Thursday, July 31, 2003
Rambling Rumbling Remarks from baseball to beer to New England to politics to parking meters.
• Theo you have about three hours to make me happy again.
• Julio Lugo is now a member of my fantasy baseball team and starting tomorrow. How bad is my squad? Each day the chance of my fourth consecutive championship dwindles.
• If Shady Chicken Little will not banish Mendoza (he does not deserve a nickname) to long relief, then members of RSN need to kidnap Mendoza. The ransom would be a keg of Sam Adams to be shared with the Sam Adams guy from the commercials and Mendoza’s unconditional release. I can hear Theo yelling into the phone, “Give me back my biggest mistake!” Of course, I am just B.S.ing.
• It is nice to see the Red Sox make the appropriate move by allowing newly acquired Scott Williamson to stay with his family instead of joining the team in Texas. Classy move; family should come first. He is expected to join the club in Baltimore.
• Joe Sheenan of Baseball Prospectus (baseballprospectus.com) and Aaron Gleeman of Aaron’s Baseball Blog (link to right) have great articles on the development of the 2003 Red Sox bullpen and the team.
• A-Rod maybe willing to restructure his contract to help the Rangers. I guess he has not had a chance to speak with his agent, Scott Boras, or the Players Association yet.
• Kevin Appier is worth a flier! The Sox medical staff can mend his elbow.
• Is Carl Lindner, the owner of the Reds, a slave trader? Of course not, but the way the Reds are ($1.25 million plus the loss of Williamson’s salary) and potentially ($3.0 million and removing Boone and White from the payroll) collecting money for players is sickening.
• Jon Lieber, former Cub and holder of a career ERA of 4.18, is throwing off a mound for the Yanks. Weaver, the weak rotation link, may go way of Mondesi in the near future.
• The Greek God of Walks has moved up to AAA. I am planning on making the trip to watch him play next weekend and assault, I mean pump money into the local economy, of Portland. Buffoonery always ensues due to the Portland Pubs.
• Today at Magic Hat, a not so local brewery anymore in Vermont, Bill Lee will be whoring his new book from 5-7 and Magic Hat will be serving Eephus Ale. I’ll be there. Will you? The first person to email me (link to right) with the player who hit Lee’s Eephus pitch for a homerun in Game 7 of the 1975 World Series and what movie is referred to in one of the above comments will win some kind of Eephus Ale or Magic Hat stuff. Good luck.
• Could Howard Dean from Vermont be the next President of the United States or one of the two finalists for the CEO position at Fletcher Allen? Everyone needs a backup plan.
• Where to park in Burlington? http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/news/1000h.htm - give me a break!
Tomorrow back to baseball with trade analysis.
• Theo you have about three hours to make me happy again.
• Julio Lugo is now a member of my fantasy baseball team and starting tomorrow. How bad is my squad? Each day the chance of my fourth consecutive championship dwindles.
• If Shady Chicken Little will not banish Mendoza (he does not deserve a nickname) to long relief, then members of RSN need to kidnap Mendoza. The ransom would be a keg of Sam Adams to be shared with the Sam Adams guy from the commercials and Mendoza’s unconditional release. I can hear Theo yelling into the phone, “Give me back my biggest mistake!” Of course, I am just B.S.ing.
• It is nice to see the Red Sox make the appropriate move by allowing newly acquired Scott Williamson to stay with his family instead of joining the team in Texas. Classy move; family should come first. He is expected to join the club in Baltimore.
• Joe Sheenan of Baseball Prospectus (baseballprospectus.com) and Aaron Gleeman of Aaron’s Baseball Blog (link to right) have great articles on the development of the 2003 Red Sox bullpen and the team.
• A-Rod maybe willing to restructure his contract to help the Rangers. I guess he has not had a chance to speak with his agent, Scott Boras, or the Players Association yet.
• Kevin Appier is worth a flier! The Sox medical staff can mend his elbow.
• Is Carl Lindner, the owner of the Reds, a slave trader? Of course not, but the way the Reds are ($1.25 million plus the loss of Williamson’s salary) and potentially ($3.0 million and removing Boone and White from the payroll) collecting money for players is sickening.
• Jon Lieber, former Cub and holder of a career ERA of 4.18, is throwing off a mound for the Yanks. Weaver, the weak rotation link, may go way of Mondesi in the near future.
• The Greek God of Walks has moved up to AAA. I am planning on making the trip to watch him play next weekend and assault, I mean pump money into the local economy, of Portland. Buffoonery always ensues due to the Portland Pubs.
• Today at Magic Hat, a not so local brewery anymore in Vermont, Bill Lee will be whoring his new book from 5-7 and Magic Hat will be serving Eephus Ale. I’ll be there. Will you? The first person to email me (link to right) with the player who hit Lee’s Eephus pitch for a homerun in Game 7 of the 1975 World Series and what movie is referred to in one of the above comments will win some kind of Eephus Ale or Magic Hat stuff. Good luck.
• Could Howard Dean from Vermont be the next President of the United States or one of the two finalists for the CEO position at Fletcher Allen? Everyone needs a backup plan.
• Where to park in Burlington? http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/news/1000h.htm - give me a break!
Tomorrow back to baseball with trade analysis.
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