August 2005

Red Light Green Light 1 2 3 runs across

Bxf10608282234During a rough inning, Tigers’ pitcher Nate Robertson decides to forgo pitching and focus on simpler games like hide&seek …

Taking “headhunting” to a whole ‘nother level

Death imitates art

"A Connecticut artist plans to exhibit a sculpture of baseball great Ted Williams’ severed head at a New York gallery next month.

Daniel Edwards of Moosup, Conn., said the inspiration for the sculpture came to him when it was revealed that the Hall of Famer’s head was removed and cryogenically frozen with his torso at Scottsdale’s Alcor Life Extension Foundation."

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… next up for Edwards, perhaps a sculpture of the late Wilt Chamberlain’s phallus … ???

Would you want Raffy as your AA sponsor?

‘roids and rum and Coke

One day after Ponson was arrested for drunken driving — his second such charge this year — Palmeiro said, "I’m not going to sit here and crucify him. The one thing I’m going to do is stand by him. He supported me and I’m going to do the same for him. We all make mistakes; we’re here to help him."

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I can just imagine Raffy talking to Ponson …
"Hey Sid …. the next time you are a bit tipsy … take this stuff …."

Royals are 16 shades of blue

How does a team lose 16 consecutive games? Well, one thing is certain … it has to be a TEAM effort. And with the Royals current streak, no one escapes the blame …. as witness by these stats during the losing streak:

Player GM GS AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB K BA SPct
Mike Sweeney 16 16 62 9 14 2 0 3 7 5 9 .226 .403
David DeJesus 16 16 61 7 16 7 0 1 6 2 14 .262 .426
Emil Brown 16 16 60 5 14 2 2 1 9 3 14 .233 .383
Angel Berroa 16 16 58 3 18 2 0 1 6 0 9 .310 .397
Mark Teahen 15 14 50 3 9 2 1 0 2 5 15 .180 .260
Terrence Long 14 9 39 4 9 3 0 1 10 1 6 .231 .385
John Buck 11 10 38 4 8 2 0 1 2 1 11 .211 .342
Chip Ambres 13 10 38 7 10 2 0 2 4 4 10 .263 .474
Donald Murphy 11 11 33 2 5 3 0 0 0 3 5 .152 .242
Matt Stairs 10 10 30 6 10 4 0 1 8 6 2 .333 .567
Joe McEwing 10 6 22 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 .227 .273
Ruben Gotay 6 3 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 .067 .133
Paul Phillips 4 3 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167
Denny Hocking 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143
Alberto Castillo 3 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .333
164 144 531 56 124 31 3 11 55 36 104 .234 .365

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Does this dress make my bulge look fat?

"If that’s not the play of the year, I’ll protest. He had better not get a girlfriend between now and the ESPY’s, because I want to go with him."
–Mets first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, on a backwards, diving, bare-handed catch by teammate David Wright (New York Times)

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Considering Minky’s woeful batting average, that would constitute his biggest hit with a man in scoring position all year.

Some team left their stars out in the rain …

Moez10108130217Members of the 1985 World Series champion KC Royals greet each other before the 1st annual "Old Timers Tarpulin Slide" competition.

The Continuing Adventures of Billy Simon, Orioles Towelboy

Bab10808130300Billy collects the used towels from that night’s game, as Brian Roberts sits in the opposite corner and wonders what Billy will think when he discovers what Roberts left for him on his towel.

You can give up 4 runs and 12 hits anytime …

Stretching the limits of a "Quality Start"

"Maddux held the Cardinals to four runs on 12 hits in the Cubs’ 11-4 victory on Thursday…"  (a complete game win for Maddux)

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I know the Cards are an excellent offense, but since when did we start to heap praise on someone "holding" them to 4 runs and 12 hits?

He got a great jump, but was caught anyway

Ah the stupidity of youth

Captm080957a

"Harper told three friends he was sitting with that he was going to test whether the net would hold his weight — and then he jumped, police said."

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Somehow I doubt this will turn into a promotion similar to letting kids run the bases after games.

Just your basic 11-run ninth inning

There must be … 50 ways to lose a ballgame (and the Royals know each one)

Cleveland – Top of 9th Score KC 7, Cleveland 2
Mike MacDougal pitching for Kansas City
M MacDougal relieved A Burgos.
C Blake doubled to left.
G Sizemore doubled to deep left, C Blake scored. (7-3)
C Crisp singled to center, G Sizemore scored. (7-4)
J Peralta struck out looking. (1st out)
T Hafner doubled to deep right, C Crisp to third. V Martinez singled to left, C Crisp scored, T Hafner to third. (7-5)
R Vazquez ran for V Martinez. R Belliard safe at first on error by shortstop A Berroa, T Hafner scored, R Vazquez advanced to second on play, R Vazquez tagged out at second attempting to advance on play. (7-6) (2nd out)
J Liefer hit for B Broussard.
J Liefer safe at second on error by left fielder C Ambres, R Belliard scored. (7-7)
A Boone doubled to deep left, J Liefer scored. (8-7 Cleveland)
J Gobble relieved M MacDougal.
C Blake intentionally walked.
G Sizemore singled to right, A Boone scored, C Blake to second, C Blake scored, G Sizemore to second on error by right fielder E Brown. (10-7)
C Crisp walked.
J Peralta homered to left, G Sizemore and C Crisp scored. (13-7)
T Hafner struck out swinging.
11 Runs, 8 Hits, 3 Errors (7 runs scored AFTER 2 were out!)

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Player GM W L IP H R ER HR BB K ERA K9 BB9
D.J. Carrasco 3 0 2 16.33 12 13 9 2 13 10 4.96 5.51 7.16
Ambiorix Burgos 9 0 2 10.33 9 4 4 0 2 11 3.48 9.58 1.74
Jose Lima 3 0 3 18.67 20 11 11 2 9 11 5.30 5.30 4.34
Jeremy Affeldt 7 0 1 6.00 10 8 8 1 6 4 12.00 6.00 9.00
Mike MacDougal 5 0 1 4.67 9 9 6 1 1 8 11.57 15.43 1.93
Runelvys Hernandez 3 0 2 13.00 18 16 16 4 7 9 11.08 6.23 4.85
Kyle Snyder 2 0 2 8.33 20 14 14 3 1 2 15.12 2.16 1.08
Jimmy Gobble 6 0 0 7.00 13