Wednesday, July 31, 2002

US mentions the war at last [BBC World] Interesting article - less for the content than the whole way the writing feels. It gives me a better sense of how the rest of the world must think of our little dog-wagging plan to go after Saddam...I mean, if the BBC is almost being obvious with their skepticism, imagine how the continental Europeans feel about it... They're right, of course.
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Who needs fundamentals? Lisa Leslie performs first dunk in the WNBA history. [FARK] heh. I know I shouldn't get so much entertainment out of this, but hey - it's funny. I'm just shocked she didn't tear her ACL in the process... No, not seriously. It's just a joke that failed. Leave me alone. =)
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By the way, that quote from last night - it's from Brian Faulkner, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1971 or so. Sounds a little Bushie to me...
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Got another quote for y'all. "You have to respect the monkey, that's for sure. Every time he peeks his little head out, something happens for them. You got to respect him or kidnap him, one or the other." - Desi Relaford, Seattle Mariners infielder  Now, before you get too confused (except Chris Green, who's going to get this instantly. And how's your little Pedro now, huh? RED SOX, BABY! ...sorry 'bout that. heh.), this quote is regarding the unofficial mascot of the Anaheim Angels: the Rally Monkey. It's something they started a couple years back, where they put a tape of a monkey jumping up and down (or something like that - I've never been to the Big A, so I'm going by memory of a two year old Jayson Stark column) whenever the team needs a rally. Needless to say, this caught on. It made it to SportsCenter, the aforementioned Stark column, and I believe they now have Rally Monkey memorabilia. What's more, they suddenly have a good team...me, I think it's the getting rid of Mo Vaughn that did it. But hey - what do I know? =) Further disection of that inning log from last night's Arizona/Montreal top of the 8th, in an attempt to figure out how many players were used in total from the beginning to the end... Ok - the Expos used three pitchers - Javier Vazquez, who was relieved as the inning began, J. Eischen (don't know his first name), who walked Durazo, struck out Matt Williams, and got Mark Grace to groundout, and Matt Herges, who relieved Eischen, walked Chad Moeller, and got Tony Womack to fly out. Alright. The D-backs...this is where it gets complicated. Eurbiel Durazo was up first. That's 1. He walked, and was pinch-run for by Steve Finley. That's 2. Matt Williams struck out. That's 3. Jay Bell was sent in to pinch-hit for Dave Delluci. That's 4. Finley stole second. Herges relieved Eischen - a quick check reveals that Eischen's a lefty and Herges is a righty, which explains the next move. Mark Grace is sent in to replace Jay Bell at bat (lefty/righty kind of thing).  That's 5. Mark Grace grounds out, Finley to third. R. Barajas comes to bat, and is safe at second on an error. That's 6. Finley scores. Now things get confusing... C. Donnels hits for Miguel Batista - ok, pinch hit for the pitcher. Ok. That's 7. Brian Anderson pinch runs for Barajas - again, makes sense (a bit). Barajas is the catcher and not too fast. That's 8. And now, since they've lifted the catcher, they need to get another one in there, so they send in Chad Moeller to pinch hit for Donnels. That's 9. Moeller walks. Tony Womack then flies out to end the inning. That's 9 players used by the D-Backs in one inning. 6 guys actually finished at bats - I think Jay Bell may have started his at bat before the reliever came in and Grace replaced him - for a total of 1 run, 1 error, two walks, and 3 outs. Wow. That's just weird.

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