i hope it wasn’t a dream

Yep, January 15 did turn out to be just about the best day in my life! I really, seriously met David Eckstein. David Eckstein shook my hand, talked to me, signed my books, posed for a picture, and laughed at something stupid that I had to say. I debated about whether to [...]

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best vd gift ever

And to think I decided last night that I was already sick of VD (a month and a half prior) after gazing upon the first display of VD items at Schnucks: Cards to start Spring Training on Feb. 14
Now if I could just get a date/anti-date, Valentine’s Day might maybe could turn out alright this [...]

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somebody slap me

This lack of baseball is really taking a toll on me. I cannot stop shopping for baseball things in an attempt to fill its void in my life. It probably doesn’t help that the World Series Champions stuff is all over the place (and on sale in several places!), but still. I [...]

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it’s the offseason!

In the additionally and slightly related to baseball department…
…I’m thinking of buying a book for scorekeeping at the stadium. Any suggestions from the audience? I’ve been using single sheets for keeping score at home and I really like the form I’ve been using (I should, I customized it for myself), but not only have I [...]

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statistics, schmatistics

p is so much higher than .05 on this one folks, but hey what the hell, I didn’t have to work today. Here’s the summary of the Sticky Foil Stars for the 2006 regular season, in non-table form because WordPress keeps eating my tables for a midnight snack:
Sticky Foil Stars (SUM)

1. Pujols, Albert [...]

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