Manny Ramirez needs 21 more HR to tie Jim Rice (and Frank Howard) for 46th place on the all-time HR list. Manny needs 24 more HR to tie Dwight Evans - who sits in 44th place with 385 career HR... Richard over at Pearly Gates points out that the Angels are the only MLB team to yet have a HR from the 1st base position. That's amazing!... I don't know the origin of "balls and strikes" in baseball but I do know that the word to "strike" in the stop work meaning of the word is originally a nautical term. Sailors would "strike" the sails - meaning take down the sails to help stop movement of the boat... People in Boston love to point out that they once traded Heathcliff Slocumb for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe (one of the all-time one sided trades in history). To be fair to the folks from Seattle - it should be pointed out that the Red Sox also traded Jamie Moyer (who will soon be the Mariners all-time leader in wins) for Darren Bragg (20 HR in 340 games for Boston)... Taking this joke from Big Stupid Tommy because it's just too funny not to share...
The time had come to find a home for the ailing matriarch of the family. Finally, they find the right place, and the family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well cared for.
The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her breakfast, and give her a chair at a window overlooking a lovely flower garden.
She seems fine, but after awhile she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her and straighten her up.
Again she seems fine, but after awhile she starts to tilt to the other side. The nurses rush back and once more bring her back upright. This goes on all morning.
The family arrives to see how their mother is adjusting to her new home. "So, Ma, how is it here? Are they treating you all right?" they ask.
"It's pretty nice," she replies.
"Except they won't let you fart."
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