I guess it was the best reasonable outcome after that first game, but I still feel a little hollow.
79 thoughts on “July 29, 2011: Split”
Because our overnight lows haven't been going down much (6 record high daily low temps) StL is having their fourth highest mean temperature July on record - highest since the '30s. I think we'll be replacing our upstairs AC instead of getting a sprinkler system this fall.
I'm looking forward to catching a matinée showing of Captain America today with Mrs. Hayes, who has half days on Fridays in the summer. The hope is that, despite the film recently being released, the theater won't be jam-packed with the less-than-considerate audience members one usually finds early in a film's run.
Trying to decide between this and Cowboys & Aliens. The latter has not had good reviews, but I've been looking forward to it since last year so...
I'm not going to back a horse in that race, but out of curiosity I went to Rotten Tomatoes to see what people were saying about these, and I now have to warn people that RT has a comments section that is to be avoided at all costs. The anger that spews forth from those people about movies - movies! - slays me.
I think the vitriol people spew about sports (a game!) is crazy.
Yeah. There's a fine line between passion and anger, and I try not to cross it. I'll never understand grown, otherwise intelligent men who rail against other grown men for having the audacity to be from an area that made it convenient for them to cheer for a different team.
RT might have the most predictable comments section on the planet. Find a great movie that has like a 90% tomato rating. Then find one of the 10% that don't like it. There will be--by law--filth spewed about that critic.
I figured I hadn't stumbled upon anything out of the ordinary for the site.
I really should have an email filter for "I don't give even the slightest of f*cks". 95% of my inbox would end up there. I just got an email about hierarchical changes - some high-up lady in San Antonio and two more out in California are all reporting to a slightly different SVP (of whom we have about a billion).
I do have that. I created a folder called "another inbox". I have all my mail go to "another inbox" unless it meets the criteria for one of my other folders or my name is in the To or Cc field (meaning I didn't get the email via distribution list or Bcc). Now my inbox is much smaller and generally only stuff I care about. I did this because my phone sync's to my inbox and I wanted to cut down on junk in my inbox.
That's a good idea, and I'd like to do that, except our department heads can't figure out email groups or BCC. The "To" line is everyone in the department. And the Corporate Communications emails that are sent to specific user groups, well I do have a filter for them that is "Delete Immediately"
Wow, I guess I can stop complaining about email etiquette where I work.
The emails I got from work had a better filter than that - I only got personnel emails that actually had some bearing on me - but unfortunately, there were a staggering number of people that sent chain letters around (you know, of the "For everyone you send this to, you get $2.63" variety) to everyone in the company. These are people that had worked their way to upper management despite still believing in chain letters that promised money for nothing. That was depressing.
I'm guessing those people likely "fell upwards" then. Seems to be a common thing in Corporate America.
After administering the HS Band distribution lists for a few years, my biggest complaint is that people don't utilize the BCC: for mass lists. Because I just love having my email address on several people's PCs to be harvested and spammed back at me.
Thankfully the chain emails have stopped though.
My biggest complaint is when people hit reply all on mass emails that were sent to too large a distribution on mistake, telling them that they shouldn't get this email, and then having other people reply all saying that replying to all is a really stupid thing to do, and so forth.
I've pretty much only worked at large companies, and can remember 6 or 7 times at multiple companies where this type of thing escalated to over 300 emails in the chain, all of them entirely worthless.
Oh god this is a pet peeve of mine. When I can I'll use the "do not allow reply all" rule in Outlook when there's potential for this. Thank god that exists.
I've seen a few of those. Some people reply all ironically, and it can get kind of funny.
My biggest annoyance was always when someone would reply to a message that was sent to a big alias, but Bcc the alias. When you do that, it breaks the filter rule that says "emails sent to this huge alias that gets a ton of traffic go to this harmless folder" and sends the email to my inbox. But that doesn't happen with my second inbox trick.
-two summers ago, "[Brett] Favre was the Vikings' human lottery ticket, and the Vikings today feel like anyone who ever wasted their money on a long shot. The initial rush of adrenaline has been replaced by nausea and regret."
Even more comically, "[Brad] Childress can't save face at this point, but he can salvage a smidgen of dignity. He needs to announce during his first news conference in Mankato that the door is closed, that the dalliance with Favre is over even if he changes his mind and asks to suit up next Tuesday." Did Childress ever have any dignity? I remember him being a joke from the moment he arrived.
*Not TJ related at all, but two days ago yesterday was also Burly's first start after his perfect game. Remember, he then retired the first 17 Twins before getting just two more outs while allowing five runs. Pretty fun game.
-in 2007, "[Brad] Childress is even suggesting tape-recording his quarterbacks in the huddle to test their leadership capabilities[.]" Yes, no dignity.
-in 2005, he compared Randy Moss to gumbo. "[W]hat is Moss, after all, other than an jumbled stew of talent, ambition, contrariness and . . . wisdom?"
-in 2003, he wrote a profile of utility infielder Chris Gomez. It included this nugget: "[Gomez] adopted a diet recommended by Seattle second baseman Bret Boone and once used by Twins second baseman Chuck Knoblauch - scores of small meals a day, consisting of rice, chicken and vegetables. Eaten often enough, the meals speed up the metabolism to where, Gomez said, 'You're eating constantly and yet the weight is just falling off.'"
I know a guy who had to do the "eat constantly" diet in order to finally lose weight. He was excited about losing it, but not excited that he had to figure out how to fit eight or nine meals in a day while working a job that usually went ten hours or so.
Yes, but were there many whispers behind that guy's back about his physique?
Not sure, but he's the type who made fun of his own weight. He's a scientist, and not the type that ever goes outside.
Nausea and regret? What I usually feel after reading a TJ column. No rush of adrenaline, though.
I do get a bit of a rush of adrenaline, knowing that such writers can have long, successful careers.
So this stupid Span to the Nationals thing just will not die. I sincerely hope it's just that they keep pestering Smith about it.
from what I have read, its the Nats pursuing Span and not the Twins shopping Span. I think its a 3% chance Span is traded, I would give it 0%, but Billy Smith could get an offer he cant refuse like 3 stud pitchers and Ryan Zimmerman
For Billy Smith to get an offer like that, Brian Sabean would have to be the Nats GM.
Or Bill Smith.
thisisdspan: Good afternoon everyone! I don't know what us going in with everything. As of this moment I'm a Rochester redwing lol "- 1 hour ago"
The Twins are open to dealing outfielder Delmon Young and right-handed starter Kevin Slowey, although the interest in Young has been tepid. The interest in right fielder/designated hitter Jason Kubel has been strong; there’s a higher probability that Kubel will be moved than Michael Cuddyer, who is also in high demand among contenders.
Minnesota has also spoken with clubs about upgrading its major-league rotation, one source said.
As opposed to upgrading its minor-league rotation?
Just told FTLT I was surprised interest in Young was even "tepid".
make that "tepi_"
Tepid? Why, that almost sounds like someone doubts his talent.
For fun, I thought about trying to see any rumored packages for Twins trades in the past.
In 1995, before trading Kevin Tapani for WASTE, Greg Hansell, and Jose Parra (who was considered the best prospect), the Twins had serious talks with the Rockies. They asked for one of Bryan Rekar, Jamey Wright, or Doug Million. They were also considering Andrew Lorraine + another prospect from the Angels.
When the Twins traded Scott Erickson, they chose Kimera Barett over Damon Buford (they had 2 months to choose). They then immediately lost Bartee in the Rule 5 draft taht winter. Not Terry Ryan's greatest move.
In 1994 at the deadline (how stupid would it have been to make a deadline deal before the strike), the Twins had serious talks with the Angels about Aguilera. The Twins were asking for two of Lorraine, Brian Anderson, Troy Percival, and Phil Leftwich. A final demand that was turned down by the Angels featured Aggie for Percival, Lorraine and J.T. Snow.
In the winter of 1997, a report indicated that the Twins were attepting to trade Knoblauch to the Yankees for Bernie Williams and Ramiro Mendoza. The Twins then planned to turn around and trade Williams away. A month later, the Yankees were balking about trading Mendoza and would also not package Eric Milton with Ricky Ledee.
A nearly completed trade of Ken Caminiti and Shane Reynolds for Shane Mack and either Larry Casian or Carl Willis fell apart when the Twins kept insisting that Houston cover part of Caminiti's salary.
Dang, I don't know how I missed this comment before posting mine below. Getting senile in my old age, I guess.
Do any of you watch Wipeout? I don't, but my college friend Patrick McIntyre (we played brothers three different times, for some reason) was on last night, and he won.
Wipeout can be fun, if you're just looking to watch something brainless. Watching people get taken out starts out as hilarous, but I usually end up rooting for them by the final stage.
Wipeout is a lot of fun. My kids love it. It's a good family event. It's also a fun family video game.
I've considered picking it up for the Wii, but I don't think I'd spring for that one unless it was down to $20 or so. I suppose it might be that low now.
Given his residence in California, I guess he's the most domestic of the potential foreign coach options. Actually, these days, he probably spends more time in the US than some (many?) of the team's players.
Not sure how much stock to put in his coaching resume. Being successful coaching Germany and Bayern Munich is a little like being successful managing the Yankees, in that the odds are generally rigged in your favor from the start. Still, I have no real reason to believe he's worse than Bradley, so we'll see, I guess. I think a lot of
folks are going to be underwhelmed, though.
Ever seen a tailback dive into the end zone, even though nobody is around to tackle him, just as a lark? Rather than penalize the team 15 yards on the PAT or kickoff, an official can throw a flag on the 1-yard line, take away the touchdown, and put the ball on the 16. Think that might affect the outcome of a game?
Can't wait to see that enforced.
Uh-oh, another No Fun League...
I think at some point the people in charge of sports are going to have to recognize that the world has changed. I don't personally like seeing players showboating, but my attitude is an old-fashioned one, born of reading all the "Chip Hilton" books when I was a kid. In my perfect world, such showboating would stop, but in the world we actually live in, players are going to do this sort of thing, and penalizing it is not really a fair way to decide who's going to win.
That's how I see it. My experience is no better for the excessive celebrations, but young guys full of adrenaline are going to act that way out of instinct, and it doesn't affect the game on the field. I can't stand it when players are penalized - monetarily or in-game - for their personalities. When Terrell Owens was doing all his idiotic touchdown celebrations, wasn't it penalty enough for him to know that practically everyone in the sporting community couldn't stand him?
I can only see it matter if it causes a delay of game. Say your celebration is five minutes long or it causes fans to jump on the field or something. But if it doesn't affect the game on the field, what's the point? Let the players police themselves. I'll never get over the hullabaloo on the Dallas 50 yard-line. That was something else
There is some room for trying to penalize unsportsmanlike conduct, I think. One of the reasons we have officials is that players aren't all that good at policing themselves. It's better to have a ref flag a guy for unsportsmanlike conduct than it is for a player to decide he's going to enforce sportsmanship by going in low and late and breaking a guy's leg (or whatever similar situation you might imagine.)
But I think it'd be a mistake to make the unsportsmanlike conduct penalties too rigid. Excessive touchdown celebrations, or celebrations which are clearly intended to taunt the other team, are like porn. You know it when you see it. I think the NCAA has a penalty for throwing the ball in the air when you score a touchdown. Jake Locker had it called on him once and it took me a few replays to actually see that he threw the ball (it looked plausible that the ball had took a bounce off a helmet.) But it was so quick after the actual touchdown, it's one of those things that falls under spontaneous reaction for me. It was nothing worse than a little fist pump after a big out. On the other hand, I could imagine a player getting in someone else's face and throwing the ball in the air, or whatever, and causing trouble.
It would be beyond tedious to write down a strict set of rules for all this stuff. Just tell the refs to flag unsportsmanlike conduct when they think celebrations are antagonistic or flag delay if the celebration is elaborate and takes a long time.
Twins center fielder Denard Span said he's looking forward to playing his final rehab game for Class AAA Rochester on Friday night and expects to rejoin the big league club this weekend in Oakland.
Twins center fielder Denard Span said he's looking forward to playing his final rehab game for Class AAA Rochester on Friday night and expects to join Washington this weekend
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Dammit, dw, that made me laugh. If it happens now, though, I'm blaming you. Well, mostly Bill Smith, but also you.
Cry.
Now Gardy sez it won't be until Tuesday, barring any setback.
Oh, boy. I'm hoping this isn't a "keep him out of the lineup because he's being traded" thing.
You and me both.
Gardy goes back to what he knows best and puts a second baseman batting second. Fortunately, that's Plouffe against a lefty.
1. Ben Revere, CF
2. Trevor Plouffe, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, 1B
4. Michael Cuddyer, RF
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. Luke Hughes, 3B
8. Matt Tolbert, SS
9. Drew Butera, C
Why does Valencia sit tonight with Liriano pitching against a lefty? The one time a 3B will see a lot of action is with Liriano pitching with that slider down and in to righties. Plus, Valencia had been hitting well of late. He has an .809 OPS in July.
If I'd have to guess, I'd say it was probably punishment for his bad throw yesterday. Not that I agree with it.
It could also be that they played four in some pretty hot weather, but I'd discount that because it kinda makes sense.
Anyone else think Nishioka could use a game or three off?
-yickit
Valencia will find himself under the bus after this game, I guarantee it.
-Zack
The punishment for a bad defense? Worse defense!
I know all Citizens wear a helmet while riding a bike but I thought I would put in a timely reminder. Today I was riding on the Gateway trail when a 12 year old crossed over into my lane right in front of me while I was going about 18 mph. I hit the brakes ran into him and my whole bike flipped over and I landed on my head. Without a helmet I would be in surgery right now getting pieces of skull removed from my brain.
I sat there stunned for a bit and two 60 year old women helped me out. I seemed ok with only two knee scrapes the obvious injuries and since I was only 1/3 of the way into a 75 mile ride I went on. I'm home now and my right knee is swollen and very stiff. My wrist is sore and I have sore ribs on my left side.
I'm going to Ike Reilly tonight so looks like I will have to do some self medication to get me through the night. Also the kids are gone and the wife is going out with her girl friends so you married guys with kids know what that means :o) Don't worry I'm not going to let a few bumps and bruises get in the way of that!
Happy to hear you're mostly alright, free.
uff da! hope the kid was okay as well.
I'd suggest getting a Coors Super Cold Draft (look for the extra bar, so I've been told). You can put it on your knee -- but don't drink it, whatever you do!
Great news, Netflixers: Mad Men's first four seasons are now streaming.
I should probably use that as my motivation to finally watch.
And I, to finally get to the second season.
I hate west coast game
I can live with them.
This is the first time I've ever welcomed one, as I have to work until midnight tonight.
More proof Chris Kluwe is probably the coolest pro football player ever.
Because our overnight lows haven't been going down much (6 record high daily low temps) StL is having their fourth highest mean temperature July on record - highest since the '30s. I think we'll be replacing our upstairs AC instead of getting a sprinkler system this fall.
I'm looking forward to catching a matinée showing of Captain America today with Mrs. Hayes, who has half days on Fridays in the summer. The hope is that, despite the film recently being released, the theater won't be jam-packed with the less-than-considerate audience members one usually finds early in a film's run.
Trying to decide between this and Cowboys & Aliens. The latter has not had good reviews, but I've been looking forward to it since last year so...
I'm not going to back a horse in that race, but out of curiosity I went to Rotten Tomatoes to see what people were saying about these, and I now have to warn people that RT has a comments section that is to be avoided at all costs. The anger that spews forth from those people about movies - movies! - slays me.
I think the vitriol people spew about sports (a game!) is crazy.
Yeah. There's a fine line between passion and anger, and I try not to cross it. I'll never understand grown, otherwise intelligent men who rail against other grown men for having the audacity to be from an area that made it convenient for them to cheer for a different team.
RT might have the most predictable comments section on the planet. Find a great movie that has like a 90% tomato rating. Then find one of the 10% that don't like it. There will be--by law--filth spewed about that critic.
I figured I hadn't stumbled upon anything out of the ordinary for the site.
I really should have an email filter for "I don't give even the slightest of f*cks". 95% of my inbox would end up there. I just got an email about hierarchical changes - some high-up lady in San Antonio and two more out in California are all reporting to a slightly different SVP (of whom we have about a billion).
I do have that. I created a folder called "another inbox". I have all my mail go to "another inbox" unless it meets the criteria for one of my other folders or my name is in the To or Cc field (meaning I didn't get the email via distribution list or Bcc). Now my inbox is much smaller and generally only stuff I care about. I did this because my phone sync's to my inbox and I wanted to cut down on junk in my inbox.
That's a good idea, and I'd like to do that, except our department heads can't figure out email groups or BCC. The "To" line is everyone in the department. And the Corporate Communications emails that are sent to specific user groups, well I do have a filter for them that is "Delete Immediately"
Wow, I guess I can stop complaining about email etiquette where I work.
The emails I got from work had a better filter than that - I only got personnel emails that actually had some bearing on me - but unfortunately, there were a staggering number of people that sent chain letters around (you know, of the "For everyone you send this to, you get $2.63" variety) to everyone in the company. These are people that had worked their way to upper management despite still believing in chain letters that promised money for nothing. That was depressing.
I'm guessing those people likely "fell upwards" then. Seems to be a common thing in Corporate America.
After administering the HS Band distribution lists for a few years, my biggest complaint is that people don't utilize the BCC: for mass lists. Because I just love having my email address on several people's PCs to be harvested and spammed back at me.
Thankfully the chain emails have stopped though.
My biggest complaint is when people hit reply all on mass emails that were sent to too large a distribution on mistake, telling them that they shouldn't get this email, and then having other people reply all saying that replying to all is a really stupid thing to do, and so forth.
I've pretty much only worked at large companies, and can remember 6 or 7 times at multiple companies where this type of thing escalated to over 300 emails in the chain, all of them entirely worthless.
Oh god this is a pet peeve of mine. When I can I'll use the "do not allow reply all" rule in Outlook when there's potential for this. Thank god that exists.
I've seen a few of those. Some people reply all ironically, and it can get kind of funny.
My biggest annoyance was always when someone would reply to a message that was sent to a big alias, but Bcc the alias. When you do that, it breaks the filter rule that says "emails sent to this huge alias that gets a ton of traffic go to this harmless folder" and sends the email to my inbox. But that doesn't happen with my second inbox trick.
From the Department of This Didn't Take Long: Spotify sued for patent infringement.
Cuddy is the Twins' nominee for the Heart & Hustle Award from the MLB Players Alumni Assocation.
TJ archives:
-two summers ago, "[Brett] Favre was the Vikings' human lottery ticket, and the Vikings today feel like anyone who ever wasted their money on a long shot. The initial rush of adrenaline has been replaced by nausea and regret."
Even more comically, "[Brad] Childress can't save face at this point, but he can salvage a smidgen of dignity. He needs to announce during his first news conference in Mankato that the door is closed, that the dalliance with Favre is over even if he changes his mind and asks to suit up next Tuesday." Did Childress ever have any dignity? I remember him being a joke from the moment he arrived.
*Not TJ related at all, but two days ago yesterday was also Burly's first start after his perfect game. Remember, he then retired the first 17 Twins before getting just two more outs while allowing five runs. Pretty fun game.
-in 2007, "[Brad] Childress is even suggesting tape-recording his quarterbacks in the huddle to test their leadership capabilities[.]" Yes, no dignity.
-in 2005, he compared Randy Moss to gumbo. "[W]hat is Moss, after all, other than an jumbled stew of talent, ambition, contrariness and . . . wisdom?"
-in 2003, he wrote a profile of utility infielder Chris Gomez. It included this nugget: "[Gomez] adopted a diet recommended by Seattle second baseman Bret Boone and once used by Twins second baseman Chuck Knoblauch - scores of small meals a day, consisting of rice, chicken and vegetables. Eaten often enough, the meals speed up the metabolism to where, Gomez said, 'You're eating constantly and yet the weight is just falling off.'"
I know a guy who had to do the "eat constantly" diet in order to finally lose weight. He was excited about losing it, but not excited that he had to figure out how to fit eight or nine meals in a day while working a job that usually went ten hours or so.
Yes, but were there many whispers behind that guy's back about his physique?
Not sure, but he's the type who made fun of his own weight. He's a scientist, and not the type that ever goes outside.
Nausea and regret? What I usually feel after reading a TJ column. No rush of adrenaline, though.
I do get a bit of a rush of adrenaline, knowing that such writers can have long, successful careers.
So this stupid Span to the Nationals thing just will not die. I sincerely hope it's just that they keep pestering Smith about it.
from what I have read, its the Nats pursuing Span and not the Twins shopping Span. I think its a 3% chance Span is traded, I would give it 0%, but Billy Smith could get an offer he cant refuse like 3 stud pitchers and Ryan Zimmerman
For Billy Smith to get an offer like that, Brian Sabean would have to be the Nats GM.
Or Bill Smith.
Twins Notes from Fox Sports:
As opposed to upgrading its minor-league rotation?
Just told FTLT I was surprised interest in Young was even "tepid".
make that "tepi_"
Tepid? Why, that almost sounds like someone doubts his talent.
For fun, I thought about trying to see any rumored packages for Twins trades in the past.
In 1995, before trading Kevin Tapani for WASTE, Greg Hansell, and Jose Parra (who was considered the best prospect), the Twins had serious talks with the Rockies. They asked for one of Bryan Rekar, Jamey Wright, or Doug Million. They were also considering Andrew Lorraine + another prospect from the Angels.
When the Twins traded Scott Erickson, they chose Kimera Barett over Damon Buford (they had 2 months to choose). They then immediately lost Bartee in the Rule 5 draft taht winter. Not Terry Ryan's greatest move.
In 1994 at the deadline (how stupid would it have been to make a deadline deal before the strike), the Twins had serious talks with the Angels about Aguilera. The Twins were asking for two of Lorraine, Brian Anderson, Troy Percival, and Phil Leftwich. A final demand that was turned down by the Angels featured Aggie for Percival, Lorraine and J.T. Snow.
In the winter of 1997, a report indicated that the Twins were attepting to trade Knoblauch to the Yankees for Bernie Williams and Ramiro Mendoza. The Twins then planned to turn around and trade Williams away. A month later, the Yankees were balking about trading Mendoza and would also not package Eric Milton with Ricky Ledee.
A nearly completed trade of Ken Caminiti and Shane Reynolds for Shane Mack and either Larry Casian or Carl Willis fell apart when the Twins kept insisting that Houston cover part of Caminiti's salary.
Klinsmann in as Birds of War manager. Let's hope for the best.
Dang, I don't know how I missed this comment before posting mine below. Getting senile in my old age, I guess.
Do any of you watch Wipeout? I don't, but my college friend Patrick McIntyre (we played brothers three different times, for some reason) was on last night, and he won.
Wipeout can be fun, if you're just looking to watch something brainless. Watching people get taken out starts out as hilarous, but I usually end up rooting for them by the final stage.
Wipeout is a lot of fun. My kids love it. It's a good family event. It's also a fun family video game.
I've considered picking it up for the Wii, but I don't think I'd spring for that one unless it was down to $20 or so. I suppose it might be that low now.
Herr Klinsmann to coach US men's national team.
Given his residence in California, I guess he's the most domestic of the potential foreign coach options. Actually, these days, he probably spends more time in the US than some (many?) of the team's players.
Not sure how much stock to put in his coaching resume. Being successful coaching Germany and Bayern Munich is a little like being successful managing the Yankees, in that the odds are generally rigged in your favor from the start. Still, I have no real reason to believe he's worse than Bradley, so we'll see, I guess. I think a lot of
folks are going to be underwhelmed, though.
Phil Miller with a good blog post after Big Ten media day.
Can't wait to see that enforced.
Uh-oh, another No Fun League...
I think at some point the people in charge of sports are going to have to recognize that the world has changed. I don't personally like seeing players showboating, but my attitude is an old-fashioned one, born of reading all the "Chip Hilton" books when I was a kid. In my perfect world, such showboating would stop, but in the world we actually live in, players are going to do this sort of thing, and penalizing it is not really a fair way to decide who's going to win.
That's how I see it. My experience is no better for the excessive celebrations, but young guys full of adrenaline are going to act that way out of instinct, and it doesn't affect the game on the field. I can't stand it when players are penalized - monetarily or in-game - for their personalities. When Terrell Owens was doing all his idiotic touchdown celebrations, wasn't it penalty enough for him to know that practically everyone in the sporting community couldn't stand him?
I can only see it matter if it causes a delay of game. Say your celebration is five minutes long or it causes fans to jump on the field or something. But if it doesn't affect the game on the field, what's the point? Let the players police themselves. I'll never get over the hullabaloo on the Dallas 50 yard-line. That was something else
There is some room for trying to penalize unsportsmanlike conduct, I think. One of the reasons we have officials is that players aren't all that good at policing themselves. It's better to have a ref flag a guy for unsportsmanlike conduct than it is for a player to decide he's going to enforce sportsmanship by going in low and late and breaking a guy's leg (or whatever similar situation you might imagine.)
But I think it'd be a mistake to make the unsportsmanlike conduct penalties too rigid. Excessive touchdown celebrations, or celebrations which are clearly intended to taunt the other team, are like porn. You know it when you see it. I think the NCAA has a penalty for throwing the ball in the air when you score a touchdown. Jake Locker had it called on him once and it took me a few replays to actually see that he threw the ball (it looked plausible that the ball had took a bounce off a helmet.) But it was so quick after the actual touchdown, it's one of those things that falls under spontaneous reaction for me. It was nothing worse than a little fist pump after a big out. On the other hand, I could imagine a player getting in someone else's face and throwing the ball in the air, or whatever, and causing trouble.
It would be beyond tedious to write down a strict set of rules for all this stuff. Just tell the refs to flag unsportsmanlike conduct when they think celebrations are antagonistic or flag delay if the celebration is elaborate and takes a long time.
Good news on the injury front. From JoeC:
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Dammit, dw, that made me laugh. If it happens now, though, I'm blaming you. Well, mostly Bill Smith, but also you.
Cry.
Now Gardy sez it won't be until Tuesday, barring any setback.
Oh, boy. I'm hoping this isn't a "keep him out of the lineup because he's being traded" thing.
You and me both.
Gardy goes back to what he knows best and puts a second baseman batting second. Fortunately, that's Plouffe against a lefty.
1. Ben Revere, CF
2. Trevor Plouffe, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, 1B
4. Michael Cuddyer, RF
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. Luke Hughes, 3B
8. Matt Tolbert, SS
9. Drew Butera, C
Why does Valencia sit tonight with Liriano pitching against a lefty? The one time a 3B will see a lot of action is with Liriano pitching with that slider down and in to righties. Plus, Valencia had been hitting well of late. He has an .809 OPS in July.
If I'd have to guess, I'd say it was probably punishment for his bad throw yesterday. Not that I agree with it.
It could also be that they played four in some pretty hot weather, but I'd discount that because it kinda makes sense.
The punishment for a bad defense? Worse defense!
I know all Citizens wear a helmet while riding a bike but I thought I would put in a timely reminder. Today I was riding on the Gateway trail when a 12 year old crossed over into my lane right in front of me while I was going about 18 mph. I hit the brakes ran into him and my whole bike flipped over and I landed on my head. Without a helmet I would be in surgery right now getting pieces of skull removed from my brain.
I sat there stunned for a bit and two 60 year old women helped me out. I seemed ok with only two knee scrapes the obvious injuries and since I was only 1/3 of the way into a 75 mile ride I went on. I'm home now and my right knee is swollen and very stiff. My wrist is sore and I have sore ribs on my left side.
I'm going to Ike Reilly tonight so looks like I will have to do some self medication to get me through the night. Also the kids are gone and the wife is going out with her girl friends so you married guys with kids know what that means :o) Don't worry I'm not going to let a few bumps and bruises get in the way of that!
Happy to hear you're mostly alright, free.
uff da! hope the kid was okay as well.
I'd suggest getting a Coors Super Cold Draft (look for the extra bar, so I've been told). You can put it on your knee -- but don't drink it, whatever you do!
Great news, Netflixers: Mad Men's first four seasons are now streaming.
I should probably use that as my motivation to finally watch.
And I, to finally get to the second season.
I hate west coast game
I can live with them.
This is the first time I've ever welcomed one, as I have to work until midnight tonight.
More proof Chris Kluwe is probably the coolest pro football player ever.
http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Kluwe-McNabb-Agree-To-Terms-On-No-5/d276a4b4-fdee-47cb-8ea7-d3761ea53e3a
That was awesome.
Kluwe loves his whiteboards.
Harmon would not have approved of their signatures, however.
Signing McNabb might end up being worth for that right there.
I met sean today. He got a nice new pair of shoes. I hope that he didn't ruin them cutting rugs at the wedding he is attending.
I've met him too, and he does look like the crazy, dancing type.
Fortunately they have a dancing floor. Well, did.