Monday, May 21, 2001

Off day today.

Tomorrow brings in the mighty Twins, 2.5 games back in the AL standings.

Even after the series loss to the Yankees over the weekend, the M's current pace has them finishing the season 121-41, which would be a new record.

Brett Tomko was sent down to Tacoma yesterday; the M's called up Ed Sprague from Tacoma. They needed an extra bat off the bench after Al Martin's concussion Saturday.

All-Star game tickets go on sale tomorrow.

A humorous note in the paper today:

Chicago first baseman Julio Zuleta, a big fan of "Major League" movie character Pedro Serrano [sic], used chicken bones, fruit, burning newspapers and other assorted items on the Cubs' bats Saturday, and the offense has been on fire ever since. "We had nothing to lose," Zuleta said. "The bats got hot, and everyone started hitting."

I loved Cerrano and his Jobu voodoo; "Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come." What ever happened to that actor anyways? I know he was also in "Mr. Baseball," with Tom Selleck, and the "Major League" sequels, but he's disappeared since then.

President Bush held his first T-ball game at the White House yesterday, as two teams of 4- to 8-year olds battled it out on the South Lawn. Think what you want about the president, but he holds the important distinction of being the first Little Leaguer to ever become president.

And, yes, that other guy playing MLB.com's Beat the Streak game continued his streak through the weekend, so I'm no longer tied for first. I did get my name in an MLB.com article though. That was pretty cool.

A slight change in the format of the blog; I finally figured out how to fix the glitch that kept dating my entries from 2004. I'm not sure how that will affect my Atom Feed, (which you can add to My Yahoo!) so I may switch it back.