaic, New Jersey.
–Finally, Happy Birthday to Clint Eastwood, who turned 95 on Saturday. He’s still working.
*Last one, for now…Songs That Never Made the Billboard Top Ten Pop Chart (Nos. 11-30, 1960s/70s):
Jay & The Americans…#11 Let’s Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key), #13 Some Enchanted Evening, #19 Walkin’ In The Rain
Jefferson Starship…#12 With Your Love, #12 Runaway, #14 Jane
Jethro Tull…#11 Living In The Past, #12 Bungle In The Jungle…and get this…Locomotive Breath was never a top 40!!! WTF?! [Peaked at #59 in one of its releases]
Billy Joel…#17 Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), #17 She’s Always A Woman, #14 Big Shot…he had a slew in the 1980s that also didn’t make the top ten…like #17s Say Goodbye To Hollywood and Allentown
Elton John…#12 Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
Jack Jones…#14 Wives And Lovers…should have been a top 5….
Tom Jones…#15 Delilah, #11 Green, Green Grass Of Home
Bert Kaempfert…#11 Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Chaka Khan…#21 I’m Every Woman…#21?!
Carole King…#14 So Far Away (see Chaka Khan…Chaka Khan Chaka Khan…)
The Kinks…#13 A Well Respected Man
Peggy Lee…#11 Is That All There Is (great tune, but depressing as hell….)
John Lennon…#14 Give Peace A Chance, #18 Mind Games
Little Anthony and The Imperials…#15 I’m On The Outside (Looking In), #16 Take Me Back
Barry Manilow…#12 It’s A Miracle, #23 Daybreak
Johnny Mathis…#14 Wonderful! Wonderful! (1957)
Don McLean…#12 Vincent
Steve Miller Band…#11 Take The Money And Run, #23 Jungle Love, #17 Swingtown
The Miracles…#16 The Tracks Of My Tears, #11 Going To A Go-Go
Chris Montez…#22 Call Me, #16 The More I See You
Teddy Pendergrass…#25 Close The Door
College World Series Quiz Answers: 1) Four or more titles: USC 12, LSU 7, Texas 6, Arizona State 5, Miami (FL) 4, Arizona 4, Cal-State Fullerton 4. 2) Holy Cross (1952) is the only school from the Northeast to win a CWS title. 3) Dave Winfield was MOP in 1973, as a pitcher, for Minnesota.
Bazooka Joe says: “Dave is the only MOP to then go on to the Baseball Hall of Fame!”
Add-on posted by noon, Tuesday.
