"Chulk smash puny ball. Chulk hit homer. Chulk ready."

- Hee Seop Choi, Marvel Comics

Phillies sent outfielder Shane Victorino outright to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Now this is a rarity. The Dodgers opted not to take back the Rule 5 pick, even though it only would have cost them $25,000 to do so. They didn't see a place for the speedy outfielder in their organization. Victorino could have opted for free agency since this is his second outright assignment, but he agreed to report to Triple-A. Mar. 31 - 5:59 pm et

DePodesta knows what he wants and what he doesn't want.

Paging Bob T: is the capitalization correct in the above sentence? I thought language gets capped but not nationality. Or do I have that backwards?

Interestingly, in Spanish, it would be lower case, coreano, at all times.

The game we love is forever tainted.

How about guys from Harrisburg, PA (3 Mile Island)?

Donora, PA is in SW Pennsylvania and Harrisburg is pretty much smack in the middle.

Don't know about prior nuclear powered players, but in the 50's a guy playing for a minor league team in the alien landing zone of Roswell, NM hit a record 72 HRs. Coincidence, or something more sinister....?

SB responds with: oops.

As long as #20 and #22 are making this a serious conversation about Choi and Wallach, I think we can put to rout forever the notion that a hitting coach can't have a big impact on his wards. IIRC, Jon said as much when discussing the future of Jack Clark back in July of '03.

Also saw Bob T correcting Jon on a Garrett Anderson HR at City High. Was that your first appearance, Bob?

I have a picture of him with Enrico Fermi. It's really cool.

I've also got a photo of Joe DiMaggio hanging out with the Rosenbergs and Klaus Fuchs.