Minor weather-related update

I know that the news has had many reports of flooding in Missouri and the rest of the Midwest. Just wanted to say that the city of St. Louis is fine; most of the really bad flooding is either on the edges of the metropolitan area or in outlying rural areas that are generally downstream [...] [...]

Holy carp!

Burke excommunicates St. Stan board !!!!!!! Guess that solves THAT problem. However, Burke has no control over other affiliated rites: perhaps St. Stanislaus could go Maronite or something. (and i think i need a new category on this.) [...]

Reggie Sanders pwns.

2 more RBI for him, and the game isn’t over yet. (though Carpenter is pwning too, they’re warming up Isringhausen – and Izzy likes ‘em close.) CBS’s online coverage has more; for what it’s worth, it’s my favorite interface for tracking baseball games online. UPDATE: So Isringhausen pitched, and he just HAD to give up [...] [...]

a one-off while listening to the Cardinals game

…have I ever mentioned that I love the squeeze play? Done properly, it is a thing of great elegance. And the Cardinals just pulled off a beaut. In other baseball thoughts: I honestly can’t blame the Padres for walking in a run instead of facing Albert Pujols. Better to walk in one than give up [...] [...]