Matthew

The way Tim Lincecum & Felix Hernandez are going, they're not going lose a game this year. Lincecum especially looks great.

See where that freakin' idiot Vicente Padilla nailed Aaron Rowand in the face, with the result that Rowand has two small fractures in his cheek, plus a mild concussion. Texas got rid of Padilla because of stuff like this, now the Dodgers are stuck with him, especially after he signed for a big contract. Rowand has never been one of my favorites, but he plays the game full out, and that's something you have to respect, so I hope he comes back full strength. Padilla is such a loser, good luck with him Torre.

Congratulations Chuck! Saga of the Outlaws for me, is the reissue of the year, important music that needs to be heard.

Man, are Soriano and Fukudome terrible outfielders, butchers to anything coming their way....

Oh, oh, Chuck: Carlos Silva is going for the Cubs today. You're in for a long day.

More here. Dan, I love you bro, but a Red Sox fan complaining about another teams "out of town fans???????"

Oh I know that. I was just looking for an excuse to use the "browning in the skillet" line. ...which I loved!

While reading this book, I'm embarrassed that I forgot so much about Merton's life, and completely forgot about the unsettling "crucifixion incident" at Cambridge, where, according to Mott, Merton was Jesus in a mock crucifixion, and might even have carried a scare on the palm of his hand as a souvenir -- Yikes! Also amazed that the book kind of skips over his conversion to Catholicism also, a very cursory glance at that part of his life . Still, it's worth the read, I'm not even up to when Merton enters the Trappists yet.

For some reason, I never felt that the Cubs would get anywhere with Lou Piniella as manager. The Cubbies seems like a team that needs a calmer touch to it, and Zembrano definitely could benefit from a different style of handling.

The Mariners look flat-out terrible right now, offense stinks to high heaven, Bradley's not doing a thing, no one is doing anything decent. Awful.

No, no, I assure you a middle-finger gesture does not make me think, "Hey, that's just like Matthew!" Just that I know from your previous posts that you're none too happy about his presence on the Mariners....and I thought Griffey's comment was pretty funny.

Bradley is one of the most classless players in the past ten years. I wish the Mariners will just dump him asap. Oh, I'm touched that someone flipping people off makes you think of me, thanks! You don't see those kinds of homers too often on a cold night at Pac Bell, he looks like quite the player.

Yeah, men dressing up as women goes way over my head....

It would have been better if he ran down the length of the table and then jumped out the window. You can't beat the Coen brothers at their own game.

And the Giants won. Only undefeated team in the MLB. BOO-ya! A couple impressions from this game: Tim Hudson looks like he's going to have a great year. The Giants have the look of a team that can be special this year. The J-Hey Kid seems like he's going to be up-and-down this year, but, for a twenty year old, he can be special. Edgar Rentaria is playing great now that he's healthy, and even Aaron Rowand is looking good. I'm sticking with my prediction of the Giants in the World Series.

Can Seattle please call an end to the Milton Bradley experiment? No good is coming from it.

A lot of people do stupid shit. No way I'm getting up there. You have to remember that someone actually built it What's with all the people up there, is there a Starbucks at the end of the trail?

Hey Goodie, you have to admit Zito was very good the send half of the season last year, after the All-Star game, he went 5-4, with a 2.83 ERA. I'd take that any day of the week for a number three starter. If he's even close this year, that's going to be a killer top three: Lincecum, Cain, and Zito. I think the Giants can go a long way in a weak National League. I would too if the season was only 80 games long. In short: Zito sucks. Zito really sucked tonight: 6 innings, 3 hits, 1 BB, 5 K's. Get rid of the bum.... See me in July. Then we see how smug you are. What the heck??? Zito has a very good second half of the season last year, has a great first start, and all of a sudden, that's smug? Geesh, give a player his due....

Hey Goodie, you have to admit Zito was very good the send half of the season last year, after the All-Star game, he went 5-4, with a 2.83 ERA. I'd take that any day of the week for a number three starter. If he's even close this year, that's going to be a killer top three: Lincecum, Cain, and Zito. I think the Giants can go a long way in a weak National League. I would too if the season was only 80 games long. In short: Zito sucks. Zito really sucked tonight: 6 innings, 3 hits, 1 BB, 5 K's. Get rid of the bum....

I was thinking when that came on: God bless the man who invented the mute button.

Matthew, thanks for making this comment--I thought it was just me. They went on and on about Cano being a bit slow off the plate on that long single earlier, too. Boy, CC really looking shaky in the 5th and now in the 6th...Bosox have 2nd and 3rd with no outs. EDIT: now 5-4 and Bosox have a runner on 3rd with no outs. It's a ball game! Matthew, how long is Cliff Lee on the DL for? Cliff Lee is on the 15 day DL, plus a five game suspension. I have a feeling the Mariners will be lucky to see Lee before May. Typical Joe Morgan comment always starts with: "When I played the game..." What I really hate is when he and Miller go off about these small, picayune things, like Gardner throw or Cano's being slow off the plate, and go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, about it, just so they can let you know they understand inside baseball. If I'm Boston, I'd start getting worried about Beckett, he just doesn't look the same.

I had forgotten just how awful the ESPN announcers are. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill, you'd think Billy Gardner committed a felony with his errant throw in the 5th. Geesh, I can't believe how terrible they are, they have nothing to say and take the whole game to say nothing.

It's the old Polo Grounds in New York, which has quite a storied history to it. The bluff behind the stands that you can see is the famous Coogan's Bluff. Of course, everything connected with New York baseball is "legendary."

I honor of the start of the baseball season: 1913 World Series, New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics. Athletics wins 4-1.