Trial balloons…
Carney Lansford, fired yesterday by the San Francisco Giants, was quoted as saying “never take a hitting coach job with an offensively challenged team.” Yo, Carney, isn’t that exactly the kind of team that NEEDS a good hitting coach?
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Glad Falcon, the little Colorado boy, is safe. But let’s see, but apparently besides building balloons, his parents’ idea of family activities include tornado chasing and searching for extra-terrestrials. And mom and dad also both appeared on “Wife Swap.” Makes Jon and Kate almost look well-adjusted.
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Even the Octomom said “What were they thinking?”
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How did the rescuers hear that the boy had been in the attic all the time? “Tranquillity base here, the Falcon has never taken off?”
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Polaroid is bringing the instant camera back. Can’t imagine why. Any photo you take can’t be uploaded on a camera phone, posted on Facebook, or shared with a million people on the internet… Oops, never mind.
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Tonight’s 8-6 Phillies-Dodgers slugfest once again proved Yogi Berra knew what he was talking about – with his quote “Good pitching beats good hitting, and vice-versa.”
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The game featured four home runs. Which would have been at least eight in Yankee Stadium.
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Meghan McCain is taking some heat for a twitter photo she posted of herself in a pyjama top. She says if people don’t stop the criticism her the next pyjama photo she posts will feature her dad.
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Garth Brooks is coming out of retirement again. Wonder if his first gig will be singing the national anthem at a Minnesota Vikings game?
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A Louisiana justice of the peace claims he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Either that he’s trying to prevent future Democratic presidents.
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This may only make sense to Canadian readers, but…
Moncton, New Brunswick, will host a 2010 regular season Canadian Football League game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Saskatchewan Rough Riders. The town has been trying to land a CFL team for years. In a goodwill gesture from the U.S. to Canada, apparently Oakland has offered them the Raiders.
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From Alex Kaseberg: A survey ranked the 55 cities with the smartest residents down to the least smartest residents and Fresno finished last. Upon hearing this a Fresno resident asked “What’s a resident?”
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
October 16, 2009 at 8:17 am
An Ontario man and his friends removed a statue of Buffalo Bills great Thurman Thomas from outside the team’s stadium and transported it to Canada. This is the gravest threat to US-Canada relations since Immigration agents once fingered Pamela Anderson’s bust.
October 16, 2009 at 8:18 am
I’m not saying Balloon Boy was a hoax, but word is he and his father are known locally as Falcon and the Snow Man
October 16, 2009 at 1:09 pm
More bad news for the Mets, as announcer Ron Darling has been accused of improperly failing to pay $500,000 in taxes. In a sign of support, management says the team will help foot the bill by donating $10 for every walk their pitchers issue next year. Which means that Darling should be free and clear by … oh…. around May.
More bad news for the Mets, as announcer Ron Darling has been accused of improperly failing to pay $500,000 in taxes. And so we have the first victim of the ill-conceived Bernie Madoff Calculator Night.