The High Heat

Spent all of last week in Kill Devil Hills, listened to So Called Star in the car, still sounding great, Lamrod. And for sure, in the OBX: Here it's summer all the time!

The other day the Mariners acquired SS Jack Wilson from Pittsburgh, but today traded LHP Jarrod Washburn to Detroit for two pitching prospects. Are they trying to compete and rebuild at the same time?

Each one of the four prospects the Phillies gave up were more highly regarded last year. RHP Carrasco is having a horrible year with an ERA over 5.00; RHP Knapp is currently being held back with "arm discomfort," meaning they are babying him to keep his innings down (He does still throw in the mid-90's, though.); SS Donald played well in the lower minors, but is striking out more this year, maybe because of his recovery from knee surgery is not complete; and Marson was projected to comptete for the Phils' starting C job this year, but has hit only 1 HR in AAA so far this year. Yes, these pro

The Big Unit's shoulder injury is worse than thought, but surgery should be avoided.

Doesn't Matsuzaka know that losing those savings is the American way?

Carroll is a fine reserve player and a great guy, but he brings back virtually nothing valuable back in trade. He's more likey to be purchased than traded for.

I don't want to see Wilco playing naked. Well, maybe just Glen. Cuz then his extremities could be a quintet instead of a quartet.

I've never actually been elite at anything and politically I'm moderate to not-really-giving-a-shit-about-any-of-it. What I do know is that Bush the II expanded a war he didn't have to because he and Dick the Head wanted to finish a war Bush the I didn't, and now I have a dead nephew because of it. My feelings on the Bushes are personal. So far Obama hasn't cost me a family member, so I support Barry the Smoker.

More or less.

There are 28 writers who should have their voting priviledges revoked. My favorite part of Rickey's speech: "I used to ask Reggie for his autograph and Reggie would pass me a pen with his name on it. He never did give me his autograph."

Willingham has interest from the Giants, who acquired 1B Ryan Garko today. The Giants will need to add at least one more hitter to try to make the wild card. I suppose with Garko in the fold, Nick Johnson will not be a Giant this year, unless they want to stick Garko in the outfield.

I assume it's referral to Minaya blaming a newspaper reporter for running a story about Mets VP of Player Development, Tony Bernazard, who was fired today after an internal HR investigation proved the reporter's story to be true. A few weeks back Bernazard was visiting the AA team in Binghamton, where he went bezerk in the clubhouse, cursing the players and ripping off his shirt to challenge the shortstop to a fist fight. Minaya made the claim in today's press conference that the reporter had it in for Bernazard because he, the reporter, had wanted to land a position of employment with the Met

They just had Conor Oberst during the ballpark tour. Last time I checked, he's pretty damned good.

I'm pretty sure when he's thanking "you all for nothing, nothing at all," he's flipping his hometown the bird, especially when he screams it 36 times.

The Spectrum (ch. 45, I think) plays them sometimes. It's been awhile since I've listened to the music channels, as it is baseball season. I don't watch tv, so I'm pretty much always on XM 175-190, April-October. Apparently, Outlaw Country does play Wilco, and you know how outlaw and country Wilco is! Wilco, Shooter Jennings & Michelle Branch, yeah, peas & carrots.

We elected a Bush three times, so I most certainly do not under-estimate the stupidity of the American electorate, no matter who they are. You gotta be PC on VC? I knew we can be bitches, though.

Buehrle & Wise will tape a Top Ten for Letterman on Monday for tonight's show.

A Shining Sunbeam is a hummingbird! I did not cheat.

Alright. Thanks. But say, buddy, you wouldn't happen to be able to spare a hundred million thousand dollars, would ya? I'll let you keep the sixty-three cents.

You're welcome.

But people always forget about Leroy around here! (Shoulda quit during the movie, that way he'd always be remembered.) Now when folks around here ask for vibes, I'll know exactly what they're asking for. We'll have to buy one set and just pass them to whoever is asking. But nobody has straightened this mystery out for me: I'm hoping it's a misprint and I have one of only one hundred printed, that way I can sell it for a hundred million thousand dollars ~ and sixty-three cents, of course.

The Cards did trade up, but they paid dearly. Probably needed a left handed more, but they did get the best hitter available.

Buehrle's PG can be downloaded on iTunes for $1.99 on the MLB.com Games of the Year channel. Vincente Padilla, and possibly other Rangers players, has the swine flu. Then there is this from Japan.

If they had actually done this, perhaps re-elction doesn't happen; so now I'm split on how I feel about this.

Thanks Dude & Crow. I know if I had seen them I would have called them "xylophone." Now I'm two drops more educated.