Astros Lose

We wasted too many chances and we lost it. Brian Moehler finally realized he was Brian Moehler and in the 17th the Mets got to him. One interesting thing in this game was the Mets almost complete offensive ineptitude between the 7th and 17th. I think a man reached third only once in extra innings, …

More Than Meets the Eye

Deadline Hollywood Daily » ‘Transformers’ Targets $150M First Week; Could Pass 7-Day Non-Sequel ‘Passion’ & ‘Potter’; Latinos Flock To See Battle Bots Hollywood money-grubbers anticipate that Transformers will take in $150M this week, which is 50% more than anticipated. Based on the trailers and my understanding of the premise I can’t understand why you would …

Bottom of the 15th

Aaron Sele on to pitch for Mets. Hunter Pence starts off the inning with a lead-off single (coulda used that earlier in the game). Loretta sacrifices him to 2nd. IBB to El Caballo. Morgan hits an easy grounder to 3rd, Wright steps on the bag and throws to first. Double play. 

Carlos Beltran

I’m impressed that the Astro fans at the Juicebox continue to boo him incessantly. The writers and even a couple of Astros have criticized this, but I don’t have a problem with it. I was at a game against the Mets the year after Beltran left and I didn’t boo, but I understand why they …

Astros Still Tied, On to the 15th

Typical nerve-wracking extra-inning baseball. I’ve lost track of the number of times in extra innings where the Astros could have won the game with a hit. They’ve had a runner on third with either one or two outs in at least two different innings. In the bottom of the 14th Carlos Beltran made a game-saving …

Every baseball blogger’s dream

The Seattle Times: Sports: Mariners Blog Get this though. After the game, Hernandez gave credit to the so-called “Open Letter to Rafael Chaves” that the folks at USS Mariner wrote last week as a reason he mixed his pitches up so effectively in the early innings. The website has been stating repeatedly for the past …

Astros tied 3-3

Bottom of the 9th and the score is tied 3-3. Woody Williams pitched well, at least compared to some of his previous outings, going 8 innings and allowing 3 runs, all via the long ball. Hunter Pence ended the top of the 9th by throwing out Lo Duca trying to go first to third on …

Procrastination

Psychology Today: Procrastination: Ten Things To Know This is from some website called Psychology Today, but it’s food for thought. Some of these hit close to home. Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one. And it cuts across all domains of their life. …

Back to the Future

If I were doing undergrad all over again, something like this program would be really interesting. The King’s College

Standing is not a Technicality

Bench Memos on National Review Online The plaintiffs allege that the President, as an actor in our tripartite system of government, exceeds his constitutional authority by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless wiretaps of overseas communications under the TSP. But this court, not unlike the President, has constitutional limits of its own and, despite …