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The fat idiot from last night was charged with defiant trespass, disorderly conduct and narcotics possession. He didn't get tasered because he stopped running when security got to him. But more importantly: Cole Hamels was working on a shutout in the top of the 9th. This pathetic waste of space [ ] ran onto the field in the middle of Hamels' windup, and threw him off for good. Consecutive doubles tied the game and Brad Lidge (gasp!) had to come in to preserve the tie. Chooch Ruiz homered in the bottom of the 10th to win it for the Fightins. More importantly: In the first inning, Cole Hamels retired the side in order on 5 pitches. Adam Wainwright followed in the bottom of the inning by getting the Phillies 1-2-3 on 7 pitches. I looked at my clock and saw that it was 7:14. With a 7:05 game start, that's 9 minutes for the first inning (pretty darn fast). At that pace, it would take 77-81 minutes to play a 9 inning game if someone hit a solo shot and made it a 1-0 shutout, assuming that one person moved smartly around the bases. So I had to look it up, 'What's the shortest game in MLB history?': The September 28, 1919 game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies took 51 minutes to play with the Giants winning 6-1. Everyone talks about how DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak is the unbreakable record, but I have to think that a 9-inning game played in 51 minutes would be tough to beat. So there you go.

Just when Snookie and "The Situation" had elevated the perception of citizens of the Garden State, the "Vomiter" and "Tased & Confused" prove once again that the whole place is a "Death Trap, it's a Suicide Rap". Francis Albert, were he alive today, would put a beating on these mooks.

For me it's not even close: Wait staff person: "Would you like your water flat or sparkling?" Me: "Tap, please. I know you're required to ask that, but another one like that and it will cut into your tip." Jeebus, at least a mugger works to rob me.

I'm watching the "Food Wars: Tucson, Sanora hotdog". One of the three guest tasters is former Bills lineman, John Fina. Apparently BK >> El Guero Canelo My business parter went to UofA, but these places weren't around back then.

It hasn't been good since the first episode. Pu-leeeze people. Next year will be the 7th year which is about as long as any good sitcom should run (Seinfeld is a special exception). NBC might try to go on without Carrell because they're languishing. Or they might give him a ridiculous contract to keep him. Nothing lasts forever, but this show is absolutely ground-breaking (or at least the British version was). Best sitcoms on now (IMHO) are "Modern Family" and "Parks & Recreation". What kind of format do they use? Oh yeah, single camera documentary style. I also thought "Secretaries Day" was friggin awesome. "Erin is a bit of a rube." The deleted scene with Ryan and Kelly trying to hookup a 3some had me roaring.

's Advocate: We need good gamers to fly those drones providing air support. You don't want guys like me that struggled to get past the first Donkey Kong screen. That said, what is going on with the Boy Scouts? We-Todd-Did.

Nah... I'm a big fan of that whole crew (Kimmel, Carolla, Silverman, Simmons, Hench, etc). She and Daulerio are okay now about the chat. They really needed a dry run. A professionally run organization would have made sure everything would have run right, but Deadspin is a blog that is still finding its feet. Just loved that Kimmel clip when it happened. Too bad those kids couldn't stick together, but whattya gonna do? Oh, and Rico is right.

If she doesn't punch you out after asking about the Deadspin chat, ask her if she'd like to do this number from "Annie" for the audience.

While it's a nice narrative, that bomb was hardly heroic. Troy Glaus is hitting at the Mendoza line and he hammered the meatball Madson was tossing last night. Dude doesn't have the stuff between his ears to be a closer. Few do. Anyway, the kid does look like a monster in the box. Reminds me a bit of Andre Dawson with sort of "throw it anywhere and I'm going to kill it" look. OPS is still over 1.000. Let's see how he does against Doc tonight.

It's about the whole housing/subprime/TARP/Goldman fraud stuff. Can't take too much credit for the production quality as Google makes it so simple. Since financial people were the folks that were the target audience, that tells me that I need to work on my material.

It's because life is not eternal is what makes it so special. Be good, and know there's lots of folks here that will have good thoughts for you tonight.

So here's something that's got me scratching my head... here in Charlotte, the Phillies-Braves game is blacked-out on MLB network because the game is on something called Peachtree TV. Okay, local blackout - gotcha. It stinks because Peachtree isn't available in HD, but those are the breaks. The MLB contract sucks and needs to be fixed, but I understand the policy. But here's the rub... Peachtree doesn't show commercials. None. Between innings you get a shot from behind the plate of the field. Not even any graphics to promote anything. What the heck is going on here? Is it all fees to the cable carriers? Has to be, right? Oh, and Heyward strikes out too much. 16 in his first 43 ABs. He's gotta fix that.

I remember thinking it would be sort of funny if someone did a Hitler video of him being told that Fonzie intended to jump over a shark on water skis. FWIW, I did my first video today. It needs some fine-tuning and it will only appeal to a small audience, but I thought it was funny (if you don't mind if I laugh at my own jokes).

Here's the thread from a couple years ago . Rubes' links in his 7/10/2008 post are very interesting reading if you liked the documentary.

Just like Joe Mauer... oh wait.

I'd add a 1/2 tsp of baking powder to that batter recipe. It makes the coating a bit fluffier. /no homo

Guy looks solid but then again, so did Jeff Francoeur. Like you said, it will be how he deals with the adjustments. So far so good. He's had the most hype I remember since Griffey. If he has 1/2 that career (although I still feel cheated as a fan by his injury problem in Cincy), then the hype is deserved. The NL East should be interesting this year with the Braves, Phillies and Marlins. OBTW, RBI is a meaningless stat. /SABR'd

Stuart Mackenzie: Well, it's a well known fact, Sonny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows. Tony Giardino: So who's in this Pentavirate? Stuart Mackenzie: The Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, *and* Colonel Sanders before he went breasts up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee *beady* eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!" Charlie Mackenzie: Dad, how can you hate "The Colonel"? Stuart Mackenzie: Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass!

I just Googled her. She's still teaching in the same school district, but I didn't see any photos. I'm sure that 23 years later, she's probably lost a few steps (we all have). She was probably mid-30s then, so she's probably pushing 60 these days. I need a time machine. (Typed this entire post without looking at the keyboard, though.)

This is the one that gets me ready for the playoffs: , except for that part at the 3 minute mark.

My HS "keyboarding" teacher was a visionary. She said, "Everyone will need to learn to type. You'll be using word processors or computers in college and printing out your papers. Someday we'll all be communicating by typing into computers." That was in 1987. Of course, she didn't think we'd need to learn to type with our thumbs on a Blackberry. Oh - she was hot, too.

That Chapelle Show clip was great. On a related note, they were showing the Yanks Championship rings during the game yesterday. There are two words on the ring: Tradition and Unity. When I saw Unity, I shouted out to no one in particular, "Charlie Murphy!!" It made my day.

"He said, 'Uchitel.' I said, 'Yeah, you can tell, all right.'"

Most memorable shot of the tournament, probably will be for the year. Reminded me of Corey Pavin at the 1995 US Open at Shinnecock. Know why? Because they both missed the putt!