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November 17th, 2008 by SBG
Sunday night was the first T-Wolves game that I've watched pretty much start to finish this season. Man, they are something.
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I'm looking at the remaining Wolves schedule and honestly, I don't see a second loss.
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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.
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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.
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Jeff A replied on November 17, 2008 at 7:40:56 am
The AFL obviously wants its players to go to church on Sunday, so the only ball to report on is from Venezuela, where Caracas scored two in the ninth to defeat Aragua 3-2.
It was not a good day for Twins players. Luke Hughes was 0-for-4 and struck out twice. Carmen Cali came in to start the sixth and walked the only batter he faced. Jose Mijares came on in the ninth with Aragua leading 2-1, runners on first and third, and two out. He promptly gave up a two-run double to give Caracas the ultimate margin of victory. Mijares' line shows one-third of an inning, one hit, and no runs, but that's not a good day. Bobby Korecky had the best day of any Twin--he did not appear in the game.
SBG replied on November 17, 2008 at 8:07:57 am
I've heard that the AFL isn't exactly the most uptight league ever assembled. I think it is interesting that they don't play on Sundays -- one would think that Sundays would be the best attended games. I suppose, though, they figure they can't compete with the Arizona Cardinals on Sundays. Ha!
Yickit replied on November 17, 2008 at 10:55:22 am
Monday: the weekly odyssey begins. I blame this guy:
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Seriously though, is it baseball season yet?
Yickit replied on November 17, 2008 at 10:59:46 am
Mark Cuban charged with Insider Trading.
brianS replied on November 17, 2008 at 12:26:19 pm
Maybe now MLB owners will let him join the club.
Rhubarb_Runner replied on November 17, 2008 at 1:25:23 pm
Just watched the first episode of History Channel's series Extreme Trains. The host is a little too wide-eyed and enthusiastic for my taste, but it's a neat show to check out.
[in the interests of full disclosure, this LTE's author is employed by UPRR.]
AMR replied on November 17, 2008 at 5:15:10 pm
I'll have to get my H to watch that. Tuesdays at 9pm looks like it may be too late for an almost-3yo... Hopefully I can find reruns on Saturdays or something.
brianS replied on November 17, 2008 at 3:00:45 pm
Poo-holes wins NL MVP
Hard to argue too much with that. The VORP gap between him and the 2nd-ranked guy (Hanley Ramirez) was as large as the gap between 2nd and 7th.
DK replied on November 17, 2008 at 4:39:26 pm
Not to mention Pujols is probably the best defensive first baseman out there. I was somewhat expecting the writers to fall for their obsession with RsBI and give it to Howard, but I'm happy they got this one right.
meat replied on November 17, 2008 at 3:18:11 pm
SBG and FTLT I just shot off an e-mail to both of you guys.
Jeff A replied on November 17, 2008 at 6:53:33 pm
Another of the possible helps for the Twins bullpen is gone, as the Giants signed Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year contract.