Sunday Night ESPN Game

With the Jones’s out and Giles back, it was almost like they still went with nine starters…with Langerhans being the weakest link offensively. Hopefully Thorman will hit enough to make up for his defense…you’d think Corrales would be all over him, positioning wise. I was thinking he was too far over before the announcer mentioned it, but they may have had him over in the gap on purpose. Nice to win on ESPN without the Jones’s…good pitching and defense, then the clutch hitting.

I’ll be in Charlotte tomorrow and Wednesday, and having burned a lot of vacation, Thursday’s game is out. Matthew does like that singer that’s performing afterwards (I wouldn’t recognize his songs), though it would be interesting to hear Smoltz. Ceil and Anna are busy on Saturday, and I was thinking about ditching all the stuff that needs to be done around the house to go to the afternoon game. With all the Mets fans that’ll be there, I’d have to wear a Braves shirt and cap. I expect you and Charlotte to help out with this on Friday.

Funny that Betemit had been wearing his pants high all week playing second, then wears them down over his shoes playing third on ESPN. There was one reader report on the Uni-Watch blog last week that Maddux wore his pants high last week when pitching against Clemens, but I hadn’t seen anything else on it. Someone else wrote in to say the guy in the new Matt Dillon/Kate Hudson movie was wearing “Maddux socks”…those white socks with the blue stripe. Seems like a team would have to be desperate to want Maddux, though his recent record probably has just as much to do with lack of run support as bad pitching. Will the Angels grab him, or will they concentrate on Soriano? That would be wild if the Cards got the Phillies rightfielder.

Stayed upstairs most of the day Saturday, organizing and cleaning out closets until after 8 pm, with only a couple of breaks, including a quick afternoon trip to Kroger. Stu and Lemke were on the radio saying the game was delayed. Missed having them on from Friday night to Sunday night. Ceil’s almost finished with Anna’s room, and on the way home from church Sunday we got a new mattress. Walked in the door as Tiger was finishing up on the 18th green.

Wasn't able to give my full attention to the Sunday night game, but I did hear Morgan say that, and I was already thinking of you when Edgar was bunting. Didn't seem like his heart was in the bunt, or strike two wasa tough outside pitch and he barely got a piece of. See his quote in the AJC this morning? He joked that he was a power hitter, and wasn't bunting any more. Interesting that Cox kept Edgar second in the order, and put Betemit third.

Funny how Morgan took the time to ask Wilson how to pronounce his name, whereas the Braves announcers pronounce it the Southern way. I'd thinkChip Carey might've taken time to get the pronunciation correct, but hewouldn't want to override his dad.

See the recent MLB play where the ball was dribbled up the 1B line, the pitcher came over and fielded it. The 1B has also gone after the ball, so the pitcher decided to touch the bag, since he was the closest. He took his time, and the batter hustled and beat it out. Perhaps the Nationals. I remembered that when reading what LaRoche had to say about the cheers he’s getting.

I’ll probably be spending 2 weeks training in Orlando, between now and the end of October. Hopefully I can catch a Rays game, and the family could go for week two to take in Disney.