Tuesday, May 18, 2004
LET'S GET RANDOM
Tidbits galore...
-- Here's an article that says the MLB teams getting the revenue sharing loot are putting the money into player development, and makes no mention of padding the bottom line, which my evil mind thought had taken place, and it probably still does to some extent. Also of note from the article is that the Mariners paid the third-highest amount of revenue sharing last season, to the tune of $31 million.
-- The Power Rankings are in. The Mariners have a stranglehold on 27th place.
-- The team with McCracken, Cabrera, Bloomquist, Santiago, Borders, and Hansen on their bench is 11 1/2 games back of the team with Amezaga, Halter, Quinlan, DaVanon, Figgins, Jose Molina, and Paul on their bench, along with injuries to Greg Jones, Brendan Donnelly, Bengie Molina, Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Darin Erstad, and now, Troy Glaus (2 months or more in his case).
-- Everyone has heard the old conundrum, "if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?" Here comes an adaptation: if Deion Sanders leaves the CBS NFL studio crew and is replaced with Shannon Sharpe (yes, he's retiring), will I even give a damn, let alone watch The NFL Today?
-- Something tells me I might be glad I don't have a rooting interest in a series where the road team has won all five games. Then I remind myself that the team wearing red in the series beat my team in the first round in a seven-game epic heartbreaker of a series. Then I cry. And eat BonBons. I forgot to get ice cream at Safeway last night...I need some wallowing-in-denial food.
-- A guy named Frederick Bouchat was suing the Baltimore Ravens for profits from the team logo, which he claimed he had designed before the Ravens used it. I frankly hate all of the Ravens' logos, though their first one sucked a lot more than the current one. The Supreme Court yesterday denied the chance to hear the case.
-- Everyone's good friend Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun writes an interesting article about Rodrigo Lopez and the long-relief role, and laments his return to the starting rotation...
-- Eight ballplayers from the University of Utah are under investigation for their roles in painting the block letter Y above BYU red. In what probably puts this in the dumb criminal file, a Ryan Breska tried to get photographs of the incident developed at a local store. A store employee squealed to police after seeing the pictures come out of development.
Lastly, I think Jeremy must still be recovering from Metallica, because I haven't heard from the guy since before Saturday. As you all know, I can only do so much here at Sports and B's, and a core thing that makes it all work here is the different thoughts and the different deliveries of the both of us. Come back, Jeremy!
-- Here's an article that says the MLB teams getting the revenue sharing loot are putting the money into player development, and makes no mention of padding the bottom line, which my evil mind thought had taken place, and it probably still does to some extent. Also of note from the article is that the Mariners paid the third-highest amount of revenue sharing last season, to the tune of $31 million.
-- The Power Rankings are in. The Mariners have a stranglehold on 27th place.
-- The team with McCracken, Cabrera, Bloomquist, Santiago, Borders, and Hansen on their bench is 11 1/2 games back of the team with Amezaga, Halter, Quinlan, DaVanon, Figgins, Jose Molina, and Paul on their bench, along with injuries to Greg Jones, Brendan Donnelly, Bengie Molina, Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Darin Erstad, and now, Troy Glaus (2 months or more in his case).
-- Everyone has heard the old conundrum, "if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?" Here comes an adaptation: if Deion Sanders leaves the CBS NFL studio crew and is replaced with Shannon Sharpe (yes, he's retiring), will I even give a damn, let alone watch The NFL Today?
-- Something tells me I might be glad I don't have a rooting interest in a series where the road team has won all five games. Then I remind myself that the team wearing red in the series beat my team in the first round in a seven-game epic heartbreaker of a series. Then I cry. And eat BonBons. I forgot to get ice cream at Safeway last night...I need some wallowing-in-denial food.
-- A guy named Frederick Bouchat was suing the Baltimore Ravens for profits from the team logo, which he claimed he had designed before the Ravens used it. I frankly hate all of the Ravens' logos, though their first one sucked a lot more than the current one. The Supreme Court yesterday denied the chance to hear the case.
-- Everyone's good friend Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun writes an interesting article about Rodrigo Lopez and the long-relief role, and laments his return to the starting rotation...
- He finally got his wish after the club's young starting rotation came unglued -- and will start tomorrow or Thursday against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field -- but the Orioles could come to regret digging a new hole to fill in an old one.
In a perfectly balanced baseball world, Lopez might have realized that he had found the place where he fit perfectly on the Orioles' pitching staff, but he would concede only that the role was "necessary." The reason: No one has ever aspired to be a long reliever.
-- Eight ballplayers from the University of Utah are under investigation for their roles in painting the block letter Y above BYU red. In what probably puts this in the dumb criminal file, a Ryan Breska tried to get photographs of the incident developed at a local store. A store employee squealed to police after seeing the pictures come out of development.
Lastly, I think Jeremy must still be recovering from Metallica, because I haven't heard from the guy since before Saturday. As you all know, I can only do so much here at Sports and B's, and a core thing that makes it all work here is the different thoughts and the different deliveries of the both of us. Come back, Jeremy!
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