Hall(aday) of Names: Bloody your hands on a cactus tree

These players provide a strange mix between those we kinda miss and those whose dresses we wouldn't want sent to us, wet or dry. Cat, Cerutti, Clark, Coats, and Chulk fall into the first category. You know who's in the second.

Team C's a little short on infielders: Cairo's the only one playing at a familiar position unless you count Catalanotto. I kept Jose Canseco out of the lineup for obvious reasons but he could replace Carty. The rotation's excellent and the bullpen is decent. A 24-man team, too.

LINEUP
1B Frank Catalanotto
LF Jose Canseco
RF Joe Carter
CF Jose Cruz
3B Felipe Crespo
2B Miguel Cairo
C Kevin Cash
SS Howie Clark

BENCH
C Alberto Castillo
OF Willie Canate
OF Sil Campusano
OF Rico Carty
UT Buck Coats

ROTATION
RHSP Jim Clancy
RHSP Roger Clemens
RHSP David Cone
RHSP Chris Carpenter

BULLPEN
RHRP Tim Crabtree
LHRP Tony Castillo
RHRP Danny Cox
RHRP Vinnie Chulk
LHRP John Cerutti
LHRP Jesse Carlson

What's Czech for "disappointment?"

Tangentially related to the Blue Jays (Arencibia was the MVP of this thing last time)...

The 2008 World University Baseball Championship features the following teams:
Canada
Chinese Taipei
Czech Republic (hosts)
India
Japan
Korea
Lithuania
USA

Or, if you prefer:

Tacoma Sidewinders
Lansing Lugnuts
Kitchener Panthers
Vermont Expos
Sultanes de Monterrey
Frisco RoughRiders
Frederick Banting Memorial High School
Boston Red Sox

How can you have a world baseball championship without even one Latin American team?

A damn Jones!

The guy Burnett struck out twice before sunset just destroyed a ball into the bullpen, completing the 19-run inning. Shades of Lilly sidearming the game away vs. Oakland, and if you didn't already know this season was over, the top of the 6th confirmed it with a bullet. An 8-1 lead against the Baltimore Orioles should last longer than a Wells at-bat.

Good game so far, though. Rod Black's more than tolerable when he talks about charity and kids collecting baseball cards and sixty year olds whose lust isn't going going Zaun anytime soon. Not so much baseball.

Did you *see* Roy Halladay pitch last night?

Well?