A certain well-known Springsteen fan posted a piece on his blog the other day which read an awful lot like an audition for inclusion into our "Father Knows Best" feature. You can check it out here.
Oh, and the Milkman is sleeping off his birthday cake, so let's try to keep it down this morning.
I can't believe I'm so high.
Eric Freeman is kind of a dick.
I read that Posnanski article yesterday and loved it. It always amazes me how much fun it is to read his writings, really about anything.
That really was a fantastic article.
Oops. The beer train took me straight to forget-about-Cup-of-Coffee Land. Thanks, CH. I need to start scheduling four or five at a time again.
Hey, I remembered the Cup, but forgot to put out my recycling this morning. So it looks like I'll be trying to cram a month's worth into one cart (we're able to recycle an awful lot of stuff here in the People's Republic).
Is it thursday already? 🙂
This is your daily "Is it Thursday?" update:
Nope. It's not.
And yet I remembered to roll out the trash. Yay.
The results are preliminary, but apparently baseball is played outside of the AL East.
actually, JoePos has already made an apperance in the father knows best column...
speaking of, we've fallen a little behind on that one. my suggestion is to downshift it to a monthly column instead of a bi-, semi-, whathaveyou-monthly column. i'm thinking 3rd thursdays. here is my updated schedule proposal:
october 20: cheaptoy
november 17: SBG
december 15: spookymilk
january 19: Can o’ Corn
after that, we can take up another collection for authors. is that all right with everyone? i will try to be more diligent with reminders and the like.
Shoot, by mid-January it's entirely possible some more Citizens will be expectant fathers.
I can guarantee that I won't be.
and me, too.
I don't listen to KFAN and I'm okay with that:
I may be pissed about the Twins this year and their inability to push the Yanks out of the playoffs, but there are a million other reasons to hate the Yankees.
So, we're supposed to root for the yankees? And why shouldn't we want Detroit to win? I've always liked the other teams in our division, the white sox excepted, and would want any of them to take the title over the yankees.
I was cheering for Valverde to blow the save last night, but for the Tigers to still pull off the win. Cap'n Jetes whiffing to end it was an acceptable alternative to me.
I'm surprised they didn't give him a third chance, since he did get this 3000th hit earlier this year and all.
WHAT?!?!? How did I not hear about that?
Valverde beaning Jeter on the up and in pitch would have also been acceptable, but the way it happened there was no chance of injury, so it's probably better.
Valverde and Cabrerra are compelling arguments against Detroit, although the Yankees losing does trump even them for now. I could handle Detroit beating the Yankees then losing to the Rays.
Exactly, I will root against Detroit next round.
For whatever reason, I don't really like the Rangers, but if I have to see Hamilton in the world series again, I'd take that over Valverde.
I'd prefer Tampa to get their act together, though.
Hamilton is pretty much the reason I dislike the Rangers, but I'm with you, I'd still prefer him over Valverde.
I blame the media more for Hamilton, but Valverde is a creation of his own
Oh yeah, no question about that. But then, isn't that a good deal why most of us have such disdain for the Yankees as well, doucheira and Girardi excepted (for being their own reason)?
Well, that, and a few ALDSes.
Hey, those are repressed memories, dammit.
If Hamilton was as bad as Valverde, he'd be strutting after each called ball.
I would actually love to see that. Well, just once.
Then I'd like to see him get one in the
earholeribs.I get it for Cabrerra, but tell me why do we hate Valverde?
You don't have to hate him, but his stupid little dance and over-reaction to each pitch he throws grates on my nerves. Plus, it pisses me off that he went 49 for 49 on save chances this year when he was constantly giving up hits, walking guys and letting meaningless runs score. So, at least half of why I don't like him is because I don't like the save stat.
I hate the Save stat as much as I hate anything, but at least 97% of my dislike for him is his ridiculous mound persona. Fist-pumping for a single strike? Ugh.
Or for me, Sox included.
Of the past decade, 2005 was my favorite postseason (though if you ask me on a different day 2001 and 2003 might contend as well). The ALCS was about as exciting as a 4-1 series can get, with all four wins being CG wins.
45 ESPN experts picked the playoff scenarios in April.
All 45 had the Red Sox winning the division.
33 picked them to win it all... crazy.
On a less happy note, nine picked the Twins to win the central...
Speaking of which, my playoff bracket took a hit with that second Rangers win last night.
Yeah, there is a real chance that I could have a perfect bracket, which would be awesome.
given that you picked the Yankmes to win the first round in 4, I think not.
By 'perfect', I mean that there's a pretty good chance I could go 0-for-the playoffs.
ahhh soooo.
The only series that I can't get exactly right is STL-PHI (picked a phillies sweep). The Phils are the only team I picked that aren't currently leading their series.
Today I need DET, TB, and ARI to win to keep my hopes alive for those bonus points.
MLB playoffs != college hockey playoffs
I can't get ARI-MIL exactly right, and unless the snakes rattle off three wins in a row here, my brackef is the most half-bakef of them all.
That is a sweet spreadsheet (and pie charts!), so thanks to whoever put that together.
I'm glad you pointed out the pie charts, because I never thought to scroll down.
It's always a fun to sneak a little Robert Bly into a history lecture.
damn. for a second I thought you meant William Bligh.
Ok, so First Monday Book Day didn't happen last night either. Withhold my wages for the day. I will try again today.
Withhold my wages for the day.
that's okay. california will do it for us.
An interview with Brad Collins, who plays Kansas City Royals mascot Slugerrr.
That makes two of us.
Local brewery Ale Asylum plans for a new brewery, for those interested in that sort of thing.
My neighbor's house got robbed several weeks ago. He told Dr. Chop that his roommate was a meth head / cook and that he suspected that he was to blame. He then went on a tirade about how the meth head burned down a barn to get the insurance, and that the meth head was attempting to frame him. Dr. Chop and I ran into him about a two weeks ago and he looked s-t-r-u-n-g out, shortly afterword two dudes arrive at his house, mount up in Kevlar vests with POLICE printed across them, and enter his house guns out and up. He hasn't been back since. I don't really care what folks do, but from the description he was giving Dr. Chop we suspect that he was cooking across the street.
The neighbor got busted? Or the methcookhead?
I think he "robbed" himself, and concocted the whole roommate story to deflect blame from his meth house.
Aha, so it's sort of Secret Window-esque, then?
WWTDD?
I really don't know why I didn't choose the much more obvious movie reference there.
I just finished the latest Breaking Bad. It's hard to breathe. My prediction:
I personally liked
prediction.
That is precisely what I took from the situation too.
Another reason to support the HPV vaccine?
Ok, then.