“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” - Winston Churchill
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007
On Pirate Night — celebrating the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie — the Columbus Catfish scored a long-sought treasure: first place in the division.
Woods Fines pitched 6 innings of 4-hit ball, striking out 4 along the way, to lead the Catfish to a 2-0 win over the Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets).
Leadoff batter Desmond Jennings [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007
There’s the old saying, “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
Good advice.
Which I’m about to ignore.
It’s no secret that I like baseball. And that I follow and support the local minor league team, the Columbus Catfish.
So, for that reason alone, I’m ignoring the good advice and am going to say right now that I expect [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007
I read about the new Star Wars stamps the other day.
Apparently, I missed something.
Seems that it’s not just stamps that are taking on a Star Wars look.
They’ve got mailboxes that look like R2D2.
I wasn’t expecting that. Then, I saw one.
Now I know why the cost of postage stamps had to go up. I wonder how [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007
Poised for a sweep of the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees), the Columbus Catfish were denied by excellent pitching and timely hitting. Ivan Nova held the Catfish to just 2 hits in 6 innings, leading Charleston to a 3-2 win over the Catfish.
Charleston 3B Mitchell Hilligoss singled home 2B Wilmer Pino, then scored himself on a single [...]
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