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Yeah I am still not posting much but here are a few thoughts before I go swimming.

Heading to Costa Rica in August Manong.
But visiting Gainesville and University of Florida next week with my kid and then
some colleges in DC and North Carolina the following week.

So yeah dont have much time to post.

And if you want some WNBA winners, that can be arranged.


Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but..........


13) Reason #4,598 why your kid should throw lefty-- Bruce Chen is in the major leagues again, this time with the Royals. Now on his 10th club in 11 major league seasons, Chen made his first big league start in three years in Pittsburgh Saturday night-- he has a 35-38 career record, and as recently as 2005, Chen won 15 games for the Orioles.

12) Update on Jason Giambi, who hit .342 for the A's in 2001, with 38 homers, 120 RBI, then sold out to the Bronx Bombers, where he went in the ashcan after the steroids stuff came to light: He is hitting .200 so far this season, with 10 homers, 38 RBI. He is a horrendous first baseman; even though you hear he's a good guy, he's stealing Mr Wolff's $$$.

11) How can the A's not have a decent 1B or 3B? I mean, Giambi is a complete stiff now, worse on defense than offense-- when Mark Ellis came off the DL, he moved Adam Kennedy to 3B, so Oakland has two 2B in its starting lineup, which is just freakin' terrific. They wasted ton of money on Eric Chavez, which is part of why they're terrible now.

10) You'll see Matt Holliday's numbers go way up as soon as he leaves Oakland-- A's just don't have any decent tablesetters in front of him, and they have a guy hitting .200 behind him. If he has a half a brain, Holliday signs with a real good team, and finds himself in middle of potent lineup next year where he can show once again just how good he is.

9) Arizona scored one run in five of Doug Davis' nine home starts.

8) Mets' Fernando Nieve had rough night at Miller Park in 10-6 loss at Milwaukee; Brewers swung at 31 of his 68 pitches in 3.1 innings-- on the 18 balls they put in play, Brewers got 11 hits. Not good.

7) Washington Nationals made a pitching change in 8th inning Monday, replacing Ron Villone with Julian Tavarez; Villone has pitched for dozen big league teams, Tavarez for eleven. They might be the best packers in the major leagues, either them or their wives.

6) Villone has pitched in 45 different major league ballparks.

5) This is how good Josh Greinke has been for Kansas City this year; Royals scored two runs in three of Greinke's starts- they won all three.

4) Cardinals scored three or less runs in Joel Pineiro's last nine starts.

3) Astros walked Adrian Gonzalez in 4th inning with first base open and two outs, leading 1-0. If Padres keep Gonzalez, and it looks like they're going to, they have to find decent hitter to bat behind him. Kouzmanoff isn't respected enough that they'll pitch to Gonzalez very often.

2) I watch a ton of baseball, love the Extra Innings package, and as I sit here every night, it is obvious that two things are way down this season: attendance and scoring. Teams that fall out of contention are going to be playing in front of tons of empty seats the second half of the season.

1) Watching CNN the last week, I'm thinking being rich and famous ain't all its cracked up to be. Not that I wouldn't like to give it a try.......