Another Howe story: During my broadcasting days in Alaska, we had a relief pitcher named Darrin Garrick. He was our closer and we found ourselves sitting next to each other on a plane. Garrick had a lot of Steve Howe stories--the two were friends--but what Garrick raved most about was Howe's arm. "Unbelieveable... three pitches and he was warm."

I never stopped cheering for Steve Howe. I always wanted the best for him and I wasn't alone.

http://blueroom.att.com/events/schedule.php

My Morning Jacket is up now and I seem to recall a few posters spoke fondly of them.

2006 Freddy Sanchez = 2005 Antonio Perez?

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06119/686157-63.stm

Tracy paused.

"And," he said, "you also have to consider that maybe Freddy is thriving the way he's thriving because of the niche he has."

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Oh my.

I love My Morning Jacket, and I hate most things.

Charley Steiner is on the air. Go Blue!

Things have come a long way now that I'm actively rooting for Repko to be in the lineup.

Speaking of rich guys w/ tix...
I got a pair for the upcoming Businessman's Special on May 11. My folks are DRIVING out from Iowa next month and this will be the only game they can make. Here's my quality problem: I thought my friend had a four-pack of tix for us, but it's only a pair. Any suggestions on the best way for me to trade these in? They are season tix, so I think the Ravine ticket window is not an option???
Thank you, DT.
"Beat S D!"
"Beat S D!"

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Snagged from Bat-girl's Twins blog.

Youkilis singled to left center
Loretta walked
Ortiz walked
Ramirez struck out swinging (9 pitches)
Nixon walked, Harris scored
Varitek singled to right, Loretta scored
Dan Miceli relieved Tyler Walker
Lowell hit sacrifice fly to left, Ortiz scored
Pena singled to center, Nixon scored
Gonzalez flied out to center

Quoting my favorite cat litter commercial: "Where'd everybody go?"

I realized that you had broadcasting days, but not in Alaska. There has to be a book in that.

didn't they move the fences in this offseason though? certainly that must help somewhat.

"During the Freeway Series [March 31-April 2 against the Angels], they asked if anyone had any catching experienced, and I hadn't, but I said I was willing, then I never heard about it again," Repko said. "Until [Friday]."

The 14-inning game in Houston on Tuesday night put the emergency catcher back on the Dodgers' radar. In that game, starter Dioner Navarro left for a pinch-hitter in the top of the eighth inning and Sandy Alomar caught the final seven innings with nobody available to take over if he went down.

So, Repko was asked to catch an occasional bullpen session to get familiar with the job. His debut was on Saturday with Brad Penny on the mound.

"Kaman needed an IV, not a Proctologist"

5 days ago.

Thank you Padres.

funny.

"Sa" "i" "to"

More like the spleen or small intestine.

The Dodgers, on the other hand look like, um, a professional baseball team. Could a down-to-the-wire race with the Rockies be a real possibility?

I still think the Padres aren't this bad. But they may not have been one of my better choices to win a division.

It made a good day even better!

It was nice to know that a 4-year old whom I've only met a handful of times wanted to greet me at the door with a hug before I could even set down my stuff.

And she even pretended to enjoy my reading a story to her.

The really bad thing today was stepping in tar at the beach and ruining my shoes.

http://tinyurl.com/oj2ys

My favorite ones:
"If it's an insult, I certainly didn't think it was, but if they are offended, then I certainly offer an apology."

— Jimmy Swaggart, after threatening to kill any homosexual who looked at him with lust. Sept. 22, 2004

"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week."

— Texas lawyer Harry Whittington, expressing his remorse for having stuck his face in front of Dick Cheney's shotgun. Feb. 17, 2006

I actually laughed out loud when i read what he said.

hahahah, who says that on the record?

Although the Red Sox insist they're committed to Alex Gonzalez for his defense at shortstop and not concerned with his sub-.300 on-base percentage, they are getting ready to engage in trade talks with the Dodgers for Cesar Izturis as soon as he comes off the disabled list.

It also concludes Navarro is a bust, based on his first month of the season, sans the last few games

http://www.dcdeal.com/dodgers/

And lets be careful w/Mr. Froemming (or "the guy who gave my kid a t-shirt last week," as I like to call him . . .).

In the bizarro version of who's what, I turned on ESPNews a couple days ago while I was making lunch, and unfortunately, "Around the Horn" was on. Woody Paige was blathering on about something, and he stopped himself and said, "of course, Plaschke will probably have some fancy statistic that shows this is wrong, but..."

I'm prety sure that Woody Paige is not capable of irony, so what this implies is that, uh, Plaschke is the resident stathead among TV sportstalk egomaniacs?

My head hurts.

That is why, when Tracy was asked about Torres starting, he replied: "Is it something that I'm considering? I'm sure this guy would entertain anything that makes sense to help this club. But the other part of the equation is that, when you take from something here to put it there, what does the damage look like to the bullpen? You have to wait and see how the rest of the flowers bloom."

There's not many flowers blooming in Pittsburgh at the moment.

So far those choices haven't proven well, but there are a few more months to go.

Ken Arneson picked the Tigers to win the AL Central and they're the wild card team in the AL now.

And of course, a whole bunch of people picked Colorado to finish first.