Does Shimmin have pens in his shirt breast pocket...?

Also, Lindblom has looked very good, with unbelievable control at Great Lakes. Is he as good as he has looked and from you smart prospect guys, how does he project?

Pretty edgy stuff.

On a related note, my sister in law has a simple recipe for carnitas that involves putting a pork roast in a slow cooker with a can of Herdez green salsa for about 8 hours or so, then just pulling apart the meat when it's done. It's always delicious.

Belated thanks to everyone for organizing the picnic. I'll try not to fall apart at whiffle next time.

*I'm suprised to find this is indeed a real word.

And thanks to Eric Stephen, xaphor and Bluebleeder for joining me in the early morning.

My weight class is the same as B.J. Penn.

Next year, we're gonna do six rounds of intros, or wear the dreaded nametags.

Vin Scully should've received a lifetime ban after his blatant, unprofessional cheerleading for the Mets during his broadcast of the 1986 World Series.

I would like to remind everyone that I took two walks during the fast pitch game, each with a full count! I made Bluebleeder throw those pitches!

Yep, I'd say that's the strangest thing I'll write all day.

Any locals have suggestions on taquerias that make great carnitas around here? Thanks much!

Special kudos to Rob's wife for joining the fast pitch game.

The next step has to be a softball picnic where all the other bloggers play the DT faithfull. Maybe we can get the K Brothers to show up, they look like bruisers.

Also has a terrible babip, Karim was responsible for at least 3 hits being stolen.

We really should do a softball game soon, that was too fun.

Then again, Greg Brcok snuck in and avoided the group introductions so his low profile can be maintained.

That is what happens when you listen with your heart instead of your ears.

+++ "Hello, My Name Is" would NOT be permitted.

I will say that none of our plans were viable as all of us lacked the necessities to give him what he really wanted.

If I had to match the person with the name I'd have lost on both of the Andrew's. With Andrew Shimmins acerbic take on life I'd have expected someone with a harder edge and not such a friendly face. The other Andrew just looks so young for a guy who works so long and hard.

Who knows maybe we can start a team, most of the guys playing had game!

Tacomiendo is amazing all around, but I've only had their carnitas mixed with their carne asada, so I can't give a full report...

"Dodgers gain share of AL West lead with win"

I just got the first two episodes of the upcoming season of Entourage today, and my immediate reaction was excitment in realizing that I would someday get Flight of the Conchords season-two episodes on the early side.

And you wouldn't have left early either.

And you would be a much better human being to boot. And far less shallow.

Since Adkins and Sexton are not doing so hot this year, we can still be a bit optimistic about Lindblom. I also think his scouting profies projects better overall stuff for Lindblom, depending on whether he can maintain it over the whole game.

Claytons at 123 ERA+ right now with 72.2IP...

>> DeJesus has been the Suns' hottest hitter in August. In his last 11 games, he has 16 hits in 42 at-bats (.381) and leads the team in runs (11), RBI (7), home runs (2) and hits during that time. The surge has hiked DeJesus' batting average to .310, ranking him among the league's top 15 hitters. <<

## DeJesus has adjusted his batting stance slightly and moved closer to the plate, enabling him to drive more balls into left field, including the single and double he had in Saturday's game. ##

http://tinyurl.com/5sa4gn

Hmmmm...

Dejesus post all star break:

317/392/490 11XBHs 104ABs

If the stance is actually aiding him in hitting the ball with more authority, it looks like we can get a little bit excited about him.

>> Not even reinforcements from their parent club Saturday night could prevent the 51s from skidding back to .500.

Dodgers outfielders Andruw Jones and Delwyn Young, serving injury-rehabilitation stints, combined to go 0-for-5, and Las Vegas' late rally fell short in its 5-4 Pacific Coast League loss to the Fresno Grizzlies in Fresno, Calif. <<

## Luis Maza led off the fourth with the 51s' first hit, a triple, and scored when Jones, on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left knee, grounded into a double play. ##

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/27067554.html

>> McDonald was chased during a three-run fourth inning that put Fresno ahead for good. He allowed an RBI single to Clay Timpner and a bases-loaded walk to John Bowker before Felix came in. <<

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/27084274.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip1zsUIosoA

It was fine in the Sopranos finale. That's it.

Old sitcoms will do me just fine :)

[angrily slams door, only to find out it had one of those air things that prevent slamming]

Iii'm saaaiilliiiiing awaaaay

Don't Stop Believing - The Sopranos
Come Sail Away - Freaks and Geeks

Love and Marriage- Married with Children

Thanks for the tickets again, Jon. Much appreciated, and really good seats.

22 - she hangs out on a mailing list with a bunch of reprobate lesbians, so I figure the mad softball skillz transfer. :-)

Does that count?

I was so jazzed at the end of Friday's that I called Southwest Airlines and got early A.M. flight times from Reno to LAX.

And then I asked the fare.

$149.00

Roundtrip or one-way, I asked, already knowing the answer.

One-way.

Drat. Have to plan early next year.

Hallelujah - The West Wing

As TJ, Torre, and Andre Ethier Kemp have all said over the past few weeks a bat like Manny's helps everyone in the lineup. It is that simple. Ethier said yesterday in a radio interview, that everyone above Manny in the lineup is seeing better pitches for a whole host of reasons.
More than anything else Kent seems to be a player who needs to play with a chip on his shoulder, so if Manny, the media and Scully have made that chip bigger so much the better.

Kent was a streak hitter long before Manny arrived. Let's see if the effect lasts longer than two weeks before we make definite pronouncements on it.

It's like Kent said - who's responsible for making Manny a .400 hitter? The answer might be nothing more than the baseball gods.

Of course, I couldn't identify 10 new artists today, so I've got my own problems.

As I tell all my classes there has been no great music since Jim Morrison died.

However there is one question back to me that will cause you serious problems in my class. Guess what that question is?

Tracy Chapman says, "Please oh please let me differ."

That is the question.

My answer, "Here is quarter, call your mother, and let her know things are not working out"

Actually most Physics majors see music as math.