James Leland Barr (born February 10, 1948) is a former right-handedpitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1971–1978, 1982–1983) and California Angels (1979–1980). He is perhaps best known for setting a record for consecutive batters retired (41, later tied by Bobby Jenks in 2007, and then broken by Mark Buehrle on July 28, 2009 and again by Yusmeiro Petit on August 28, 2014). Barr remains the only pitcher to retire as many as 41 consecutive batters in the course of only two games; his streak began in the third inning of a complete-game win and extended through the seventh inning of another complete-game win (Beurhle's streak included his perfect game and the starts before and after, while the streaks of Jenks and Petit included a number of relief appearances).
Get the Blessing (previously known as The Blessing) are a jazz rock quartet based in Bristol, England, active since 2000. They were formed when Jim Barr (bass) and Clive Deamer (drums), the rhythm section from the trip hop group Portishead, teamed up with Jake McMurchie (saxophone) and Pete Judge (trumpet) over their mutual appreciation of Ornette Coleman. To date, they have released five albums, their debut All is Yes won best album at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards. Their most recent album, Astronautilus, was released in 2015.
Music style
The group have been widely received as part of a new generation of groups that blend jazz and rock, which also includes Esbjörn Svensson Trio,Led Bib,Polar Bear, and Acoustic Ladyland. The music is mainly instrumental, although there have been guest singers (specifically Tammy Payne on "The Unnameable" and "Music Style Product"), and Deamer has sung a vocal version of "Bugs in Amber", entitled "Moot", live.
Reception
Their live performances have been described as "Technically audacious, mysterious and droll, the Blessing also provided an evening of instrumental entertainment that was unfailingly tuneful and readily accessible." Also as "coupl[ing] hard-hitting, high-volume rock with wailing jazz-horn choruses. The group's flat-out drive, fiery virtuosity and strong, anthemic tunes certainly grabbed the audience". The Guardian newspaper recently said "the spirit of John Coltrane sometimes seemed to hover over the ensuing horn laments and full-on free thrashes alike, and the handclapping Pentopia unlocked all of the gifted Deamer's capacity for subtle variation on metronomically spellbinding grooves."
"The waves were coming over the boat and it was cold and very wet."
"He's really matured a lot from his freshman year to last year to now. I think it really helped him when we told him he was going to be a pitcher only and he didn't have to worry about swinging the bat and all that other stuff. He kind of worked on taking his pitching a little more seriously."
"It takes heart for a guy to be able to get into those situations and get the job done. He's been a big help to us. You want to put guys in that situation that are juniors or seniors and have been through the war a little bit because they understand what it's all about."
"Mick wanted to start this year. He knew he was ready. The biggest change (from last year) has been his mental attitude. He's always had the ability, now he developed the right attitude out there. He had to accept it and take it upon himself to take it to the next level. Some individuals never buy into it or only buy into it for one or two starts. Mick stayed mentally focused and bought into it the whole time."
I don't want to be tired anymore. I won't fear inside anymore. When I hear you knocking at my door, I don't want to. Today, I don't want to feel this way. I've seen it all and know there's something I should do. I know I've got to let it out. I don't want to be scared of the day. I won't run and hide every day. When you live your life out this way, I don't want to. The beast shouldn't scare me in the least. He only terrorizes me because he's weak. I know I've got to get him out. I don't want to be tired anymore. I won't live with fright anymore. When I hear you knocking at my door, I will let you have it. Come get I won't have to be scared anymore. I won't be afraid anymore.
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