Just a few things that I've picked up from the web lately:
This blog was featured on Page 2 yesterday with some Mother's Day quotes. I liked the math quotes:
"You only get a once in a lifetime opportunity so many times."
--- Ike Taylor, Steeler's Corner, on starting an exhibition game
"I have two secret weapons--my legs, my arms, and my brain."
--- Michael Vick
"Pitching is 80% of the game, the other half is hitting and fielding."
--- Mickey Rivers
"I figured at this point, we'd be .500."
--- Jim Valvano, on NC State starting the season at 5-0 (note that this would require one game to end in a tie)
"Two grand slams in a week--that's 7 or 8 ribbies right there."
--- Bill Madlock, said to Al Oliver
Wezen-ball.com features the Tater Trot Tracker that tracks how quickly runners round the bases after hitting a home run. There have been recent events that have proved that baseball needs some tweaking in order to speed up the pace of the game. That's why my hat goes off to Adam Rosales, who at 15.86 seconds, is only tenths of a second behind the guys who hit inside the park home runs. Adam Rosales puts his head down and trucks around the bases at an average speed of 15.48 mph, which is faster than the top speed of a squirrel (12 mph) and is fast enough to get cited for speeding in a University of Arizona parking structure (limit: 10 mph). Guys like Alex Gonzalez (8.4 mph), David Ortiz (8.5 mph), Jose Guillen (8.65 mph), and Manny Ramirez (8.9 mph) should take a lesson from Mr. Rosales. These guys would get outrun by a chicken rounding the bases, and we all know that a chicken's elusiveness isn't in its speed, it's in its maneuverability. Let's all try to be more like Adam Rosales in our base running ok? Congrats on the HR.
