I was chatting last night with April about her last day of work, so naturally the conversation eventually turned to Joe Morgan.

What? Don't all conversations end up being about Joe Morgan?

Somehow, his age came up, so I of course checked his Wikipedia page...

me: he's only 65.
me: actually, 65 on sept 19
April: ooo, let's send him a card
April: with a copy of Moneyball
me: oh man... that would be awesome
me: get a bunch of people to send him moneyball for his birthday... we all send it to espn

So I twittered:

Joe Morgan's 65th birthday is Sept 19. Who wants to join me in sending as many birthday copies of Moneyball to him at ESPN? about 11 hours ago from web

Got only one response, but it was immediate and positive. I think we need to do this. Moneyball is only $11.16 at Amazon, and it's probably good enough to just ship it right from there to him. They even gift wrap if you want.

Our commentators don't have public e-mail addresses, but will be happy to accept a letter or a postcard sent to them at the address below:

ESPN
Attn:Joe Morgan
ESPN Plaza
Bristol, CT 06010

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?page=help/espn-faq#talent. #talent. Funny.

I'm going to email the guys at FJM about this, and see if we can get a bigger audience to make this happen. If nothing else, I'm sure at least Michael Lewis will appreciate it...

(If you have absolutely no idea what this post is about, try reading this, and searching around the web for a little more about it.)

Ripped from here.

The Mets just split a two game series with the Phillies, to hold on to their 0.5 game lead in the division. If not for the shitty bullpen, they probably would have won both, but Pedro didn't exactly have a good start in the loss. Still, they *were* up 7-0 after three and a half... Mets have the day off today, then head to Florida. The Phillies head to Chicago for a four game series with the Cubs. It's about time they're playing someone good.

My new point and shoot camera is out for delivery with DHL. I'm not sure why I had it shipped home instead of to work, but I really hope they leave it without requiring a signature. I've been without one for far too long, now. Anyone want a Canon SD870IS with a cracked, non-working, screen?

That's all for now. Trying to write more often. Really.

Mike Pelfrey threw his second consecutive complete game last night, beating the Astros 9-1. Carlos Delgado hit two three-run homers, and should easily finish the season hitting better than .255/30/100. If you had told me after the first two months that he'd hit 30 homers and drive in a hundred runs... well, I wouldn't have believed it. If you had told me Pelfrey would be tied for the team lead in complete games, and leading the team in wins, I'd have called you crazy. The last two starts were the first and second complete games of his career. The last time a Mets starter threw back to back complete games was 2001. The last time a Mets starter had back to back complete game wins was 1995.

Still, they're only half a game up on the Phillies, and start a two game series with them tonight. Gonna be a rough (but exciting) September.

Obviously, I knew I wasn't the only person in the world with this problem, but the similarities and accuracy here are just incredible: Agony and Rapture.

Hell, it's like she's even read and following some of the suggestions on this page.

...ordered.

I am a sick, sick man.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/save_a_piece.jsp

Another fitting one, although it's been a whole lot longer than eighteen days for me.

What the Duck.

How... appropriate.

What the Duck.

I should really start writing here more often, but that's unlikely. This post is just to let you know that, not to say anything else. Lazy, unmotivated... nothing new.