Tuesday Quick Hits

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• Is Joe Posnanski the best baseball writer in the country yet? Can we just declare this?
• I remember Edgar Martinez being the first really prominent supporter of eye excercises. Besides Ted Williams I guess, but he was kind of from the "I'm a natural great" school.
• I might have to pick up one of those Hobbes shirts before my next trip to GABP. Seems like a good way to identify as a Reds hipster. I like how the Redus guys straddle the "Are we being ironic with this?" line.
  

• that hamilton blog is pretty raw, i think.
  
• that onion article was beyond classic. notice they dont use barry bond's name until the last sentence. brilliant.
  
• that big league dreams place looks neat. is it a softball park?
  
• Pat Neshek.. holy moses. check out what he says:
  

/I also managed to get another #'d 25 refractor cards of mine from a collector I met last year at Detroit. He brought it to me in the bullpen and I almost fell down the steps in the bullpen when I noticed the shiny rookie card. I always love it when fans hook me up and find my rare cards...6 refractors down, 19 to go! I think this will be a lifetime hobby trying to collect all the refractors. /

Ohmagawd... do you guys realize what he just did? He drove the value of his own card up exponentially... people will know it's worth a lot because neshek will pay a lot to get ahold of em. if you have one, hold on to it! wait for the right price!

but seriously, he seems like a cool dude. Kind of a nerd though. dude collects his own cards... wtf? although if i had cards, id probably collect the shit out of em.

* damn, i didnt realize salmon had become such a strikeout stud... and he hasnt walked anyone in eight innings so far this year. wow, that's pretty promising i think.

I was listening to the Bats game last night, and the Bats radio announcer mentioned that the Bats were expecting another pitcher from Oakland (in addition to McBeth).  Dunno if he was actually told that, or was just assuming that the other PTBNL is a pitcher.

On Dunn and his defense.  It shows he's working at it at least.

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AE/20070501/SPT05/705010330/

Why didn't Sauer get his chance earlier? The Reds were anti-home run. There's really no other way to look at it. From 1941 to 1947, the most homers hit by a Reds player was 20 (by Frank McCormick hit in the war-torn year of 1944). The Reds were all about pitching and defense ... and they never did appreciate Sauer. They finally gave him his shot in 1948, and he hit 35 homers -- he shattered the Reds' record by five homers.

"Rooting for the Yankess is like rooting for Brad Pitt to get laid."

Reports are starting to come out that Josh Hancock was out drinking Wed April 25th (The day he was late to the Reds-Cards Day Game) and Sat Night.  One report said he was given several free drinks, and ESPN Radio guy Dave Campbell admitted to have some drinks with him at Mike Shannon's Bar.  Campbell said he left the bar at 9:45, but Hancock stayed.  He would not comment on Hancock's sobriety level, but other patrons have already told ESPN he had "several free drinks".

It's sad.  I was hoping stories like this wouldn't come out, but it unfortunately makes a little sense.  Let's hope that authorities are able to set the record straight, to end speculation.  I am kind of suprised ESPN aired these reports after Law Enforcement said there weren't signs of alcohol.  This could make them look bad as well.

I want a shirt... I wonder how hard it is to get my parent's credit card... Apparently the company doesn't accept cash...

The part about the credit card was a joke btw... I doubt i could carry it out...