in other news
8.29.2004
caught this in the star ledger this morning: "The last time I talked to Earl, he told me, 'There's still time to call this thing off,'" Palmer told the Baltimore Sun's Peter Schmuck. "I said 'Earl, you're taller than you've ever been in relation to me, so you'll love it.' "
forget whatever it is they're talking about, the writer's name is schmuck?! not since learning that there's a reliever named putz have i been filled such unspeakably juvenile glee.
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from the WTF dept:
One of Red Sox Nation's worst fears might be unwarranted. Free-agent-to-be PEDRO MARTINEZ is coveted by GEORGE STEINBRENNER , but Yankees executives have already determined that there would be a player revolt if the team signed the No. 1 enemy of the Joe Torre Dynasty. Then again, that just might make Steinbrenner want him more.
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to the surprise of, oh, NOBODY, esteban loaiza has been banished to the pen, thus mercifully ending the 6 man rotation experiment. joe girardi made a sensible point correlating the extra rest with the recent spate of early inning struggles for the starting staff, citing that feeling strong possibly causes them to overthrow, and tiring as the game goes on settles them down to effectiveness. maybe i'm grasping for a hopeful something, but that seems logical enough to non-pitcher me.
