Afternoon Baseball

They just keep a-comin', folks.

ESPN.com featured the famous San Diego Padres employee who happened to be a woman. Keith Hernandez is not happy.

About a week late, but Was Watching is looking ahead to moving Jeter from shortstop -- and without moving A-Rod. Even if Jeter was a great shortshop defensively -- not Ozzie Smith, but say, Phil Rizzuto -- you'd want to think about moving him at some point. He's going to be 32 in a month. It's worth looking into.

The trapped Australian miners -- 11 days now, although they've got food, supplies, and um, iPods, through a tube -- requested some Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl heard, and he's invited them for a beer when they get out. More specific details, although not as funny, here.

Pearl Jam's "comeback" album is out, and the two songs I heard about a month ago, "Worldwide Suicide" and "Unemployable," are certainly interesting, but not the best things ever. I headed over to Pitchfork to see what they thought, but as usual, read an essay that educated me on anything but the album.
On the other hand, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have a double album with the fantastic title of "Stadium Arcadium," and RS thinks it's great. The first single sounded like, well, a first single, until the last minute, when Flea and Frusciante go nuts -- like "Parallel Universe" but better. But it's no surprise when you consider Rick Rubin is the producer. He's also doing the in-the-works Metallica album, which can only help. Finally, iTunes is doing a pre-order with bonuses on the RHCP album.

OK, last link. Sports Pickle wishes Albert Pujols a happy 35th birthday.

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