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Fielders choice. Bay out at 2nd. Runners at the corners, 2 out.

Bay walks. Here we go again. If Guzman sucks this bad against the Marlins and Pirates, he's not ready for this level.

Sanchez doubles, Duffy scores. 1-0 Pirates.

Wilson K's, Duffy steals without a throw.

Jones ought to be 8th, IMO.

Len > Chip Chip and Steve > Len and Bob

Don't forget your heart meds there, Grandpa. ;)

Demp, stop doing your Rod Beck imitation. It's not funny.

Demp is in, right?

Murton is clutch. That is all. Now it's Dempster time.

That sound you hear is the bottom falling out.

Not in a tie game, late. Dusty has to pinch hit for Marshall. It's not like it's going to matter. 1 or 2 innings of Marshall yet is worth more than 1 PH appearance, in which the batter will probably pop out.

How's Hill done this year? He got knocked around up here last year.

I don't know that anyone has made that assertion, have they ? Nobody did. And I don't even believe it. I just find it funny that the pitching staff gives up like 2 more runs a game after he got injured. He surely coudln't have affected that with his injury, but yet, there are the numbers...

I don't see how Lee's absence could affect the pitching staff that much.

Losing 2 out of 3 at home makes me sad. [expletive] Brewers.

I like Matt Leinert as a person. I'd hate to have to hate him if he went to Minnesota.

That he is. If he would have fallen I'd have taken him over Leinert. I can hold out hope for the Packers to take him, but I'd put money on them taking AJ Hawk.

Titans take Vince Young.

Really. I thought he missed a few. I know Blanco caught Guzman, and didn't Blanco catch the game before, too?

Any idea when a possible decision could be made regarding his suspension?

I can't believe the NY Jets wouldn't try everything they could to get that pick from NO and take Bush... Maybe they are trying and they're trying to hammer something out. It'll be interesting to see.

The Curse of the Witch is a rather murky story involving Voodoo and some other stuff from 1908. It has long been rumored to do with several things the Cubs were involved in. Like the 1932 curse, it is another Curse of Hubris. It has to do with the Game covered most excellently by Wiley here 1908 that probably led to the eventual formation of the Negro Leagues. Apparently at some point the story goes that Rube or one of his cohorts contacted a local medicine woman to place a curse on the Cubs for 100 years for the chicanery that was happening. The rest as they say is history and our only 2 Modern Championships remain 1907 and 1908. I will dig a little deeper and see if i can find some more facts or another reference for you. Edit: There apparently is an alternate version of this story as well. The alternate story has to do with the NY Giants tieing to the Cubs on Sept 23rd, 1908 in the infamous play known as Merkle's Boner. In that story, the Witch was hired by disgruntled Giant fans for the behavior of Chance, the Cub fans, and the Cubs after the Game was over. It eventually led to the Giants and Cubs meeting on October 8th to determine the NL Champ, which the Cubs won en route to the series victory over the Tigers. The only major leaguer my hometown ever produced was Fred Merkle. Yeah.

Don't you think that with Barrett missing multiple games that someone would figure out he was hurt? Teams aren't stupid. They'd know something was up.

I guess the Saints are prepared to take Reggie Bush now. Don't know if trade talks are still on, but it looks like they'll take Bush if they can't trade the pick.