We wait. Like our forebears, pacing in the maternity ward, waiting for the news (blogger: it seems that Mr. Sager and I were on a similar wavelength this afternoon). And since we’ve got some time to kill, who was the genius who decided men should be allowed, hell, permitted to be in the delivery room? Whoever it was, you sold out generations of your brethren, because now it’s an expectation. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that I semi-witnessed the birth of my kids (I stayed north of the Mason-Dixon line, if you follow me), but would I have been that much worse off if I was left in the waiting room?
Don’t answer that.
Anyway, chances are you’re not here to read any filler, but I’ve gotta warn you - today, that’s all I’ve got. We’re still not there yet on the sub-lease proposal. Read on if you wish.
Friend of the Lynx and former Lynx intern, Todd Devlin, has a new look blog up over at The 500 level. The link on the right has been updated, but if you haven’t visited his site in a while, the new digs are worth checking out. Mr. Devlin’s sipped the KoolAid and gone with the WordPress format too.
Speaking of blogs, yours truly’s has been added to MiLB’s Benjamin Hill’s site. Unfortunately, the link includes my sub-title (Never say die), complete with an exclamation point. Not a huge deal, but I hope that no one gets the wrong impression about the m.o. for ottawalynxblog. Not to worry I suppose, the sub-title changes fairly often.
In international news, the Canadian team was bounced out of the World Baseball Cup yesterday, following their 7-6 loss to the Australians - tough one. From the official website:
Tien-Mou Stadium - Taipei, Taiwan
Canada was facing elimination tonight at Tien-Mou stadium and was unable to knock-off Australia in an exciting 7-6 loss sending the Canucks home early here at the 37th Baseball World Cup.
The game went back and forth all night and went right down to the wire as Canada had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning but grounded into a controversial double play to end the ballgame.
Australia improves to a 6-1 record entering the second round with a number two seed behind Cuba.
Justin Huber who had four RBI’s on the night ended getting the game winning single as he drove home two Aussie players in the top half of the ninth with the score even 4-4. Brad Thomas was on to pick up the save relieving Adam Bright who gets the win. Scott Richmond gets the loss for Canada pitching in relief after stater Jonathan Lockwood had a quality outing going 5 2/3 innings against a tough Australian lineup.
Australia will play the #3 seed from Pool A after a day off tomorrow.
And that will pretty much do it for today. I’ll post any late-breaking news as soon as I get word.
