• Outage

    We were off the air for a while this afternoon. I could explain why the site was down, but it would require a lot of technical terms…

    Well, then again… why not? You see, the plug to my router fell out of the power outlet.

    That’ll get you every time.

  • In the beginning

    The line between promise and threat can be razor sharp. It’s best to treat it like anything else with a sharp edge: with care.

    As his second birthday approaches, Adam has become familiar with the concept of “time out.” Thus far we have used it sparingly, such as when he drops prone to the floor in the throes of a full-bore tantrum. Thankfully those occasions have been somewhat rare, but they have been often enough to teach Adam the meaning of the words. All the same, a particular event yesterday was surprising.

    CHERYL: “Adam, don’t touch.”
    ADAM: (Touches the stereo.)
    CHERYL: “Adam, don’t touch.”
    ADAM: (Touches the stereo.)
    CHERYL: “Adam, if you touch that again you’re going in time out.”
    ADAM: (Touches the stereo, runs to his room, and closes the door… thereby putting himself in time out.)
    CHERYL: “John, did you see what Adam just did?”
    JOHN: “What?”
    CHERYL: (Chuckling, describes what Adam just did…) “I think that’s a blog entry for sure.”
    JOHN: “Yeah, just what we need: another child that produces blog entries.”

    Et tu, Adam?

  • Upton update

    With yet another Rays loss last night, I went fishing for some good news.

    BJ Upton, one of the Rays’ top twenty fielding short stops this year, was moved to third base 12 games ago. The move was made possible with the acquisition of another short stop prospect via trade with Houston. Prior to the trade and subsequent move to 3B, Upton had an error per game rate of .318 (28 errors in 88 games played). Since the move to third base, he has an error per game rate of .167 (2 errors in 12 games played).

    Could this be a sign of things to come? Will Upton make Rays fans forget names like Smith, Sandberg, Castilla, Gonzalez, Blum, and Huff?

    Then again, are either 27 or 51 projected errors in a season acceptable?