Springsteen August 23. 2016

Bruce, obviously in a good mood, pulled out NYC Serenade, Jungleland and Rosalita and allows the crowd to request Santa Claus and Growin' Up.

I'd expect Thunder Road tonight

1. New York City Serenade  

Wrecking Ball

1. Badlands  
3. Something in the Night
    
4. The Ties That Bind
   
   
5. Sherry Darling
   
   
6. Spirit in the Night
   
   
7. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   (Harry Reser and His Orchestra cover) (sign request)
    
8. Independence Day
   
   
9. Hungry Heart
   
   
10. Out in the Street
    
    
11. Growin' Up
    (sign request)
     
12. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
    
    
13. Death to My Hometown
    
    
14. Mansion on the Hill
    (solo acoustic with Patti Scialfa on vocals)
15. Jack of All Trades
    (with string section; tour debut)
16. My Hometown
    
    
17. The River
    
    
18. American Skin (41 Shots)
    
    
19. The Promised Land
    
    
20. Working on the Highway
    
    
21. Darlington County
    
    
22. Because the Night
    (Patti Smith Group cover)
     
23. She's the One
    
    
24. Brilliant Disguise
    
    
25. The Rising
    
    
26. Land of Hope and Dreams
    (with “People Get Ready” outro)
     
27. Encore:
28. Jungleland
    
    
    Play Video
29. Born to Run
    
    
     Dancing in the Dark
30. 
    
31. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
    
    
32. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
    
    
33. Shout
    (The Isley Brothers cover)
34.  
35. Bobby Jean
    
    
36. Jersey Girl
    (Tom Waits cover) (sign request)
     

Note: Clocking in at 3:52:01 from the start of the first song to the end of the encores, this is widely being considered Bruce's longest concert ever performed in the United States and his third longest show ever.

 

Players With 40,000 or more "Points + Rebounds + Assists"

21 guys (3 get in because of their ABA stats)


21. Robert Parish -- 40,229 total points plus rebounds plus assists in his career.

20. Bill Russell -- 40,242  (the only guy not a top 50 all-time scorer to get over 40,000)

19. John Havlicek -- 40,516

18. Charles Barkley -- 40,568

17.  LeBron James -- 40,715

16.  Dan Issel - 41,522 (ABA guy - could have given you 100 guesses and you would not have guessed Dan Issel)

15.  Dirk Nowitzki - 43,445

14.  Hakeem Olajuwon -- 43,752

13.  Artis Gilmore -- 44,321 (ABA guy)

12.  Oscar Robertson - 44,401

11.  Michael Jordan -- 44,597

10.  Shaq -- 44,721

9.  Dr. J -- 45, 727 (ABA guy)

8.  Tim Duncan -- 45,812

7.  Elvin Hayes -- 45,990

6.   Kevin Garnett -- 46,178

5.  Kobe Bryant -- 46,996

4.  Moses Malone -- 49,350 (has ABA stats, but does not need them to qualify)

3.  Karl Malone -- 57,144

2.  Wilt Chamberlain -- 59,986

1.   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- 61,487 (only guy on list in top 50 in career points, rebounds and assists)

Guys like Clyde, Gary Payton and Paul Pierce have come close.  Pierce, in fact, only needs less than 1,600 total in the 3 categories to join the list. 

Small guys really need not apply.  The list includes

6'4" and under -- none.
6'5" to 6'8" -- 7 guys

6'9 and above -- 14 guys.

Trump's Bogus Medical Letter

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-gunter/im-a-doctor-heres-concerning-trumps-medical-letter_b_11565838.html

Honest to God?  Trump et al just basically drafts up a bullshit letter and puts it on some doctor's letterhead and signs it for him? 

This is the same crew who managed to steal verbatim from a Michelle Obama speech and their fall woman said, "Melania told me to use parts of Michelle's speech, but I had no idea it was Michelle's speech."  Huh?

Trump is a guy who wants to be President.  What has he established about his ability to do (or delegate people to do) very basic tasks?  Can't write a doctor's letter, can't write a speech, doesn't understand that "get out the vote" is necessary, etc.

Imagine how horrific his tax returns must be!   I mean, let's take Trump at his word and say that this doctor's letter actually came from a licensed medical doctor.  If this is who he selects as his personal physician, imagine who he selects as his accountant.  I guess we see now why his returns are said to be audited every year.  I mean, I envision a tax return with handwritten notes and attached statements about how something is "all positive" or "the best" and the IRS people just saying, "WTF is this?  OK, audit the guy every year."

And yet, Marco Rubio and John McCain -- "We fully support the guy."  Republicans must be SUPER proud of the fact that 75% of all Republicans say this guy is qualified to be President. 

500 Foot Home Runs

In honor of Prince Fielder's retirements, I submit these 500+ foot HR's.