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Astounding. ]BALTIMORE -- The odds of such an occurrence seem insurmountable, yet Jay Gibbons pulled off the unimaginable feat: He hit a foul ball that injured his wife. The scene occurred in the ninth inning of the Baltimore Orioles' game against Minnesota on Saturday. Gibbons fouled a ball straight back over the screen and into the rib cage of his wife, Laura. "She's just a little bruised up. She's going to be OK," Gibbons said Sunday. Long before the matter became personal, Gibbons had asked team officials to do something about making it safer to sit in the seats behind the plate. He contended that the 20-foot screen just doesn't offer enough protection from hard-hit foul balls. "It's something you think about every day here. Obviously, it's something I've talked about [to] deaf ears," said Gibbons, Baltimore's designated hitter and player representative. "I've got players coming to me every day saying that one of their family members got hit or almost got hit. I had an usher take one for my wife the other day." Gibbons has suggested that the screen be raised or that the team insert an overhead screen that would extend to the back of the lower deck. "If they're worried about the sight line, which I've heard, all they have to do is throw a net straight back. One of these days, somebody's going to get hurt really bad. That's all I've got to say," Gibbons said. "I'm confused on what's going on [and] why it's so hard just to make an adjustment. It's just a matter of time where a kid's going to get hit." Gibbons has also inquired about the possibility of a day care center, so the players' wives don't have to put their kids at risk. "It's either come to the game and play Russian Roulette with your 3-year-old or stay home," Gibbons said. "That's what we're dealing with. Or move the family section, but then you've got other fans that are endangered."

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With six Stony Brook baseball players signing professional contracts in 2006 and a total of 14 alums playing professional baseball, it has been a busy summer for the Seawolves in the professional ranks. Nick Abel, who signed with the New York Mets organization in May, pitched well for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League and was promoted to the Hagerstown Suns, a class A affiliate of the New York Mets, midway through the summer. In his first game with the Suns, Abel threw three shutout innings and earned his first win at the single-A level. Abel ended the summer 1-1 with the Suns, striking out 17 batters in 20 innings of work with an impressive 1.35 ERA. Kris Bakey became the second Stony Brook player in 2006 to sign with a Major League affiliated team, when Bakey signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. Bakey pitched for the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League, posting a 3.38 ERA over 34.2 innings of work with 20 strikeouts. Joe Nathan, class of 1997, is in the middle of a pennant chase with the Minnesota Twins. Nathan is 6-0 on the season, ranks eighth in the American League with 33 saves and is boasting a 1.73 ERA. The two-time American League All-Star closer has struck out 86 batters in 62.1 innings this season. Chris Flinn began his summer with the Montgomery Biscuits, the double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. After striking out 43 batters in 62.1 innings of work, Flinn was promoted to the triple-A Durham Bulls for the remainder of the summer. For the Bulls, Flinn posted a 3.86 ERA in 11.2 innings of work with nine strikeouts. Andres Perez became the sixth player from the 2006 Stony Brook baseball team to sign a professional contract, when the five-tool player from New York, N.Y. signed with the New York Yankees. Over the summer, Perez played for the Torrington Twisters of the New England Collegiate League and hit .355 with eight doubles and six homeruns. For his outstanding summer, Perez was named as the number two prospect in the New England Collegiate Baseball League by Baseball America. Matt Devins, Class of 2005, concluded his year with the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays, a class A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Devins fielded shortstop for the Devil Rays, hitting .227 with 22 runs batted in. Andrew Larsen, class of 2005, was assigned to the High Desert Mavericks, the high-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. After a solid spring training, Larsen was sidelined with a season ending injury. Matt Restivo and Tom Pennino, from the 2006 Stony Brook team, both helped lead the Evansville Otters to the Frontier League Championship. In the second to last regular season game, Pennino delivered the game-winning RBI double in the top of the 11th inning to clinch a playoff berth for Evansville. After falling down 0-2 in the opening round of the playoffs, Restivo got the nod on the hill and threw five solid innings as he picked up the win to keep Evansville in the playoffs. The Otters hung on to defeat the Rockford RiverHawks in the opening round and went on to swept the Chillicothe Paints for the championship. Restivo ended the year with a 5-5 record and a 3.16 ERA in 88.1 innings of work. Pennino drove in 8 runs on the year and blasted two homeruns. Both Alex Trezza and Kevin Fitzgerald played for the North Shore Spirit of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. Fitzgerald led the league in saves with 27 and Trezza led the league with 19 homers. Ryan Claypool and Cole Cicatelli finished their summers with the Long Beach Armada of the Golden Baseball League. Cicatelli hit .290 over the summer with 31 hits and 15 runs driven in. Claypool finished the year 4-5 with a 3.39 ERA in 98.1 innings of work. Finally, Jon Pasieka signed a professional contract in August with the Pensacola Pelicans of the American Association. In his brief stint with the Pelicans, the former Stony Brook catcher batted .286 with four runs driven in.

I think technically, the goatee is just the chin; the vandyke is the goatee and moustache. Everybody uses goatee for the whole thing, because (a) vandyke sounds dumb, and ( neither Dick nor Jerry had one.

Already have the vandyke going... if I grew the full beard I'd look too much like my dad, which would freak me out. (I look enough like him already... one friend from high school who I haven't seen in years told me, after looking at MiiniWolf's web page, "I don't really remember your dad, but you look just like I remember him." That's close enough for me.) I'll let my nose hairs grow instead. (Or maybe I'll go all Rollie Fingers handlebar moustache.)

I haven't laughed this hard at a CPF discussion since CF's exploits in Latvia. Thank you, everyone.

Interesting trivia question in Jim Caple's column today: Q: If Ted Williams were still alive, he could walk up to an active player and say, "I got two hits off that guy one game. How did you do when you faced him?'' To which active player would he be talking and to which pitcher would he be referring? A: The active player, naturally, is Julio Franco. And the pitcher would be Jim Kaat. Williams batted against Kaat the final day of the 1959 season and had two hits against him. Kaat walked Franco in 1982 when Julio was a rookie. In other words, there still is an active player who faced a guy who faced Ted. Is that a great bit of trivia or what?

I think it was really "The Naked Gun" that sealed his status as a cult hero. "I must... kill... The Queen..."

How about the circa-mid 90's white hat? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! God, those were ugly.

Trachsel 5 Valentin 5

Happy kid is back!!!

="SteveJRogers"]Both teams featured first year Cable Color guys who played on their last Divisional Championship teams Now that's impressive work, Steve.

Ricky Ledee, LF Dave Williams, 2B David Wright Bobblehead Doll, 3B Julio Franco, 1B Anderson Hernandez, SS Kelly Stinnett, C Kelly Stinnett, RF Jose Lima, CF Randy Niemann, P (Willie might be hung over.)

The replay of the '88 division clinching reminds me... wonder where Fran Healy is these days? Ah, actually, no, I don't wonder that at all.

The hats are ugly this year.

Edgy DC wrote: Did Pawlie just F-bomb? Most definitely yes. Funny.

You know, Mota was probably just on his way back from the crapper, and since he's tall, they just asked him to "hold this for us while we staple it." It's all good.

Throwing in the bullpen: Gary: Dave Williams, Royce Ring... Ron: and Dave Williams! Thanks, Ron. (He meant Brian Bannister.) (They're "just getting their work in," according to Gary.)

Carlos Delgado, your 2006 NL First Base Gold Glove Winner. Four outs to go.

KC wrote: For those not following on SNY, the Mets are planning on keeping things low key should they clinch tonight ... there's only 25 cases of champagne on ice. Which they keep showing, jinxily.

Let's get these runs in. Put a little cushion in there. I don't like 4-0, not with all the jinxy shots of champagne and - well, shit, DP. We go to the seventh.

Don't worry, Scarlet, you won't miss anything, because apparently this team has chosen now, of all times, to suck.

Fucking ass shit hell. You know, this time drives me crazy sometimes.

Gary called Julio "Father Time." Has he done that all year? It made me laugh.