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Our pitch for Antonetti
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"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
Night at Safeco
Thursday, May 6th
I had a great seat tonight up close and personal. I was actually served a beer at the Triangle Pub, for the first time in ever, and it was okay. I’d be up for meeting a friend there, but it is really, really cramped. My semi-secret normal watering hole was (as [...]
Nice to see Freddy get a win tonight; he’d been pitching too well not to have one.
I do find it odd that many people, myself included, were in the “As goes Freddy Garcia in 2004, so go the M’s” camp heading into this season… boy were we wrong.
Oh, and the last Friends sucked.
Its 10:30, the M’s are on, and I’m wide awake. That means running blog. No promises how long this lasts.
10:20 pm: Rich Aurilia has been taking throwing lessons from Randy Winn, apparently.
10:26: The Twins broadcast is so much fun. Did you know Brad Radke has “great stuff”? And [...]
And welcome back Pat Borders. The M’s optioned Ben Davis to Tacoma today, and really, he deserves it. He’s something like 4 for his last 842, and at this point, any hope that he was ever going to live up to his fabled potential is wishcasting. It’s time to admit that Davis [...]
My really, really long article on the 16-inning game on Tuesday is up at Baseball Prospectus. Check it out if you have a lot of spare time.
First, an apology for my lack of posting activity lately. Between a pair of jobs, I’m working about 60 hours a week and have three days off every two weeks (and never consecutively). I will say, however, that I’m much happier with what I’m doing now than I was working 40 hours a week in [...]
