D-Day - 65 years ago
Craig Ferguson was right. He's Just Not That Into You is a stereotypical "chick flick". I kinda knew that going in because of the trailers that have passed through CrabAppleLane's TV for the last year and a half. It is one of the longest-running promotional campaigns I can remember. Unfortunately, if you've seen the trailers, you've seen the best bits of the film. The film, itself, added nothing to the trailers. The movie had moments but I'm glad I didn't spend night in the theater money on it.LSU surprised me last night. Rice did everything LSU opponents have had success with. The Owls' starting pitcher, Mike Ojala, threw mostly off-speed stuff. When I saw the Tigers play earlier in the year against Illinois, they just never adjusted to Ben Reeser's off-speed pitching. They adjusted to it this time and Ojala was gone in the 5th inning. The Owls then brought in a left-hander to face back-to-back Tiger left-handed hitters, Ryan Schimpf and Blake Dean. Left-handers have been tough on the Tigers. Schimpf planted the second pitch over the right center wall for a three run homer and Dean singled. Looks like the Tigers have learned quite a bit over the long season. I don't see Rice beating them now. One last thing: Rice's freshman sensation, Anthony Rendon, was the best player on the field if you ask me. He looks like a big league hitter right now.
Start rant: The LSU-Rice game featured 6 errors and 2 balks. LSU made 4 of the errors. One of them was a nonchalant one-handed stab at a lazy fly ball to center field that subsequently dropped to the ground. How many errors like that will it take before coaches and managers start insisting on two-handed catches in the outfield? It used to be the norm. Most infielders still do it. Errors make me crazy but I can forgive throwing errors or infielders not getting their gloves down on a hard-hit grounder. I cannot forgive dropped fly balls, especially those due to lack of effort. Outs are too precious. Never give your opponent more than they already get. Rant over.
96 days until football season ...
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Golden polo rule #6: Hiding from the cameras never works. We will hunt you down and shoot you.
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