Any combination of Met wins and/or losses by the second place team [right now the Phillies] that equals sixteen will result in a National League East division crown for the Mets.
August 31, 2006
Sweet Sixteen
Stalker
A kittiwake peers in, hoping to catch some scraps as the captain of the boat cleans the day's catch.
The ones that didn't get away
Photo of the Day: Strange Laws Edition
I guess two-legged dogs are banned in Whittier, Alaska. Chalk it up to those silly local laws we're always hearing about.
August 25, 2006
Uncle Teddy and Pluto
I went to see the Motor City Madman last night at the Alaska State Fair. How was the concert?
August 23, 2006
Life isn't fair
In the early 1990's the Mets had a young pitcher by the name of Anthony Young. He lost 27 straight decisions over two seasons; fourteen as a starter, thirteen as a reliever. While he obviously wasn't a great pitcher, he wasn't all that bad. His ERA over three seasons with the Mets was 3.82. He struck out more batters than he walked, and his walks/hits per inning pitched was a little below 1.40 [if I did the math correctly].
Steve Trachsel currently has an ERA of 5.00, and he has given up as more homeruns this season [in around 140 innings pitched] than Anthony Young did in three years [in 270 innings pitched]. Trachsel's walks/hits per inning rate is slowly approaching infinity, and he walks more batters than he strikes out. He's known for a move dubbed the human rain delay, which strikes fear in the hearts of anyone who has to get up early in the morning.
August 14, 2006
Plenty of photos to come...
Update: 16 Jan 2007 -- This page seems to bring in a bit of traffic; not sure why. Since you're here, check out the photo archives.
Plenty of photos should be posted over the next week or so. For now, here's Rich sizing up the Ruger Super Redhawk.
August 11, 2006
Number One Reason
#1 reason why my blog is better than a tankful of tropical fish...
