The High Heat

No, I don't think I'm being self righteous. I'm simply not being emotional about something I wasn't a party to. It happenened. It was awful. They not only made up, they bacame friends and associates in a charity that is intended to pevent more deaths like the one Hirshbeck's child died from. I'd call that rising above any game and certainly emotions from over a decade ago. For the record Alomar was alredy punished by the league at the time, a public apology was made and the two shook hands in a game at home plate. Roberto Alomar is no where near my favorite player, but really folks, get over o

Alomar didn't pull a Jose Offerman. Umpires get saliva showers from our most well-respected managers on the regular. If this particular umpire can take the spit to the face and then be willing to swallow his false pride to the point of becoming not only friends but also philanthropists together in a most personal cause, who are any of us to be so incredibly so self-righteous about something as trivial as our emotions? Fuck emotions. Fuck perceptions. Fuck lingering pettiness.

I thought he was more worthy in 1987, too.

Whatever happened to Dick Ctionary? I thought he'd live for this moment.

I'm liking (the album) a little more now than I did when it came out. I think it's because I just bought tickets to the Durham show on the upcoming tour. Everything seems more interesting knowing a live show is coming up. Perhaps I should song request a cover of "Anticipation" as a reflection of the mood I've been the last few days.

Suddenly I miss the low volume of traffic on this board.

I am listening to a show co-hosted by Kevin Kennedy on XM's baseball channel and they just did an interview with Mets beat writer Marty Noble about his HOF vote, which he has already published on the internet. Kennedy, whose usually a butt-boy, really took Noble to task on his leaving Alomar off the ballot. Most of Noble reasoning had to do with Alomar having once spit in an umpire's face. Noble also went into a diatribe about Alomar's seemingly uncaring attitude with the Mets, citing only other journalists in this matter; no coaches nor player ever backed up this view. He complained Alomar we

I've got a Sony cd alarm clock which allows the snooze to be pushed up to six times at ten minutes per. I can snooze from in between 10 and 60 minutes. I've had a mixed cd of Wilco's AM and UT's Anodyne in it for quite awhile. Every (late) morning I wake up to Jeff Tweedy chirping, "Hey wake up. Your eyes weren't opened wide."

Now that he weighs 139 pounds I think he could hit at least half his weight. If McGwire is in on only one play, his HOF eligibility would be delayed another 5 years. The man is 47. If he was done at 38, how the fuck could he do anything 9 years later.

I thought it read Pop Tarty airport!

This thread went from "ticked" to "tick tock."

At one of his animal benefits recently Tony LaRussa said he is toying with the idea of activating his new hitting coach Mark McGwire on August 31 and using him as a pinch hitter for the stretch run, but only if the Cardinals are in the playoff chase. I don't know the context of this statement. LaRussa may have been joking, but then again, Tony LaRussa has never been known for his sense of humor.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!

Sometimes it takes a long, long while to get into a song, album or artist. It wasn't until about a year ago that I absolutely fell in love with "Wishful Thinking." Up until then I had thought it was merely alright.

The Hawk is the lone HOF inductee this year. Blyleven fell 5 votes short, Alomar 8.

Have you tried using headphones and listening to it when you're in a quiet mood? Sounds good!

Can't sleep without the fan humming, even with the 20 degree nights lately.

If you're like me and go to bed at 3am, yeah, you do. But I also use my phone alarm in addition to the alarm clock when I need to wake up for something important.

The presale may be over, but the majority of the venue tickets go on sale Friday morning at 10am on Ticketmaster.

Is it just about new material created and recorded? Do live performances not count?

I've got my Durham tickets!

This whole episode is an omen of what his life will be like in 30 years.

I scan bodies all the time. What's the big deal?

How about a dirty limerick contest instead!

Beltre's $9M + Lowell's $12M! The Sox are supposed to be shipping Kotchman off to Seattle. If Holiday is worth $17M & a full no-trade clause to the Cards, what will Pujols get now that it's his turn? Yipes!