SB Nation User Blog: nathew

"In late September [1908] the third team in the National League race, the Pirates, was playing the Cubs. In the ninth inning, with Chicago ahead 2-0 and the visiting Pirates at bat with the bases loaded, second baseman Ed Abbaticchio hit a rocket down the right-field line. [Umpire Hank] O'Day ruled it foul, the Cubs won the game, and went on to win the pennant by one game over the Pirates as well as taking the playoff from the Giants.

Several months later, though, a woman fan brought a lawsuit to court, alleging injury suffered when she was struck by Abbaticchio's smash, an occurrence attested to in sworn statements by various witnesses. But the court ending up ruling against her -- not because her story wasn't believed, but because it was conclusively established that she had been sitting in fair territory at the time."

you're doing a heckuva job, buddy! (bud selig doesn't care about cubs people!)

nathew — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:27:01 -0000

you're doing a heckuva job, buddy!

(bud selig doesn't care about cubs people!)

i decided to give lance berkman the "gaijin 4koma" treatment. (gaijin 4koma is a meme from the...

nathew — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:20:23 -0000

i decided to give lance berkman the "gaijin 4koma" treatment.

(gaijin 4koma is a meme from the interblargs. read about it here.)

Scott Eyre's rehab start for Peoria

nathew — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:28:28 -0000

...didn't go all that great. He gave up 4 hits and 2 earned runs in 1 1/3 innings.

I don't know if maybe he's not ready to come back yet or maybe it's just because he's a reliever. I don't know much about minor league ball/rehab so I don't know if they start major-league relievers on rehab assignments very often.

Anywho, this was a much more interesting game than last night to sit and watch. I'm pretty new around here so I don't know if I'm allowed to steal Josh77's thunder and give you the results, so I'll wait patiently for his minor league wrap post tonight, but I thought you guys would like to hear an update on Eyre's rehab.