Updates

Just wanted to give a few updates...

• We've moved into out new place, Linds has a link to pictures of our place on her blog, which I have a link to on the right-hand side of the page. It's a pretty nice place, although we haven't been out alot to really enjoy living in a city. We know its a city because there's a lock to get into the building, and two more to get into our condo. We see planes flying overhead, which isn't weird I guess, except now you can see which airline it is and even this picture I took the other day...

• My fantasy baseball team, Five Tool Performer, continues its bid for the $10k prize, although I don't have quite the confidence as I did last week. After winning my semifinal match 288-216 last week and moving on to take on the #1 seed in the league, I find myself trailing by 32 points with two days left to play. Last week I outscored my opponent by an average of 10 points a day, so I really need to pick it up or be forced to enter the loser's bracket. As I write this, Jimmy Rollins is 4-4 with two triples, so he's pulling his weight. I'll definitely be watching for the Rays to mop up on the Mariners tonight too...I would love to see a shutout by former Twin Matt Garza...

• If you didn't get to watch the Opening Ceremony for the Olympics on Friday night, you missed one amazing show. I can honestly say it was nothing like I've ever seen before. I wanted to try and describe it, but I seriously can't find the words...

• For anyone looking to add to their daily blogroll, I would recommend checking out Brian Duensing's blog. He's a AAA pitcher in the Twins organization who is playing for the U.S.A Olympic baseball team. I'm hoping that he continually updates, his first two entries have been pretty good.

• For any of you who know me fairly well, you know that my favorite ball player is Doug Mientkiewicz. There's a number of reasons why, but if you watch him play, its pretty much because he plays the game right in my eyes. Anyway, after seeing limited playing time since leaving the Twins in 2004, he's finally found a place in the lineup in Pittsburgh. And I put lineup because its been a somewhat role reversal for Doug this year. With Minnesota, he was a Gold-Glove firstbaseman, who was average at the plate. This year, while putting up typical Doug-like numbers offensively, hasn't been able to find a regular spot in the field. Here are his games by position and fielding % for each:

3B- 30 G, 5 errors in 77 chances (.935 %)
1B- 26 G, 0 errors in 215 chances (1.000 %)
RF- 9 G, 0 errors in 17 chances (1.000 %)

• I guess when you play for the Pirates and your batting average is 2nd on the team at .286 behind Ryan Doumit's .336, the manager finds a position for you.

Well...that's all for now...