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That was a perfectly reasonable thing for a crazy person to do.

Oh, I'm not defending Morgan at all. He's had two recent incidents with running into catchers unnecessarily, and he got hit for it in the third inning, took his base, did some aggressive baserunning and ultimately scored. Volstad shouldn't have put him on base if he didn't want him to act like a baserunner.

 

The second one was excessive. Morgan's definitely a dick, though.

I personally don't have a problem with Morgan stealing the bases, but I also can understand why Volstad did.

I think pretty much everything that happened in that game was a pretty reasonable reaction to a prior action.

It was pretty crazy.

 

Here is what I don't get - I know it is one of those unwritten baseball rules that you don't steal when your team is up by a lot of runs but I had never heard that it was bad form to steal when you are down by a lot of runs. The coverage I saw last night made it seem like Morgan's steals were what set the whole thing off.

 

And speaking of crazy, Nyjer Morgan is kind of crazy. Did you see the play Friday night where he unnecessarily crashed into the catcher and in doing so missed home plate and was called out?

Well, what sparked it was he crashed into the catcher the night before (and was out yet again) and put him on the DL. The next night, the Marlins hit him, and he proceeded to steal 2nd and 3rd on the next two pitches while down by 11 and talked a lot of shit when he got to each base while doing so, apparently. The Marlins' pitcher didn't like this, so he threw behind him in his next at bat.

Gaby Sanchez with the wicked clothesline on Nyjer Morgan tonight. That was some WWF stuff.

This made me think of bobs. Florida Marlins Delay Game Until Their Fan Shows Up

Steve truly is the heart and soul of the team.

Can't lie, I got a bit choked up when Regine sang "Haiti" last night.

Great, great show. Nothing tops 5k people singing "Wake Up" at the top of their lungs completely off key. What an experience.

This album's definitely growing on me. There's some songs that I just don't care much for, but there's some great great stuff.

What a shocker. "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" has Come out of seemingly nowhere to grab the reins as my favorite song on the album.

This is a great warm up. Seeing them in 6 days!

White Sox burned Mark Kotsay's bat, supposedly for "good luck". Pretty sure it was just to keep him from using it in a playoff race.

Canadian Idiot?

 

I still can't hear this album, try as I may.

I'll see what I can do when I get home

Rangers inquired about Josh Johnson during the Jorge Cantu negotations.

Gotta admire their chutzpah.

It's missing the sense of urgency that a "Wake Up" or "Antichrist Television Blues" had, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

It's certainly less angsty than I expected. With the title of the songs and all, I was expecting an indie American Idiot, or something

I'd like to get a version that has no skips between songs, and really sit down and digest it as a whole before offering a full opinion. I like it, it's very mature, but it doesn't knock me on my ass like Funeral did or certain songs on Neon Bible.

We got more than a pack of Mentos for Jorge Cantu. Wow! Thanks Texas, he sucks.

"City With No Children" jumps out to the early lead for me.

Bird poop, man.

That article deserves a Pulitzer.

Or perhaps a pooplitzer.

Oh yeah, I forgot werth is available.

Is Cody Ross now the best outfielder on the market?

Ezra looks like a better cuddler.

I'll wait until solace PMs me the album before I judge it.

He's holding out on us!

I think pro-gay marriage advocates are just going to have to accept that until it becomes popularly accepted, it's going to be an almost impossible fight. It's ridiculous and absurd and embarassing, but it's reality.

From Nate Silver's brilliant blog, Fivethirtyeight.com:

Right now, it's possible to marry your same-sex partner in Buenos Aires, in Mexico City, in Ames, Iowa, and in Pretoria, South Africa, but not in San Francisco.

Phone in my left front pocket, keys in my right front pocket, wallet in the back right. I am firm on this. It is my mantra.

Is this poll for anything other than VC opinion?

Extension of a conversation with friends.