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Tuesday, April 05, 2005It's on!And of course by "it", I mean the British parliamentary elections. In the back of my head I keep thinking that I'm missing something. It's the weirdest feeling - it's like "there was something else important happening today, I know it!" Oh well, it's probably nothing. UPDATE: Bill Stoneman uses the term "gamer" no less than five times during a three minute pre-game interview. Also, I don't want to sound gay or nuthin', but Bill was looking very burley. He must have joined a gym over the winter... UPDATE: Tim Salmon gets the biggest round of applause during player introductions. In contrast, there is dead silence for Esteban Yan. Heh. And of course we get the requisite "Looooooooooooooou" for Lou Merloni, as if anybody gives a damn. Do we have to do that for everyone with a long O in his name? UPDATE: Halofan has an open thread open. UPDATE: Chronicles makes his prediction for this season. I'd say he's being a bit optimistic (of course I would...) when he projects the offense to be "about the same." For that to be true, one has to put an awful lot of faith in the temerity of Dallas McPherson and the health of Garret Anderson. Their production must somehow overcome the difference between Guillen/Glaus and Finley/Cabrera - and that's assuming Guerrero puts together another MVP season. If I had to pull a number out of my ass, I'd say 89 wins. We'll see a significant decrease in offensive production with an improvement (though an insufficient one) in the pitching department. UPDATE: BAM! Give that man another MVP, right now! UPDATE: If Bartolo is planning on throwing 93 mph fastballs all season, we're in some trouble. Also, he's working excruciating slow pace – just like when he was struggling during the dog days of ’04. UPDATE: GA in left field - is there anything prettier than that patented spin-and-throw? UPDATE: I forgot that Josh can't edit my posts, so he's banished to the comment section for this one. We'll have to figure something out next time we want to do some liveblogging. UPDATE: Rex Hudler meme watch: "Hey Rex, you didn't invent WHIP." UPDATE: Jeff DaVanon scores the go-ahead run and is showered with chants of "MVP! MVP! MVP!" UPDATE: Close the book on Colon. A good performance: 6 2/3, 1 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 5 SO. Could do without the walks, though. UPDATE: Oh, and by the way, it's 2-1 Angels heading into the bottom of the 7th. UPDATE: Q doubles, and BeeMo knocks the Angels third run in with a single. 3-1 Angels. Esteban Yan appears to be warming up for the 8th. What the fuck? UPDATE: Scratch that - Shields stays in. And promptly gives up a monster homerun to Teixeira. So we may see Yan yet. Yay. UPDATE: Scioscia allows DaVanon the rare opportunity to face a left-hander, and Jeff almost rewards the manager's confidence with a base hit. Damn you Gary Mathews! *shakes fist* UPDATE: It's Frankie time! UPDATE: Oh, that is obscene! This shit should be censored! UPDATE: 1-2-3, Angels win! Colon gets the win, Frankie grabs the save. |
