The High Heat

Question for reference: Where is the better place to obtain a mortgage: from a bank like Wells Fargo or one of those mortgage specialists (not the online ones, though)? Thanks.

Sometimes I give characters a familiar voice to carry me through a novel. In this case I fancy Connelly to be a Clint Eastwood character from 25-30 years ago, a strong, quiet, decent yet conflicted grieving father tracking down his daughter's mysterious murderer, Mr. Shivers, a Jack the Ripper type character who just may be the Devil himself.

Rather than shuffling teams around, I'd like to consider eliminating the two leagues as they are by having a uniform league. Teams would still be broken up geographically, but the playoffs would be done by seeding. This is just an off the cuff thought, I haven't written it all out; but the Mets Yanks and BoSox could all be in the same division but all still make the playoffs if they qualify. There would probably have to be eight divisions and a broader schedule where every team plays each other at least once, and, of course, uniform rules: DH and such. I think geographic competition is importa

Don't ever gloat. It always comes back to bite you in the ass. But it does help the Tigers' chances - by a great deal.

Twins All Star closer Joe Nathan has a significant tear in a ligament of his pitching elbow and will decide on Tommy John Surgery in two weeks. Big blow to the Twins.

Yankee Stadium to host Pinstripe Bowl.

A famous statesman once said of Kanye: "He's a jackass."

I'm not a big fan of the noise (as it is) in the live version. I do love the album cut, however.

Hell yeah!

Congratulations! I hope you fare better than this fella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfx3QAV64M

What?! No jazz hands?!

If the cd isn't cracked, of course. You know, this isn't the public pm thread I thought it was going to be. Oh well. This song definitely needs acknowledgement and live play time as well. I'm going to request it for Durham.

I'm a total Glen bitch. Love his parts...in the song...well, you know what I mean.

Well, I kinda like it.

Sirius XM is reporting that Mets SS Jose Reyes is being sent back to NY to see specialists about a hyper-thyroid problem.

If he'd have hit Fielder in the ass, finding the ball would be like searching for an Easter egg in the Painted Desert.

True about the market, but how many long term contracts for established pitchers actually work out across the full term? CC, Santana, et al, will be black holes to team payrolls on their last 2, 3 years. I'd rather see the Giants give Tim Lincecum a fat 7 year contract now rather than 4 years from now when he hits free agency. Side note: The Dodgers inked Garrett Anderson to a minor league contract to be a pinch hitter/5th outfielder. At age 37, Anderson has 2501 hits. His shot at 3000 hits may be gone.

Your reps suck at not getting caught.

All pitchers are prone to arm injuries, which is why I think contracts like the one CC has are just silly; better off paying these guys more coin per season but fewer years.

So long as they don't update the theme song. Classic!

I do recommend Cloudsplitter. It's over 700 pages and has a heavy content matter, but if you're into John Brown's affairs you won't mind.

MLB to implement extensive medical database on all players. This will be known as "The Saving the Mets from Themselves Initiative."

Manny may have a new endorsement lined up.

If you sign up for Lost Highway Records email-newsletter they'll give you a heads up about releases/news about their artists, and they have a pretty good roster.

Now that I'm reading Nat Turner, just read Cloudsplitter, and read a book about Denmark Vesey twice I'll soon be ready to lead any slave revolt that comes along. Y'all hear of one in your area hit me up.