Mindless idle speculatory non-speculation

As Jeremy Accardo was yanking himself out of yesterday's 9-4 win over the Nationals, a funny thought occurred to us.

Imagine that you're a pitcher, and that you got left off the roster at the beginning of the season. And imagine that your manager doesn't particularly care for you, and that the outlook for your future with the franchise was less than stellar.

And imagine that you wanted nothing more than to stick it in the ear of said manager and organization and basically rack up some Big League service time on the DL and receive your full big league salary. So you go out and toss a few pitches, then grab your side and presto! Payback and relaxation on the teams's dime!

Actually, we don't imagine that this is what Accardo is doing, and we're not just saying that because we don't want to get sued. It was just an odd thought that crossed our mind as we saw this unfolding yesterday.

But did you see Cito shaking his head in disbelief on the mound after Accardo said he couldn't go? Classic.

We'll take a win where we can get it
While giving up walkoff wins to the lowly DCers was somewhat less than optimal, yesterday's win provided a least a bit of an antidote to what could have been an awful weekend. The entire lineup (or at least the first six guys in it) looked great at the dish all day. Rios, Rolen and Overbay continued to swing hot bats, while Adam Lind worked a couple of walks that led to runs and Vernon Wells hit his second extra base hit in as many days. (Could he possibly be coming around?)

Meanwhile, RR Cool Jay got in and out of jams over seven innings, leaving a line (8 hits, 6Ks, 3 BBs, 2 ERs) that looks a lot better than the performance felt. It took him 118 pitches to get through 31 batters, and were it not for a couple of stellar defensive plays behind him, it might have looked ugly out there.

(What the fuck...why are we quibbling about quality starts and wins? Are we going to call Wilner tomorrow and talk about how awesome Reed Johnson is?)

Off days are for watching the smoldering remains of your computer
Fuck me. Everything I touch turns to dust.

It could be the power supply unit. It could be the motherboard. Or it could be both. Whatever the case, we'll be passing the hat for anyone who wishes to contribute to the Tao's Emergency Computer Repair or Replacement Fund. (There will be no tax receipts. Sorry.)

Please stand by...

It had to happen at some point, but I somehow figured that my 27 month-old Dell still had a few good years left to it. Apparently, that's not the case. I'm in the midst of trying to revive my bloggy typing machine from what appears to be a complete meltdown, and so you may notice some declines from the typical output around here.

Apologies for the diminished output, and I'll try to find other ways to get the good word out.

More technical difficulties

We're having a devil of a time logging in and posting today. We'll get at 'er ASAP.

In the meantime, feel free to browse around, or just leave us abusive comments for fun's sake.

WTF is going on?!?!

When we try to admire our own writerly stylings today, we see that our blog looks something like what you see above. Anyone else ever come across this? Is this thing on?

We know that there are workarounds to get to the blog (like adding the "www" in front of the url), but we're a bit concerned that maybe a techno-savvy friend of Rod Barajas has taken umbrage to our last post.

We do this blog for fun, but we'll admit to being a bit panicked at the idea that it is permanently FUBAR.

Update: All is well! Phew!

Technical Difficulties - Please Stand By

We'll admit it. In our haste to make some subtle changes to the blog's layout, we've goofed.

It takes a certain level of cranial slowness to mess up a Blogger template, but everything looks slightly wrong to us right now.

The content should all be there, but don't mind the mess.

UPDATE: ...and we're back. Kind of.