Only in America. The rest of the world puts the commas in the proper contextual position.

Yes, I could never understand why we put a ? inside the quotation marks, when we are asking a question about a quotation. Example: Did he really say, "Give me liberty, or give me death?" It makes it look like the original quotation is a question. I'm in favor of putting question marks outside of the quotations.

im more in favor of reading about garth's daily activities than today's bickering.

Where is the book on what is "bush"? I hear this often. I thought handing the hat to a fan was funny as sh*t. After all the coach was out of the dugout and threw the hat at him. Maybe the same book will define "bush" for coaches.

I am not defending Hernandez. I could care less. I just think the "bush" comments are fueled by the announcers, and what do they know?

DG - I'm with you on this, but the "announcers" are more likely that not ex-major leaguers. And while players do not study the rules the way we do it is also a fact the rules committee is NOT overly represented by umpires. SO, it is a fact of life that the majority of MLB fans will buy into just about anyting the retired-player announcers say. If we are to educate the fans we aren't going to do it by imposing the umpires into the game. Both sad and true.
Remember Steve Palermo and the nail file? His subtle look as Niekro tried to toss the nail file away got SO many TV fans saying "HEY! LOOK AT THAT"

Sad, but true, to the fans umpires should be seen and never heard from.

It's 7:20 AM as I write. High tide on Monterey Bay will peak at 7:32 so we have postponed our morning walk. (I call it a walk, my wife, who at 5'3" has fairly short legs, call it a trot. I walk at a 16 minute mile pace so I get my four miles in at just over an hour.)

We prefer to walk at low tide or between tides, so we'll enjoy some cofee for a while, read the paper and talk more about what we need to do to before we retire here. I've always wanted to retire before 60 and it looks like that will be possible. We plan on learning Spanish over the next year. I figure I can probably substitute teach down here, but it would help to be bilingual and Spanish seem to still be the dominant second language in the central coast region. I'm conversant and literate in French, but that doesn't seem to help, except at restaurants.

We're goint to visit Carmel today. That's where our first date was back in collge, before moving to Spokane, before raising two boys, before 32 years of marriage. Back then we bought a bottle of wine, some french bread, salami, and provlone cheese at the Mediterranean Market and ate lunch in the park. The Mediterranean Market is gone now. It closed about three years ago, so we'll have to bring our lunch supplies with us.

We'll walk the beach, visit the mission and maybe a winery or two, stroll the neighborhoods and be amazed at the $150,000 bungalows that sell for a million dollars. Dinner will be at "Portabella's", one of the best restaurants we've discovered in the region. We stop in about three times a year and owner always remembers us and sits down to bring us current on the happenings since our last visit.

We'll watch the sun set over the bay from the city beach beneath Pebble Beach Golf Course and then head for "home".

"Bush", by the way, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I don't rely on former rats for what I consider bush. Picking up a coach's hat and running to the stands and giving it to a fan, is bush.

Hernandez, from his lack of uniformity in his uniform to his showboat handling of situations has always been a "look at me" umpire. That's also bush. But it would be tolerable if his performance was quality. It isn't.

Have a pleasant day.

Like sand from an hourglass, so are the Days Of Our Garth.

I don't think the WS assignments are on merit, they rotate them among the staff when you get a certain amount of years in the league! (Not Positive?):cool:

I don't think that's right....I can give you examples to support my argument if you'd like, but I think they try to base it on "merit".

Angel Hernandez > Better
 

1) Looking than me? Strike 1.

2) Umpire than me? Strike 2.

3) Make more money than me? Strike 3 swinging. I'm out.

I still get to laugh a little, but I'm sure it is not the last laugh.