- I'm feeling a bit for Boof right now. He works his ass off in the offseason to lose weight, because he's essentially been promised that losing weight will help him pitch better (even though there's not really a whole lot of evidence that that would be the case), then he winds up pitching [...]
Chien-Ming Wang vs. Boof Bonser
Wang's GB% is lower than it was last year, but is still very good at 56%. His strikeouts have been rising a bit as his ground balls have been going away, though.
The Yankees have been more or less the third-best-hitting team against right-handed pitching so far this year. The [...]
Finally, KG is going to play for the title.
From German TV, 1980.
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Mike Mussina vs. Glen Perkins
Today, Joe Posnanski has proposed the Dayton Game.* Basically, how many tools are there on your team that are 60 tools. 60 is a rating on the typical scouting scale, and well, I'm not a scout. Posnanski suggests that a 60 tool is an All-Star caliber tool and [...]
Drug smugglers make Jesus statue out of cocaine.
Forget jewelry. Insure the fry grease.
"I was thrilled," [Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice said of her late-night encounter with frontman Gene Simmons.
According to Joe Christensen. I don't quite see the point of swapping out Korecky for a soft-tossing lefty, but we probably haven't seen the last of Korecky this summer.
I weep at the loss of my favorite running gag of the year: Delmon's games played streak.
Old Grey Whistle Test, 1977
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Kevin Slowey vs. Luke Hochevar
This pitching matchup could wind up repeating itself quite a bit in the future. (Mainly since we play KC about eleventy billion times per year--seriously, I like an unbalanced schedule but 19 games against an opponent in a season just gets tedious after a while. Variety, spice, etc.)
Slowey has [...]
Are you kidding me? A career retrospective of a 14-year old spelling bridesmaid? (checks calendar. no it is NOT April 1).
I would have called him the Phil Mickelson of Spelling, but, jeez, he's barely into puberty, and Phil finally managed to win something.
As SBG notes on the sidebar, the Twins have picked up Craig Breslow. According to Joe Christensen, the Twins are planning on adding him to the bullpen to bolster their left-handed relief. Reyes has actually been doing a pretty decent job so far, and I think the problem with the rest of the [...]
Neshek transferred to the 60-day DL.
Man hires nude maid, who steals $40,000 worth of his wife's jewelry.
Reports: Collins returning to Bulls as head coach. Seriously, though, this should be an attractive gig.
Last Saturday, my parents were coming into town, and, since Beloit is pretty close to on the way from Marshall to Chicago, we figured why not take in a game to kick off the Memorial Day weekend? After checking the schedule and noticing the unusual start time of 5 PM, I took off from [...]
All's well that ends well. Five in the ninth and one in the tenth and Twins win.
First off, Joe Posnanski's blog about last night's game totally blows whatever I could possibly write out of the water. So do yourself a favor and go read it. I especially like the detail about how David DeJesus had to leave the game due to hives--and those hives could very well have cost [...]
For bonus points, identify the guitarist behind them and the backup singers. From "A Session with Chet Atkins," Nashville, 1987.
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My reaction to statements like this one:
Next, we needed Delmon Young’s thoughts, and some interviews with him can be like pulling teeth.
Is usually just a headshake and a sigh. I can't really blame the media for wanting to interview players who give them nice articulate quotes, but at some point I think they have [...]
Livan Hernandez (4.66 xFIP) vs. Zack Grienke (4.04 xFIP)
Dudes, we're totally getting a Delmon again. I noted last night, and will again note, that had Lew Ford made the same boneheaded mistake that Delmon made last night, I guarantee he would have been riding pine today. And Ford's career OPS+ (96 for those [...]
As annoying as I find Rachael Ray, people really need to find better things to complain about. This is just asinine.
Pre-game edition. Today's Paper of Record had a very nice review article on Bitters/English Pale Ales. Which was almost enough to get me to turn around and review the Greene King Abbot Ale I've been eying for about 3 weeks (and one of Eric Asimov's featured ales in today's article). But I couldn't help myself [...]
We laughed (at him), we cried (at the decision to sign him) and we threw a party when he got released. That was a dark summer in Twinsville.
Apparently, all those gearheads in high school got it wrong. Who knew that men don't know what women want?
Joe Nathan and Delmon Young are (not) BFFs.
The best part of waking up, is the WGOM in your cup
[contributed by: Rhubarb_Runner]
2007 The BIGS™ (limited edition Canadian version)
Oh yeah, that guy:
But then it turned out to be a very non-Billy-Martin triple steal. Maybe with Gomez on the team, some day we will go for it. Gardy's probably too conservative to ever try it, but a gal can dream.
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J.A. Adande argues that Robert Horry, he of the 7 rings and 7.0 PPG 4.8 RPG career is a HOFer.
Nick Blackburn vs. Brian Bannister
Bannister became fairly well-known over the offseason for admitting that he knows about stuff like DIPS and not really fundamentally disagreeing with it. Obviously, he would like to always see his ERA beat his peripherals, but after posting a 3.87 ERA last year with a 5.14 xFIP, he's posted a [...]
Public elementary schools as good as private at teaching math says new Univ. of Illinois study. I'm sure my brothers-in-law in NYC will be relieved to hear it
Reusse teaches a whole generation who doesn't know any better that the Twins were once mashers.
This theory might explain why the Minnesota Twins have had just one losing streak [of at least eight games] since 2002, and none since 2004. Minnesota isn’t necessarily a ferocious baseball town, but the Twins are managed by Ron Gardenhire. And I think Gardy is the best manager in baseball.
Some guys named "twayn", "Rhubarb_Runner", and [...]
I haven't caused a stir here for, like, FOREVER, so it's time. Cali Supremes move from gay marriage to gay procreation this week! "Do religious beliefs give doctors the right to withhold medical treatment from lesbians and gay men?"
Skip a shower, save the planet?
I always get a kick out of these ludicrous stories. "Students are planting organic gardens and competing in dorm energy-use Olympics. At Oberlin last year, some students in the winning dorm did not shower for two weeks, officials said."
Tuesday and back at it.
Where were preseason expectations for Boof?
First I'll note that the league ERA is 4.12, compared to 4.51 last year, so I'll adjust all ERA expectations down by 0.39, since no one was really anticipating this much of a dip in offense. (Though April run scoring this year (4.24 ERA) wasn't that much different than [...]
Anybody see a theme this week? On Letterman.
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Last night, Lucy and I wanted to watch a movie before we went to bed. I perused the pay-per-view choices on the cable dealy and saw that Juno was available. I sold that idea to Lucy and ordered it. This movie was like the perfect antidote to the nonsense of Indiana Jones [...]
It's hard to believe that the 2008 Twins have plowed through fifty games in their schedule so far, but they have and hey! they are hanging tough with a 25-25 record. If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that the Twins would have a .500 record after fifty games, [...]
with Marty Stuart on mandolin. I'm looking at you as the Target Demographic, Padre 
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Gotta love a good night of sleep. I went to bed at 10:30 last night and my wife was in bed reading magazines. She was more than a little disgusted with me as she wanted to continue to read those rags right there. I calmly informed her that she could read them [...]
From Gram Parsons to...Gram Parsons. Live, Liberty Hall, Texas, 1973.
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Ah, crap.
I put together a post on tonight's game this morning, but the WGOM gremlins must have eaten it for lunch. Here's a few seconds on the game tonight.
Nate Robertson (1-5, 6.08) has been a lot better than those numbers. His FIP is barely over 4.00 and his xFIP is about 4.25. [...]
I suppose I should preface this all by saying that action-adventure movies are not really my cup of tea. Yeah, I found the original Raiders of the Lost Ark to be fun, escapist entertainment and I did see the one with Sean Connery, but I'm looking for something different from cinema. I saw [...]
Saw Raiders of the Lost Ark IV last night. Harrison Ford is old.
What could be a more punk ending to punk week than John Doe singing a Gram Parsons song?
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In case you hadn’t noticed, the last couple of introductions to the Game Logs have been, well, brief. ubelmann contacted me to let me know that he’d be on vacation for a while and so things have been quiet. I thought I’d, you know, actually pitch in and add some content to this [...]
Coming sooner than you may think: toilet to tap recycling. (already a reality, of sorts, in Orange County)
Ok, I'm a scumbag, but this headline made me laugh: Paterson sees 'desperate' Clinton.
Cut me some slack. I haven't made a single Teddy joak.
Joe Paterno backs college playoff system, calls excuses for absence 'bogus'. I'll admit that I'm not all that much in favor of a playoff, only because I have next to zero interest in D-IA college football and a playoff kind of gives it a legitimacy that might make me care one iota.
Sorry that the coffee went stale.
Not really a punk rock song.
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Micro$oft sez it will make ODF (this year) and PDF (next year) open/edit/save options in MS Office.
Situation: Game tied, top of the 10th inning, 2 outs, bases empty, Hamilton batting.
Count: 3 balls, 2 strikes.
Pitch location: Wheelhouse.
The transcript of this talk made me like and appreciate her even more.
Link
Energy Watchdog warns of oil-production crunch.
Yankees' Hawkins suspended three games for throwing at the head of an Orioles player.
Vincente Padilla vs Livan Hernandez
You didn't want to pay attention to that work this afternoon, did you?
I wonder if Larry Craig will try and get one for his office?
I went up last weekend on Sunday to see the Snappers take on the Peoria Chiefs (the Chicago Cubs A-level team). The Snappers won to complete the 3-game sweep and move to two games over .500, which was their high-water mark for this season to that point.
Final Score: Beloit 5, Peoria 4 (box score [...]
My high school graduation was 25 years ago today.
Again, maybe a naughty word or two.
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Apparently, not everyone is enamored as Andrew with Indianapolis as a destination. "I don't get it. Playing in a Super Bowl is supposed to be a reward, not a reason to visit your local North Face outlet. And attending a Super Bowl as a fan is supposed to be the experience of a lifetime, a [...]
"Sir" Sidney Ponson vs Nick Blackburn
Ponson's really been pretty decent so far.