This morning, the Yankees have sent out Tanyon Sturtze to face Bruce Chen of the Baltimore Orioles. Although both Chen and Sturtze are having decent seasons, neither have the reputation of being the second coming of Lefty Grove. Thus, my mild surprise when, following a Derek...
All this Pink Floyd blogging, and my former tenure in Montreal (where, after Neil Young show I was at drew about 10,000 to the Forum in 1991, Yes sold out.
The Mariners designated Bret Boone for assignment this afternoon, calling up Jose Lopez and Chris "Doyle" Snelling.During his first stint with the Mariners, Bret Boone looked like a championship caliber.
I really hope that this article doesn't reflect the kind of reporting the NYT is going to do on the upcoming SCOTUS Battle Royale:Judge Luttig (pronounced LOO-tig) is renowned for being sought out by Virginia officials when they wanted a sympathetic judge to issue an emergency...
erobin makes a good point about Willie Randolph; whatever other quibbles one may have about his managing, his general disdain for LaRussian platoon wankery is a relief. One of the.
On the other hand, this is very useful. If you click on "levels of agreement," you can see how voting pairs shake out throughout the tenure of the current Court.
One of the amazing things about human constructions is their ability to approach rock bottom, and then crash right through. You would think, for example, that if you started with David Lee Roth as your lead singer it would be hard to get exponentially worse every...
Stupid test. Via Lindsay.The things I am mildly surprised at are:I'm a little bit farther toward the libertarian on the liberty/authority divide than I expected.I'm more of an asshole than.
In disturbing news from frequent commenter Thad's alma mater (and, OK, I admit, mine), further evidence that cultural reactionaries always see social change as legitimate as long as it's not.
Since we're undoubtedly in for a rash of silly "contrarian" articles arguing that criminalizing abortion in at least 20 states will be good for abortion rights for some reason, I'm happy to see than online magazine publisher Atrios gets it:As a secondary issue I've always been...
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Stromboli
As many of you know, Sandra Day O'Connor joined with Souter and Kennedy to fashion a compromise that upheld the core holding of Roe v. Wade in Planned Parenthood v..