Pelfrey!!!!

Just imagine if Gardy would have let Mike Pelfrey GRADUALLY get his stamina back instead of always forcing him to pitch ONE MORE INNING until he collapsed. Last night Peflrey pitched 7 pretty good innings. He left with the Twins trailling 3-2, but you sure can't fault him for the Twins leaving so many on base.

Somehow, it happened again last night. The Twins rallied in the eighth, scoring both the tying and winning runs, and then Perkins came in to slam the door. Another fantastic win, except of course for all of those stranded base runners. I'll still take it of course. The Twins are now just 6 back as the Tigers lost. And we're only a 1 1/2 games out of second. This is a great division.

I sure wished I like hockey more. The Hawks beat the Bruins last night in three overtimes to start the Stanley Cup Finals. It sounded like an all-time classic. The problem is that it's hockey. Maybe I'll watch one of the games before it's all over. Or at least part of a game.

Thought for the day:

I've been giving this a lot of thought lately. If it's "i" before "e" except after "c," WHY don't we just get rid of the rule and spell everything "ie" instead "ei"? For example, why don't we all just agree to spell receive as "recieve"? How would that hurt anybody? Within a generation, we'd never have to screw that word up ever again. And the rule would be retired into history. Where it belongs.

Language evolves naturally. Let's allow this quirk to go away instead of saying that stupid rhyme in our heads every single time we spell receive (and words like it.) Who is with me?