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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

I’m back from my adventures—will have pictures and prose up shortly after I dig myself out from under more than a week away from the office.

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Gameday Links 2009 (Weeks IV & V)

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

For those interested, the python script I’ve used to generate these for the past coupla years is here. The Python interpreter is free, open-source, and ridiculously useful software, available here.

Gameday Links 2009 (Week III)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Sorry these are coming in at the wire. Been kind of a busy morning. Again, anything with a question mark next to it won’t work because I don’t have a code for one of the teams.

[Note: ubeddie at VeB pointed out that Friday the 13th's early game was missing... it's added below. Don't blame the script, though, it's not listed on ESPN's schedule. Once again, I embarrass myself for trusting ESPN information...]

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Washington at Atlanta
Minnesota at Pittsburgh
Boston at St. Louis
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
Colorado at LA Angels
Chicago Sox at Kansas City
San Diego at Milwaukee
Arizona at Oakland
Texas at Seattle
Japan at Chicago Cubs
Korea at LA Dodgers
Florida at NY Mets

Friday, March 13, 2009

St. Louis at Baltimore (Early game)
NY Mets at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Toronto
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Atlanta at Florida
Chicago Cubs at LA Angels
Oakland at Cleveland
Texas at Kansas City
Kansas City at Milwaukee
Seattle at Chicago Cubs
Texas at LA Dodgers
Chicago Sox at San Diego
Seattle at Arizona
San Francisco at Colorado
Baltimore at St. Louis (Late game)
NY Yankees at Boston
Cincinnati at Minnesota
Washington at Houston

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Boston at Baltimore
Toronto at Detroit
Florida at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Houston
NY Yankees at Pittsburgh
Atlanta at St. Louis
Washington at NY Mets
Houston at NY Yankees
Texas at Chicago Sox
Arizona at Kansas City
LA Dodgers at Milwaukee
San Francisco at Oakland
LA Angels at Chicago Cubs
Cleveland at San Diego
San Diego at San Francisco
Seattle at Colorado

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Baltimore at Boston
Cincinnati at Toronto
Houston at Atlanta
Detroit at Washington
St. Louis at Philadelphia
NY Mets at Florida
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay
Minnesota at NY Yankees
Oakland at LA Angels
Milwaukee at Cleveland
Chicago Sox at Seattle
San Diego at Texas
Colorado at LA Dodgers
Kansas City at San Francisco
Chicago Cubs at Arizona

Monday, March 16, 2009

St. Louis at Detroit
Baltimore at Minnesota
Boston at Toronto
Washington at Florida
Philadelphia at NY Yankees
Kansas City at Chicago Sox
Seattle at Cleveland
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee
LA Dodgers at Oakland
LA Dodgers at Seattle
LA Angels at San Francisco
Colorado at Arizona
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Minnesota at Boston
Houston at Detroit
NY Mets at Atlanta
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Arizona at Oakland
Cleveland at Texas
Chicago Cubs at LA Dodgers
LA Angels at San Diego
Milwaukee at San Francisco
Chicago Sox at Arizona
Kansas City at Colorado
Pittsburgh at NY Yankees

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Baltimore at St. Louis
NY Yankees at Houston
Toronto at Philadelphia
Minnesota at Pittsburgh
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay
Atlanta at NY Mets
LA Angels at Chicago Sox
San Francisco at Chicago Cubs
Texas at San Diego
Milwaukee at Arizona
Florida at Washington
Seattle at Kansas City

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Finally

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

It only took them a little under three years to take my advice, but the Cardinals today got around to signing Dennys Reyes.

Reyes is a stud against left-handers, but has some trouble against righties. Hopefully he’ll be protected a little better than Ron Villone was last season.

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Gameday Links 2009 (Week II)

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The Cardinals have an off-day, so I’ll go ahead and post these now. As before, WBC teams are handled by the script, but not college teams (the college teams’ websites will probably have nice gamecast things that are fully functional anyways.)

Links with a question mark before them won’t work for that reason.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Puerto Rico at Boston
United States at Philadelphia
Florida at Baltimore
Washington at Detroit
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
Panama at Houston
Canada at NY Yankees
Netherlands at Minnesota
Venezuela at Atlanta
Italy at NY Mets
Dominican Republic at St. Louis
Australia at Milwaukee
South Africa at Oakland
LA Angels at Seattle
San Diego at Texas
Chicago Sox at LA Dodgers
Oakland at San Francisco
Mexico at Colorado
Chicago Sox at Chicago Cubs

Friday, March 6, 2009

Washington at Baltimore
Florida at Boston
Cincinnati at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh
NY Mets at St. Louis
San Francisco at LA Angels
Australia at Chicago Sox
Milwaukee at Cleveland
Texas at Kansas City
Seattle at Oakland
LA Dodgers at Chicago Cubs
Colorado at San Diego
Arizona at Mexico
Philadelphia at Toronto
Houston at Atlanta
Detroit at NY Yankees

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Pittsburgh at Minnesota
Cincinnati at Toronto
St. Louis at Houston
Detroit at Philadelphia
Baltimore at Florida
Boston at Tampa Bay
Washington at NY Mets
Atlanta at NY Yankees
Kansas City at Cleveland
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee
Chicago Sox at Texas
Seattle at LA Dodgers
Oakland at San Diego
Colorado at San Francisco
LA Angels at Arizona

Sunday, March 8, 2009

?Michigan at NY Mets
Minnesota at Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Boston
NY Yankees at Detroit
Philadelphia at Atlanta
Toronto at Cincinnati
NY Mets at Washington
Houston at Pittsburgh
Florida at St. Louis
San Francisco at LA Angels
LA Dodgers at Chicago Sox
Milwaukee at Kansas City
Cleveland at Oakland
Arizona at Seattle
Texas at Chicago Cubs
Oakland at San Francisco
San Diego at Colorado

Monday, March 9, 2009

Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Boston at Pittsburgh
Minnesota at Tampa Bay
Baltimore at NY Mets
Toronto at NY Yankees
Cleveland at Chicago Sox
LA Angels at Oakland
LA Dodgers at Texas
Kansas City at Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee at San Francisco
San Diego at Arizona
Houston at Washington
Detroit at Florida

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Baltimore at Boston
Atlanta at Houston
NY Mets at Washington
Detroit at St. Louis
Toronto at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at LA Angels
Chicago Cubs at Seattle
San Francisco at Texas
Arizona at LA Dodgers
Oakland at Colorado
Cincinnati at NY Yankees

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Minnesota at Baltimore
NY Yankees at Detroit
Pittsburgh at Toronto
Houston at Cincinnati
Atlanta at Philadelphia
St. Louis at Florida
Milwaukee at Chicago Sox
Colorado at Cleveland
Seattle at Kansas City

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Sunday Dinner

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Here’s what I cooked up for the first Sunday dinner in Lent:

I used the A.B. turkey roasting method, using quarter-batch of the brine and then skipped the high-roast stage, roasting it at 350 until the boob meat hit 165. Unbelievably juicy, especially the leg meat.

The brussels sprouts were sauteed in a covered skillet with about a quarter stick of butter, say a tablespoon and a half of olive oil, the juice from two lemons, half a slivered onion, two cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, and parsley. I cut their stumps off so they’d stand up, caramelized the onions, and put the sprouts in for a minute or so on high heat before dropping it to a simmer and leaving it alone for ten minutes. They were perfect.

My first time cooking both cornish hens and brussels sprouts. (Tiny chickens and tiny cabbages. Cute, eh?) Pretty pleased with how they turned out.

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Gameday Links 2009 (Weeks IV & V)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Friday, March 20, 2009

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Gameday Links 2009 (Week III)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Friday, March 13, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Monday, March 16, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Finally

Gameday Links 2009 (Week II)

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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