Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

I'm confused. When George W. Bush was President I kept hearing that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Now these same people are screaming bloody murder because thousands of cops turned their backs in silent protest?... I call this one "Peaceful Protest" or "Respect is Earned not Entitled"... The word "panned" comes from the French word for "breakdowns". So in essence when a movie is panned by critics it is usually because it "breaks down" and things don't work... Just 97 more days until Opening Day in baseball... Just for old times sake - Lima Time!... If "evade" means to escape - shouldn't "vade" mean to get caught?... Once again I expect Jeff Bagwell to get more Hall of Fame votes than Fred McGriff but as I've said from the moment Bagwell retired - that's not right...

Jose Lima Closing Time



Jose Lima died of a heart attack. He was 37.

In the past I've looked for almost any excuse to post the above picture of Jose and his then wife Melissa (for obvious reasons). You'll hear plenty of players reminiscing about how great a guy Jose was and that's fine. What will stick with me is the fact that after he divorced Melissa he got remarried and did not pay his child support. Dead beat dad.

At least now he won't be giving anyone else genital herpes.

For the record - Lima was 89-102 with a 5.26 ERA. For that he was paid over $24 million in his career. Which I guess was not enough money for him to be able to afford to pay child support.

Jose Lima Time



Hey - just a thought but with the Yankees getting so desperate for starting pitching - can a Jose Lima sighting be far off?

Nah - but good excuse to post the picture.

Lima Time



I'm posting this just because its been too long since we've seen Mrs. Lima.