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What a day. Penei Sewell 4 year extension. $112M. $85M guaranteed. Wondering if this and ASRB's contract are more front-loaded given the guaranteed $, in hopes of keep as many of their key players as possible down the line. Goff news soon?

Amon Ra getting a 4 year extension "more than 120M with $77M guaranteed" according to Rapoport

Misc stats: Common songs: titusbramble - 6 (1 Deja Vote) Galileo - 5 (1 Deja Vote, 1 4-way vote) Binky - 5 (6 if you include BIGLY being in his Last 5 out) John Madden's Lunchbox - 5 (6 if you include Blinded by the Light being in his Last 5 Out) 4 people at 4 Songs that made my "known"...

And once again, we reach the top, with the #1s. For the record, I only listened to “All Along the Watchtower” once. No disrespect to it, but 4 times so close together could’ve dulled the impact, at least. Speaking of impact, let’s get to the last round of “selected” songs for this countdown...

The #2s appropriately came with some pairs, between “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”, “Hey Jude”, and of course “Respect” that I shared with Galileo. Lots to love here, as always. Of course, Real Life interfering means that there’s more focus on the #1s and the end of this countdown. But let me...

I feel that. New plan is #2s today, and #1s tomorrow. Hopefully some stuff tonight too. But first: -- #2 Respect - Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding) Orignal: Spotify; Youtube Not surprisingly, this song settled in quickly to a high spot on my list. It was #1 for a while, and certainly some days it...

The #3s were unexpectedly unfamiliar territory, with if not the most unknown songs in the list, certainly up there. Some of that’s on me, for sure, but it certainly made for a (good) change of pace. Because of that, there were far more candidates for my second category than my first. In the end...

#3 Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails) Original: Spotify; Youtube When starting the process of making the list, I wrote down Hurt as one of the songs I knew were covers. Most of them made it to the list, though I wondered if "Hurt" was more of a placeholder. After all, there's plenty of...

The #4s naturally had a good mix of the familiar, though it was the first time in a while where only 1 song on my playlist was on another. There still some big premiers here too, both songs I probably should’ve considered more and ones I didn’t know. Recognized by title alone: 23 Sounded...

#4 Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana (Traditional) Lead Belly - Spotify ; Youtube Mark Lanegan -Spotify ;Youtube In their Unplugged show, Nirvana credit Lead Belly for the inspiration to perform this song, and it's his interpretation of it that this version echoes the most. So the...

For the #5s, I decided to do something a little different. Favorites were mostly songs I knew, but had forgotten that it was a cover, or simply didn’t know. But that left some stuff off. Same for thinking about the covers I liked best. So I decided to go five (of course?) deep for the Shout Out...

#5 Shambala - Three Dog Night (B.W. Stevenson) Original -Spotify ; Youtube' "Shambala" was written by Daniel Moore in 1973, and according to secondhandsongs, had seven releases that year (some of them no doubt spurred by the songs' success). Three Dog Night's came out second, a few weeks later...

The playlist for the #6s had some minor themes. A few songs from earlier in my list. A double shot of Shatner. Four songs where Bowie was involved in some way. Plus the Shout-out below. Plenty to spotlight, per usual. But let’s get to what I did choose. Recognized by title alone: 22 Sounded...

#6 Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Rainbow - Spotify; Youtube World - Spotify ; Youtube The thing is, I'm not really a fan of "Over the Rainbow" in general. This is a totally personal reason/story/random fact from my life, and primarily applies to...

Onto the #7s. This playlist was less familiar than the #8s. Then again, that one was very likely a high water mark for the “recognized” category.. For this countdown, if not all the countdowns to date. That aside, this was another playlist where I had (or at least decided >.>) to make some tough...