Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Congrats to the Penguins for winning the Stanley Cup and to the City of Pittsburgh for another championship... Is Jimmy Rollins a Hall of Famer? I'm on the fence but tending toward "NO"... Wonder how people in Cleveland feel about Pittsburgh winning another championship while they are in the midst of a 52-year championship drought... For the geeky girls in your life... First Muhammad Ali then Gordie Howe. Who's next? Arnold Palmer? Hugh Hefner? Manuel Noriega? Bet that last one caught you by surprise. When's the last time Noriega's name cam up in conversation?... One of the best selfies ever... Jesus Fish and Chips would be a good name for a band... No thanks I don't need WiFi that bad...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Sex tape pioneer Rob Lowe turned 50 yesterday. He was way ahead of the video curve that guy... Interesting argument from FanGraphs about Tigers better off not signing Stephen Drew... Last time I went to a Waffle House our waitress quit mid-shift before we got half our food or our bill. The manager was nice enough to give us a 10% discount for our trouble. A real prince among men that guy... Heh heh - if you flip a photo of bats hanging upside down - they look like they are having a wicked dance-off... The Phillies are said to be shopping Jimmy Rollins. If Philadelphia chipped in part of Rollins 2014 salary of $11 million - this could be something worth Detroit looking into... Have to wonder if Liam Neeson's Non-Stop was the inflight movie of MH370. Could explain some things... Interesting piece of WWI history I wasn't aware of... Gary Kasparov makes a good point - if Putin really is so popular in Russia why is he so afraid of free elections and a free media?... Very cool - the song of the hummingbird in super slo-motion... If the day after Christmas can be known as Boxing Day why can't the day after St. Patrick's Day be known as Hangover Day?...

Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

Alphonso Soriano has 14 home runs but is hitting just .237 with a .305 OBP. Those are not the type of numbers you want from your leadoff man. I'm guessing the slow start at the top of the lineup is a major contributor to the fact that the Cubs are 25th out of 30 MLB teams in runs scored so far this season... The Phillies have a similar problem at leadoff with Jimmy Rollins (.221 BA and .256 OBP) but that hasn't stopped the Phillies from scoring runs (they are 5th in all of baseball).... It should be noted that 4 of the top 6 teams in run scoring this season are from the AL East. Tampa Bay (1), Yankees (2), Red Sox (4) and Toronto (6)... Last night Jon Lester was awesome. He went 7 innings against the Phillies, giving up one run and striking out 11. There is no question that the Red Sox did the right thing in not trading him for Johan Santana when they had the chance... I like Joe Girardi as manager of the Yankees but I don't like Joe Girardi as a manager. Does that make sense? I think Girardi is prone to make in-game mistakes and he doesn't seem to do too well in relating to his own players. The Yankees are winning games simply because their huge payroll line-up is scoring runs in bunches. Joe Torre would have this team in first place but with Girardi at the helm the Yankees will scuffle for the Wild Card. And that is just fine with me...