16. July, 2003 - Let’s play two!
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Recently, the Saints have been bringing Seigo Masabuchi out for the Home Plate Clean-Up again. It’s really kind of a pointless thing, and I don’t think there’s even a sponsor for it this year (if there is, it isn’t a very good deal for ’em, since I can’t remember who it is), but Seigo seems to have fun sweeping off the plate while wearing one of the leftover sumo-wrestling suits and then dancing around with the broom to that Da, Da, Da song by Trio. Plus, it seems to be one of the fan-favorite bits of ushertainment, with people yelling for Seigo to “Ride The Pony”.
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Pitchers shine as saints make it four in a row with their second win of the evening. It was a beautiful night for baseball, and the second game was a good one. The Saints took a one-run lead in the second, and that was it for scoring in the game. No earned runs for any of the pitchers. There were enough baserunners to keep it interesting, but it was mostly a pitching duel. Plus the Saints had someone cancel on their catering, so they gave a thousand pieces of cheesecake (not a coupon, but four big boxes) to one lucky fan (who shared - it was tasty cheesecake).
- On the other hand, baseball in Minneapolis is having some problems: If It Looks Dead and It Smells Dead, Is It Still Alive? The Twins aren’t showing the promise that we all thought they had over the off-season, and seem to be in an extended funk. If they were in any division but the AL Central, there would be a lot to worry about.
- Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues talks about browsers. On the Mac, things are pretty clear, and Safari’s a good browser. On Windows, the waters are a lot murkier, and it remains to be seen what’s going to take the place of IE6.
- It’s official: AOL kills Netscape. No word on what’s going to happen to the Mozilla project yet, but they’ve laid off everyone who worked for Netscape. I’m not sure whether that simplifies or complicates the coming browser shake-out. [some guy]
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:49:22.
