Monday, September 29, 2008

QOTD

Ralph Nader, after he'd been told by Washington Post editors that the lack of coverage of his presidential campaign was because he had no chance of winning - "Then why are you covering the Nationals?"

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

qotd

"Juan Pierre hit zero home runs last year. Mythical fairy creature David Eckstein hit three, for Chrissakes, and he swings a three-inch bat carved out of a candy cane."

FJM

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

QOTD

Thanks to loyal reader Stan for the tip.

The newly extended (no pun intended, pottyminds) Jake Peavy on returning home for the winter:
"I go back and I still have people in Mobile go, 'Who do you play for again?' And I go, 'The Padres.' They say, 'They still have a team?' And I go, 'Yeah, man, we have uniforms and everything.'

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

qot debacle

6th inning, Villone facing Jay Payton, 1 out, bases loaded, Kevin Millar at third:

Ken Singleton: Melky's reputation held Millar there. Word gets around. They see the tapes. There aren't many centerfielders in the American League who can throw runners out at home plate. You have Melky, Torii Hunter, Mark Kotsay, maybe Curtis Granderson...
Michael Kay: Ichiro.
Singleton: Yep. Vernon Wells. Gotta throw Gary Matthews, Jr. in there. Sizemore.
So after saying it's "not many in the AL" Singleton goes on to name more than half of the starting centerfielders in the league. Brilliant.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

QOTD

Thank you Ken Tremendous.
Aura. Mystique. That indefinible je ne sais quoi de sinistre that the magical underachieving Yankees of 1996-2000 had in spades. Think about the improbable run of that team. They were made up entirely of career minor leaguers, rag-tag humps, 42 year-old semi-retired recovering-alcoholic player-coaches, a pretty-boy third baseman (Corbin Bernsen), a young, raw base-stealing phenom with a batting glove obsession, a placekicking horse, Kathy Ireland, that weird quiet kid Jimmy who swore he would never play basketball again, and a simple Iowa farmer who ploughed his field because Ray Liotta/his own dead dad/he himself talked to him in a funny way, and they were all coached by Emilio Estevez. And somehow, someway, they overcame extraordinary odds, came together, and using nothing more than guile, team chemistry, mystique, aura, and togetherness, won four World Series in four of the biggest upsets in the history of professional sports!

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