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Ode to Johnny Joe 27

[Original lyrics here.] ODE TO JOHNNY JOE It was the third of April, a preseason ending by the bay I was out takin’ grounders while Mark Ellis turned doubleplays And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the clubhouse to eat And Geren hollered out the back door “y’all remember to wipe your ...

Custerbation 61

No, Angela, I don’t believe it! Out: Slusser confirms Cust DFA’ed. Beane said it didn’t make sense to divide DH at-bats up between Cust and Chavez, cited Cust’s poor spring. Powell demoted. DL: Crisp with hairline fracture. Cahill to open season on DL with LEFT shoulder soreness. In: Gio (5th starter), Ross (does this make ...

Opening Day Eve-Weekend 50

Stuff I learned reading the Roy Halladay article in the SI baseball preview issue at my kid’s dentist office: He’s a non-practicing Mormon Scouts like young pitching prospects with round butts (flat-butt kids don’t fill out lower body frame). Stuff I’m wondering about while 860 AM radio has canned syndicated sports talk instead of Marty ...

Approximate Anniversary Post Featuring America’s Second Greatest Hero 34

We’ve hit a single so far. Wherein The Joker plays softball. The awesomeness of this show cannot be overstated.

Low-emission unicorns powered by the renewable energy of rainbows 172

Generally speaking, I’m with Atrios. But this (or at least the first half of it) is pretty good: In the context of health care for homosexuals, “push poll” warrants a {snerk} Peter Weller is a fixture in my pantheon (cue Ice Cream). And a reminder to those of us who live by the FK mission ...