A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES

***I GUESS THEY CAN HIT***
Gotta love putting up a crooked number on the scoreboard. The Indian pitchers were throwing the ball everywhere, because when it was near the plate, somebody hit a frozen rope. The Indian catcher, Santana, was hopping all over the place, trying to stop all the errant throws. When one praticularly bad throw hit him flush on the knee, he had to be replaced the next inning. They would have replaced him right away, but it took Manager Acta 15 minutes to convince back-up catcher Jiminez that he HAD to go in.
At least A-Rod has stopped hitting those weak ground balls to the shortstop. That's a sure sign that he was trying very hard to pull the ball and ht a home run. He has been averaging a home run every 22 at bats, but he's up to 30-something now. I would think that means he should hit one against the Rays this weekend, always a good thing.

***A WELL-DESERVED SENTENCE***
The Jersey man (?) who intentionally vomited on a man & his 11-year old daughter at a ball game in Philly, has been sentenced to 1-3 months in jail, 2 years probation and 50 hours of community service. Not only was the vomiting not a good idea, but choosing an off-duty Police captain only compounded the problem.
The rumor that the concessionaire was listed as a co-conspirator is not true.

***YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE RESEARCH WILL LEAD YOU***
I read a couple of days ago that a researcher (who obviously has no life) has painstakingly studied the box scores of the 1961 baseball season and discovered that Mickey Mantle actually scored one less run than he was credited with. That means he did not tie Roger Maris for the league lead in runs scored. This fellow also discovered that Maris was credited with one more RBI than he deserved, dropping him into a tie for the RBI crown with Jim Gentile of the Orioles. Well, I'm glad we straightened those records. End of story, right? Not Quite. It seems that Gentile had a bonus clause in his contract that awarded him $5000 for leading the league in RBI's. When told about it, Gentile was quoted as saying, "It's about time. Those bas***** better send that check!"
True story.

On a personal note, loyal fan JudyMaris kept AJ Burnett focused and effective Wednesday against Cleveland. When AJ walked a couple of guys, JudyMaris wanted to visit the mound, but luckily for AJ, her companion Dave, was able to convince her not to leave her beer untended.

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