Matthew

And what is amazing is that the Cardinals are only a game behind. I wonder if any team in that division will finish over .500.

BTW: Can you have anything but "multiple kittens?

Perusing my baseball websites, Cardinal fans are having multiple kittens over the Rick Ankiel taking HGH story. Sucks when you build someone up to be Roy Hobbs to the nth degree. Well, I'm sure we'll be hearing 1,000,000 excuses for Ankiel on this one.

Even without the death of The Mighty John Bonham, they were played out. In Through The Out Door had its moments, but overall, it wasn't much. I'd agree with Hot Stuff that anything by Page or Plant has been pretty damn weak since then. Though I keep hearing that Page has seem to have gotten his act together recently, but call skeptical on that score....

Yeah, pretty ugly performance by the bullpen, but not surprising since they've been worn out this season. Think getting blown-out like that put the final nail in coffin of play-off chances.

Like the news about Help!, probably will be getting the deluxe box.

Not quite as sanguine about Ramirez vs. Wang, but a sweep would be very nice indeed, but taking two of three would be just as good. Taht would leave the Mariners coming out of NY only a game behind in the Wild Card. Well, I think you need to make a statement and come out of there with the lead but on the plus side, after Wednesday, the Yankees will have just 7 games left at home and 15 on the road, and they are under .500 away from the Bronx. That should help the M's provided they make yet another big bounce back from an extended losing streak. I have to say it would be funny if Steve Phillips ends up being right. Some idiot on Foxsports.com, Kevin Hench, was actually stupid enough to refer to him as "Steve 'Zambrano for Kazmir' Phillips". Amazing that it slipped past the editor considering that Phillips had been gone from the Mets organization for like a year and a half before that trade was made. I agree that the Yankees are in trouble right now. Their pitching continues to stink, and ARod seems to have cooled off recently. Sounds like Clemens will be gone for awhile, and Mussina looked terrible yesterday, had nothing on any of his pitches. Added to all this is the fact that George Steinbrenner seems to be slipping into Alzheimer's (if the rumors are true), it's just not looking good for the Yanks this year.

Disk two now. The Nappy LaMare stuff is very nice. Up to disk five now, The Cootie Williams sessions which, for me, are one of the highlights of the whole box. Great music.

Not quite as sanguine about Ramirez vs. Wang, but a sweep would be very nice indeed, but taking two of three would be just as good. Taht would leave the Mariners coming out of NY only a game behind in the Wild Card.

Easy win today, about time the Mariners got a w. Maybe even a sweep.....

Clemens has elbow inflammation and blisters on his push-off foot. He's due to get whipped, just as the M's bats are due to wake up. Then you've got two lefties against a team that scuffles against them. I see a sweep! Go Mariners! The other good side of a below par Clemens is if Clemens can't go, the replacement is Mussina. I just don't see how the Mariners can lose today -- so that means they'll probably get blown out 11-0. Baseball, what a game.... I don't want to jinx it, Matthew but its going perfectly to plan - Clemens out, Mussina in, and King Felix doing the job. 6-1 through six. We'll see if the bullpen can hold on for the last two innings....

Clemens has elbow inflammation and blisters on his push-off foot. He's due to get whipped, just as the M's bats are due to wake up. Then you've got two lefties against a team that scuffles against them. I see a sweep! Go Mariners! The other good side of a below par Clemens is if Clemens can't go, the replacement is Mussina. I just don't see how the Mariners can lose today -- so that means they'll probably get blown out 11-0. Baseball, what a game....

If Felix Hernandez doesn't come up big today against that jerk Clemens, I'm going to be one majorly pissed-off Mariner fan. You've been warned "King Felix".....

Made the plunge bought this hardware NAD integrated amps are very good IMHO. I have a C 320BEE and works perfectly with my set-up.

Be careful or I'll sick Kevin Elster on the Giants... So, Matthew, do the M's have one more run left in them or has this latest lengthy losing streak put an end to the magic carpet ride? We need King Felix to come up big but if the M's can't help us, at least they'll keep falling out of the WC and give the Sox a nice cushion when they fail to keep the Yanks at bay. I have to say it was funny watching Sportscenter this morning and seeing Steve Phillips continue to stick to his guns that the Yankees will miss the playoffs. He's certain that the Mariners will now heat up again, but I have a feeling that the Yanks could build a 5+ game lead in the wild card and he'd declare the Yanks eliminated from the post-season hunt. He must figure its better to never admit you were wrong, just stick to your guns because no one will revisit your predictions when they go splat. IMHO the Mariners are dead-in-the-water, with weak pitching, an overused bullpen failing, and an offense in a slump. It was fun while it lasted, maybe they can put it together to sweep Boston. Sweep Boston? Its sweep New York! Nine straight is crushing, but the way I look it is that they've got to start winning soon. Losing that many in a row probably actually improves the odds of taking two of three in the Bronx. My bad. For some reason, it was in my head that it was off to New York, and then to Boston. Only the Yankees. Well, to win two out of three would be nice --- so would peace on earth.

Be careful or I'll sick Kevin Elster on the Giants... So, Matthew, do the M's have one more run left in them or has this latest lengthy losing streak put an end to the magic carpet ride? We need King Felix to come up big but if the M's can't help us, at least they'll keep falling out of the WC and give the Sox a nice cushion when they fail to keep the Yanks at bay. I have to say it was funny watching Sportscenter this morning and seeing Steve Phillips continue to stick to his guns that the Yankees will miss the playoffs. He's certain that the Mariners will now heat up again, but I have a feeling that the Yanks could build a 5+ game lead in the wild card and he'd declare the Yanks eliminated from the post-season hunt. He must figure its better to never admit you were wrong, just stick to your guns because no one will revisit your predictions when they go splat. IMHO the Mariners are dead-in-the-water, with weak pitching, an overused bullpen failing, and an offense in a slump. It was fun while it lasted, maybe they can put it together to sweep Boston.

Be careful or I'll sick Kevin Elster on the Giants...

Typical Mariner free-fall right now, their seventh straight loss last night to the Bluejays. Well, this is what happens when Hernandez is supposed to be your stopper, he doesn't stop anything.

Dan, If the Sox fall apart, well...I don't know what to say. They looked like a team that was going to make for a boring post season, winning series in 3, 4, and 4 games. Best starting pitching by far, but it does look like you are still short an offensive player or two(Don't you wish the Sox braintrust had listened to folks like me that said run as fast as you can from J.D. Drew? ) I wonder if some team like the Diamondbacks will end up winning it all this year??? What?? JD Drew not coming through when it counts? Just no way that happens.... The thing that gets me about JD is that his suckitude in the clutch doesn't bother him in the least.

Been reading the First Volume of Henry David Thoreau's Journal: 1837 - 1844. Very interesting and has some great writing in it. One of my favorite quotes so far: Nov. 12th 1837 Discipline I yet lack discernment to distinguish the whole lesson of to-day: but it is not lost - it will come to me at last. My desire is to know what I have lived, that I may know how to live henceforth.

Disk two now. The Nappy LaMare stuff is very nice.

Decided that I need to make my way through Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions since I haven't listened to it in a long time. Disk one right now, Paul Whitman is blasting as I type.

Looking out my window, sky is covered with clouds, temp is 66.

I also like the Futurama commentaries, though on the very last episode, some idiot talks over the final lines of the series -- :rmad: . Other than Futurama, I also found the commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr. for Ocean's 11 interesting, especially about the downfall of the Vegas lounge.