Quick-hitters for today.

Louisa Necib

France beat England on PKs today.  Ms Necib had a splendid game, and is starting to attract a certain amount of attention.  France will face the Brazil/USA winner next week.  I am confident that regardless of the result of France's semifinal match, Ms Necib will be named to the World Cup Tournament All-Star team. 

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After the terrible tragedy a couple of days ago in Arlington; a Dad fell to his death, right in front of his six year-old son, trying to catch a ball that All-Star outfielder, Josh Hamilton, had thrown to him; yesterday, a foul ball off of Josh Hamilton's bat hit a fan in the head.  He got some stitches and he's okay, but I like what Hamilton said after the game, That people at the ballgame need to stop looking at their phones and watch the game.  I think that is excellent advice, not just for the ballpark, but for life, in general. 

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Could we get rid of earned runs, altogether? It is completely subjective and each park has a different scorer, to boot.  Plus, you have to play out how the inning would have unfolded to figure out how many runs are earned or not.  It is a silly distinction and when I score games I count all runs as "earned."  If you have a bad defense then that will reflect on your staff's Run Average, and you can still keep track of all the errors. 

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Oakland A's All-Star, Gio Gonzalez, sure loves giving up Grand Slams in Arlington.  Too bad only one of them has counted.  More on that tomorrow. 



Two big posts I am working on re The Wedding and ballpark incident a couple of days ago.

Love you all, kisses.