Miscellaneous thoughts and observation.
The NBA three-team trade gone bad over the wrong Brooks reminds me of the story of how Angels owner Gene Autry once told his GM to "get that outfielder from the Red Sox" so the GM signed Rick Miller. Autry meant Dwight Evans... This is such a great story. Charles Barkey is an American treasure... I think the maximum an NHL coach should be with any one team is 9-years. That's the longest Scottie Bowman coached with one team (the Redwings - he spent 8-years with the Canadiens). Just like a US President has a max of 2-terms an NHL coach should have a max of 9-seasons. Call it the Scottie Bowman rule... Cool - California election resolved with Dungeons & Dragons dice... 9 also happens to be the number of Stanley Cup Championships Bowman won as head coach... Excellent life advice... Studies suggest that there has been a big uptick in women watching male gay porn (like guys watching girl on girl I guess). This poses two real dangers for straight married guys. First friends may find the Internet history and assume it is the husband watching the porn or second the wives may come to think that the average male is much better endowed and can "last" much longer than their hubby. Congress should do something about this!...
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Showing posts with label Rick Miller. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.
Carl Pavano comes back to pitch against the Yankees today in the new Yankee Stadium the day after the Indians pounded they Yankees 22-4. Often a pitcher pitches very well against former team the first time out but just as often a top team who gets shelled the day before comes back the next day to do the shelling. It should be interesting to watch... File this under once a thought gets in your head - its tough to get that thought out. Nelson Figueroa pitches today for the Mets. In my mind I always confuse the 6'1" Figueroa with the 2'4" Nelson de la Rosa. I know this is completely unfair to the only major league player to ever play at Waltham Mass's Brandeis University but at this point I can't help it... Early season craziness. The Florida Marlins have the best record in baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates have the best team ERA. Who knew?... Going into today's action - there are 20 major league players who have more home runs by themselves than the A's have as a team (3)... Just to simplify things - I think if Chipper Jones plays for the Braves today then the Braves win. If not - the Braves get swept by the Pirates... No team's offense has been better at not giving up free outs by striking out than the Phillies. As a team they have struck out just 50 times so far this season. The reason they don't have a winning record is because no team's pitching staff has been as generous at giving up home runs in baseball than the Phillies. Brad Lidge gave up the team's 25th dinger last night... Today is Rick Miller's 61st birthday. That makes me feel old. I remember a tale told about Miller of how he ended up getting a nice contract as a free agent in 1977 because Angels owner Gene Autrey told his GM to get that outfielder from the Red Sox and that Autrey liked that player. The GM signed Miller only to learn that Autrey was referring to Dwight Evans. Rick Miller is tied to Butch Hobson in his personal history. In 1980 - Miller with Mark Clear and Carney Lansford were traded to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson then two years ago Miller replaced Hobson as coach of the CanAm league Nashua (NH) Pride...
Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.
Carl Pavano comes back to pitch against the Yankees today in the new Yankee Stadium the day after the Indians pounded they Yankees 22-4. Often a pitcher pitches very well against former team the first time out but just as often a top team who gets shelled the day before comes back the next day to do the shelling. It should be interesting to watch... File this under once a thought gets in your head - its tough to get that thought out. Nelson Figueroa pitches today for the Mets. In my mind I always confuse the 6'1" Figueroa with the 2'4" Nelson de la Rosa. I know this is completely unfair to the only major league player to ever play at Waltham Mass's Brandeis University but at this point I can't help it... Early season craziness. The Florida Marlins have the best record in baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates have the best team ERA. Who knew?... Going into today's action - there are 20 major league players who have more home runs by themselves than the A's have as a team (3)... Just to simplify things - I think if Chipper Jones plays for the Braves today then the Braves win. If not - the Braves get swept by the Pirates... No team's offense has been better at not giving up free outs by striking out than the Phillies. As a team they have struck out just 50 times so far this season. The reason they don't have a winning record is because no team's pitching staff has been as generous at giving up home runs in baseball than the Phillies. Brad Lidge gave up the team's 25th dinger last night... Today is Rick Miller's 61st birthday. That makes me feel old. I remember a tale told about Miller of how he ended up getting a nice contract as a free agent in 1977 because Angels owner Gene Autrey told his GM to get that outfielder from the Red Sox and that Autrey liked that player. The GM signed Miller only to learn that Autrey was referring to Dwight Evans. Rick Miller is tied to Butch Hobson in his personal history. In 1980 - Miller with Mark Clear and Carney Lansford were traded to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson then two years ago Miller replaced Hobson as coach of the CanAm league Nashua (NH) Pride...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Red Sox Magic Number - 35
With the Red Sox 10-5 win over the Angels last night the magic number for them to clinch the AL East is now 35.
There are 39 games left to play and the Red Sox could go just 19-20 to finish the season which would force the Yankees to go 24-15 (a .615 winning clip) just to tie. Now I don't think the Red Sox will go less than .500 for the rest of the season but there is a chance the Yankees could.
Not only do the Yankees play their next six games on the road against the Angels and Tigers - after that they play 25 of the last 33 against AL East opponents against whom the Yankees have gone just 22-25 so far this season. All this is just a way of taking the long way around the barn to once again say that the Yankees just aren't catching the Red Sox this year.
The uniform number 35 was worn by both Rickey Henderson and Rick Miller for the Red Sox. You would think it would be Rickey Henderson I would want to talk about but instead its Rick Miller. Back after the 1977 season - Angels owner Gene Autry informed his GM that he wanted "that outfielder from Boston". Autrey was actually quite taken by Dwight Evans but his GM thought he meant Rick Miller so he signed the free agent Miller. I always found that story amusing.
With the Red Sox 10-5 win over the Angels last night the magic number for them to clinch the AL East is now 35.
There are 39 games left to play and the Red Sox could go just 19-20 to finish the season which would force the Yankees to go 24-15 (a .615 winning clip) just to tie. Now I don't think the Red Sox will go less than .500 for the rest of the season but there is a chance the Yankees could.
Not only do the Yankees play their next six games on the road against the Angels and Tigers - after that they play 25 of the last 33 against AL East opponents against whom the Yankees have gone just 22-25 so far this season. All this is just a way of taking the long way around the barn to once again say that the Yankees just aren't catching the Red Sox this year.
The uniform number 35 was worn by both Rickey Henderson and Rick Miller for the Red Sox. You would think it would be Rickey Henderson I would want to talk about but instead its Rick Miller. Back after the 1977 season - Angels owner Gene Autry informed his GM that he wanted "that outfielder from Boston". Autrey was actually quite taken by Dwight Evans but his GM thought he meant Rick Miller so he signed the free agent Miller. I always found that story amusing.
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