tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23002598.post115678329286226341..comments2007-04-16T19:22:37.550-04:00Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00760848289265456912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23002598.post-1156801994176165182006-08-28T17:53:00.000-04:002006-08-28T17:53:00.000-04:00(a) Welcome back, you've been missed.<BR/><BR/>(b) The silver lining in the truth you so eloquently state is that it goes some distance to debunk the idea that this is a shitty baseball town. I mean, fireworks can't be THAT big of a draw, in and of themselves, can they? You can sit in Point State Park and see those for free. Ditto for the stadium: how many one-time visitors will bear witness to its greatness before that market disappears? <BR/><BR/>Even that loyalty is dumb on some levels when it isn't rewarded by the people running the franchise. But the loaylty, in and of itself, is only arguably a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>The optimism, on the other hand, is just a failure to pay attention.KPatricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23002598.post-1156785787071352102006-08-28T13:23:00.000-04:002006-08-28T13:23:00.000-04:00Let’s see … They entered the All-Star break at 30 games under .500, and they’re now at 31 games under .500. <BR/><BR/>Yup, things are looking up.<BR/><BR/>Has anybody else noticed that Dejan has been using the word “inexplicably” a lot lately when writing about the exploits of a certain second baseman? ...<BR/><BR/>“In the fourth, Jose Castillo inexplicably swung at the first pitch just after a four-pitch walk to free swinger Ryan Doumit.”Bern1noreply@blogger.com