At 3 games out of first in baseball’s toughest division — and with one of the NL’s best records since May 1 — the Rockies were informed Monday evening that veteran starter Rodrigo Lopez was likely lost for season with a torn flexor tendon in his forearm. Their response? Stand pat at the trade deadline and hope that two rookies — Ubaldo Jimenez and Jason Hirsh (who is finishing up
July 31, 2007
July 31, 2007
From Wonkette: Tillman executed by American soldiers on orders from higher ups
And it must be true, too, because there are bullet points involved. Now, were I to look at this “semiotically,” I’d note that the use of bullet points makes conspicuous an absence of transitions — and it is in a narrative’s transitions where we often find clues that can lead us to determine cause and effect, establish temporality, etc. Of course, a narrativizing of events is susceptible to rhetorical manupulations,
July 31, 2007
Follow-up: semiotics, intention, and reading "Scott Thomas"
A few days back I linked to (and subsequently commented on, in a way I thought was politically neutral) Dr John Barnes’ semiotic analysis of “Scott Thomas,” who has since been revealed as Scott Beauchamp, a one-time MFA student at U of MO, Columbia. Barnes, as he himself noted in the post, leans politically left — a point lost on some of his critics, who either think he’s lying (because
July 31, 2007
If instead of a lifelong partisan politician looking to turn the judiciary into an arm of his party, Chuch Schumer (D-NY) were the shortstop on a team in a close August penant race
Schumer: “No offense, but we’re using the wrong strategy here, skip. Rather than making a pitching changes — which is only going to burn out the bullpen — I think what we should do is add a few extra outfielders, a middle middle infielder, and maybe a second catcher. And if that doesn’t stop the bleeding, just have the starter refuse to pitch to anyone who doesn’t agree not to