Eternal Mysteries of the Universe
By - The popularity of American Idol (which, according to today’s Times recap, took a major uptick in subtlety and musicality when one of the third-raters essayed a Collective Soul cover.)
- The baserunning of Jose “Miguel Dilone was my mentor!” Reyes
- Bloggers who decorate filler posts about trivia with use ultra-obscure references that 0.00001% of their audience might understand
- How John McLaren keeps his job.
Although I suppose on one level the last one is all too explicable; any team that had the slightest idea what it was doing or interest in winning would never have hired him in the first place. And I should probably be careful what I wish for; if he does get cannned I fully expect him to be replaced by a committee of Bill Virdon, John McNamara, Buddy Bell, and Maury Wills.
The Gods of Sabermetrics must be smiling at the fact that both Washburn and Bedard got torched for nine runs after being assigned their Comfort-Building personal catcher…