I think I'm posting this under the wrong heading, but just read through all this sports talk and my head is reeling.

On Duke Ellington's song: Good to have that tune swinging in my rafters.

On the bail's being the crosspiece: And (tangent) a bail is also the handle that holds the bucket or pail. Whales' tails; pails' bails. And the Duke could swing anything -- from bails to tails with his cool wails.

Just in case you didn't know,
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