TWIB - September 29th

TWIB stands for "This Week in Baseball" It used to be a pretty good TV show, now it just sucks. Anyway, if you didn't know what that meant, now you do.

• There have been two players recently who have been suspended for the rest of the season. First Jose Guillen, now Milton Bradley. I say "Bravo". I am so tired of the idea that one player is above the team, and that he feels he can do as he pleases. Both Guillen and Bradley's selfish tantrums have damaged the teams chances for the post-season. I'm glad that teams are putting their feet down and stopping this behavior.
• The Twins bullpen has been less than stellar during this most recent series with the Yankees. When was the last time Johan had a 3-1 lead after 6 innings and lost? Seriously, I'd like to know. Then Kyle Lohse pitched, so that was a loss. And finally tonight, Bernie Williams hit a homerun in the bottom of the ninth to win. I hope they just felt like getting it out of their systems now and this isn't indicative of how they will play in the post-season.
• The AL and NL West and Wild Card races are in full swing. Personally I hope the Angels win the West, Boston wins the Wild Card, the Dodgers win the West and that the Cubs, Giants, or Astros don't win the Wild Card. As much of an outside shot as it is, I'd like to see the Padres make it. (I think after last night, when I started this, the Padres are eliminated by virtue of losing the tie-breaker. They cannot win outright)
• Adam Dunn set a strikeout record this week. He is at 191 for the season and counting. This breaks Bobby Bonds' previous record of 190. Way to take it like a man Adam. A couple of years ago, Jose Hernandez sat the last week of the season with 189 strikeouts. Wuss. Adam is more like Mike Maroth. Last year, Mike Maroth started his turn in the rotation, knowing full well he'd probably lose his 20th game of the season, which he did. So Adam, you are the winner of the first annual "Mike Maroth Award" awarded for having the balls to suck and excellence in futility. Really, I'm sending him a plaque and everything.

Closing Shot: I wish Mel Allen was still alive to do TWIB on TV.

So now you can all stop asking me about it...

I've decided I'm not going to ask Emily out. I've lost the will to do so. Everytime I stop by to see her, only Kayla or Meghan is there. I gets harder and harder to keep making myself go up to her room. It's over, so you can quit asking me about it.

Assault Weapons Ban and the fine reporting of the Times-Delphic

Today in the campus newspaper, the Times-Delphic, there was an article by Jason Boothe entitled "Ban on assault weapons expires; expiration cause for celebration". This is a largely a crappy ass attempt at satire by some liberal wienie (for the record I hate both parties equally). This kid lost all credibility in just 2 sentences, I* believe a new record low for the high quality paper that is the TD. He starts by asking "Are you in need of an AK-47, an Uzi, a Street Sweeper, a Kalashnikov, or any one of several other military-style assault weapons?" Hey dipshit, what the hell do you think AK stands for? It means Avtomat Kalashnikova, Russian for Automatic Kalashnikov. The very next sentence is "While you’re there, be sure to buy that grenade launcher attachment and bayonet mount that you’ve always wanted." Well, this has two things wrong. First off, the assault-weapon ban never mentions grenade launchers nor bayonets . Even still, grenade launchers are still illegal. They are outlawed by a totally different federal statute. So, in just 56 words, Mr. Boothe has already lost my respect for his point of view. For reference, that asterisk up there by the word "I" is 56 words in. This is, unfortunately, indicitave of the quality of our campus paper editorials. The best article this semester was written as a letter to the editor by my friend John, a freaking music major (the one on the left). The rest of the paper is usually ok.

Personally, I'm glad the goddamned thing expired. I'm not against the idea of an assault weapons ban, just against inept government wasting valuable time on crappy laws that don't do jack. I feel that gun control is a very important issue. Let's examine some arguments used for both sides.

Pro-Gun
"Guns don't kill people, people kill people." - Yeah, well, the gun helps. When was the last time someone died because a bullet was thrown at them?
"Suing gun manufacturers is like suing car companies when people die in car accidents" - The last time I checked, the purpose of a car was to get you from A to B, not hurl metal at the speed of sound through your flesh.
"The Second Amendment protects our right to carry arms" - Acutally the Second Amendment states that "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" No longer is a "well regulated militia" necessary for the security of the country. We have a standing army now. We haven't had militias since the Civil War.

Anti-Gun
"You don't need an AK-47 to hunt deer" - No, you don't. But the bear you come across while you are looking for deer could care less about that whimpy ass deer rifle.
"The assault weapons ban cut down on crime" - How many people do you honestly think wanted to kill someone, went to the store, asked for an M-16, and when the clerk said "We can't sell those" decided that a different gun just wouldn't cut it and left? None of them. A bullet to the head will kill you, whether its from an Uzi or a Smith and Weston.
"The ban was effective in policing assault weapons" - It didn't do anything to curb assault weapons. Fully automatic weapons have been outlawed since police were getting their asses kicked with Tommy guns in the 30's.

The bottom line is that the assault weapons ban was a piece of legislation aimed at shutting up the whiney liberals while not acutally doing anything to harm the psychotic right-wingers guns. There were no limits on caliber, round velocity, or rate of fire. The ban was aimed at only semi-automatic weapons, meaning you could fire as many shots as you could pull the trigger. The ban limited things like "pistol grips" and magazine capacities. A pistol grip doesn't make a gun deadly, its the fucking lead slug wizzing at your head. On semi-automatic weapons, what the hell is the point of limiting magazine sizes, you still only get one bullet per trigger pull. All it means is you have to reload sooner. The law is full of more crap like that doesn't do anything but give people more to bitch about.

Closing Shot: I think that the government needs to just back off of people's lives. Quit regulating everything possible. If I'm 18, there is no reason I shouldn't be allowed full priviledges as a US Citizen. This means alcohol and gambling at 18. If I can vote, I should be able drink and piss my money away.

The Theives at ESPN.com

I don't know how many of you frequent ESPN.com, but they are theives. Take a look at "What's In a Name?" by Eric Neel. The premise is that people wrote in with their favorite names of baseball players and then people then vote on the best name by position. Great idea, Eric, except its pretty much mine. These players appeared on both lists:

• Augie Ojeda
• Lew Ford
• Pokey Reese
• Rocco Baldelli
• Wily Mo Pena

That's half my list. Furthermore, that is everyone that is from my list that is currently on a major league roster. The other members are dead, retired, in Japan, or still in AAA. I can't say that Neel, who's column "On Baseball" is pretty good, stole my list. The list was compiled from emails from readers. What he did take is my idea. This isn't an annual occurence at ESPN.com, this is the first time it's happened. If anyone can get me in touch with Mr. Neel, I'd like to get some recognition for my contributions to the discourse on baseball names.

The Original Best Baseball Names list

Closing Shot: This was satire, they aren't really theives. I'm not joking about wanting recognition, however.

Mid life crisis at 18

For those of you who know me from last year, its time for my annual "What Am I Doing with my Life?" panic attack, although it came much sooner than last year.

As I sat in Differential Equations, listening to Kopesky mumble about seperable varibles, I questioned my justifications for being a Math/Physics/Astronomy major. Physics is so complicated now that contemporary physicists do little for society. String theory doesn't stop starvation in Africa. Astronomers are studying space dust while war rages across the globe. Mathematicians, I don't even know what they do besides not cure cancer.

Physics is so grating. Everyday, its more electric fields and thermodynamics. There is no point in learning that crap. Why anyone would ever want to describe the adiabatic compression of an ideal gas in terms of the volume, pressure, and the gamma constant is beyond me. Seriously, that was on the test I took Wednesday. Do you know what else? I'm not going to change my major. I'll probably end up going all through grad school hating it every day just a little more.

I had a dream last night. In my dream, I was married and had 3 kids, a dog, a grandma sedan, a minivan - a life I absolutely dread. I want a wife and kids someday, but if I am just a suburbanite, I'll go nuts. If I have 2 cars, 2.3 kids, and a mortgage, there will be carnage. Do you want to know why I got stuck in that life? I threw my chances at grad school away because I was burnt out, and got a job teaching high school physics and calculus to a bunch of teenagers who don't give a shit about Albert Einstein except to say "Einstein failed algebra" to justify their lack of effort.

I want to travel to Australia, Europe, all 32 major league baseball parks (22 to go). I want a car I could take through the woods at high speeds, hugging the corners as my wife freaks out eventhough she knows I'm in total control of the car and then drive to work on Monday. My job will be something fun, like aerodynamicist on a racing team or assistant GM of a baseball team (Terry Ryan, you listening?)

If I stick with Physics, and I will because I'm a wuss and afraid of change, I've narrowed down 3 jobs I'd do, 2 of which I'd like and the other that I could tolerate. First off, I'd love to design planes. I love flying. There is nothing like flying. It would be a great extension of my passion for flight to design planes. I'd like to work on fighters, planes that are fast and agile, no flying buses. Second, is the aerodynamicist job I mentioned earlier. I like fast cars, so this would be a good fit. I'd want to do F1 though, no circle racing for me. Last off, what I'd put up with but not really enjoy, is being a professor. The thing I don't think I could put up with in being a professor is all the extra work that goes with it. You have to get a Ph.D. which requires more school. After that is post-doc research, which I will hate.

Then there is always the Marines or the Air Force. I've considered the Air Force because I'd like to fly. But if there is a chance I'm going to die while I'm at my job, I'm going to be a Marine. Marines are most kick ass branch of the military. They train the hardest, do the hardest jobs, and if I'm going out, I'm going out as one of the best.

Here is the problem though, I'm too smart for the military. I think too much to blindly follow orders. The mental conditioning of basic training would be lost on me. I'd sit there and say to myself "Lifting this log over our heads is supposed to foster a brotherhood feeling. This is retarded." The military is designed to run on the ranks of the less intelligent of our society. Don't believe me, look at your graduating class in high school. The kids that went to the military most likely did so to either follow in a family tradition or wouldn't have made it in college. There are exceptions sure, there always are. Also, I don't like being told what to do.

Check back next semester when I go through exactly the same time. It usually coincides with Valentine's Day when I feel lonely.

SethSpeaks.net

Some of you may remember this post, where I went absolutely bonkers because someone actually posted a comment on my site, Lisa excluded. Well, I've got better news. Seth over at SethSpeaks.net actually wrote about my site and linked to me. We've exchanged emails on occasion, most recently discussing Scrubs. If you haven't seen Scrubs, you need to. It is the best show on TV that isn't animated or doesn't involved fake news.

Seth is a really cool guy, and his writing is top notch. If you are aching for an update on how a prospect is doing down in A ball, Seth is the guy to see. He also has good stuff about the guy in the Show too. My favorite part is his deft use of statistics. Any fool can throw together some numbers, but Seth uses them in appropriate situations and always follows with meaningful commentary.

Closing Shot: I was so excited, I forgot to do my Psychology Lab assignment. It's OK though, I've still got an hour to get done.

Twins Lineup (Ode to the Utilityman)

This started as a discussion of the lineup last night. It has evolved (or devolved depending on your view) into a sort of "Ode to the Utilityman".

I was just looking over the box score for tonight's game, and I noticed that many of the Twins players were not the usual cast of Twins. For your comparison:

Position	Opening Day	September 21st
Starting Pitcher	Radke	Lohse
Catcher	Mauer	Borders
First Base	Mientkiewicz	Morneau
Second Base	Rivas	Rivas
Thrid Base	Koskie	Koskie
Shortstop	Guzman	Bartlett
Left Field	Stewart	Restovich
Center Field	Hunter	Ford
Right Field	Jones	Jones
Designated Hitter	LeCroy	Kubel

Well, I find this quite interesting. The starting pitchers aren't a big surprise, they change every day. Everything else I find amazing. 5 of the 9 position players and the DH are different from the Opening Day roster. What this tells me is that no matter who needs a day off or no matter who is injured, someone is there to pick up the slack.

Lew plays the entire outfield if he needs too, and DH to boot. Cuddyer will play 2nd or 3rd. Augie will play 2B or SS. So will Punto. LeCroy will sit behind the plate, play first, or DH. The Twins have so many people that are willing to help the team by playing anywhere they are needed. This is why they are a force to be reckoned with.

A look at who has played where for the Twins:

Catcher: Mauer, LeCroy, Bowen, Borders, Blanco
First Base: Morneau, LeCroy, Offerman, Cuddyer, Mientkiewicz
Second Base: Cuddyer, Punto, Prieto, Rivas, Ojeda, Offerman
Third Base: Koskie, Cuddyer, Tiffee, Prieto, Ojeda, Punto
Shortstop: Guzman, Punto, Bartlett, Ojeda, Prieto
Outfield: Ford, Stewart, Hunter, Jones, Cuddyer, Ryan, Restovich, Kubel, Punto

Now positions by player:

Cuddyer - 4
Punto - 4
Prieto - 4
Prieto - 3
LeCroy - 2
Offerman - 2

This team is a bunch of guys who go out to help the team win. They play where they are needed. Pretty much the only thing Cuddyer hasn't done is pitch. Ojeda, Punto, and Prieto have played 3 infield positions, along again with Cuddyer. The value of these guys is not in their bat or glove, but in their love for the game and their willingness to play without hesitation where are needed.

Closing Shot: I love the utilityman.

Twins Rock!

I was going to write my normal Twins notes piece this morning, until I realized that the Twins could clinch the division tonight. I laid off in hopes I could proclaim the Twins victory. Looks like I was right.

• The Twins clinched a third straight division title. They did so by beating the White Sox in Chicago, their whipping post all season. The only thing that would have made that better is if they beat the White Sox in Minneapolis.
• I just looked at my bobbleheads. Torii has a plaque proudly displaying "AL Central Champions 2002" and Al Newman has a plaque saying "Back to back AL Central Champions 2003". Next year, I'm hoping for the bobblehead of my boy Lew Ford saying "Back to back to back AL Central Champions 2004"
• Writing this just now, I'm glad that baseball's season is entirely contained in one calendar year. NHL, NBA, and NFL champions are listed as 2002-2003 Champions and the like, making it much harder to write.
• "Sit Down, Bitch!" Tracker: Johan struck out 14 Sunday, bring him up to 254 for the year. I predicted 219 +/- 4. Johan's 14 K's were a career high. I was delighted. This leaves him just 4 short of Bert Blyleven's Twins record of 258. He has also gone 30 scoreless innings, meaning he is closing in on J.C. Romero's club record of 36 1/3 set just last week.
• Sorry to bring down the mood, but this must be said about J.C. He did let 9 runners score during those innings, but they were charged to the pitcher whom (English majors, is this the right use of whom?) he relieved. This is out of 16 inherited runners. He allowed 56.25% of all inherited runners to score, which is way too high.
• Happiness again - Johan was named AL Player of the Week. This season he has been AL Player of the Week twice, and AL Player of the Month twice. Cy Young Award here he comes. Screw Schilling.
• Tickets for the ALDS go on sale at 9 AM on Wednesday. I'm going. Anyone else want to?

Closing Shot: I think I've hit a new low when I'm willing to get up at 8:30 for baseball tickets, but not at Noon for class.

My Weekend

Friday - I went to work out for the SECOND day in a row, a personal best. However, I think I broke my bicep, because my arm won't extend past bent. Ok, that made no sense. It won't straighten out, there. Unfortunately, we worked right through all the parties. The Alpha Phi's and Theta's both had their annual huge bar parties, but no one seemed to inform me. After I got back from the gym, there was some girl in my room. No idea who she was. So, my night consisted of a poker game at Gene's. Don't get me wrong, I love going to Gene and Nicole's, but I wasn't in the mood for that kind of party. I dealt all night. Adam used a $3 buy-in to win $14.25. I got back, that girl is still here.

Saturday - I woke up, and guess who is on my couch - that girl. I got up and went to the SigEp Crush Party. It was at Miss Kitty's, a Western themed bar. They had a disco ball that was not a ball, but a mirrored saddle. Needless to say, I'm not going there again. I had a pretty good time. I really didn't meet anybody new. I spent the whole time with the Adams and Emily. We played Euchre most of the time, drinking the free beer. Emily is here by crowned "Worst Euchre player EVER!" I spent the whole time looking for Emily. Ok, from now on Adam's girlfriend Emily will be known as "Adam's girlfriend Emily" and the Emily I want to ask out will be just "Emily" (Adam's girlfriend Emily is the bad Euchre player, not Emily) I never saw her. The closest I got was Gina and Claire, Emily's friend. I called Andrea, because I don't have Emily's number, but I never got a hold of her. I was pretty bummed. Then I took a 4 hour nap and went and watched the last half of the last Lord of the Ring movie in Katie's room. Not having seen any of them previously, I was rather lost. So I just did the next best thing and made fun of it, thereby cementing my "ass" designation in said room. I got back from the movie and that girl was in my room again. Still no clue who she is, but evidentally she has a thing for John Gran.

Sunday - Today was pretty dull. I went to the baseball club meeting I scheduled, but no one showed up. Me and Dan played some pool and watched the Colts game. They won by really turning it on in the second half. Nicely done gentlemen. Then me and John Gran played some catch, where my broken bicep continued to hurt. Then I helped John with his math homework. In exchange, he is going to help me learn guitar. Then we (Me, Dylan, Mark, and John) ate Thai food and stopped at the most ghetto Dairy Queen I've ever been too. I didn't really do jack shit today.

Closing Shot: Emily, you want to go see a movie with me?

The Perfect Day

Today I have the following schedule:

12:30-1:50: Differential Equations
2:00-2:50: Physics Discussion
3:00-4:00ish: Psychology Lab
6:00-7:15: History of Mathematics.

Due to professors' tendency to run over, its pretty much 12:30-4 and 6-7:30. I don't eat on Thursdays until about 8.

Homework Check:
Differential Equations - Don't understand past #1
Physics - Don't understand much past #3
Psychology Lab - My printer crapped out, so I haven't printed it yet, but it is done
History of Math - Haven't started.

And to top it all off, Johnny Ramone died. All that's left is Emily turns me down when I ask her out and I'll be the perfect day.

Closing Shot: RIP Johnny, Dee Dee, and Joey. At least Tommy is alive.

Best Baseball Names Update (Plus a home run matchup)

I have a new name to add to the Best Baseball Names list - the esteemed Augie Ojeda. It's a great name. I liked it when he was still with the ICubs and the Cubs, then I forgot about him. Well, now he's back and he's on the Twins. He's been filling in quite nicely for Luis Rivas, who had toenail surgery. That sounds so gross, toenail surgery. (Side note - Rivas' last game was Sept. 1st. The Twins are 8-2 since then. Make your own conclusion.) In conclusion, welcome to the group.

Recap: The members of the exclusive Best Baseball Names list are now: Lew Ford, Augie Ojeda, Pokey Reese, Razor Shines, Mookie Wilson, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Rocco Baldelli, Wily Mo Pena, Cool Papa Bell and Stubby Clapp.

On a similar note, Lew and Augie are now members of the even more exclusive Best Baseball Names to Homer in the same game list. They both hit home runs tonight, September 13th.

Closing Shot: I know I've been lacking in the Homer on the Same Day list. School keeps interfereing, dagnabit. I'll get there eventually.

Santana For Cy Young

Forget Pedro, Shilling, Mulder, or Hudson. No one has been more dominate than Johan Santana. His resume, for your consideration:

• Consecutive AL Pitcher of the Month Awards. Last man to do that was Barry Zito in 2001.
• ESPN showed his start against Baltimore. A team running away with its division against a team with no chance in theirs. This was a worthless game. Why else would they show this game except to showcase Johan?
• His statistics, while amazing, are misleading. Sure he kicks ass in everything, but he does more. He is a big demoralizer. Teams batting agianst Johan know they are in for a looooong day. This puts a lot of pressure on opposing pitchers who are afraid to make mistakes not wanting to get in a hole. And when pitchers start thinking about making mistakes is when they make them.
• Since I brought up his stats, take a gander:

• Wins - 17 - T2nd AL

  K - 233 - 1st AL

  ERA - 2.85 - 1st AL

  IP - 202.0 - 4th AL

  Starts - 30 -T2nd AL

  WHIP - 0.94 - 1st AL Starters

  Opp. BA - .213 - 2nd AL Starters

Closing Shot: Johan starts again on Tuesday versus the Chicago White Sox

Hoosier Football

This is really straying from my usual posting of Johan butt-kissing and non-sensical crap, but IU football is really kicking some ass this year. Granted they've only played two games, but they won them both. This is the best start to a season since I've been alive.

Last night IU beat a ranked opponent. RANKED!! Do you realize the magnitude of this? In a football laden BIG 10 (Iowa, OSU, Michigan, Penn State [although not so much anymore]) IU is the bitch of the conference. This made my week.

Closing Shot: Too bad Antwaan Randle El graduated 3 years ago. Can you imagine?

GMail

I have 3 GMail invitations to hand out. Let the pleading begin.

Twins on ESPN

Tonight I am thankful for three things:
1 - I got to see the Twins because they were on ESPN
2 - Johan Santana got national coverage for his bid for the AL Cy Young
3 - Chris Berman was not calling the game.

I was very happy to have seen the Twins. The last game I saw was the Train Wreck pitching on Sunday. I was too grief stricken to even write a review. Kyle Lohse better not be in the postseason rotation. On to happier note, the Twins did all right last night.

Now before you jump on me for saying just "all right", hear me out. While they did win 9-0, they did it on one good inning. If the starter for Baltimore didn't take a major dump on the mound, they would not have won by as much. They only got 2 runs off of the relievers, which leads me to believe the bats were a little deader than the score indicates.

Now, the second inning was awesome. Everyone that had an official at bat scored until Guzie struck out to end the inning. The first two outs were obtained via sacrifice fly, meaning they did not count as official at bats. Further more, one of the scoring runners, Terry Tiffee, was put on base after he got hit in the stomach, meaning his at bat wasn't officially an at bat either. So, 7 official at bats, 7 base runners, 7 runs, and a starter out after 2 IP. Beauty.

Closing Shot: I've decided to quit refering to people by the nicknames to the left. It's dumb to try to work them in all the time.

Royals at Twins - September 3rd

Ok, so I thought I wrote this already, but it didn't publish right. Forgive me if this isn't up to the usual standard of sucking, I'm re-doing this from memory.

I get home from school at about quarter after 7, which meant the Twins were up in the bottom of the first. This was great. I had not seen a Twins game in almost 3 weeks on FOX Sports. I missed Dick and Bert. I got to see one game on ESPN, but it just wasn't the same. I know I'm spoiled, but I don't care.

The best part, even better than Dick and Bert, was getting to see Johan Santana tell the Royals to "sit down, bitch!" Tonight he did so in fine fashion. His changeup was, in a word, filthy. When there were men on 1st and 3rd with no one out, you could see his face change. He looked at the runners and said "there is no fucking way you guys are getting any farther." If I saw it, you know the batter saw it. If I were up, I wouldn't have even bothered getting off the bench. Johan was not to be denied.

If I were (was? English majors!) Shannon Stewart, I'd like to smack a bitch. He the first two hits against the starter, and on the third hit, he went from first to third on the single. Going from first to third is one of the little things the Twins do best in the league, and Shannon leads the way. The boys batting after him owe him a "We're sorry" gift after the season. A nice watch would be nice, not that he couldn't buy it himself.

"Sit Down, Bitch!" Tracker: Johan struck out 11 tonight, bring him up to 224 for the year. I predicted 219 +/- 4.

Closing Shot: I've taken to saying "Johan Santana" in a mix of Ricardo Montalbon and Igno Montoya. Something like "My name is Johan Santana. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

Thanks for being patient. I know that was awful, but the Internet is a fickle mistress.

God damn psychologists

I hate psychologists. They think what they do is a science. That is bull. Anything that involves an unquantifiable varible, like pain, love, anger, makes the experiment subjective to the experimenter and the subjects. This makes the whole experiment totally unreproducible by someone else. If you cannot reproduce experiments, you cannot make theories. If you cannot make theories, there is no science. Psychologists are just people sitting around shocking monkeys trying to figure out if their mommy caused any permanent emotional damage when they were little.

Yesterday, I had psychology lab. Evidently, I have to train a computerized rat to respond to pushing a lever. When the rat pushes said lever, it recieves a treat. It then is supposed to learn to push the lever for food. You might get lucky and slid this in as biology due to the stimulus/response mechanism, but you'd be pushing it. I had to take a little "pre-test" to see what I knew about psychology. Three questions in, I knew the answers to all of them were going to be false. Sneaky, you stupid bastards. Here are some of the questions, with my feelings afterwards (in italics):

• A one-eyed pilot cannot land an airplane as effectively as a two-eyed pilot. - WTF? How long has the one-eyed pilot been flying? Is he new or has he been flying for years? Did he know how to fly before he lost his eye? And how long has the two-eyed pilot been flying? You can land a plane with no windows, effectively being blind, if you can read your gauges. The one-eyed guy probably has to rely on his gauges a fair amount. God damnit, what kind of sorry assed question is that?


• It us part of human nature to be competitive. - Back when people were hunter/gatherers instead of the simple consumers we are now, we had to fight for food. You didn't just leave that deer alive for someone else to be nice, you killed it yourself so you could eat. Instincts to survive are what make people competitive.

Closing Shot: For those psychology majors out there, you guys picked a retarded major. Lisa, darling, you know I'm right.

Horray for BatGirl

In case you've never heard of her, BatGirl is a Twins blogger. Her official motto is "Less Stats. More Sass." I love reading her stuff. Honestly, she's way smarter than almost any other writer out there. Almost anyone can throw some stats together and make an arguement. She is very funny. I constantly laugh about what she writes, and I'm pretty sure my roommates think I'm nuts. I'll just occasionally burst in to a huge belly laugh, soliciting a "WTF?" look from Dylan. Plus, its all about the Twins.

Today, BatGirl went corporate. I'd call her a sell-out, but she's staying true to her blog roots. Her very popular LEGOVision bit (see the archives here. The White Sox/Twins brawl is the best.) On ESPN's Page 2, BatGirl got front and center placement with an installment of LEGOVision. Check it out here. You'll be glad you did.

Closing Shot: That makes 2 friends who've been on ESPN.com. Paul from PaulKatcher.com being the other.