  ~ urlLink Kerry Wood just got picked off, like a fucking idiot Little Leaguer, after getting walked on four pitches. Easy come, easy go? Or is it yet another Cubsesque failure to implement the fundamentals? ~ From the back cover of urlLink How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication , by Stanley Coren--and mentioned by Chip Caray and Steve Stone re: Ron Santo--"Parlez-vous Doggish? " It makes me wish I'd written it. ~ urlLink Michael Barrett seems to have a gigantic noggin and I've yet to see him in a batting helmet without looking like it can't fit over his huge melon, but he can hit the ball a freaking mile and he calls a good game. ~ My favorite non- urlLink Cub ? urlLink Augie Ojeda . He's in the urlLink Minnesota Twins system this year, playing for the AAA urlLink Rochester Red Wings . ~ Baseball is definitely not helping get this grant application written. 
