The forecast calls for some really bad storms--tornado warnings and dangerous sized hail warnings.  As you probably know, those storms tend to move through pretty fast.  I wouldn't be surprised if the game has a delay, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they finish the game--albeit very late in the evening.

AP I'll be there!

Wanna hook up (porn music) ... er .... shut that off!!!

I mean want to say hi during the game?

It's hot and muggy in St. Louis today; it's basically a summer day. That means we'll get a tremendous storm followed by even more mugginess.

I'm surprised they're bringing up Hamilton, who is left-handed and not a right fielder.

The story I read said that they only had one other outfielder on the 40 man roster--Adron Chambers.  I'm not sure how all this works, but in order to bring up Stavinoha, they would have had to add him to the 40 man roster and then (maybe) risk losing him when they sent him back down.

I bet we see Tyler Greene in the outfield at some point in the next 15 or so days.

Last edited by forsberg_us (4/19/2011 4:57 pm)

forsberg_us wrote:

The story I read said that they only had one other outfielder on the 40 man roster--Adron Chambers.  I'm not sure how all this works, but in order to bring up Stavinoha, they would have had to add him to the 40 man roster and then (maybe) risk losing him when they sent him back down.

I bet we see Tyler Greene in the outfield at some point in the next 15 or so days.

Damn, Stavinoha is in a screwy position.

Right now there's a 35 degree difference in temperatures between St. Louis and Kansas City. There's no way the game gets underway at 7:15.

Weather delay!  I am glad I didnt go now.  I am just not into getting home from a ballgame in the AM.

Day-night doubleheader tomorrow.

All it takes is for one of those trees to fall the wrong way and houses and lives are ruined, as evidenced in North Carolina.  Glad to hear you have nothing worse than a big mess to clean up.

Max wrote:

All it takes is for one of those trees to fall the wrong way and houses and lives are ruined, as evidenced in North Carolina.  Glad to hear you have nothing worse than a big mess to clean up.

A tree was at the center of my one and only almost exercise of political power.

We built a new home a little over 4 years ago.  Until about 2 weeks ago, the lot next to us was empty, and there was an old tree that stood on the lot.  I'm not sure what the official name of the tree is, but it was one of those trees that produces those really hard, spikey "gumballs" that you have to clean out of your yard before you can mow the grass and that clog the gutters.  Besides the inconvenience of the tree, it was planted at a higher elevation than our property, so its roots nearest our house were exposed.  Also, it was nearest our daughter's room, so when the wind came blasting through, I was always fearful that thing would fall onto the house and her room.

It was very clear that the tree would be removed whenever they started building the home next to us because it was smack in the center of what would eventually be the driveway, but despite a couple of requests, the builder refused to cut down the tree.

About 2 years ago, I was appointed as a member of our municipality's planning and zoning commission.  One day, one of the agenda items related to our subdivision.  Besides houses, our subdivision includes some multi-unit villas, and the builder wanted to change the subdivision plan from multi-unit to single unit villas.  Personally, I didn't care and intended to approve the request, but prior to the meeting, I decided to revisit the issue of the tree.  I met with the builder, explained my concerns again and was met with a "we'll see what we can do about it."  The meeting was then called to order and I took my position at the commission table.  You could see this look of horror come across the builder's face when he realized I was a member of the commission rather than a concerned citizen who happened to attend the meeting.

The commission listened to the proposal and scheduled the vote for the next meeting.  We meet on the second and fourth Monday of each month.  The very next Saturday, I was awakened by the sound of a chain saw.  Sure enough, there was a guy cutting down the tree.  It was down to a stump within a matter of hours.

I can honestly say that I never once suggested that the tree would impact my vote (and it wouldn't have, I would have approved his proposal regardless), but it was really funny how quickly that tree came down when that guy realized I had the ability to affect his situation.  BTW, when they started building on that lot 2 weeks ago, one of the first things they did was even out the ground, including removing the stump of that tree.  I knew it was going to be removed eventually.

"it was really funny how quickly that tree came down when that guy realized I had the ability to affect his situation."

Odd how that works, eh? I would have asked the guy to bring me coffee and donuts as well, but hey, if you've got these foolish principles you want to uphold ...