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September 5th, 2007 by SBG
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They are cleaning out lockers at Winter Park, but hey, is that a sign of life over there at 600 First Ave. North?
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In Response to Cup of Coffee: January 3-4, 2008,
SBG wrote: I dunno. If Brad Johnson was capable, why not Gus … of what?In Response to 2008-09 Game 33: Minny at the Second City,
brianS wrote: Whoa, whoa, whoa! "Getting to the rim"??? In the high school gurls sense, or do you mean he was off the floor more than the thickness of typing paper?In Response to Harry Chapin's "Taxi",
brianS wrote: William Shatner's vocal stylings, or Tarvaris Jackson's quarterbacking? You make the call. Death is not an option.My favorite bit, which I assume is tongue-in-cheek:
The Giants would become overnight favorites to win the NL West with Ramirez and the pitching staff they have already assembled.
As for the Dodgers, no worries, they would still have Juan Pierre to fill Ramirez's shoes in left field.
Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. This was basically a case-control study, comparing heart attack rates in Pueblo, CO to two control sites (Pueblo County outside the city limits; and El Paso County, which includes Colorado Springs).
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2 years, $17.5M, reportedly, with options and stuff, plus they give up a first-round pick to Colorado. Last year, league average ERA for a relief pitcher was 4.09. Marcel the Monkey projects Fuentes to have a 3.69 FIP next year. Probably an overpay, but there's plenty of upside.
Even though Joe C bothers with errors and fielding percentage, I give him a bunch of credit for pointing this out and at least throwing some RZR/OOZ in there.
19 of Bora's 20 free agents remain unsigned. Will Boras wane in his influence? Will Mark Teixeira get a bazillion dollars? Stay tuned.
ESPN reports that Yankee Stadium bleacher seats for exhibition opener to cost 25 cents. Cool enough. But it also reports that some seats in the new stadium are priced at $2500 a game. That's over $200,000 for a season ticket.
The Paper of Record doles out sage advice on Grabbing a Bite Between Flights at (or Near) Seven Airports.
Snowman declared a public nuisance. Will they lock him up in the Cooler?
Headline in Strib: Paris Hilton's ex busted for Fargo bar fight. Once you get past the obvious joke, you might wonder why this fact is newsworthy at all. I'm saying it isn't.
Seriously. In this universe, who names their kid "Adolf Hitler"?
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Rhubarb_Runner replied on September 5, 2007 at 8:07:05 am
Cool! With all the myriad of discussion topics here at WGOM, it's about time we got into String Theory.
brianS replied on September 5, 2007 at 9:24:01 am
Well, this place does seem to vibrate in, like, 26 different dimensions at once.
Banjo replied on September 5, 2007 at 8:24:23 am
Who said it:
Can I just spend the rest of my space bitching about Tony LaRussa? Nobody has ever spent so much time trying to cultivate the mystique of genius --nobody, ever. On paper, at least, the guy has always had the seeming credentials of a flake --vegetarian, dance aficionado, drunk driver-- but he has zero charisma, and he's a pompous jackass. Remember his brilliant strategy of batting the pitcher eighth? God, what a pain in the ass. Lock me in a room with LaRussa, Buck Showalter, and Tom Kelly and you'd have the makings of the most insufferable reality show of all time, as well as my personal nightmare version of "No Exit."
SBG replied on September 5, 2007 at 8:52:58 am
The Google is my friend.
Banjo replied on September 5, 2007 at 9:13:08 am
Not too much breaking ground - but I loved the not-so-veiled shot at the beat writer(s) for not providing a little more insightful material and the bit about someone who was in the clubhouse during the Morneau/Hunter tussle.
brianS replied on September 5, 2007 at 9:33:10 am
The Z rocks, and always has.
brianS replied on September 5, 2007 at 9:44:55 am
Action on the Howard Porter story at last!
Unfortunately, it's really bad news, as if getting murdered wasn't bad enough for a man with considerable demons.
Rhubarb_Runner replied on September 5, 2007 at 10:12:24 am
Some news in my business arena, and involving Minnesota...
Dread Pirate Will Young replied on September 5, 2007 at 1:50:52 pm
Can we hire this guy to replace Top Jimmy? What a well-written story. It might be the best baseball writing I have read all year. Just be forewarned if you're in an office that you might get something in your eye (but it's definitely SFW).
SBG replied on September 5, 2007 at 3:22:48 pm
Thanks for the link, Will.
Andrew replied on September 5, 2007 at 3:37:56 pm
That was really well written and insightful. Thanks Will
E-6 replied on September 5, 2007 at 3:50:51 pm
Bravo!
(And I think I got something in both eyes.)
twayn replied on September 5, 2007 at 4:11:52 pm
When I read this, I immediately thought of this bit of dialogue from Bang the Drum Slowly:
Bruce Pearson: "Everybody'd be nice to you if they knew you were dying."
Henry Wiggen: "Everybody knows everybody is dying; that's why people are as good as they are."
A poignant story, and well told.
SDfan replied on September 5, 2007 at 4:41:52 pm
I can't get the image of that little boy out of my head; I'm having trouble reading my monitor through the welling tears.
Thanks for the article, Will.
Banjo replied on September 5, 2007 at 9:22:17 pm
Kudos.
New Guy replied on September 5, 2007 at 10:28:55 pm
I took a short hiatus from all things baseball related while I got settled in at school for the new semester. Lo and behold, the Twins found even more ways to fail against Cleveland. Other than the Light Rail doing his impression of a freight train against KC, was there anything that I should feel bad about missing?
brianS replied on September 5, 2007 at 10:37:23 pm
Well, there was a Nick Punto single....
Andrew replied on September 5, 2007 at 11:22:57 pm
ubelmann's head is this close to exploding, so tread carefully.