At the game last night, my mom pointed out that there were really no players left on the Braves that you’d identify with the Braves teams that won so many damn division titles. Tim Hudson and Brian McCann played on the last of ’em, and, of course, there’s Chipper on the DL. Sounds from this interview like we haven’t heard the last of Larry Jones.
Please make this happen.
No word yet on if I secured press credentials for the forthcoming Vendy Awards, but it seems I at least landed myself on the distro list for press releases leading up to the event. And from that I found this, by far the most intriguing of the Rookie of the Year nominees, the Mexicue truck. Anyone had it? SPOILER ALERT: This will probably be a sandwich of the week sometime soon after the next time they come to midtown.
Craig Calcaterra tees off on a USA Today column suggesting we do just that. And he’s right, you know. Not just for the reasons stated in his piece, but also for this big one: All the home runs every steroid user hit still counted. Regardless of how we feel about him morally, Barry Bonds was still immensely valuable to the Giants from 2001-2004 (also before and after that). It’s not the Roberto Clemente Award or the press’ “Good Guy” award or whatever.
Between the nine runs last night and the adjustment in park factor from a 98 to a 96, this team’s starting to look like a powerhouse!
The R.A. Dickey Photoshop contest is drawing to a close, and Eric at Amazin’ Avenue put together this montage of all the entries. As it stands, my vote would to Dickey Kong for the attention to detail.
Nice piece from Patrick Flood with quotes from Reyes about how and why Reyes isn’t walking as much this year.
The most punk-rock old bearded math wizard you’ll ever read. Some language NSFW.
That is all. Man, the Patriots looked good yesterday. Man, do I hate the Patriots.
Good read from Greg Bishop about how Mark Sanchez handles the heat. SPOILER ALERT: Handsomely.
Tedquarters 