The Marlins have more wins in one run games than the Yankees.

Alright, ballgame tonight, which means I need to have a productive morning/afternoon of learning how to be all ethical but first:

1.) the Marlins FINALLY held on to win a one-run game. Mikey J had 2 hits, re-cracked the Mendoza line, scored a run, and knocked in a run. But more importantly, THEY DID NOT BLOW IT IN THE NINTH. I'm so friggin' happy. My babies are all grown up. And savin' China. Uggla stole home, his first major league stolen base, which was fun at the time, but I'm already tired of hearing about it.

2.) Sal Fasano is with the Phillies now? And he is, seriously, rocking the most laughable facial hair I have seen on anyone, ever, in the history of modern baseball. It's some handlebar mustache thing? It's very special. He's got an entire fanclub (Fasano's Pizanos?) and they all wear fake mustaches, and apparently sometimes he has pizza sent up to them in the stands.

3.) That pic on the mlb homepage of Dave Roberts and Doug Mirabelli? I am in love with that pic.

4.) [Bad username or site: rickenbacker / @ livejournal.com] informs me that the hitherto unsubstantiated rumors about an engagement for Mulder were confirmed last night, by the Cardinals on air personalities. Discuss amongst yourselves, make a personal note of it, work it into whatever theory you have about the weird Zito-Mulder dynamic since the trade, mark it as Yet Another Thing You Didn't Want To Know...it's up to you.

[Bad username or site: rickenbacker / @ livejournal.com] has declared today will be a Beck-fest; I dunno if that's gonna make her feel better or worse about this whole engagement thing, but I have to go read about professional responsibility, so I think she's got the better end of this deal.

A's also won last night, which makes me happy, though I didn't stay up for the game. Strained right something or another for Bobby Crosby? Good Lord, people. There is injury-prone, and then there is injury-prone. Kielty was optioned back to Sacramento. I feel for him; he was SO happy to be back. And, check out the notes at the bottom of that article. Apparently, it's not just New York. Zito's gonna be driving me crazy with comments like that all year. Jeez. [Bad username or site: roxybritain / @ livejournal.com] says I should become a full-time A's fan, but she knows not what she speaks of. I would announce myself a full-fledged A's fan, and the next day, the A's charter would disappear off the radar somewhere over Montana, never to be seen or heard from again. Also, following a west coast team on east coast time? For the birds. But people should feel free to come sit with me on the back of the bandwagon. I get to let my feet hang over the back. Fun times.

Also, OMG, you guys Derek Bell! A crack fiend. Mulder committed to some woman, and Derek Bell a crack fiend. What the hell is the universe coming to. Also, can you not be doing crack IN YOUR CAR? Little thing called "the privacy of your own home," dude. All I remember about Bell, besides the kind of ugly way he rolled out of baseball, is he had a really easy smile, and it was one of my favorite smiles in the game. And he totally hung out with Garth that one spring Garth spent at ST with the Mets. Heh.

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The Yankees just did a tribute to Elrod Hendricks.

Also, it is storming something awful here. I don't think there's a ballgame in my future :(

ETA: This Susan woman on NYY radio? Looooooooves Brian Roberts.

edit 2: Marlins @ Phillies postponed ;_;

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I am so incredibly bored by this whole "studying for Ethics" business, you have no idea. It grows harder and harder to convince myself this is not time that would be better spent catching up on Prison Break and 24.

I have no idea what the hell is going on in Kansas City.

Astros are winning. **shakes pom-poms**

Dan A's lost. Swisher hit a grand-slam; his first. But they lost, so. I think I might be able to get away with a Haren icon. I mean, the guy apparently couldn't buy a win off his mother, so I doubt I can make his luck any worse.

I'm really depressed there was no Marlins game today.

This Wild Pitches feature looks promising.

I admit I was wrong about the AJ Burnett thing. Though I still think we could have stood to make the trade for him at the half. But yes, on signing AJ longterm, I will stand here in my wrongness, and be wrong.

Sometimes, I think I need a new default icon, because this is longest I've ever gone without changing it. But then I think I've become associated with this one in some people's heads, the thought of which pleases me. Decisions, decisions.

ETA: Anyone seen Gunner Palace?