87 thoughts on “March 10, 2013: Get to Work, Dudes”

    1. I love it when scientists "accidentally" discover something. I read that as code for "we're lucky we didn't blow up our lab and/or die".

      1. Penicillin!

        Interesting element I'd never heard:

        Fleming showed the contaminated culture to his former assistant Merlin Price, who reminded him, "That's how you discovered lysozyme."

        Every time this guy tripped, he probably found pennies on the ground where he landed.

    2. People will flock to electric cars if you can charge them under 15 minutes and go 200 miles or more. This should be able to do it eventually. That is awesome. If you can charge your car at home with a normal heavy-duty extension in an hour or two, that would be even better.

  1. The town closest to sbgville wins the state class B title. First team from our district to win title since 1979.

      1. The Sully Buttes Chargers finish fourth in the state, falling to Hanson 50-34. The Potter County Battlers boys team plays in the state tournament this week.

    1. Me, too. I know a 64, or 66, or 68, or whatever number they're up to now-team tournament isn't the most fair way to determine a champion, but it's a lot of fun when the underdogs win.

    1. Again I say, congrats! Keep us [me] apprised of any new work; now that I've got taste, I could probably do with more art.

        1. Also because Torre had told Gardy that Mauer would catch no more than six innings. so, of course, he went seven. Close enough, I guess.

    1. I don't understand having Zobrist bunt. Does Torre think his ability to play many positions makes him equivalent to Willie [redacted] Bloomquist?

      1. The only advantage to bunting there is to move the runners up and eliminate the double play chance from an infield ground ball. But you have to execute the sacrifice and move the runners up to make it worthwhile.

    1. I agree. This is the second time that he was brought in right after the starting pitcher and got hit around. I think he's gotten used to being a late-inning guy and is having a hard time adjusting his routine.

      1. I'm dubious. He said he can get ready very quickly and is fine whenever, though prefers starting an inning since you have more time. I would sooner blame it on playing in early March.

  2. Michael Saunders is batting .700 in the WBC and already homered in this game, so he bunts for a single with the bottom of the lineup coming up.

  3. I don't care if it ended up as a hit, bunting with just one on and one out while down by two runs is stupid.

    1. Not necessarily. I don't know how far back Wright was, but it can make a lot of sense to keep the defense honest. Next time Saunders bats, Wright will have to play farther up, making it easier for Saunders to get a hit by him.

        1. Sure, why not? I don't know what kind of bunter Saunders is, but it was a nice bunt so I'm assuming he's capable enough.

          1. Saunders is one of the few Canadians with power. They needed a homer there. They didn't need him to leave it up to the bottom of the order.

            1. If he could will a home run whenever, I'm sure he would have done that instead. What they needed was a non-out. His career OBP is under .300, and last season's was merely .306. Assuming he's "hot", that's still 60+% chance of an out. He made that probably under 30% chance instead with the bunt.

                1. How obvious it is to me now. Saunders was such a fool and should have hit a home run instead of bunted.

  4. Nice "bullshit" from Bowa there. They said yesterday that under 20% of what Bowa utters will be safe for showing, so naturally they put him on as much as possible.

  5. Genius Torre is ridiculous. He refuses to use Craig Kimbrel, and he brings in a side-armer with extreme splits to pitch to a left-handed batter.

  6. Nice win for USA. I didn't realize how much I missed baseball until this weekend. Twins on Friday, WBC on Saturday and Sunday. A good weekend.

  7. if you dont mind listening to Spanish, ESPN is airing the Dominican Republic WBC game

    nice for those of us who dont get the MLB Net

  8. at one point in the 1st period of the Wild game, there were 5 Wild players in the penalty box.

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