Santos Had Better Renew His Passport, Eh?

The word on the street is that the Indians' own Sandy Alomar Jr, of mid-90's glory and current first base coaching, is one of a handful of finalists for the Blue Jays' managerial vacancy.  Sandy has a 3rd interview scheduled for this week and is described as "a very strong candidate" for the position.  I would hate to see Junior go, but wish him all the best.  Also, it would further my insidious plan to fire Manny Acta after the 2011 season and bring John Farrell on to manage the Tribe to a bunch of championships.

Bored Now

Looking... Looking... Nothing.

James Harrison is all about "hurting," but not "injuring" opposing players.

DeSean Jackson has a severe concussion and accompanying memory loss.  Not his 1st either.

Junior Seau got arrested for domestic assault and then drove his car off of a cliff.

The Phillies smacked around Frisco's 'pen and tied the NLCS at 1.

The BcS rankings have Oklahoma and Orgeon playing for the championship with no regard for Boise or TCU.

Of the top 500 all-time seasons of HR/9, only two occurred outside of the dead ball era.  In 1944 Dodgers righty Rube Melton surrendered just 1 tater in 187.1 innings.  That equals a HR/9 of .048.  Reds righty Ewell Balckwell was even better two years later, tossing 194 innings and giving up just 1 round tripper.  To put that in better context, Josh Johnson led MLB in 2010 with a HR/9 of .343.  That's 7 times Blackwell's number.  The last MLB pitcher to post a qualifying HR/9 of less than 0.1 was Dave Righetti in the strike shortened '81 season.  He gave up one homer in 105 IP, a .085 HR/9.

You're welcome.  Cheers.

Pretty Girl 10.18.10 - Shenae Grimes

Problems... uh... prob... redheads... mmmm.