The WGOM

The Desert Dogs made it two in a row, defeating the Peoria Javelinas 3-2. Twins' prospects had little to do with the victory. None of their pitchers appeared in the game. Steven Tolleson was the only Twins' position player to get a hit, with a first inning single. He stole second, but could not advance past third. He was 1-for-4 on the game. Dustin Martin was 0-for-2 with a walk. Danny Valencia was 0-for-3, striking out twice.

Joe Buck's level of disinterest might be comical if that world series happens.

Had a scary incident yesterday. A fire broke out near the freeway as we were driving home, forcing the freeway to be closed. As we were waiting and watching the fire, about 100 yards ahead on the right (we were in the left of three lanes), we looked behind us and saw flames about 100 yards behind on the left. The freeway was lined with bushes on both sides and the Santa Ana winds were blowing south/southeast (we were going north).

It appeared they got a handle on the fire behind us and we could see them working on the fire ahead of us and it appeared to be dying down, however, we were stopped next to a semi and some people from other cars came up to us and told us the fire was right next to our car on the other side of the semi. So, with cars parked on the freeway as far as we could see in either direction, we decided the only thing we could do was abandon our car on the freeway, because if the wind shifted much at all, the bushes on our side could catch fire and we could be trapped in the middle.

My wife and I got our sons (ages 3 and 6) out of the car. There was a hole in the bushes that we could squeeze through and climb up to the southbound side of the freeway, which was closed and a couple feet higher than the northbound. We walked to the other side and as were trying to figure out what we were going to do, the smoke started blowing over us, so we decided to head south to the next exit and go to a metrolink train station. Fortunately, the smoke cleared after only a couple minutes, so breathing wasn't a problem. As we got near the exit, we could hear the police over loudspeakers announcing to the people at the back of the traffic jam "Turn your cars around and get off the freeway!"

My wife called friends of ours on her cell phone until she could find someone to pick us up at the train station. Our friend picked us up and then took us to dinner at a Jack In the Box. After dinner we tried to see if we could get back on the freeway to retrieve my car, but we were eventually told by a policeman that the cars had been towed and the freeway was still closed, so I will be calling the highway patrol later this morning to find where my car is and what condition it's in. Fortunately, we have full insurance and it's the car we're still paying on (I also have gap insurance).

So, how's your day going?

On a different note, does anyone out there own a Wii, and if so do you own MLB2008 or any other mlb baseball type game?

Now you can own the last home run ball from the FINAL SEASON EVER AT YANKEE STADIUM!

R.I.P. former MLB pitcher Kevin Foster, dead from cancer at thirty-nine.

Keeping up with the ex-Twins:

Atlanta grants Corky Miller free agency.
Philadelphia grants J.D. Durbin free agency.

In traditional Columbus Day fashion, a few friends and myself went to a local watering hole to have ourselves a few cold ones and watch some afternoon hockey. About half way through the game a young man in a White Sox tee shirt ponied up beside me. He promptly ordered a Coors N/A.

I don't know what I found this so amusing, but that, coupled with a the Sabres crushing the Islanders, totally made my day.

I don't know why I decided that was worth sharing, but I did.

well, days like this makes me want to take up drinking
a person was let go and I have been shifted from full time to part time with a drastic reduction in hours. I guess the only thing saving me was a bunch of people stuck up for me

at least I have my health

Here is a list with Buffalo and Minneapolis right next to each other. Albeit a bad, bad, list to be on.

While coming into StL airspace this evening, I was watching out the airplane window the "Hunter Moon" in the sky, and it got me to thinking: Wonder what Torii is up to?