What is Ramp Spatzle?

White truffle-potato dumplings sound delicious, even though I have never had a truffle, but I do know they are supposedly the greatest thing on the face of the Earth.

Cool, thanks.

So! Baseball. When's that line-up going up?

I'm going to miss the game live, have a workshop tonight. Will catch it in the archives later. So don't blame me if they lose (but thank me if they win).

Deleted scene #2 from last week's Office is classic.

There are two Jews (Ginsburg and Breyer) and two of some other upstart and/or miscellaneous religion (Stevens and Souter).

(Souter is listed in one source as an Episcopalian, but I don't find anything for Stevens.)

http://tinyurl.com/5qg4pk

I'm going to get to work on my other pope prereqs, such as "being Catholic."

Looks like my workshop was cancelled for the evening, so I might be checking out the game after all. So you can indeed blame me if they lose.

Among the crowd of 13,500 that welcomed Pope Benedict XVI to the White House on Wednesday was Claremont resident Jerry Silva. ... While he was only able to view Benedict from a distance of about 75 yards, Silva said the event still made a lasting impact. ...

After Benedict left the White House, Silva ate lunch at the White House mess hall.

Adding to the excitement of the event, Silva said, was seeing former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who was eating at the table next to his.

But Richard Riordan was in the library today before it opened. You get to do that when the building is named after you.

"BIRTHDAY BOY – The Dodgers would like to wish General Manager Ned Colletti a happy 54th birthday. The Chicago native became the 10th GM in Dodger history on November 16, 2005. He shares a birthday with Giants manager Bruce Bochy (1955), Patriots head coach Bill Belichick (1952), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), and Pope Benedict XVI (1927), who today was visited by Tommy Lasorda in Washington D.C."

Grumble, grumble, grumble

In 26 , the Pope was the only person who had a job worthy of being numbered.

I've grumbled about this on the Griddle and I will now cross-grumble.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0082526/

That's my 10.

Hence the name.

I believe Cleveland's Billy Evans, in 1927, was the first executive to be called a "general manager." I assume this was a result of the gradual removal of personnel decisions from the field manager and putting them in the hands of the front office. Back in 1900 or 1910, pretty mcuh every manager also performed the player personnel duties.

Furcal, SS
Martin, C
Kemp, RF
Kent, 2B
Loney, 1B
Jones, CF
Nomar, 3B
Pierre, LF
Penny, P

I'm gonna guess Troncoso. Anyone care to bet against me?

He's also very tall. Don't try to post up on him.

35--I think Branch Rickey was president of the Dodgers and held the title of GM. If I remember, Walter O'Malley gave Bavasi, Thompson, and Campanis the title of vice presiddnt and director of player personnel because he disliked the title of general manager--it reminded him of Rickey. That was the rumor, anyway.

38--Fresco Thompson's first name was Lafayette. Maybe he was French. Anyway, Buzzie's real first name is Emil. Emil and Lafayette. We're an odd team.

By the way, Tommy Lasorda continues his streak: another dinner he won't be paying for.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/execdb/?show=franchise&fid=lad#gm