pelf (noun): money, riches

"Nowadays Western Union is good only if you want to wire cash to your child in college or pelf to a partner in peril." -- From an editorial by Vincent L. Hall in The Dallas Morning News, June 19, 2011

Good story on Slate about Babe Ruth and the media.

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

This is a personal story by a friend of mine. It's good reading for a Monday off night in August. Take the 10 minutes, it's worth it.

"From the ashes of a baseball career, Mo Vaughn has built a successful "afterlife" rehabbing low-income housing."

Nice story.

"The video shows the boy with a plastic beer bottle in his right hand, drinking from the bottle. He appears to be between three and four years old, and he is wearing a white Phillies home jersey."

The Padres and Braves provide some serious entertainment here. And I love how skinny everyone was back then.

How cool is this:

"From the limestone on the dugout roof to the gate handles shaped like the state of Minnesota to the scoreboard that updates the pitcher’s walks plus hits per inning pitched after every play, Target Field fits their character."

"[W]hen [the Mets] actually manage to get something right and do something cool, it has to be countered by something dumb and ham-fisted. In this case, it's an easily fixable error in the plaque dedicated to the Mets' thrilling, come-from-behind win in game 7 of the 1986 World Series. ... But sadly, that's not the only mistake on these plaques. Just take a look at these completely un-Photoshopped examples of other plaque oopsies!"

"FUCK! I FORGOT TO GET A PITCHER!"

"The Overmanager: Why the New York Yankees' Joe Girardi is too smart for his own good."

Worth a read.

"Dykstra, 46, filed a petition on July 7 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Central District of California claiming no more than $50,000 of assets and between $10 million and $50 million of liabilities."

Yikes.

This thread makes my eyes bleed.

Make fun of the post if you want, mark the comments "troll" where required, and move on. Engaging a troll who can't even create a proper title for his "post" does little for the site. Let's get back to some real discussions.

The streak is over. I can only hope tonight's performance leads to three years of ineptitude. Apparently the Padres never say die.

Lowe
IP 8.0
H 2
R 0
ER 0
BB 0
SO 4
HR 0
ERA 0.00

And just for poops and laughter, here's the line from Ollie's tune-up start on Saturday:

Perez
IP 0.2
H 2
R 6
ER 1
BB 4
SO 0
HR 1*
ERA 4.50

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*grand slam

Check out the inspirational video.

Edit: If you do a simple Google search for "mustache," a picture of Keith shows up!

"Davey Johnson, the United States manager, rotated Jeter and Jimmy Rollins, a better defensive player, at shortstop. The Americans promised Jeter he would be the starter, so they could not slot him as a designated hitter."