LoC Twitter outburst has Cholly talking in circles

"I definitely am not going to get away from him... We're going to work with him. And we're going to get him back to where he can get consistent and go out there and save games... I'm not saying he'll close tomorrow or the next day.... We're talking a real fine line... My gosh, this is quite a tasty squirrel..."

worrying that this didn't generate a good LoC rant yet

"Let’s get this straight from the start: When it comes to my Hall of Fame ballot, I believe in giving the benefit of the doubt. I don’t want to be a curmudgeon with a ridiculously high standard — not when the standard for election is 75 percent.

So, by design, I have decided that if I can make a good case for a player, I am going to vote for him.

Sometimes I surprise even myself. I did it this year, checking eight names the first day I considered the ballot and going back to add a ninth just before putting it in the mail. That would be Mark Grace, the guy who sometimes seemed as much a politician as a player during his 13 seasons as the Cubs’ first baseman.

He didn’t hit for power, which is the first thing most people look for in a first baseman. But otherwise he was terrific: .303 career average, more than 11/2 walks for every strikeout, elite fielding skills, leadership in the clubhouse. He led the majors in hits in the 1990s, with 180-plus in seven of those seasons."

abridged LoC statistics (updated) (cont'd)

What a difference six days makes!

Google rank for the search "maverickyness" - 1st!
followers - 1 (admittedly, some of them are Brain-Dead Bob)

K-Mad jinxed it

Though we got off to a good start, we faded down the stretch and only managed 72 posts for the week, tied for 3rd most this year. Though it seems this Tina Fey I mean Sarah Palin has people all riled up, so maybe that will help us get over 80 in one of these weeks. And if the unthinkable happens, and Obama/McBush wins, I can see a hyooge spike coming, either of unmitigated joy, or of co-ordination efforts for the move to New Zealand.

something to get excited about

I usually don't notice these things, but this is already post #36 of the 09/07-09/14 week, and the most posts we've had in a week in 2008 is 78 (04/06-04/13), so we seem well poised to CRUSH that mark.

LoC Fun Facts

Some time in the last few days, LoC rolled out it's 2000th label. Currently there are 2006, including today's newest: The Dumbshine State. In a Word document in 8-point font, the list is 35 pages long.

LoC posters - you are hereby relieved from jury duty for the rest of your natural lives

News item: As personal information becomes more widely available on blogs, MySpace, Facebook and other social networking Web sites, the Internet has become an important tool for jury consultants and trial lawyers. Such sites are a treasure trove of information about potential and seated jurors that can be used in picking the right jurors, bouncing potential jurors and even influencing jurors during trial and in closing arguments. Jury consultants have begun turning to private investigators, some of whom have started niche businesses offering Internet jury research and "personality profiling" of jurors.