Further proof of how cruel the baseball gods can be: my playoff tickets arrived in the mail yesterday, and this morning I flipped the page on my 2008 Twins calendar, only to be greeted by a picture of Matt Guerrier.

Yankees eliminated from postseason contention.

So, who had the Twins in first place on August 4th? The F-bomb is back, the White Sox Annual August Meltdown has begun, and life is good.

I had some cool hail pictures from earlier this week that I accidentally deleted from my camera. So here are two shots from my baseball trip last summer: PNC Park in Pittsburgh Jacobs Field in Cleveland See all of my photos at Flickr.

Came in from mowing the lawn last night to find the Twins down 8-3 to the Royals at the end of the 8th. I noted, without even a hint of irony (:-P) that all we needed was a couple of singles and a homer to tie it up. Ramon Ramirez, the Royals mop-up reliever, is [...]

Asdrubal Cabrera of the Indians recorded the 14th unassisted triple play in MLB history last night. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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This is some of the worst baseball commentary I’ve ever heard. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

Cubs centerfielder Felix Pie has a twisted testicle.