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[remindmeofthe]

FOX may suck ass when it comes to everything baseball broadcast, but I have to say I enjoyed this past half-inning's installation of the A-Rod is a Douche Show. Because, A-Rod is a douche.

FOX or not, though, I love having baseball on my TV. MLBTV is really handy, but the blackout restrictions make it really hard to keep up with the Red Sox as well as I can keep up with the Tigers, Astros, Yankees (in theory, anyway), or even the A's. I live right smack in Red Sox Nation territory and I know more about what the Tigers have been doing lately. Sheesh. I miss having cable during the baseball season.

But! Speaking of the Red Sox Nation, check out this baby name popularity tracker. Go through the 2004 team roster and plug in some of their names. A lot of them have a nice little spike or a bump at around 2005. It doesn't really work for the names that are popular anyway, like David or Jason, but names like Bronson and Pedro have a noticeable spike at around the time that Red Sox fans would be giving birth after the World Series. Red Sox fans are crazy people.

And while we're on the topic, does anyone have any idea why the name Huston would have been popular from about 1900 to 1920ish? Was there a famous politician or writer or someone by that name in that time? Because it comes almost out of nowhere to spike for about twenty years, and then drops off the charts never to be seen again. At least not until A's fangirls start giving birth.

Ooh, now my TV has Astros on it. This was supposed to be a short post, so I'm gonna go watch them now. Go Astros!

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[pitchcount.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I work on Saturdays and don't have to be grateful to FOX for showing the Red Sox. (Instead I have to be grateful to ESPN/2, since I actually have seen quite a few Sox games this year and not even all Yankees games (or Tigers games, of course... and darnit, why do they have to play the Wrong Sox when I'm going to be on a road trip? That's 4 Red Sox games I could have watched on TV but instead I'll be nerding it up in Baltimore).

All I want is for this not to be the third straight day that ALL of my teams (Red Sox, Tigers, Cubs, and "whoever's playing the Yankees") lose. Is that too much to ask for?

[remindmeofthe.livejournal.com]

Let's cross our fingers, shall we?

I did enjoy that half-inning of Astros I got to watch. I am almost sad the rain delay is over.

[edgeoflovely.livejournal.com]

You know. If you ever get the intense desire to actually watch the Red Sox on mlb.tv, let me know and I'll hook you up with my account. Obviously, I'm not blacked out there. And its the same as my milb.tv account which will come in handy if you feel the need to watch Vance's minor league rehab starts. :)

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

Will too many people trying to watch Vance's rehab starts at the same time crash the system? :P hahaha.

[edgeoflovely.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but it can't hurt to try, eh?

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

The name Lisa ranked 679 out of 1000 for boys in the 1960s. I wonder about those guys named Lisa and what they're up to now