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[ayrdaomei]

+ A scan of my f-list reveals a lot of not coolness employment-wise, health-wise, relationship-wise for many of you. **kisses your collective forehead** I'm thinking of you, and often. I hope everything works out okay.

+ I got a phone call yesterday, and two tremendous things of note: 1.) my phone was on, and 2.) I answered it. If you've known me more than 5 minutes, you know this is, like, inconceivable. Unprecedented in the history of me. So, yes. Apparently, the promise of fic just needed to be tied to phone usage much earlier, and I'd have completely different phone habits. Who knew?

+ Watched some of the O's game yesterday. B-Rob looked good - swung the bat well, ran well. MelMo continues to not have a deal beyond this year. I continue to generally hate resent my team.

+ I also despise MLB.com's new layout. It's very confusing to me. I got tired just looking at it. And that blank stretch on the right bothers the hell out of me.

+ "Asked what he would be doing when the White Sox receive their World Series rings April 4 at U.S. Cellular Field before playing the Indians in the second game of the season, Travis Hafner said, 'I'll probably be in the bathroom throwing up.'"

**laughs** How endearing. Clearly, a man after [Bad username or site: offspeed / @ livejournal.com]'s heart. (full story here).

+ "I'm not the outgoing, cocky guy. I'm trying to lose that rap," Swisher said. "You guys (writers) keep referring to that. I don't like it.

"I don't think I really had it last year. It's just something that stuck with me from the beginning. Just because I'm an outgoing guy, and I'm having fun, everybody started to write, 'He's cocky.' This year I've been extremely quiet compared with normal. I'm just trying to relax and prove myself on the field."

Earlier in spring training, third baseman Eric Chavez was discussing how he'd like to change his usual pleasant demeanor into nastier disposition.

"It's a cocky, confidence thing," Chavez said. "Swisher's got it."

Hee. Good luck with that, Nick. Also, hasn't Chavvy been trying to change his "disposition" for a couple years now? I think it might be a lost cause, Eric. Johnson, Swisher bond despite competition.

+ Moose was on MLB.radio recently and there's nothing terribly notable about the interview, in fact, it was quite boring, but Mike kinda half laughs a little at the end. So there's that. (About the World Baseball Classic: "I think we all watched a little of it. As it got going along, we started to pay attention to see how people were playing...how it was being followed...things that were going on. I think we paid attention to it. I don't think we sat down and watched it like the NCAA basketball tournaments, but we paid attention to it. I think we all wish that the US team had played a little better, but that's the way the tournament went.")

+ Andrew Card resigned? Hmm.

ETA: Indians inked Sizemore to a six-year deal. It's so weird to see numbers like '2011' with an option for '2012' in print. Sounds like an eternity. Indians, Sizemore decide they are a perfect fit.

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[unlovablehands.livejournal.com]

Travis Hafner said, 'I'll probably be in the bathroom throwing up.'"
AHAHAAHAH OH SHIT. *explodes into tiny hearts*

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

LOL. Yeah. And now news that the six year deal with Sizemore is official? **puts you back together so you can explode into tiny hearts again**

[unlovablehands.livejournal.com]

I'd heard about that, but it wasn't official, like, before I left for work. :D

I'll be interested to see the numbers on this one, though.

So, yeah. Peralta until 2010, with an option for 2011, and Grady through 2011 with an option for 2012? THAT IS AMAZING. I mean, it's the Indians' way, but still.

[kmousie.livejournal.com]

**kisses your collective forehead** I'm thinking of you, and often. I hope everything works out okay.

Thanks, darlin'. *smooches* I'm better today than I've been all week, so let's hear it for progress.

B-Rob looked good - swung the bat well, ran well.

Some awfully nice pictures of him on the Yahoo MLB Photo feed today. *g*

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

I'm glad ^_^ And I saw! ^_^

[lovingthecubs.livejournal.com]

The new mlb.com layout would look good if I wasn't so attatched to the old one. This one's a lot more modern, as opposed to the old one that was really simple. & it's funny going from mlb.com's new look to all the team sites that are the same old look, hah. [Yes, I have no life & analyze baseball sites, lmao.]

'I'll probably be in the bathroom throwing up.'

Thaaaaaaat'll be yours truly. Me? Bitter? Nahhhh.

[unlovablehands.livejournal.com]

*bitters with you*

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

But I like the simple one! :( The old layout had a natural kind of path-progression to it. You looked at the main headlines, then your eyes drifted over to the scores, then you wandered down to the slightly older headlines, and the assorted crap at the bottom. This layout is much too busy. **whines** The ONLY thing this has going for it is that damn Fast Cast video window doesn't open within five seconds of me visiting the site. I hated that :-P

You know, it's funny. Back when the ChiSox first won, I was like, well, I'm sure Cubs fans are kinda happy for them. I mean, it's kind of a city-wide honor, right? :-P I'm kind of an idiot sometimes ^_~

[nyychick23513.livejournal.com]

Moose was on MLB.radio recently and there's nothing terribly notable about the interview, in fact, it was quite boring, but Mike kinda half laughs a little at the end. So there's that.

That's pretty much the highlight of the interview. and no, I didn't replay that part numerous times just to hear it again >.>

Also, hasn't Chavvy been trying to change his "disposition" for a couple years now? I think it might be a lost cause, Eric.

*laughs* Isn't that where the whole "Chavvy's about as bad-ass as a kitten" quote came from? Chavvy trying to be bad-ass? I don't think it's going to happen either. :P

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

**laughs** Pretty much. And that was Mulder's reaction to the news, so it must be going on three years now that he's been trying to become edgier :-P Hope springs eternal, apparently.