14. August, 2003 - another loss
- Wednesday night’s game was a rough one. The Saints went down 4-0 in the first, rallied to take the lead, then lost it again, at which point all wind seemed to be gone from their sails. They finished the night with a record of 14-15, putting them below .500 pretty far into the second half. Von Haefen struggled for the Saints, as did the Winnpeg starter. We did get to see Graham Masur and Rich Bell pitch for Winnipeg (both have played in St. Paul before), as the Winnipeg bullpen did a pretty good job against the Saints. But once again, the spark just wasn’t there. The Saints seem to be coasting through the second half of the season, and that worries me. If the playoffs started today, I would expect the Saints to get swept. They’re showing that little energy. Jody stopped out post-game (his parents are in town and have been hanging out with us), and wasn’t a real happy camper. It’s nice to see him upset about losing (well, I’d rather see him happy about winning, but…), and it sounds like he’s not the only one. Now someone just needs to pull the team together so they start winning some games (and get back above five-hundred).
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Have I mentioned that I really like Jody’s parents? Carl & Carol are just darned nice people, and it’s not hard to see how their kid turned out as good as he did. Plus they’ve been buying us beers! I’m seriously tempted to start planning a vacation in Florida for spring training just to visit them some more. They even seem to think that’s a good idea (at least they did after the game and the associated beers). Of course if I decide to do that, I’ll probably have to drive, since the Government seems to want to make flying more and more of a hassle every day.
- Get Your #@%!$ Paws Off My PDA! Geeks are suddenly getting upset and threatening not to fly (or to
put a world of hurt
on TSA agents) because electronic devices are getting inspected more closely now. It took the possibility of TSA people poking around in laptops for most geeks to notice there might be a problem. So which way do you think it’ll go? Think there’s any chance of an abrupt about-face so we’ll all to be able to carry weapons on airplanes, or are they going to make us fly naked? I’m thinking it’s probably the latter, and that’s not a pretty picture.
- Thinking of trying to carry a weapon on a plane? Make sure it’s not in the FBI Guide to Concealable Weapons first.
- In local news, the City Pages did an article on Life on the Mississippi in words and pictures. Go read it. It’s good. And it’s got pretty pictures.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:37:30.
