Mik

Jason Vargas (rookie) threw a CG, 1 run effort for the Marlins today. Fourth reliable pitcher? He's 4-1. Great surprise, he was just drafted last year. I figured Olson would succeed in the bigs before Vargas.

You want to talk incredible... how about the Marlins pitching? Willis: CG Shutout Beckett: Shutout Burnett: Coming out in the 9th for a CG shutout. And with Washington, Philadelphia, and Houston all having lost or losing, we can be looking at the new wildcard leaders. Alright, alright, alright.

I can't wait until the Marlins play the Phillies. I might have to convince my girlfriend she needs to visit her parents in Philadelphia just so I can go see one of the games. They've won every series since they split 2-2 with the Cards. Another shutout tonight and Burnett throwing tomorrow. It's hard to not be optimistic with the pitching staff.

Apparently a Phoenix radio station has said Clemens. A station in Detroit has said Clemens and Jeter, while a station in Boston has said Clemens and Damon. The Clemens rumor is certainly gaining ground and could definitely be the rumored player "who will bring MLB to its knees." I'd be shocked if it was Jeter - that's probably just a garbage rumor. Again, just a rumor, but it's just about everywhere now so I figured I'd post it here. EDIT: And apparently Rob Neyer might know something...

This was actually on last night, and it certainly had me entertained throughout. My favorite: Matt Gould aka Joe Schmo

Yet another CG shutout for Dontrelle Willis tonight. Glad he hit that "second half wall" again. 16 wins.

If the next 4 or 5 are going to be the heads of all of the Simpsons, I don't see the reasoning behind getting the replacement boxes. I imagine they will go a different route for seasons 11-15 as well. Eh, it's not the nicest, but I do like the DVD case on the inside of the head.

I like this packaging, once you open Homer's head... I love the way the DVDs are set up. And I bought mine at Best Buy. It came with a plastic sleeve that matches the side art of all the other DVDs...it's black and has Chief Wiggum and Mr. Burns. It matches all of the others from the side and looks good on the shelf.

I had planned on playing some xbox tonight but I just have to stop and watch Felix pitch on mlb.tv. This would be the first time in my entire life that I have ever watched a game just to see someone pitch.

Look for Delmon Young either next month or starting next year. Amazing talent. I'd reckon instant All-Star, like Cabrera, Pujols, and A-Rod were.

I'd just like to point out that as of 7/31...Juan Encarnacion has 17 win shares. Whoa.

So, quick poll: Is 40 year old virgin going to be funny or awful? Leaning toward funny, but it has the possibility of being a total bomb.

The newest member of the Baseball Tonight crew... HELL FUCKING YES! And he's actually pretty good at it. Easily better than Steve Phillips and Larry Bowa already. The flashbacks they showed of him in 1993 reminded me how much teal actually used to be on the field back then. Glad they toned it down.

No no, I already heard all about on the Marlin's fan forum. It's actually his 2nd steroid suspension this year - making it a 30 game suspension. But if I hadn't heard it and you posted it as such - yeah... you'd have gotten me.

I know I'm biased, but all these posts and nobody mentioned Duke/UNC??? I'm not in NC anymore, but that gets my vote.

YES! Mike Lowell and Todd Jones just used the hidden ball trick to get a runner on 3rd base in the bottom of the 8th in a 1 run game. Just amazing. I'll probably never see that again.

3 hit CG Shutout tonight for AJ Burnett - who has won 5 in a row...looking dominant in just about all of them. He claims that he is going to do everything in his power to get the team to the postseason. Good thing he didn't get traded.

The text ads are blocking the entire section of the toolbar that leads to the control panel. I'm running Firefox on OS X Tiger if that helps at all. I'm pretty sure I had the same problem when I was still running XP.

I have guaranteed delivery from Amazon on Saturday or I get it for free. Between that, my new iMac G5 and a cross country move, I have a busy two weeks coming up. I have high hopes for this book - I hope it delivers. No reason to think that it won't - all the others have.

Lost in all the trade talk... Jay Powell of the Atlanta Braves pulled a Dave Dravecky tonight as his arm just apparently snapped midpitch. Goodbye, career.

Yeah, I was on the UltimateBlue skin as well. Appears to be fixed now. Thanks.

Oh, man. Ha.

And Aubrey Huff, I think.

Man, the Devil Rays would make out like bandits there. Getting Yusmeiro Petit and Lastings Milledge for Danys Baez and Aubrey Huff! They can't win now, so why not trade for the prospects. Their team is going to be unreal with Delmon Young, BJ Upton...wow. I don't even think Chuckles Lamar can mess it up. As for the trade, I hope it doesn't happen. Manny on the Mets is not a good thing for the rest of the NL East.

What the hell is this doing in general chat?