Life of a Padre fan now: Getting almost no-hit by Tim Lincecum on Thursday, then getting no-hit by Jonathan Sanchez the following night. Oy.

I'm tired of seeing the Padres get no-hit again and again.

A certain pitcher has 2 innings pitched this year, and the stat lines are as follows: (copied from ESPN)

May 6 vs. Milwaukee: 1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR (to Prince Fielder). 

July 6 vs. Philadelphia: 1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 grand slam (to Jayson Werth).


Just who is this mystery pitcher?

Cincinnati Reds infielder Paul Janish.

On May 6th, he came into a 10-3 game in the ninth and proceeded to give up five earned runs.

On July 6th, he came into the game when the score was 16-1 Phillies, and Werth hit a grand slam to seal the scoring at 22-1.

What is interesting about this?  (copied from ESPN):

He's the first position player to give up 11 runs in the same season since the aforementioned Willie Smith did it 45 years ago -- except it took Willie 11 appearances. And Janish was the first position player to give up five runs or more in two different outings in the same season, according to Elias, since Johnny Lindell (another pitcher-utility man) did it in 1953 -- but over 32 appearances, not two.


Just some tidbits.  Read the rest of Jayson Starks column here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4317512

Am I the only Torchwood-fan in the world who loved Children Of Earth and thought it was one of the most brilliant and awesome stories shown in a very long time on TV?

My cousins are away visiting their dad for a week or two, and my aunt's gone to Arisaig for the weekend with mum, so the grandparents and I are dog-sitting my cousin's cocker spaniel. I am becoming more convinced he wants to be a bandom dog. He's got the look: all black with a white stripe down his muzzle, throat and chest like some badly bleached streak; when he's not recently been to see that scissor-happy groomer, he's got a JoeTroh 'fro; he runs around the garden like Frank Iero onstage; he cries all emo and angsty if he's left alone at night; and he has a habit of showing off his bits, particularly if there's a camera nearby, which is rather Wentzlike behaviour.

Would there be enough interest for a bandom craft LJ comm? I ask because I've got a bandom-themed cross-stitch project and also a knitting one on the go at the moment, with ideas for several more, and I was wondering if other folks indulged in similar things. I totally don't just have the ulterior motive of wanting someone to either write or point me towards a trucker hat pattern that could be used to make a knitted version of Patrick's I ♥ BINGO hat. Oooh, and there could be discussion about how to replicate Mikeyway's gray woolly hat. Maybe I'll just go ahead and make the comm and get it pimped in dotcoms_refresh.

Today I am dressed super classy. Black and white plaid, strapless, ruffly dress with black and white brogues. Um, and my spotty blue bra partially on display because my rack needs support and I don't have any strapless bras because I doubt the structural integrity of ones in my size. Any recommendations for big strapless bras? Any of these, maybe? I'm still convinced that the only decent 38G strapless bra that provides stability and prevents the downward slump is going to be an anti-gravity machine. PHYSICISTS, WORK ON THIS. THE BOOBIES DEMAND IT. OBEY THE BOOBIES!

I'm planning to give a lecture on a medical topic at xcon Berlin the coming fall. Because I was uncertain about the exact nature of my lecture, my f-list helped me to come up with four interesting topics Philes would want to hear about.

I'd appreciate if an even wider range of Philes could help me find the most popular one by filling out this poll at my journal.

Thanks! And please consider attending xcon; it's promising to become an awesome event. :)

This has kept me up all night, and I know a show shouldn't keep me up, but it was driving me crazy. I kept reading reactions about episode 5, and the difference on how Jack's actions were received is amazing between the people with no children and the people with children.

( Spoilery discussion about Jack )

My dog died this morning. I'm still in shock.

Torchwood - Children Of Earth 1-5

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Anyway, I'm so exhausted now from crying and just from all the pain... I will watch this arc again and no matter what I thought of Torchwood in the past, it was all worth watching the crappy episodes waiting for this.

No time to watch during the week (possibly because I've just finished S1 of ST:TOS) - desperate not to be spoiled.

Which may explain why I'm sitting here at 8:30am on a Saturday morning telling you that thinking you're gonna watch just one of the five episodes at 2:00am in the morning?

( So doesn't work At. All. Not so much thinky thots as personal reaction. HUGE GREAT SPOILERS BE UNDER THE CUT TAG! )

Now to catch a few zee's and then see what everyone else thought!

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20090710&content_id=5806046&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy&partnerId=rss_nyy

The Yankees fell back to one game out of first place with Friday's 10-6 loss to the Angels, which saw Joba Chamberlain surrender a four-run lead before the bullpen added to the deficit.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090711&content_id=5817486&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy&partnerId=rss_nyy

Who needs a catcher's mitt to put away a routine popup? Not Jorge Posada. The veteran Yankees backstop made a rather unorthodox putout in the bottom of the seventh inning of New York's 10-6 loss to the Angels on Friday, when Chone Figgins put a high foul into the air behind home plate.

I would love any audio or visual from Next to Normal, Reefer Madness, or Camelot, please and thank you!

And here's a gift for you!

Cabaret, 1998 Revival Cast Album (with Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson)

Miss Saigon, 2nd National Tour, Chicago Opening Night, July 13, 2000
Act One | Act Two

Engineer: Joseph Anthony Foronda
Kim: Mika Nishida
Chris: Will Swenson
John: Eugene Barry-Hill
Gigi: Adrienne Sam
Thuy: Johnny Fernandez
Ellen: Christine Alloca

Dan Haren has just pitched one of the best games I've ever seen,rendering his ERA miniscule

EDIT:  Jonathan Sanchez has thrown a no-hitter tonight against the San Diego Padres.

Only a Uribe error prevented the perfecto.

Rowand made a leaping catch at the wall with 1 out in the ninth to save it.

 So a few days ago there was a play involving Derrek Jeter when he tried to steal third base.  It was an odd play, the third baseman tried to tag Jeter on the head while Jeter got his hands around the glove and touched third base safely.  However, the umpire called him out, and when Jeter tried to argue it he was told "the ball beat you there, therefore you were out."  I, personally, have never heard of this rule, and neither had Jeter, as he told the press later.  It appears that the umpire made a bad call, plain and simple, but he was too arrogant to admit it.

Several days after that I was watching the Cubs game and Kosuke Fukudome attempted to steal second, and was safe by a mile.  The announcers said it was the worst call they had ever seen.  Fukudome was all over the base before the ball even hit the infielders glove.  Once again, he argued, and Lou Piniella argued, of course, to no avail.  I don't know how the umpire could not know he made a bad call though, and I suspect once again he was simply too arrogant to admit it.  

For the first time I wish that baseball had a system like they have in football, where coaches can challenge calls and then the umpires HAVE to review it.  The human element of baseball is great, but there's something rotten in the state of Denmark when they get so full of themselves and their stupid pride that they can't admit when they know they made a bad call.  
Do you suppose such a system will ever be implemented in MLB, and have you any thoughts on it?

Hi Folks :)

I was wondering if anyone knows of an accessories guide to SatC (in a website or book perhaps?) The HBO site is helpful, but I'm looking for Samantha's earrings in episode 6.12 "One" when they are eating brunch....but the HBO site doesn't give info on accessories.

Also, are there any active SatC boards online? Even the HBO one is dead :(

Thank you so much! ♥ ♥

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090710&content_id=5806048&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy&partnerId=rss_nyy

It wasn't until Mark Melancon's second Major League inning that the right-hander began to feel some rookie jitters, a good start considering he'd just recorded three outs with the bases loaded. That was in late April, when Melancon was called up to help bail out an overtaxed Yankees bullpen. The 24-year-old is back to try it again, summoned from Triple-A on Friday.