I was wondering whether this post was going to be about Mark Sweeney, or the Jacksonville assistant GM.

1
Perhaps Mark has the same issue. It would help explain things.

A play like that can't help your flu.

Jon likes to take terrible situations and put them in perspective. All level-headed like.

WELL GOOD FOR YOU ME NO HAPPY ME NOT LEVEL HEADED. BROCK WANT BLOOD.

Brock needs to run around in the wild for a bit and hunt with a bow and arrow.

1 I didn't know if the Jacksonville story, but here is the link:

http://tinyurl.com/2jd3ju

It is probably sad that I learned who Phil Rizzuto was from Billy Madison.

5 Hm. I thought the same thing, only I pictured him hunting with his bare hands and his teeth.

I mean Phil Rirruto.

I have to say that Icaros and D4P were most pleasant company tonight as we watched the game together on TV. Too bad the same can't be sad for the Dodgers, those little teases. I almost feel sorry for Mark Sweeney because no one needs to tell him what a boneheaded mistake that was (although Pierre at bats almost do seem to count as two outs), but it does kind of sum up the Dodgers' month. Anyway, if the three of us weren't watching together I suspect that each of our TVs and/or computer screens would have been broken.

Me want to cry, but cry not manly so me go off to corner and sulk and watch Futurama and pine for football season earlier than I would've liked.

"See, Mr. Gitts, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of...anything!"

I decided not to tell someone today who said she hoped one of her parents would die (because he had been ill a long time), that today was the day my mother died.

August 14 has been worse for me.

So Jose Offerman made some good contact...

6- The kid didn't have to snitch...

"Mind if I do a J?"

Here is my thought process watching the game live in the 9th inning.

(Hmmm, Pierre popped it up, oh man, why can't he come through in the clutch. Hey, why is Berkman jumping up and down so much, he must be excited they got the out so easily)

Then my eyes scan the base, I jump up, and yell, "What are you doing?"

My guess is Mark thought there were two down instead of one. Hey, at least we didn't lose 12-0

4 - Honestly, I think I have grown so fatalisic ... I don't know. I yelled at Pierre for popping up, but when I saw what happened after, I just stared.

11 Is that about Sweeney or Offerman?

Why do I have the feeling that if a young player did what Sweeney did, they'd be on the first bus to Vegas?

Of course, you have to go 4 for 4 in this organization to get that kind of treatment.

I hit myself in the face with a hammer putting a door jamb on a door once and got mad and threw the hammer threw the window on another door.
A few years later I didn't tighten the radiator cap on a company truck and drove out of Tucson in the middle of summer to a job.On the way back in the engine blew up.
All in a day's work.

18- oof....This is feeling a Dodger roast....

The Dodgers lose more games than Flavor Flav has lost custody battles!...something like that....

Yeeeeeeeah Boooooooy!

went to see the bourne ultimatum tonight, and got in the car just in time to hear the bottom of the 9th. theres just nothing to say.

17 - Offerman wasn't mad about getting hit by a pitch. Offerman was watching the Dodger game.

I might even buy good seats and get back into ragging like the good ole days.

"Hey Sweeney, mix in a view at the scoreboard, MEAT! I've seen smarter ballplayers at the special olympics! If this was little leauge you'd be fetching foul balls and keeping score! You are TERRIBLE!"

I think this best sums up Greg Brock's reaction to tonight's game:

http://tinyurl.com/3a58ws

13 . He'll be lucky if he doesn't spend some quality time avoiding contact.

Offerman saying to himself "I could have done that!"

My favorite Lasorda quote ever was when somebody asked him what "Catch 22" meant, and he said it's what Offerman would do if you hit him 100 grounders.

12. Today was HM's birthday. Exactly 8 years OLDER than Earl Weaver. But ten years younger than Daffy Dean.

The stupidest thing I ever did at work was a joke I made in class about why I enjoyed the Passion of the Christ movie. I didn't realize how many Catholics there are in Ohio, or were among my students, but they didn't think I was very funny that day. I was never punished for it, but I did have to explain the situation to my TA supervisor and peers in a TA seminar.

27- That got me....I've really got the chuckles now....

22 Offerman took one in the calf and was mad that, unexpectedly, Shea Hillenbrand wasn't available to take his place.

For some reason, I can't wait to hear of news involving Chad Fonville now.

22. He's probably jealous that Burke was able to complete 8 assists...

27 - I thought that was a Johnny Carson line.

Offerman showing Saenz how to REALLY mash a lefty...

24 I actually just shook my head and laughed. I love this type of stuff. Doubled off a foul out? Awesome.

34- does that make Tommy the Carlos Mencia of baseball humorists?

36 I just wanted an excuse to watch that Farley commercial again. That is an underrated Farley skit.

Diamond Leung reacts:

http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/baseball/dodgers/2007/08/wanna_get_away.html

I'm glad I fell asleep in the 7th and just woke up. Reading through the posts I'll have plenty of analysis to do in the morning. But not as much as poor McCourt will have to try and figure out this ring that has been funneling money(much of it his) to worthless old vets.

This season Juan Pierre has bunted a bloop double over the 3B's head and hit a full-swing, legitimate foul pop to the C for a double play.

Your Los Angeles Dodgers.

27 Worst fielding shortstop I have ever seen.

36 My first reaction was also laughter. And then joy at the sheer appropriateness of it. And then eagerness to read what Greg Brock and Tony Jackson and the Dodger Blues guy would have to say about it.

27

No way. I saw Carson, as Carnac, do that exact same joke about the LA Dodgers and 100 flyballs in about 1986.

38 Agree. And thanks for posting it. I haven't seen it in years. Lord, I miss Farley.

"Tommy want wingee"

My mom was born 10 months before Earl Weaver and in the same city.

37 . But nobody could do a pratfall like Tommy.

The main picture on Dodger Blues right now is pretty good.

Does Pierre get credit for 2 "Outs" on that last play...?

I actually checked for a new thread before I was going to post this.

Can you imagine if any of us did that at our job. Not sure what the equalivant is but what if Brock forgot to put on pants before going to class? What if Bob rearranged the little decimal stickers on the spines of all the books? There would be heck to pay, especially if it was your first week on the job. This will just get swept under the rug. For a team big on character there ain't much accountability.

BTW,
Forget it, Mark. It's Chinatown.
Perfect line, Jon.

34 Maybe it was a Carson line. But at the time Carson retired, Offerman had never played more than 52 games in a season.

Hanging with Icaros, underdog, and the other guy was probably a pretty fun time. If they could recreate their reaction to the end of the game and post it to youtube...Much appreciated.

Dodgerblues is a treasure...I feel lucky to have it....

Not sure what the equalivant is but what if Brock forgot to put on pants before going to class?

What do you mean, "if?"

What if Bob rearranged the little decimal stickers on the spines of all the books?

We can misplace them just fine without my help.

46. I wouldn't have thought he was from the Gateway City.

Just to comapare he is 8 years younger and has been retired for 21 years.

I have tried very hard not to give up, but I think I'm through with that now.

Season feels like it's pretty much over. Is this hyperbole? I don't even watch or listen to the games now, despite the venerable and precious presence of Mr. Scully.

I don't quite remember feeling this way during the post-All Star break last year, and I listened to darn near every game even in 2005. But not too long ago I just threw in the towel on the present season.

I am enormously pleased that we haven't (yet) traded the farm. This may ameliorate things a bit for me. Or mollify me. Not sure which yet.

52

We were actually in the middle of a conversation and didn't even notice what happened until the Astros were out shaking hands.

58 So your reaction was pretty much the same as Sweeney's.

Yeah, Sweeney made a dumb play. Real dumb.

But we are being way too optimistic if we think the Dodgers had any chance of tying the score.

Kemp would have made the 3rd out, and we all know it. Or the next batter.

I mean, have you been watching the same team I've been watching the last few weeks?

52 In my head it was much like that Chris Farley hidden camera ad reaction, but a sense of decorum was called for since it was Icaros apt. and he has a nice TV and I didn't want to break it. My cats are glad I wasn't home though. I think it would just be video of three of us sitting there in quiet disbelief and shock.
---

"'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores {underdog: and veteran baseball players} all get respectable if they last long enough."

Pretty good line by Diamond Leung.

Even Scully admitted he missed it live because he was filling out his scorecard (in the rote section for "Pierre: Out"). Too bad Sweeney missed it too, and he was on the basepaths.

60 Yeah, they've been pathetic, but Kemp has pop and hit a home run earlier in the game, and the fact that he was coming up gave me a teeny bit of hope, scant and naive as it was.

53

Sadly, it was only the second out, the third coming a second later when Sweeney was doubled up at first. Maybe he was daydreaming about Barry Bonds, maybe he figured the Dodgers always have two outs, or maybe couldn't wait to get back to the clubhouse and help Pierre blow out his candles.

Wonderful.

60 Kemp has homered in 4.6 percent of his at-bats this year. So I was still listening based on that 4.6 percent chance that Lucy wouldn't pull the football back.

Come to think of it--this spiral began with the JP contract. I admit at the time I didn't know much about him but was surprised by the vehemence I could feel through the net! And it has just gone down hill since. Amazing.

Night! This month is like a bad dream for Dodger fans, and I'm hoping when I wake up tomorrow I'll find out that's all it was. Sort of like finding out JR Ewing was just in the shower all that time, or Bob Newhart was in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.

First thing I thought of when Sweeney got doubled up in the 9th was that he must still be working for the Giants in an attempt to ruin our season, or atleast pour salt in our wounds. vr, Xei

Hope this isn't a rule 1 violation....but Dodgerblues once called Mike Trombley "Rustier than a mechanic's Penis"....I'm laughing hard just typing it...genius...

63 "he was filling out his scorecard (in the rote section for "Pierre: Out")."

Somebody could make some money by pre-printing scorecards with that notation.

On August 15th, 1951, the Dodgers were 10.5 games ahead of the Giants.

On August 15th, 1991, the Giants were 7.5 games up on the Braves.

On August 15th, 1995, the Angels were 10.5 games ahead of Texas (12.5 up on Seattle, who hadn't yet learned how to refuse to lose).

Heck, on August 15th of last year the Tigers were 6.5 ahead of the White Sox, and the eventual division winning Twins were 8.5 back...what I'm trying to say is that there are still a LOT of games left in this season, folks. If these past few seasons of baseball have taught us anything, it's that no race or series is over until Bob tells them "Thank you for Playing" ;)

(also, baseballrace.com is ridiculously cool. have fun, everybody!)

60 Brad Lidge has been known to give up a big homer from time to time. Coulda happened.

You don't understand. They coulda had class. They coulda been a contender. They coulda been somebody, instead of bums, which is what they are, let's face it.

Is there a rule against making Sweeney the player to be named later...?

71 "there are still a LOT of games left in this season, folks."

OK. So what's the good news?

73- Has that ever happened?....I feel like I've heard about it happening...maybe I just dreamt about it when I was 7....

Let's give our side some credit. They're losing, but they are coming up with some great ways to lose. Balks, foul-out double plays...Think how cool it's gonna be when a blimp lands on the tying run rounding third base. Pretty cool, I'd say.

As a fan of crazy, I'm happy that we've been interestingly bad.

71 You're thinking about 1993, the Giants finished second-to-last in 1991.

67 Maybe it's more like finding out that the whole season exists only in the imagination of an autistic child peering into his snow globe.

76- There is a good Olmedo joke in there for anyone up to the task....

Look at the bright side. This makes it far less likely that we will have another idiotic base running gaff this season. Garp bought his house under the same theory.

74 Tomko and Hendrickson can't start them all.

48 53 First, I think I am displacing LAT as the poster of the last post after everyone has left the building, second, I too like Hendy getting pecked there, third, priceless from tonight's Dodger Blues:

Thread Title: If murder was legal, which Dodger would you kill first?

First answer: Brett Tomko. 2-10 and an ERA just below 5.70, why is this person allowed to live? I just don't understand. In the classy olden days of Rome, he would be fodder for gladiators, or just feed to lions. But that was then. These days, someone that s----- gets a multiyear contract for several million dollars."

73 Yes, but only because the Dodgers and the Giants are in the same league.

75 Yeah, the guy was Harry Chiti. I believe Bob had a Griddle post about it. It's listed on Chiti's transactions at BB-Ref.

"Base hit to center, and they're waving Ethier home...And OH MY GOD, A CHEETAH HAS ATTACKED ANDRE ETHIER! Ethier is down, and the cheetah is going for the neck! Blood everywhere! And Wiggington applies the tag! Dodgers lose!"

Tony Jackson reports that Sweeney ducked the media after the game.

70 Eric, is your scorecard still in production?

86- If Tony Jackson was coming at me with a meat clever I would duck too....

76 Dude, I saw "Black Sunday". If a blimp descends on DS, get the heck outta there!

85

Didn't Enrico Pallazzo umpire that game?

85 That seems a bit unlikely. Now, a cougar maybe....

87 No, it's not. I sold about 1,000 of them, but I was filling all the orders myself and the small amount I made on each book made it not worth all the time I spent. I was going to try and sell the design to a real publisher, but never got around to it.

I have never written about Harry Chiti on The Griddle. That's the first time someone thought they read something on there that they didn't. As opposed to forgetting to read it in the first place.

Remember, I'm vulnerable. I can keep using the same gambit that Larry David used for the next 27 minutes.

oof....

There was an actual meat cleaver killing....my bad....kind of like Wiseman's getting fired joke....:(

90 Gold Star for Icaros.
91 I've been attacked by a cougar before. It isn't as bad as you'd think...

85 Instantly reminded of the Naked Gun blooper reel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANo605HfHQY

Well, as symbolic endings to the season go, this one's probably better than getting two runners thrown out at home plate on one play.

95- It can be quite nice....

If a blimp (presumably not piloted by terrorists) ran into anything at Dodger Stadium, it would likely just deflate and then the big problem would the gondola hitting someone.

But they move so slowly that it would be like the time the Air Force was chasing Sideshow Bob when he hijacked the Wright Brothers Flyer.

No baseball movie can hold a candle to the Naked Gun finale....pure brilliance....

82 - where did you see that on Dodger Blues?

85 - that is one impressive roll you are on...

91 - http://tinyurl.com/94pej ... in practice, they're called Baseball Annies...

95 1. Relative to me, a cougar would have to be 60+
2. The damage to me from my wife would leave more scars on my face than Chuck Wepner after the Ali fight.

99 You know, your slavish devotion to the rational is really gonna hamper our detective agency. You've gotta think outside the box when discussing blimps, Bob.

good news?

Pedro Baez hit a homerun today...off Pedro Martinez!

103 I think Brock stole that last sentence from a Turtle-Drama conversation on Entourage.

Enders has compared me to John Brown and Turtle/Drama today.

Talk about your peaks and valleys.

101 Thus Annie Savoy. From your link,
The cougar can be anyone from an overly surgically altered wind tunnel victim, to an absolute sad and bloated old horn-meister, to a real hottie

wind tunnel victim....

107 . The companion to the Maxell man.

103 BTW - you two should not settle for a Mike Post theme. Go for something like Lalo Schifrin's "Mannix".

109 Bob is more into the soft tones of Rockford. I'd like something like "Homicide" had.

I think a teacher/librarian detective agency show has some serious mileage. It's gone from joke to seriousness. But we need a recurring femme fatale. And a sweet yet intelligent secretary. Bob can have the sweet secretary. I'll take relations with the doomed broad.

haha, they just showed clips of Pedro and his GCL start on ESPN and they showed Kyle Orr striking out swinging. Awesome! why couldnt they show the Pedro Baez homerun?

a sweet yet intelligent secretary

too cliche! You don't need secretaries anymore; this is the iPhone age, unless you are going to be dyed-in-the-wool luddites. How about a sweet and intelligent graduate student that assists Bob in the most arcane research?

Make your femme fatale bordering on cougar.

I was also live at the game, and I just remember begging JP to do anything but get doubled up--pop up, walk, strike out or the odd thing of a hit.

When he popped up i excitedly started watching The Bison trying to envision a hero-making homerun when he started pointing curiously towards first rapidly. My heart sunk.

112 And that grad student can be an intern, meaning no payroll required!

I refuse to have BlackBerries and iPhones. Detectives have to have secretaries.

Replacing secretaries with iPhones is a sign of the apocalypse. I refuse to play that game.

The role of Tess Trueheart will now be played by an iPhone.

You people make me sick.

103. I see Brock as David Addison from Moonlighting with a little Kojack thrown in. He is forced to repress the Sonny Crockett in him that's dying to get out.

Bob is Lennie Brisco with a hint of Joe Friday but secretly he wants to be Dennis McCloud casue he likes wearing cowboy hats in big cities.

When the sun sets and the criminal element descends upon the city Bob the brainy librarian, Greg the quick witted professor and Jon the level headed leader leave their mild mannered occupations behind to become The Literary Three, defenders of justice, statistics, and the catcher's interference rule.

Accession the new season today!

118 LAT is the lawyer that keeps us out of trouble. SB is the inner-city teacher that keeps us abreast of the urban environs. Marty is our super-secret contact at the Times. BH uses his entertainment contacts to grant us access. Canuck is our point man up north.

We have contacts in North Carolina, San Fran, South America, Canada. Charenton is our point man in Europe. We're like the A-Team, but nerdier, less violent, and less dependent on Mr. T.

119 And what the heck am I, your travel agent?

Harrumph!

120- Aren't you the competition. You're only one Ferrari away from being Magnum P.I.

121 Right. Like I'd wear a Tigers cap.

101 Sorry, but had to make some roster moves on my Yahoo fantasy teams before the nightly deadline and so you'll find the material on the "Fan Forum" section of the site, and when there, open the Brewers 16, Dodgers 1 topic and then you should find as one of the threads, If murder was legal, which Dodger would you kill first?

122 . Can we take that as an endorsement of the 'stache?

124 But of course! After all, I've worn one myself since about 1972.

I always have wanted to use my eyebrows the way Magnum did, but I've never been able to.

I don't include Linkmeister because he is the contingency plan.

One day, Bob and I are going to make a huge mistake. We're gonna need to lay low for awhile. And Linkmeister will be our secret weapon. Except now he can't be our secret weapon, because he's gone and ruined the whole thing.

You were our contingency plan, Linkmeister! And now we have no contingency!

Linkmeister went from being the ace in the hole to being an exposed asset.

A lesson to all the DTers. You may be an asset. Don't talk about your exclusion. You've all been factored in. We need you.

This is basic spy stuff, guys.

I don't know if anyone has commented on this yet, but from Plaschke:

"Derek Lowe was careful, but clear.

"To go with a total youth movement is not fair to the veterans, and not fair to the city," Lowe said. "I am a firm believer that you use the minor league system to help the major league team now. You try to win today, and four years from now, you will probably have a kid just as good as the one you got rid of.""

Someone a little upset that we didn't get Tex? I'll otherwise leave Derek to explain just how he thinks that it can be said that he, Jeff, Nomar, and Gonzo are getting it done...

Do you have mermaid parties beneath the sea?
(Am I invited?)
And at these parties do you smoke sea-weed?
(If so, then how do you light it?)

I wish I was that smart. I envy that kind of genius.

128 Can't really blame him. Lowe has no stake in the Dodgers' future beyond the length of his contract. He could care less if the Dodgers are world champs in 2012. But Lowe is also wrong, unless Teixiera is immune to slumps. We have some good hitters, too. But they're not hitting right now.

7 I was thinking that very same thing today, er, yesterday.

9 "I hate cursive, and I hate all of you!"

On that note, "That Veronica Vaughn is one fine piece of (omitted to avoid violating rule No. 1)."

128 On the other hand, the collective bargaining agreement heavily favors the veterans over the younger players, let alone the farmhands. Given the compensation, I think life is plenty fair for the vets.

Derek Lowe treats the prospects like some armchair GMs treat the owner's money.

130 Correct. Lowe is here through next year, after which he and Scott Boras will seek at least a Schmidt-like contract from the highest bidder. That search would likely be enhanced by recent playoff and World Series appearances, eh? Witness Jeff Weaver, Jeff Suppan, Carlos Beltran.

After all this, I'm having lunch with a die-hard Astros fan. Wheee. At least as a Virginia Tech grad, I know my UNC-grad friend will bring up the Michael Vick plea bargain. Good times.

Plaschke: If LaRoche comes up when healthy to take over third, I will spend the winter contentedly. If Hillenbrand keeps the job, it means Ned is signing Bonds over the winter to replace Gonzo.

133 Given Boras, the potential money, the lack of run support, and personal issues, I already consider Lowe to be Dead Man Pitching.

134 At least Bonds is a good hitter.

I think people were reading a bit too much into Derek Lowe's comments. Derek isn't exactly the guy on the Dodgers whom you want around to carry on a discussion that requires you to show foresight. Or hindsight. Or perspective. Or much of anything requiring thought.

The stupidest thing I did at work was once a guy came up to me and said he was having trouble with his computer. So I got up and did the old "walk this way" thing while dragging my leg. Of course the guy had a bad leg from polio or something and was actually dragging it.

Also, as a kid I once found myself with a bat in one hand and a basketball in the other. So naturally, I threw up the basketball and hit it with the bat. Bad idea. I was nearly knocked out when the bat sprang back and hit me in the jaw.

Old friends report: http://tinyurl.com/23aw34

Re: ALL-STAR Jose Offerman

138. with a cameo by Tommy John

138 - Yes, that's why there have been about a dozen comments about Offerman in this thread already ...

I honestly can't remember doing anything stupid at work. I may be blocking out the memories. Or perhaps I used to work at some top-secret NSA facility and they've wiped my memories and replaced them with many years toiling in grad school.

136 I don't think his comments change all that much either. I've assumed all year that Lowe would move on after next year. Ned won't give Boras the money he can get elsewhere. This won't be a popular thought, but given the slide of the last month, maybe it's time to try and get something from a contender for him now instead of zilch in '08. His $10 million due in '08 might be handy too. Ditto for Kent, who can be thoughtful and has said in the past that he doesn't want to be part of a "youth movement." I'd add JP if I thought anyone would take that contract.

My stupidest thing at work. I managed a restaurant. The head chef and I together closed it and locked it up really late one night. We both had to be back about 5 hours later to open it for brunch the next morning. I got there first, and thought it would be funny to open the safe, hide the money, toss some stuff around the office, and then wait in the next room to hear him scream when he walked in and saw the "robbery."

So I did that. And waited in the next room. And heard nothing, and heard nothing. And then I looked down and saw a red light on the phone meaning someone was making call. I ran into the office, and it was the owner's wife who had -- very quietly -- come in to get something. And of course she saw the mess and calmly called the owner.

Yeah, I had a bit of explaining to do there.

I've done a lot of stupid things at work. One of them... back in my production assistant days. I had just been hired to be a set PA for a live show down in Long Beach. The production team was doing the usual pre-production things, and one of the tasks was picking up the talent and hosts from the airport as they arrived and taking them to their hotels. Anyhoo, I got handed the info for Ron Reagan's flight (he was the main host), took a look and thought, "Man, I'm gonna need to really hurry to get to LAX in time." So I fought my way up the 405, parked with minutes to spare, dashed into the baggage claim area where the passengers were juuuuuust dis-embarking, and waited. No Ron Reagan. The passengers steamed past me. No Ron Reagan. About the time that the pilots and flight crew came out, I started getting a deep sinking feeling in my stomach. I checked my info again -- I'd gotten the right flight number, right?

It was only then I realized he was flying into the Long Beach Airport.

Mornin' guys:

Tonight I think I'm going to go see a movie, and maybe catch the rest of the Dodger game later.

Which one should I pick between Simpsons Movie and Bourne Ultimatum? or should I see both?

I hate watching the kids go out there and make mistakes. Like forgetting how many outs there are in the bottom of the ninth. Young players can be so stupid!

There are many things that concern me more than Sweeney's mistake on the basepaths. Tomko was looking good last night, and then he would throw four straight balls to someone. I think he walked Lamb twice this way. He was doing just fine with them putting the ball in play. So many of their hits were ground balls that got through. Eventually we will get the same kind of luck.

Hitting: Furcal, Martin and Kent look pretty bad at the plate right now. I was on the first base side, so I got to see Martin and Kent run a lot towards first on easy ground outs to second.

I hope with Penny pitching tonight that Grady will put the same lineup out there. We could have won last night with some better control from our pitching and...

147 - My biggest issue last night was utter lack of relief to bail out Tomko. In my mind, Joe Beimel's 2008 roster spot has become a little less secure. Seanez, of course, we should expect to retire.

It was the veterans Kent and Nomar that were easily thrown out at third base this year when they had little chance, no chance, of getting there safely.

Sweeney thinking there were two outs is like someone thinking Pierre should get a five year contract. I like Pierre btw, I just want to watch Kemp play a minimum 2/3 of the time, Ethier all the time, and Young some of the time.

One? Two? Three?

We all forget.

http://tinyurl.com/37vlg8

"And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three
shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty
in my sight, shall snuff it.'"

When I started my career there was a mix of rookies and veterans and the veterans were retired military officers. There was one full-bird Colonel that was very pompous and after a reorganization was announced and our unit changing, offices were going to be reassigned.

Two of us rookies wrote a fake memo describing who would be getting new offices and we put ourselves in the bigger offices and the Colonel in basically a closet. He didn't say a thing as he stormed down the hallway into the Directors office, slamed down the memo in front of him and growled about the assignment.

We all had a goog laugh which was a good thing sinse we had also faked the Directors signiture on that memo.

Employees wear jeans, and breakfasts and lunches are catered every day on the boss' dime.

Get your application in right quick D4P.

http://tinyurl.com/yp9fw4

148 I totally agree. I thought Tomko actually pitched far better than I could have expected, and while he bailed himself out of hot water a few times, that's more than he usually does. The relievers were brought in at the right time and they didn't get it done at all.

Btw, I didn't see anyone else make this comment so I will - while Sweeney's goof doesn't require much analysis, I do wonder how much of that could have been avoided had Mariano Duncan been paying attention, too. I think on the replay I saw him waving Sweeney back after it was basically too late. I assume he was watching the foul pop like the rest of us, but maybe a "get back here!" earlier on could have helped avoid the situation. Again, much blame to go around for another loss, but I was just curious as to that moment and the 1st base coach's role in it.

Meanwhile, if Greg's scenario comes true, can it be someone other than Ethier who is attacked by a big cat? Just spitballin' some names here, but, you know, Pierre vs. a Cheetah would be fun to watch, as a footrace.

154 Ethier is more likely to be on-base than Pierre. So he gets the honor. At least that's what I figured.

153
But what am I supposed to do for dinner...?

"We are only known for the money part. An agent is quote-unquote about money," Boras said this week. "The truth of the matter is 70 percent of what we do has to do with preparing and evolving and growing the people we work for."

Um, yeah.

156 - I don't think you're going to like my new post up top.

Would it have been a good idea to bring in Proctor in the sixth instead of letting Tomko start that inning? I think we have enough experience with Tomko to know that getting five innings out of him is a good thing.

I know that is all hindsight, but was Grady afraid to hurt his feelings? Tomko must know by now that there is little confidence in him as a pitcher for the long haul.

145 - I've seen the Simpsons, good flick. Haven't seen Bourne, but if it's like the others, should be very good.

Maybe in hindsight Proctor instead of Beimel would have been the better order, but I think because the bullpen's fried and Tomko had pitched well they started the inning with him with their fingers crossed. Well, sure enough he fell apart, but they did pull him rather quickly. Maybe one batter too late. But yeah, I might have brought in Proctor first. Again, these guys have to get the job done - the bullpen didn't.