Duck-Billed Catechist

http://wap.mlb.com/news/article/200909177022346/ Aaron Crow finally signs.

He is pretty amazing. It worked out pretty well for the Twins to draft the cheaper Mauer over Mark Prior. "Joe Mauer invented hitting." - Hawk Harrelson. Heh.

I would be surprised if either the White Sox or the Twins caught the Tigers. Morneau is out, you kneau?

It would be fun to go to a U2 concert with Analogman. He might push their "spaceship" into a creek.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/derek_jeter_honored_for_having?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

Kristofor, I definitely think this deserves its own thread, but wanted to give you a heads up that there has been some discussion of this in the Wilco while you're out and about thread: http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/32068-wilco-heard-while-youre-out-and-about/page__view__findpost__p__1364102

I heard on the radio that Terry Francona was the Baron's manager during Jordan's stint at Birmingham.

I was reminded of "This song is not a rebel song" "Jesus, Jay!"

Bono sometimes sings random lyrics from other songs in theirs. I don't think they were really playing Far, Far Away other than Bono's ramblings. It was fun! Did he really sing the rest of the verse? I didn't realize that. He probably mentioned Chicago 30 times last night with enthusiastic wooing every time. There is also some IATTBYH footage in a U2 video, but I doubt the band had much to do with that.

That's the whole point of defensive metrics--trying to measure that sort of thing. Because errors are a lousy measure of defense. UZR has nothing to do with fantasy baseball. I have not seen much of either player this year, but UZR suggests that they have both been above-average and non-elite. I have a hard time imagining that Scott Rolen would still be an elite defender after all of the injuries he's had over the years.

I don't think there's any sort of technical eligibility issue. I doubt that many sportswriters will vote for him because of the trade. I am not totally sold on any defensive statistic, but Rolen's UZR/150 suggests that he was once elite and now is a little above average.

To prevent the reproduction of ugly and poor people?

Thank goodness there's going some some effing rhyme and reason to this year's Thanksgiving. The last VC turkey day was a complete disaster!

White Sox pitcher Daniel Hudson started the season out at low-A and has been worked his way through 4 levels before making his major league debut tonight.

And he was booed!

I almost thought that was written as a shout-out of sorts.

DBoon has been married on VC a few times. He has some great parties as well. Same dress, different bride?

I would like to know what the Rockies are doing giving up a halfway decent prospect for Jose Contreras.

That's cool. Have you practiced?

Well, of course Kyle Orton isn't close to Jay Cutler's level. There's a reason he was traded with a bunch of draft picks.

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Fake your own death a couple of days before her birthday and surprise her on the day of.

Woah. The board reformat brought back Mr. Kinsley. Carry on.

So is there a method of retrieving previously purchased songs/albums from Amazon? I can view my past purchases (that were downloaded to my now-whiped hard drive), but I can't find any place where you can redownload.

Good thread. I am brewing up a long-winded response.