Mount Hamilton
Want to pop a question? Maybe you just want a first kiss. Either way, Mount Hamilton is a great place for either in San Jose.
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Nelson Cruz and Corey Hart
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Stuff is found below that relates to actual life. For some readers, that's their favorite part of SSI shtick. For others, this blog should be about baseball, light and breezy.
You been warned :- )
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HOT NEWS ITEM: M's had a 1/$8M deal with Cruz, and ownership backed away.
TOMORROW'S NEWS TODAY: You've gotten it all year. ;- )
We've insisted, long past even SSI's usual infuriating repetition level, that the M's had essentially decided against Cruz-at-a-big-bargain.
OH WELL: "We got Rodney instead of Cruz."
GIMME A BREAK: Was it truly either/or? If Clayton Kershaw will join your team for $5M, you find $5M. And, anyway, the M's paid Corey Hart.
OH WELL: If you're determined to believe that anything here is on the M's, be my guest. Maybe you're right. But I doubt it :- )
And, anyway, this is not about bashing the M's. It's about a life lesson.
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PREMISE: It's not possible for any baseball analyst to believe that Nelson Cruz wasn't worth 1 year, $7.5M. This one goes way, way beyond "no-brainer."
CONCLUSION: Something other than "stupidity" HAD to be the root cause of this fiasco.
OK, let's think for two minutes. Breathe. Let's process that, even if we dislike the implication. The M's didn't back away from Cruz --- > because their IQ's were low.
All righty then?
St Louis mineral springs
Missouri’s geology makes it ripe for mineral springs, which can be found in an assortment of different classifications, including sulfur springs, alkaline springs, artesian springs, and more. Here are our picks for the top three mineral springs near St. Louis.
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Spend Time Together Enjoying the Sunset
The sunset has long been a symbol of romance among couples. When you’d like to end a day out together by watching the sun go down, check out some of the best places in
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The best parks in St. Louis
When it comes time to get out of the house, a local park is a great way to enjoy the outdoors without spending a lot of money. Here are our top three picks for the best parks in the St. Louis area.
This huge, 1,300-acre park is the setting for the zoo, the history museum, the science center, and miles of great paved trails. It also has a big playground, if the kids need to work off some extra energy.
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Staying Cool in Austin
Sometimes you just can’t deal with the
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Price, fellow Rays making a run for the NW border
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Would Dr. D trade Nick Franklin "in the division"? The A's seem :- ) to realize something nobody else does:
- You can't teach EYE. You acquire EYE.
- Also, they need a middle infielder now.
- Also, 2-3 WAR players at $450K are solid gold.
- Also, 4-5 WAR players at club-controls are fairly nice.
So Nick "is a top target" for the A's. Um, yeah. Why wouldn't he be? He's the quintessential Oakland A, right down to the beat-writer-irritating arrogance.
St. Louis day trips
Interested in getting out of the city for the day with your partner? Here are our top three picks for day trips in the St. Louis area, for when you want a mini-vacation.
Visit Mark Twain’s childhood home, the birthplace of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Check out the amazing museum, then stroll the streets of this charming town.
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First, long draft look for 2014
After all the talk about Jack as GM in the shouts, and since it's May Eve, I figured it's about time to start some draft conversations, even though the Ms are still clinging to some sort of respectability after a month of baseball. They're throwing off my timing with their performances this last week.
Angels 3 …..
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Angels' corner tossed in the towel about two 4-run innings ago, I think ...
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Bottom Line
Paxton goes to 5-0, 1.75 in his first six MLB starts. Maybe Gordon can draw us up a list of SP's who were 5-0 and 6-0 after six starts?
He's got 34 strikeouts and 9 walks, with 4 homers allowed, in 36.0 IP. A nice symmetrical TTO line of 8.5 / 2.25 / 1.0 ... the two starting pitchers with the most similar TTO's to that, over the period 2011-13, are CC Sabathaa and David Price. Like we sez, Paxton has deviated from script. He has been pitching more like the virtuoso's than the napalm divebombers Koufax and Kershaw.
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IP 1 - Paxton digs into the 3-run hole
Conventional wisdom -- that on TV, anyway, from McClendon & Blowers et al -- was that Paxton was amp'ed up for the Big Home Opener. Made a few mistakes in the first, but settled in and mowed them down later.
SSI's take is different.
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