Apparently everyone except Eric Hinske. If you look closely you can see him behind Witt with his right leg bent. Someone better let him in on the secret.

Yes, and all this time the rumours have the Jays going after the wrong B-named Marlins pitcher.

This is the curse of 24/7 broadcasting on radio and TV. You have all this airtime to fill, and there are simply not enough halfway-rational things to talk about in that huge a space. So in order to fill airtime -- in order to provide some "content" between commercials and to keep the mouth-breathing listeners close to the speaker -- you end up saying things that are flat-out, unmistakably asinine, like this.

I know I run the risk of sounding like Abe Simpson here, but there are too many people with microphones and transmitters and no good reason to use either.

NFH, tremendous work on POTD all year. It's been a great addition to the site.

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I wanted the classic 1977 Sox/Jays matchup! Godfrey better have some serious 30th celebrations this year.

I wanted the classic 1977 Sox/Jays matchup!

I always considered that not having to watch the White Sox was a good thing.

Thanks for the heads up. I know where I'll be on October 11th :)

I'm actually in the middle of re-reading the series. Boy, does it start off strong. It's been years since I've read these books, and I remember why I loved them so much. I seem to remember the later books being less action-packed, but Jordan sure knows what he's doing.

By the way, if you're interested in a similar book series, do not read the "Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind. They are basically the same storyline as the Wheel of Time, so you don't gain anything, and the books get far, far worse as the series progresses. I still have notes written for a very, very scathing review of "Naked Empire," which I bought as soon as I saw it and hated almost from the moment I wrote it. Goodkind always has an overriding concept behind a novel — that is, an idea he wants to get across. One of the novels can be summarized as "Command economies are bad." Naked Empire can be summarized as "Blind allegiance to a code of conduct is dumb." (Not as pithy, I know.) The worst part is that in Goodkind's little diversions, the story hasn't progressed — in fact, in one book, he focuses on an entirely new character, only returning you to the familiar 3/4 of the way through the book.

I don't want to turn this into a full review, so in summary, avoid Goodkind. I can't any more — I've been sucked in! — but don't make the same mistake I did.