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Watched (O.K., mostly listened to) two live Dodgers games today (Played west of Phoenix, so no Vin Scully.) announced by Charley Steiner & yada yada record-holder or something Orel Hershiser, who, I am assuming & insulting, couldn't find a gig outside of baseball after his playing career came to an end.

Following that experience (not yet over as I type) I can only ask: Who will join me in cutting Orel Hershiser's tongue from his mouth & burning it so it may never be reattached? Or, less radical perhaps, join me in a Shut Up (At Least Try Very Hard Never To Use The Word "Preparation" Again In A Broadcast Unless You Are Selling Preparation H, Which You Absolutely Would, You Whore)!! campaign.

How serious am I? Enough that I contemplated (& not for the first time) listening to Rick Monday calling the game on the radio. Non-aficionados of the game & its descriptions may not get the subtleties, but that is serious.

Also in diamond news, an "interactive" (Buzzword!!) N.Y.T. map (based on Facebook, so it must be crap) of baseball fandom.

Where it's safe (& not) to live in Cali.

It should be noted that there is a fifth major league team in the state, the Oakland A's, but the fairweather fans, tired hippie losers & asshole tech weasels of the Bay Area all seem to have climbed aboard the winning Giants bandwagon. (Apparently a similar phenomenon exists in the Tri-State Area, although some suggest it may be that the Long Island fans of the New York Mets haven't yet mastered the use of Facebook.)