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crunch 3 days 9 hours ago (view)

i wish i wasn't familiar, but anyone who went to raves in 1991/92 had various techno mixes of the song by an act called Apotheosis blasted at them for a good year and a half.

it's a bit...much...and very very popular at the time.

woo, being young.

Cubster 3 days 9 hours ago (view)

O, Fortuna mystery. The music is striking. It reminds me of ELP’s cover of Fanfare for the common man.

 I wasn’t familiar with this so I started some research to possible pop references but no real answers.

Three items struck some potential. 

1- 1983: The album Carmina Burana by Ray Manzarek, keyboard player for The Doors, produced by Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi; arrangements by Ray Manzarek. A&M Records.

2- The Trans-Siberian Orchestra covered it in 2006. 
Here is the You Tube live performance:

3- The Ohio State Marching band has a cover of this. Maybe an OSU connection?

It’s still a mystery to me. (Obscure Fleetwood Mac reference intended). Maybe there is a movie score it was in?

fullykräusened 3 days 21 hours ago (view)

Okay, this is completly off the discussion. I have noticed several times that organist John Benedeck has been  playing a phrase from the first movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana ("O Fortuna"). He has done some hilariously hip music for opposing players over the last couple of years (succeeding the immortal Gary Pressey), but I don't get this one. I ask the very diverse TCR community to help me out! What's the connection? I can't find any pattern, but maybe it's for two-strike counts. ("O, Fortuna")

crunch 3 days 23 hours ago (view)

i say we rip the bandaid off.

hendricks pitches every inning, every day, every game...in a row...until he's on the IL.

Childersb3 4 days ago (view)

Steele will throw 3 live innings in AZ on Friday.

Seiya did "light" baseball activities today.

We just need to hang in for a couple of weeks

crunch 4 days 2 hours ago (view)

bleh.  cubs lose.

day off tomorrow then it's 16 games in a row with no break.

crunch 4 days 3 hours ago (view)

dude threw 4 innings of 4 run ball and lowered his ERA...improvement!

but yeah, i'm done.  there's a guy with 2 pitches in the pen named ben brown that seems to be doing a bit better than hendricks's 2 pitches.

steele...how your leg, bro?  

George Altman 4 days 3 hours ago (view)

For the love of baseball and all that's holy, please - no more Kyle Hendricks. 

crunch 4 days 3 hours ago (view)

hendricks still gets some K's, but dude is just throwing complex batting practice.

sometimes it gets hit where a glove happens to be, sometimes it isn't.

two pitches, both hittable.

crunch 4 days 4 hours ago (view)

460ft HR later...1.1ip of perfection is gone.

crunch 4 days 4 hours ago (view)

HENDRICKS PERFECT GAME THROUGH 1 IP.

i'm just trying to be supportive over here.  go sportsball.

Cubster 4 days 6 hours ago (view)

No Happ. Not sure if he’s still just day to day. Amaya catching Hendricks. Busch hitting cleanup.  OF is Canario, Bellinger, Tauchman. Cooper DH. Chilly (around 50 degrees) but sunny.

crunch 4 days 20 hours ago (view)

pretty damn bold to let neris close a game after recent performances...nailed it, though.

Dolorous Jon Lester 4 days 21 hours ago (view)

Very much so. It was noticeable to us just watching, they definitely knew. Hopefully that’s a good sign and it won’t be long term.

crunch 4 days 21 hours ago (view)

ben brown out of the pen in the 7th.

guess we now know his current fate.

crunch 4 days 21 hours ago (view)

for a good chunk of this recent streak you could obviously see he wasn't swinging as hard.  they gotta know that in the dugout, even down to the mph with how much stuff they track these days.

his timing is kinda tuned into how hard he swings.

Dolorous Jon Lester 4 days 21 hours ago (view)

That hand injury he’s nursing is killing him. And doing no favors for my fantasy team 

crunch 4 days 21 hours ago (view)

morel hits his 2nd hit in his last 10 games.

2 hits in 39 PA (4bb)

TarzanJoeWallis 4 days 22 hours ago (view)

Won and lost 20 in the same year too. Quite a feat!

Dolorous Jon Lester 4 days 23 hours ago (view)

I agree, I watched a few innings of a Tigers game a few days ago and he does look like he’s put on a few pounds this year.