Chronicles of the Lads

JUSTIN MILLER???
Are you kidding me?

And another thing: would someone care to explain to me why, with Carlos Delgado at the plate, the closest person to a weak fly to right-center is Adam Kennedy? Yeah, obviously Vlad lost the ball ... but where exactly was Garret Anderson on the play? Yeah, it was Vlad's ball, but in reviewing the replay, Garret's just standing there, not running over at all. Come on guys, it's a pennant race ...

... in the bottom of the third inning, Fox Sports West presented us a graphic with the following content:

Gold Glove Candidates -- AL 1st Basemen

                  Errors   Range Factor

Darin Erstad         1         .871

John Olerud          1         .853

Tino Martinez        3         .868

Doug Mientkiewicz    4         .862

Wait, Range Factor? What Fox Sports was really showing was Zone Rating! So they should get credit for that, but how 'bout getting the name right, or at least giving the viewers an explanation? I bet 95% of the people watching thought "What the hell is a Range Factor?"

I know, I know, baby steps ...