{"id":4622,"date":"2011-08-24T14:08:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2011-08-24T14:48:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T19:48:48","slug":"changeups-and-screwballs-a-southpaw%e2%80%99s-perspective-for-82411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4622","title":{"rendered":"Changeups and Screwballs: A Southpaw\u2019s Perspective for 8\/24\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apologies for those of you looking for this article yesterday.\u00a0 At the middle school where I teach we had to teach the new 6th<\/sup> graders how to use and open their lockers, as well as distribute laptops to each individual student.\u00a0 If that sounds like sitting in hell with a puffy coat on, it\u2019s because it is.\u00a0 Straight miserable.\u00a0 Thankfully it is done and over with and I now have time this morning to write.\u00a0 Here it goes.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t even begin to imagine what it would be like to play baseball in front of 30,000 plus fans\u2026at the age of 12.\u00a0 Watching those kids in the LLWS is truly inspiring.\u00a0 If you are to buy into what C.J. Wilson<\/a><\/strong> had to say earlier this season<\/a>, pitching in Williamsport is better than throwing a game in Oakland.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the other side of things in Williamsport, is anyone else bothered by how many breaking pitches are being thrown?\u00a0 And did you see the utterly shat on ball that Jake Fromm hit last night?\u00a0 WOW.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nice to see Adrian Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong> finally leave the yard again.\u00a0 80+ at-bats without a bomb probably had fantasy owners worried.\u00a0 Don\u2019t sweat it.\u00a0 That was merely the calm before the storm.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Astros news, Wandy Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> has been claimed off waivers by the Rockies, but no trade has been finalized yet.\u00a0 After acquiring Barmes this off-season, it appears that Houston and Denver are becoming comfy with each other.\u00a0 I hope the ‘Stros bring back more talented prospects to help the rebuilding push.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seth Smith<\/a><\/strong> for president, anybody?\u00a0 Dude hit another jack last night giving him an August slash of .296\/.387\/.685 to go along with 7 HR\u2019s and 3 SB\u2019s.\u00a0 Get him while the getting\u2019s good friends.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is Picasso painting the NL MVP picture?\u00a0 That race is a mess.\u00a0 My personal vote goes to Ryan Braun<\/a><\/strong>, if I am voting today.\u00a0 However, if the D-Backs end up winning their division, I find it hard not to go with Justin Upton<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When will parents begin to realize that they should never give a game ball to their kids at the game?\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 Wait until afterwards.\u00a0 Although in the defense of the children, it has been hysterical to watch them throw so many balls back this year.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Way to go fat kid!\u00a0 Prince is the first to 100 RBI this year.\u00a0 I love watching that big \u2018ol fat kid swing a baseball bat.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And speaking of fat kids, Big Fat Bartolo Colon<\/a><\/strong> might have hit a wall.\u00a0 He is strong for 3-4 innings, but then begins to lose velo\u2026and too much of it to be successful.\u00a0 It was great while is lasted.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apologies for those of you looking for this article yesterday.\u00a0 At the middle school where I teach we had to teach the new 6th graders how to use and open their lockers, as well as distribute laptops to each individual student.\u00a0 If that sounds like sitting in hell with a puffy coat on, it\u2019s because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,17,6,11,13,14],"tags":[436,509,2632,1504,437,428,201,2630,58,712,773,57,2631,691,205,2629],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4622"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4624,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622\/revisions\/4624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}