just thinking out loud since we are playing the reds.

But... what's happened to Penny? He's been terrible lately. :-/

yea, he went #8 overall

Maybe the Reds can include him in a deal for a left-handed reliever if he doesn't pan out.

Wow, I'm having acid-trip like flashbacks of Zergling rushes...

How low do I go? Should I include Arizona?

It's possible that the Phillies could be the wild card leaders after tomorrow.

wait until I do a mass hydra drop in the middle of your base.

That's what the Griddle means to me. Plus, we can swear in foreign languages over there.

On the bright side, Steve Phillips included Endy Chavez on his list of key contributors off the Mets bench.

Back to Starcraft, here's the greatest thing ever written about the subject. Pretty funny stuff for a geek like me, but I've got to wearn you that it's got some "mature language".

http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/wargames.html

"wearn" is supposed to be "warn".

Martin 1 2
Nomar 3 5
Kent -5 -9
Furcal 0 0
Ethier 3 6
Lofton -2 -4
Drew (table's messed up for RF, but it should be fixed soon)

http://tinyurl.com/gkomp

Under one definition, Tomko would have gotten a hold because he entered the game in a save situation and when he left, Broxton was still in a save situation

Your hold definition may vary.

dodgers record versus everybody else: 66-44

all we need is for a team from the east to get the wild card, and we're world series bound!

First off, not a bad crowd for a Monday night, I have to think there was a nice walkup as I saw some people in line to buy tickets as I was walking in.

Don't have to tell you that Penny was wild, although it appeared that he had good velocity but no control, lots of deep counts. He did eventually start throwing strikes but he still made a lot of pitches.

Jeff Kent did something tonight that I have not seen in the 2 years that he has been here, he tried to go to right field when Nomar was on second with no one out. That he happened to poke a ground rule double was secondary, he was looking that way that entire at bat.

Andre Ethier may be the luckiest .335+ hitter I have seen, his first hit would have been hit a few seconds before had Kent not been picked off as it was it was a do or die dive by the first baseman and he just knocked the ball down. Ethier's second hit was a jam shot into left field, his third hit was hit pretty solid. But he does get those hits, he scored twice and drove in a run and it looks like he will hit over .300 for his fourth month in a row.

Repko had some good hacks, the line drive to third was hit hard and his next two at bats, he had two base hits. His clutch 2 out hit was the weakest one but we needed those runs.

Secondly, acquiring another reliever might not be so bad, given the presence of people like Hamulack and Carrara on the roster recently. Even if all you're doing is upgrading your mop-up guy, that can't really hurt. They're not talking about trading a prospect for a star reliever, clearly, since the guy would have to clear waivers. If they can get a decent mopup guy for nothing, I'm not going to complain about that. Kuo is allegedly going to join the rotation for a turn or two, so I don't see how he would fill the relief need. B.J. LaMura would, but that's neither here nor there.

Thirdly, GMs says stuff like that all the time whether they really mean it or not. This is because it keeps people like Steve Henson and Tony Jackson happy, and prevents the GM from getting strung up from the highest tree the way DePo was.

"The Dodgers are looking to add another arm to their bullpen. They're also looking to add a hitter who can fill in at various spots and give the club another solid pinch-hitting option. Tampa Bay's versatile Greg Norton, who has filled in at four positions while hitting .306 for the Devil Rays, is among the players the Dodgers are considering."

http://tinyurl.com/e9gw4

Now does this originate from the front office, or is he just riffing off of what Ken Rosenthal said the other day? Is there even a nugget of truth to this?

Also, I think there are many comparable musical acts from the 1960's, and there are some better.

Finally, I resent the fact that some musicians or actors are held as symbols of entire generations. That is pretty weak in my opinion.

One could make an argument that their are comparable acts, it is all just opinion. However, in my opinion no one comes close in lyrical complexity.

The last criticism isn't unique, Dylan himself has said as much.