shortest clean-up hitter ever

Dustin Pedroia, who is 5'9" soaking wet (or, something) is batting clean-up tonight. Awesome.

riley skinner is your daddy update

I dare say that went as well as possible.

Riley Skinner was in the absolute zone, completing 27 of 36 passes for 3 touchdowns and zero picks, the Phonz was up to his old tricks with an interception, some new kid named C.J. Washington had a 55 yard run, senior Chip Brinkman caught 2 touchdowns, and Riley connected with 8 total receivers. Bada friggin' bing.

it begins tonight

I was extremely confused when I learned that Fox Sports would be handling tonight's Wake-Baylor broadcast. Way back when it was announced the game would be played on a Thursday, I distinctly remember it being remarked that this was to get national TV exposure, i.e. ESPN. What happened?

Not a big deal to some, but it is for me, who is bereft of any Fox Sports channel in his apartment cable line-up, and prefers not to spend three hours alone in a sports bar watching a game on a tiny screen that I alone give a crap about.

Worse, my internet sources are failing me. ACCSelect.com isn't carrying the same, and channelsurfing.net has links for NC State/South Carolina, Eastern Kentucky/Cincinatti and Oregon State/Stanford, but infuriatingly not Wake/Baylor. Argh!

Looks like I'm doomed for gametracker. Still, let's get the season started right with a win for the Old Gold & Black, whether mine eyes witness or not.

our society has come to this

9-year-old boy told he's too good to pitch

I believe we must now amend Alexander Fraser Tytler's nine stages of civilization to include a step where we tell a child he can't play a sport because he got too damn good at it. Right after that, the nation implodes in on it's own stupidity.

In other words, best stock up on canned goods and shotguns. We're done.

"This isn't a transactional course."

--Andrew Strauss, Professor of International Business Transactions.

Nice way to start a semester.