Everywhere you look today, there’s sex selling. I’m not even talking about human trafficking this time. I’m not even talking about the magazines and music videos and TV advertisements. No, I’m talking about every time you log onto your computer and there’s a spam message or even an ad waiting for you to talk about increasing the size of your penis, or getting laid tonight, or meeting hot young singles right now. It’s beyond irritating.
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=== Chone Figgins' Howler in LF ===
Dr. D was sitting in exactly the same seat, in the mezzanine, the night that Milton Bradley did that to Doug Fister. Bradley got cut the next day. I think. Somebody run the tracer. Bradley got cut pretty much the next day. Point is, the deja vu was suffocating.
Figgins had feeb'ed a ground-into-double-play, first ups, and if you weren't there, the booing was heeeaaaav-vee.
Next ups, with one out in a one-run game, Michael Saunders took the massive risk of stealing third. The idea was that the next batter could knock him in with an out, if he made it. Chone Figgins was up next. Figgins let a 2-strike fastball sail by with zero resistance, right on the black, and then Figgins stood there for five seconds to make the statement that the ump blew it. There's such a thing as "too close to take" with two strikes; this wasn't it. This pitch was right on the black.
Figgins took these two AB's into the field with him, simply failed to run down a HIGH popup to him, and this led to the 4-run inning that caused Felix' demise. Gordon tells me that you're not supposed to commit these offenses against your ace. Let's hope that Jay-Z agrees.
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Then Figgins singled and doubled in his last two AB's, giving Dr. D the distinct impression that he'd just crawled out of the coffin. ::shrug::
Casper Wells is back; we'd presume that this was to provide a 4th outfielder vis-a-vis Figgins' powerflush. Except that Franklin Gutierrez came up to provide the 4th outfielder, and Wells the 5th.
How many vote that it's time? Raise your hands?
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=== Smoak's non-homers ===
Dr. D has been in favor of changing Safeco Field since at least Adrian Beltre's second month here.
1. The offense needs more hitters. These should have been added during the offseason. That's stipulated, mate.
=== Pavlov's Dogs Dept. ===
Dr. D was a middle infielder himself, a lousy one compared to Dustin Ackley or even TopCat, but I know what the ball looks like out there. And what great middle infielders look like.
If you have the Pets expansion pack for The Sims 2, parrots are one of the available options. Frankly, I recommend them. It's fun to have a dog or cat, but if you're running a busy family, it can be challenging to keep up with the mammal pets too.
To get a parrot, go to the Pets menu in Buy Mode, and buy a cage. Put the cage in your Sims' house, then click on the cage and choose "stock cage." You have the choice of six different birds, five of which are parrots. (I believe the sixth is a falcon, but I'm not 100% sure about that.)
