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Episode 27 – 12.10.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
30 mins soul.
25 mins funk.
5 mins mixed bag.

The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: The Three Sounds, Dinah Washington, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Sinatra, Louis Prima, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Wynton Kelly, and more.
30 minutes of soul followed and included Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Lee Dorsey, Curtis Knight, James Brown, Mary Wells, Ruby Johnson, and more.
25 minutes of funk followed and included the B.T. Express, Marvin Gaye, The J.B.’s, Eddie Kendricks, Bill Withers, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 28 – 12.17.24

Show notes:
60 minutes classic jazz.
50 minutes soul.
10 minutes blues.

The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Duke, John Coltrane, and more.
50 minutes of soul followed and included Ray Charles, Young-Holt Unlimited, Mable John, Fats Domino, Helene Smith, Big Maybelle, The Ad Libs, The Temptations, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, and more.
10 minutes of blues followed and included Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, and Booker T. & the M.G.’s.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 29 – 12.24.24 – Christmas Eve Special

Show notes:
Four hour Christmas Eve Special. I covered for the 6pm-8pm 2-5-1 program that leads into Rick’s Canteen on Christmas Eve.
60 mins classic jazz (without a holiday theme).
120 mins of holiday jazz.
60 mins of holiday soul.

Recordings of the broadcasts are available for you here:

2-5-1 (above) and Rick’s Canteen (below).

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist for both programs is below.

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Episode 30 – 12.31.24 – NYE Special

Show notes:
I once again subbed in for the 2-5-1 program that leads into Rick’s Canteen and played mostly instrumental jazz for the first two hours. Mostly jazz vocals for the third hour I was on the air.
The special concluded with an hour of soul. I tried to keep everything on the upbeat and conversational cocktail theme while also sprinkling in some NYE-themed tracks.

Recordings of the broadcasts are available for you here:

2-5-1 (above) and Rick’s Canteen (below).

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist for both programs is below.

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Episode 31 – 1.7.25

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins soul.
10 mins blues.
10 mins contemporary.

The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Horace Silver, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Junior Mance, Billie Holiday, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, Hoagy Carmichael, Howard Alden, Sinatra, John Coltrane, The Three Sounds, Sarah Vaughan, Wynton Kelly, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Young-Holt Unlimited, Mable John, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Tommy Ridgley, Aretha Franklin, Brenton Wood, Ann Peebles, Jackie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin, Joe Bataan, Mary Wells, and more.
10 minutes of blues followed and included Slim Harpo, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and Lightnin’ Hopkins.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

What is Sandlot?

Holidays, work, and other factors have gotten in the way of publishing this belated post.
That said, November brought the Drag four very different games.

11.1.24 – Austin Moontowers vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Instagram post about the game.

I know we 21st-century humans no longer read long-form content.
But there’s a lot to write about this game.

Admittedly, I don’t know much about the Moontowers.
What I do know is that they look and carry themselves like a legit ballclub. I also know that even their hitters with less-than-perfect swings are still able to turn on our Ace’s pitches and authoritatively drive the ball pull side.

They are absolutely a ballclub.
In a league where each organization has their unique sliding scale of social club-to-ballclub ratio, the Moontowers are an organization that obviously put their emphasis on ball. I dig it.

For all the personalities and eccentrics that provide our league with a healthy chunk of fanfare and extracurriculars, it’s refreshing to be able to compete against an old-school ballclub.
However, our track record of competitive competition usually includes an inning or two where we shoot ourselves in the foot and dig ourselves a hole. We’ve showcased shakey bullpens with coinflip command (sometimes they have it, sometimes they don’t), defensive lapses, drunken/clumsy baserunning, bewildering ABs… every facet has contributed to our podiatric gunshot wounds and fresh holes we’ve dug for ourselves.

But on this game, against this competitive club, we played good, solid baseball.
The Drag have been built on Keith Hyndshaw’s favorite adage, “Celebrate our successes. Laugh at our mistakes. Have a damn-good time!” This game’s celebrations outweighed the goofball laughter and slapstick chatter. We had an exceptional time playing quality, solid baseball.
“Not bad for a has been and couple of never will bes huh?”

To be clear, Steven (lefty starting pitcher) has put The Drag in position to win some “competitive” games before, but our defense and/or bullpen has managed to squander a few late-game leads, but on this particular evening, the defense didn’t break and the bullpen remained steady.

Offensively, Keith, Gelli, Jeff, Steven, RJ, and pretty much every Dragster contributed to putting runs on the board. You never know when things are gonna click and go in your favor, but they sure went ours this evening.

To be expected, many adult recreations (especially super social sandlot leagues) provide games that often feel like a foregone conclusion. Teams show up, cleat up, warm up, and thoughts cross one’s mind in one of three ways:
– Welp, though nothing is guaranteed, if we don’t screw up too badly, we should leave here with a W (confidence).
– In order for us to get outta here with a W, they’ve gotta make a ton of mistakes and we’ve gotta play a clean, tight game (doubt).
– This is a coin flip. Can’t wait to see what happens (it’s anyone’s game, let’s play ball).

In a season chockfull of sloppy wins and lousy losses (every one of which, we’re always grateful to be a part of), getting in one super clean, competitive game made the whole squad feel outstanding.
Thank you to every Sandlotter for making it happen!

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11.3.24 – Austin Drag vs. Smithville Baseball Club – Keilberg Park – 12pm

Instagram post about the game.

Not gonna lie, with our previous game concluding a mere 36 hours prior, we were still floating. The Drag were “just happy to be there.” Smithville was great though. Friendly folks, cool, old field. If it hadn’t been for a wildfire threatening the area, it would’ve been a picture-perfect day in every way.
Due to the potential nearby natural disaster, it still remained a pretty-good-to-great day at the ballpark.

Braden went the distance on the hill and the entire Dragster lineup hit.
Good times indeed. Thank you for hosting us Smithville Baseball Club!

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11.9.24 – LovejoyCobraCowboys vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 11am

Instagram post about the game.

In our penultimate game of the season, we played the South Austin LovejoyCobraCowboys. The LoveSnakeBoys. The CobraJoyBoys. You get it. It was a collection of players organized by the Lovejoys.

The game moved fairly quickly as it was a lot of defense and pitching. Rallies were kept to a minimum. Keith was sharp on the hill as he went the distance. Our infield, for the most part, had sure hands (including an outstanding pick at first by Big Rig to save a few runs and end an inning). The outfield, Gelli in particular, tracked everything down and we were able to escape the few oppositional offensive threats.

Though we were on top for most of the game, it remained close. And as I’ve previously wrote, some games feel like we’re one inning away from our house of cards collapsing. That acknowledged, the structural integrity remained true, and there are no collapses to report for this day.

Just another outstanding day with our pals at Govalle.

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11.16.24 – ATX Roadrunners vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 11am

Instagram post about the game.

Final game of 2024. One last afternoon in the sun with our friends and this incredible community.

Without a doubt, November 2024 provided The Drag with our best month of baseball on record. Our pitching was sharp. The lineup produced. Though our defense may have bended here and there, it never broke. Just an outstanding conclusion to a very satisfying 2024 Sandlot season.

Steven Carrizales started on the hill against our Roadrunner pals and then our bullpen of Rickner, Braden, and RJ (making his sandlot pitching debut) sealed up the game.

Katy Fairlee’s bat remained hot as she had a few base knocks and RJ, Stillman, Steven, and Co. kept the offense moving with extra base hits. Colin made his return from world traveling and we picked up Jacob, a former Roadrunner and current Papervalley Pike, for the game.

“It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game.”
This game was played with joy on both sides.
Perfect conclusion to a rewarding season.
Spring 2025 can’t come fast enough.

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As NFL, college football, NBA, trips to movie theaters, and whatever else might help you pass the time ballplayers refer to as “the offseason,” it’s easy to get a little down.

A brief aside – I’m kind of weird about art and media.
If you weren’t aware of that, we haven’t had conversations over beers.
Anyways, many people turn to genre fiction, trash television, top 40 tunes, comic book commercial cinema, or whatever else for “escape.”
I hear it all the time – “Movies/Adolescent Literature/Music is, just, like an escape for me man.”

And that’s all well and good. Every human needs their preferred form of escape/escapism. But I know myself well enough to understand that there’s no better escape than showing up to a beloved, yet junky ballpark with 30 or so folks, cleating up, grooving fingers into a worn-out glove, loosening up a belabored shoulder, taking a few hacks with a piece of lumber you’re well aware will inevitably fall apart on ya, then march through the ballgame’s ups, downs, and eventually wash the day down with a few beers in the later innings.
It’s what our weekends are scheduled around.

When’s our game?
When are we playing ball?
Who do we have this weekend?
Who’s pitching?
How’s the arm feeling?

December, January, February – these questions turn dormant.
Regardless of how great the music is, there’s only so much satisfaction that listening to LPs while watching televised non-baseball activities can bring.

So we wait.
We tell ourselves that our arms and bodies can use the break, but we know we belong at the ballpark.
Thank God nobody can ever hold back spring.

Episode 24 – 11.19.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins doo-wop & vocal groups.
20 mins blues.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Horace Silver, Julie London, Miles Davis, Gene Harris, Sinatra, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kenny Dorham, Nina Simone, and more.
40 minutes of doo-wop and vocal group tracks followed and included The Ink Spots, Sarah Vaughan, The Penguins, The Mad Lads, The Cadillacs, The Rays, The Clovers, The Teddy Bears, The Dubs, The Silhouettes, The Ronettes, The Impressions, and more.
Unfortunately omitted from the Spotify playlist is the song that kicked off the final Blues Block of tracks – Larry Coryell’s “The Opening.”

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 25 – 11.26.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz (including one Sinatra song that is not jazz, but I squeezed it in there anyway).
40 mins soul (some tracks aren’t available on Spotify).
20 mins blues.
I did experience some technical difficulties (so most of my tracks played a little out of order) during the jazz hour which consisted of: Count Basie, Donald Byrd, The Three Sounds, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Sinatra, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Etta James, The Impressions, Irma Thomas, Benny Spellman, Dee Dee Sharp, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Mad Lads, David Ruffin, and more.
Also included in the soul block (but unavailable on Spotify) are the tracks:
Busted
If I Had it My Way
Nobody
Who Could be Loving You?

The last 20 mins, a Blues Block, included tracks by: Fats Domino, T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Roy Milton, and B.B. King.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 26 – 12.3.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins soul.
20 mins 21st century tracks.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious, Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Clark, Nat King Cole, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sinatra, Keely Smith, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Ray Charles, The Charmels, Aretha, Bill Withers, Mable John, Bobby Hutcherson, James Brown, Jean Knight, Captain Beefheart, and more.
Unfortunately omitted from the Spotify playlist is the song that kicked off the soul hour – “Where Can I Go?” by Ray Charles.

The final block of 21st century tracks included Ramsay Midwood, Karate, and Nina Nastasia.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Upcoming theme shows:

Episode 29 -12.24.24 – There will be Jazz + Soul Christmas songs.
Episode 30 – 12.31.24 – I’m actually not sure yet, but I’ll cook up some kind of theme for NYE.
Episode 36 – 2.11.25 – One hour of heartbreak / one hour of romantic elation.
Episode 39 – 3.4.25 – Fat Tuesday. All New Orleans music (not specifically Mardi Gras, but New Orleans tracks nonetheless).

Stay tuned.

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I seriously hurt my knee in March.
The Fourth of July rolled around and my knee was still injured.
So I began rehabbing it in our local pools.
I also occasionally took some 35mm photos.

Episode 19 – 10.15.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Sonny Clark, Louis Prima, Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Kenny Dorham, Don Shirley, Hoagy Carmichael, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, and more.
The soul, R&B, and funk hour included tracks by Same Cooke, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, The Coasters, Betty LaVette, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, The Persuaders, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a grab bag of country, blues, folk, alt-country, etc. What some may label as a WASP block of sorts. This block included tracks by Richard Hell, Bob McFadden, Paul McCartney, The Walkmen, and Lucero.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 20 – 10.22.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Johnny Hodges, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Errol Garner, Louis Prima, Miles Davis, Hoagy Carmichael, Artie Shaw, and more.
The soul, R&B, and funk hour included tracks by Billy Ward & The Dominoes, Eddie Bo, The Clovers, Lee Tillman, Sam & Dave, Bill Withers, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, B.T. Express, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a dedication to Elliott Smith who passed on 10/21/2003.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

I normally chop off what songs don’t make the broadcast, but for this instance, the songs that didn’t make the airwaves are Elliott Smith tracks and I figure I’ll keep them on the chance anyone is interested.

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Episode 21 – 10.29.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Ahmad Jamal, Blossom Dearie, Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Bennie Moten, Hoagy Carmichael, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Sinatra, Hank Mobley, and more.
The soul, R&B, and funk hour included tracks by The Impressions, Andre Williams, Eddie Snow, Sam Cooke, The Jaynetts, Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell, The Young-Holt Unlimited, Ruth Brown, Rosco Gordon, Nina Simone, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a grab bag of country, blues, folk, alt-country, etc that some are referring to as the WASP Block. That block consisted of a tribute to Kris Kristofferson as well as a closing track by The Deslondes.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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KLKT Stand In — Two-Five-One — 11.5.24

Show notes:
On this election night, I sat in for DJ Russet Burbank and decided to turn the two hours before Rick’s Canteen into a “Best Of” Rick’s Canteen’s classic jazz hour.
There were some technical difficulties that I had to work through so the broadcast recording has a few shaky moments that did eventually get worked out. And with Quincy Jones’s recent passing, I made an effort to play tracks that he helped shape.
The two-hour program consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Quincy Jones productions, Sinatra & Count Basie, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Don Shirley Trio, Keely Smith, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Bryant, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Louis Prima, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 22 – 11.5.24

Show notes:
Having filled in for DJ Russet Burbank for the previous two hours on this election night, I slightly changed gears and made this particular episode have a “politically/socially conscious” theme.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Mose Allison, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and more.
The soul and funk blocks included tracks by The Temptations, Gil Scott-Heron, The J.B.’s, Curtis Mayfield, War, and more.
The final WASP Block included tracks by Blaze Foley, Randy Newman, Ani Difranco, Tom Waits, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Big Bill Broonzy.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

*I normally chop off the tracks that don’t make the airwaves, but I figured I’d leave in the few that didn’t make it.

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Episode 23 – 11.12.24

Show notes:
Because this week is KLKT’s first ever Membership Drive, this episode has far more chatter than normal. Even still, the jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Miles Davis, Duke, Monk, Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Sinatra, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Sinatra, Bix Beiderbecke, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, and more.
We turned the 9 o’clock hour for this Membership Drive week into a Doo Wop and Vocal Group hour and included tracks by The Toppers, The Five Satins, The Crystals, The Ink Spots, The Butterflys, The Moonglows, The Jive Bombers, The Ad Libs, The Cleftones, The Ronettes, The Flamingos, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

*Most of these Rick Canteen playlists exceed two hours, but since we this Membership Drive required so much chatter, this playlist came in around 90 mins.

What is Sandlot?

Due to a lengthy delay, these write ups are a little on the light side.
October did bring the Drag three games though.
Below are a few words + pics.

10.5.24 – Austin Red Onions vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Instagram post about the game.

The Drag bats were alive and kicking all game long. Katy, Tyler, Braden, and others had multi-hit games. The defense was, for the most part, pretty darn clean. Hyndshaw went the distance on the mound.
The Red Onions brought energy and good spirit to the ballpark.
Looking forward to next season.

Perhaps a not-so-quick aside.
As we all know, sandlot is incredibly inclusive (from World Series winners to folks that are brand new to the game). The Drag collectively has a wide breadth of experience and we’re all still working on our fundamentals and such, so – these types of links recently floated around the group chat.
There’s a chance that other folks brand new to baseball may benefit.
I’m no good at putting on a Coachy McCoachFace, but these fellas aren’t so bad.

If you don’t speak Canadian, here’s another video.
In short, throw like Mo…

…not like Curtis.

Of course, every good turn deserves another.
So, for every link shared, there must be another.

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10.11.24 – San Francisco Pelicans vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Instagram post about the game.

These birds flew all the way in from the Bay Area for the weekend and they definitely got in a ton of baseball across Central Texas. Unfortunately, not enough on this particular evening though (more on that later).
The game was tight; very close the entire way through. Sharp defense and challenging pitching made runs difficult to come by for both squads.

Considering these Pelicans don’t usually use modern-day sporting goods while playing baseball, this game had an additional wrinkle. They normally adhere to 1861 rules, so playing with gloves and bats manufactured by Wilson, Rawlings, and Louisville Slugger and the like is a bit unusual for them.
I’m sure someone out there who doesn’t insist on shooting 35mm photography when plenty of technological advances in photography have been made may ask, “Why would anyone choose to do that?” But I get keeping things nineteenth century.

Anyhow, Luke Woody came through with a huge knock.
Steven Carrizales grinded though inning after inning on the hill.
Only trouble is, as we closed in towards 10pm, The Man in Blue (TMiB), got a little tired and ended things a bit on the awkward side.

With the Drag up by two, one out and a runner on second (no runner on first, no force in play) for the Pels in the top of the 9th (Drag = home team), a Pelican sent a sharply-hit ball to third that Justin LaPrairie (3B) speared. The runner on second aggressively broke for third, LaPrairie waved his glove at the runner, it didn’t seem like a tag was applied, but LaPrairie was able to fire to first for the sure out.

Claiming that the runner went outside the basepath, TMiB decided it was a game-ending doubleplay.
There was a brief conversation between the teams and the ump. The ump was determined to be done for the night as he made his way off the field.
At this point, we were just about seven minutes from the lights turning off, and the game just ended on a flat, downer note. For all levels (and most occupations), there are some folks not interested staying on the job any longer than they have to.

Older sandlot photos (album link here).

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10.27.24 – Austin Drag vs. Meat City Smoke – The Wishing Well (Lockhart, Texas) – 11am

Instagram post about the game.

This game was… rough on us.
Baseball is better than not baseball, but we donked this one.
We donked all day.

The Smoke played a significantly better game than us.
That acknowledged, we were collectively fighting demons of our own making.
Like a child, I stupidly left home without my cleats.
Two Dragsters arrived straight from a Galveston wedding that took place the night before.
On this particular Sunday morning, many players on both sides were gracelessly wearing our weekends.
Throw in the fact that, though this season hasn’t included any rainouts, this drought is murdering our baseball fields.

Enough complaining. We got to play baseball.
For that, we are thankful. But, daggum, this was a tough one for the Dragsters.
On a positive note – Mel made an incredible catch in right to kill a rally. Katy continued crushing the ball. Lockhart BBQ is still delicious. And a martini bar just happened to host their grand opening on this lovely evening.

Final score —
Drag = got smoked.
Smoke = smokin’ meats, smokin’ base paths, smokin’ Dragsters.

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Here are some recent odds and ends sandlot pics.

Older sandlot photos (album link here).

Episode 18 – 10.8.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Ramsey Lewis Trio, Sinatra, Bix Beiderbecke, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and more.
The soul and “mixed bag” hour included tracks by Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, The Supremes, Solomon Burke, Dee Dee Sharp, Ray Charles, Irma Thomas, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a grab bag of country, blues, folk, alt-country, etc.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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KLKT Stand In — Study Hall — 10.4.24

Show notes:
Two hours of straight soul!
I pulled many tracks from these compilation records: Feelin’ Right Saturday Night, Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974, and the majority of the other tracks were from the artists I collect – James Brown, Ray Charles, Temptations, Bill Withers, Bo Diddley, etc.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

Episode 16 – 9.24.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Grant Green, Hank Jones, and more.
The soul and “mixed bag” hour included tracks by Ted Hawkins, Ernie K-Doe, Doris Duke, Bo Diddley, Slim Harpo, Irma Thomas, The Temptations, Lou Rawls, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 17 – 10.1.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Keely Smith + Louis Prima, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Grant Green, and more.
Due to a few factors, the 9 o’clock hour became the Funk Hour and included tracks by The Temptations, The J.B.’s, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

What is Sandlot?

Due to a lengthy delay, these write ups are a little on the light side. September did bring the Drag back-to-back weekends against the Tallboys and Ramblers. Below are a few words + pics.

9.21.24 – East Austin Ramblers vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 3pm

Instagram post about the game.

Limongelli made the move to the top of the order and came through with four hits, Grady pitched well for the Ramblers, and the weather couldn’t have been a better.

All in all, an outstanding day at the ballpark.

Final score —
Ramblers = full possum
Drag = full spliff

Post-game photos below.
Older sandlot photos (album link here).

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Took these pics (below) after our 3pm game and before the 7pm game.

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9.14.24 – Texas Tallboys vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Due to a wedding (and some other obligations), the Tallboys were missing many of their primetime players. Both teams came through though and played an excellent game.
Keith went eight innings, allowing only three runs. Stillman hit a three-run dinger.
Definitely a nice night at Govalle.

Final score —
Tallboys = weddings, work, other stuff
Drag = puff puff pass

Post-game photos below.
Older sandlot photos (album link here).

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9.25.24 – Ramblers vs. Cobras – Wednesday Night Scrimmage + Hope’s Birthday – Govalle – 7pm

9.17.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Keely Smith + Louis Prima, Thelonious, Sinatra, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis. Sandwiched in there are two lesser known (to some) artists – the incredible Hank Jones and the lovely Lorez Alexandria.
The soul and “mixed bag” hour included tracks by James Carr, Ike Turner, Ray Charles, Barbara Mason, The Drifters, James Brown, Allen Toussaint, Bill Withers, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Brook Benton, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than WordPress’s above player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.