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So the Kansas City Royals had won +10 games IN. A. ROW. before they ran into the 250-HP woodchipper that is Safeco Field.* And then we demonstrated to The Resurrected John Lackey (TM) that his 2.50 ERA had been fake all along.
You watch the Mariners play, and they don't physically LOOK like they're on pace for 87-91 wins** and a playoff spot. No way no how.
Have a fun fish, beans or veggie recipe you want to try? Take your sweetheart on a field trip to Alemany Farmers' Market. Pick out a few ingredients you want to experiment with and let the fun date night commence.
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The dating scene in Honolulu is interesting, to say the least. With such a small community, you tend to run into the same people over and over again. Exes, people you went to school with, your best friend's second cousin… live in Honolulu long enough and it starts to seem like you know everyone somehow.
It can be tough to find a fun place to go on a date, too. Here are three fresh suggestions for you to try.
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Nice cup on the bat there LoMo. And he's aiming it cup high. Love the white knuckles. Baa-aad intentions, bab-eh.
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The ugly reality of Jered Weaver looms tonight. Here's another reality check, with the center column giving you the HQ "takeaway ideas" on each player's 2014 prospects.
| Player | HQ "label" | # |
| Almonte, CF | Impact 4th outfielder | Okay OBP, nice SB, some HR |
| "Bradley" Miller, SS | Will impact from Opening Day | $19 roto! |
| Cano, FK (fort knox) | Will age gracefully | $35 roto (!!) |
| Smoak, 1B | Ready to step up | 240/330/420 with 35 HR upside |
| Seager, 3B | High "floor," power maturing | $20 roto |
| Morrison, DH | If healthy, will hit RHP | UP: .270 AVG, 20 HR |
| Saunders, RF | meh AVG but good everything else | $14 roto in 400 AB (!) |
| Zunino, C | Don't touch him for 2014 | .206/.294/.350 |
| Ackley, LF | Treat 2013 as floor, with UP | 4.1 runs per 27 outs |
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Hm. Taking all of these players as roto individuals, Shandler sees 8 of them as solid contributors in 2014, all except Zunino. As we mentioned, that would be a recipe for a top-5 offense.
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Gettin' loose, in early March, that's one thing. Spring Training stats are a meld of 70% useless games, and 30% useful games, and usually do more harm than good. (But, cough corey hart cough. harumph brad miller harumph.)
Fortunately for us, in later March --- > certain games do contain --- > certain innings that --- > are of MLB(TM) quality. You don't get a 50-AB statistical "sample" (grooaaaan) but you do get what the scouts get: a chance to see whether Abraham Almonte can deal with vicious pitches.
On March 21st, Jeff Samardzija bit the M's surfboard in half, jumped on top of what was left, rocked the Casbah wave into the beach and gave us a chance to evaluate the M's lineup.
Similarly, the Mariners have had a chance this week to take on two legit Left Hand Starters. These guys were throwing, pretty much, the way they would in April or May.
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Brett Anderson is a load, was throwing like it in the Seattle-Colorado game, and after that game (March 22) he was in the dugout with headset on going "Well, I gave up 12 hits, but I was throwing good and I controlled the damage."
Um, hold it. Full stop. Is anything wrong with this picture? Were we talking about an All-Star LHP vs the Seattle Mariner lineup? The guy was satisfied to get the carnage triaged?!
I have to admit, I was blown away to read the true story of how Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie. I had heard and believed the standard stories: that it was either an emergency substitution born of desperation, and that Wakefield thought the chocolate would melt in the batter and create a chocolate cookie. But the truth is much more amazing. Frankly, Wakefield deserves better.
Have you ever heard of a ‘smores cake? Neither have I, until today. My husband loves chocolate éclair cakes, so I’m betting this is very similar—if not gooier and even tastier! I love how the marshmallows on top of the cake are burned, too—to me, it’s not a ‘smore unless part of it has been roasted! That’s why I love the Steak N Shake campfire ‘smore flavor much more than the typical marshmallow taste of a shake that claims to be a ‘smores shake! Too bad it’s only around once a year.
I'll be honest with you, I do not like Irish soda bread. I don't get why it's a thing. I accept that it IS a thing, but I don't know why. Maybe I just haven't ever had good Irish soda bread? What I have had, has been like a big, somewhat doughy Saltine cracker with raisins in it. Um, no thanks?
Cabbage is closely associated with St. Patrick's Day celebrations. In fact, it gets tucked into just about every other St. Patrick's Day food, from colcannon to Irish stew. (When I went to the grocery store yesterday, they had piled a huge mound of cabbages in the refrigerated case beside the stock of corned beef cuts.)
Another St. Patrick's day staple is lamb. I'm not actually sure why. Did they eat a lot of lamb in Ireland back in the day? I mean, more than other countries? Or is it simply that lamb is a springtime food, since lambs are born in spring? I tried to find the answer to these burning questions and came up short. If you know, drop a comment!
