“Towing a mound.”

Sweet.

Using this to segue into some pedantry, here are some of my favourite recently seen misspellings that should have given their authors pause.
1. segue as segway
2. per se as per say
3. hear hear as here here
4. toe the line as tow the line
5. prima donna as pre-madonna

The author of the last one used the term in proper context so I am left trying to imagine how that spelling could have made any sense to him. Before Madonna was Madonna, was she a prima donna? I would think that she only became a prima donna once she became Madonna, i.e., post-Madonna.

Tom Boswell ( not sure if he’s still with the Washington Post ) wrote a great essay years ago.  Believe the title was ” 100 Reasons Baseball is Better Than Football.”  Very amusing and well worth reading.

Are blue jays indigenous to Portland?  Do they migrate south to Las Vegas? 

Is baseball in Toronto in trouble long-term or can baseball survive/thrive in Canada?

I remember life pre-Madonna.  I wish I could go back to it.

Re impact as a verb:  Personally, I absolutely abhor it when announcers or writers speak of “plating” runs in baseball.  “Plate” is a noun, folks!

Re impact as a verb: Look people, the meanings of words change over time, and so does their usage. Especially the transition from a noun to a verb. Just as contact, butter, interview, etc. once transitioned from a verb to a noun, impact, as a verb, is commonplace now, and is perfectly acceptable,  The reason is simple. Why say three words, “have an impact” when one, “impact”, will suffice and everyone will know exactly what you mean. Get over it.

A Brewster’s Millions reference! Love it!

“loose” “lose” is the only one that bugs me. Almost as much as grammar nazis.

The reason is simple. Why say three words, “have an impact” when one, “impact”, will suffice and everyone will know exactly what you mean.

Is that what it says in your GED handbook?

Actually, I graduated from Vanderbilt Law School, and yes, we are taught to be concise, rather than wordy, for efffective communication.

@ Moose - I’m not optimistic about the long term viability of MLB in Toronto.  Rogers Communications Inc. is the most recent in a series of media companies -Fox, Time Warner, Disney - that ultimately found owning a baseball team is a pain the a** for a corporation.  For a bunch of different reasons these teams produce better results if a super rich egomaniac is the owner.  So…I think Rogers either runs it as “KC North” as Jeff Blair recently put it….or is there some super wealthy hoser who wants it? (I think they just lost that guy, Ted Rogers)...or does somebody but it to move it?  (seems unlikely, Vegas, Portland, NJ?)

This is one of the lowpoints for Jays fandom.  The team STANK after the 27-14 start.  There is NO leadership at the top.  Ownership is rudderless, Beeston seems the same, Ricciardi is a lame duck….somebody make some f****** decisions so this team can hire some people who can initiate a plan, whether that be as a bottom feeder, mid payroll…...whatever, just get your act together!

And while I’m ranting, what about Cito Gaston?  I can’t figure it out.  Chronologically.

1. Beeston (I don’t think Ricciardi had any more to do with it than I did) hires Gaston.  I shrug it off because I think coaching/managing at the most elite levels is greatly overrated.  The players decide who wins.

2. Under Gaston Jays play and hit WAY, WAY better.  Coincidence? or did Gaston make them better?

3. 27-14.  Ok, I think I learned something.  I’ve changed my mind, managing is important at the big league level also.

4. The rest of 09, and it is AWFUL!  So, the manager doesn’t matter?  Does this just confirm the randomness of baseball?