I heard this story on the radio the other night in St Louis. Mike Evans, entertainment reporter recounted a great story about Ray Kroc during one of the Padres miserable years.

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Here's the link to Mike Evans blog.

the Padres owner was McDonald’s king Ray Kroc. In the 1st inning, the Padres made 3 errors on the first 3 Dodger batters. I was sitting in the Press Box and saw Kroc get up from the owners box, walk to the P.A. announcers booth, grab the mic and over all the booing of the fans, say, I am as disgusted with this team as much as you are, and to apologize. I would like to buy everybody a free beer. Go to the concession stands now, it’s on me. You never saw 18,000 people get up and run to the concession stand so fast. Ray was all class, Bud Adams is all ass!

I've been hearing a lot of chatter from the single (and not so single) ladies about how hot this new callup is.  Brooks Conrad is certainly hot, but I want to know how hot he is...so here's a poll (no pun intended).

So, all of you Tomahawkers out there, I want to know what you think of this new guy.  Would you or wouldn't you?

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I posted a link to another, newer image below.  Guy looks powerful  Powerful hot.

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Looks like the change of scenery didn't help Khalil-bot at all.

Shortstop Khalil Greene will be used in more of a utility role rather than starting for at least the near term, manager Tony La Russa confirmed Monday. The hope is that Greene, whose struggles at the plate have bled into his defense, will benefit mentally from a lighter load.

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He's been really struggling and the rookie the Cards have brought up, Tyler Greene (no relation, as robots can't procreate....yet) has been playing really well.

And in this quote, Khalil finally admits to being a robot

"I don't think there's anybody who could understand the depth of how frustrating it can be," Greene said, "because it's not something I leave at the field. Ideally, that would be the case. But I guess the reality of it is that's not how I'm wired. So I have to work extremely hard to get away from the field mentally."

He tries to cover his tracks with this quote, but it's exactly what a robot would say..no human would call themselves an intelligent thinking human being.

"That's the way it's always been," Greene said, referring to his condition's compulsive nature. "It's not rational. It's not something I think as an intelligent thinking human being"

I'm thinking the Cards can encourage fans to still come to the ballpark by tying Khalil-bot into the new Terminator movie.  I can picture Khalil screaming as Christian Bale asks him if he thinks he's human...and then reveals his robot torso.  Cross promotion at its best.

In closing...congrats Padres fans...you finally got the better end of the deal

I was turned on to this from Lance's Twitter posts.  Lance called it a "must watch", so all you uncommon sportsman out there better oblige.

The video takes a little while to get going..some dramatic setup stuff and then some fairly common street free riding stuff...but then it gets to be, well, awesome.

Rider's name is Danny MacAskill and he's riding around Edinborugh

Do yourself a favor and check it out