A Madman's Work

Those are corpses on the Norwegian island of Utoya after a gunman, also suspected in yesterday's bombing in downtown Oslo, shot and killed 84 people.  The attacker dressed as a policeman and beckoned those on the island retreat to come close to him before producing the first gun from a bag.  Eye witness statements indicate that several of the victims initially pretended to be dead, in attempt to survive, but that the gunman proceeded to shoot many victims a second time.  These secondary shots are said to have been to the head with a shotgun.  Norwegian authorities have a suspect in custody.  I have never seen a press photo of mass murder before.  Click the photo to see in full size.

I Knew It!

David Copperfield vs Harry Potter from David Copperfield

I have always described the series as David Blaine meets Lord of the Rings, but Copperfield works.

Club 27

I'm not going to say that Amy Winehouse belongs in the company of these guys, but she is dead.  And she was 27.  R.I.P. Amy, way to burn out and not fade away.

Cheers.

Pretty Girl Update! - Audrina Patridge

Where's the topless shot with the hat?

Clip Joint Is Ace-tastic

So what if Jeanmar Gomez cannot pitch at the big league level?  He is doing a damn fine job for the Clippers.  In becoming just the third AAA pitcher to register his 10th win this season, Gomez (10-3, 2.32) tossed seven innings of one run, six hit ball.  He walked two and struck out five, before giving way to Mitch Talbot after 96 pitches.  Talbot (0-1, 3.75) allowed two runs in two strangely similar (leadoff double, two groundouts to bring home each run) innings.  Mitch threw 17 of 25 pitches for strikes and registered five ground ball outs as he continued to acclimate to life in the bullpen.

At the dish, Nick Johnson has found new life.  After dipping down to .185, he homered yesterday and followed up with another long ball and a double today.  Add in a walk and Johnson (.214) scored three times.  Tim Fedroff and Cord Phelps also had two hits apiece in the Clippers 6-3 victory.  Beau Mills went 0-for-4 with a K in his AAA debut.

Zach McAllister takes the pill in game 2 against the Iron Pigs, tomorrow at 6:35p.

Other Minor Points of Interest --

Rob Bryson, the last piece of the CC Sabathia deal, continues to impress as he climbs the ladder.  Returning from yet another injury (ankle in the spring), Bryson has recently been moved up to AA Akron.  Tonight, in his second outing, he fanned 3 of the 4 he faced.  On the season, Rob (0-1, 1.33 overall) has a gaudy 12.4 K/9 average.  If the guy can stay healhty, he can function as either a nice trade piece or an MLB option in 2012.

21-year old outfielder Abner Abreu, ranked as a top-10 organizational prospect in 2009 following an .839 OPS season at Low-A, might have finally figured out how to hit Carolina League pitching.  Over his last 10, Abreu (.244) has 4 multi-hit games, 4 round trippers and 12 RBI.  Tonight, he homered, tripled and singled twice, as he drove home 5.  On the season he has 11 home runs and is 19/22 stealing bases, although he has fanned 225 times in 725 High-A AB's over the past two seasons.

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers beat the tar out of former St Ed's stud Stetson Allie, en route to a 10-3 win.  Allie faced 13 hitters and put 8 of them on base.  Of the 3 hits, 2 walks and 3 hit batsmen, four came around to score, as Stetson (5.95) chalked his first professional decision up as a loss.

Cheers.

Pretty Girl 07.23.11 - Rebecca Mader

Sometimes you just need the right light... Stunning.