During game two of the World Series last night, it appeared that Kenny Rogers had some sort of dirt on his hand during the first inning, but by the second inning, it was no longer there. There was some early speculation that it was pine tar (an illegal substance to use for pitching), thus Rogers was violating the rules of Baseball. However, none of the coaching staff and the umpires made much of deal out of this incident, as it clearly did not improve his performance. What makes me angry is that fact that reporters are making too much out of this deal. They seem intent on tarnishing what otherwise is promising to be a very exciting series in which the Tigers were not really in the picture to do much this season. I have decided that reporters would rather see ratings through writing about a scandal than trying to draw readers through quality writing. Since I do not expect this article to draw additional writers to this site, I exempt myself, however if this is the first time you came here to read this rant, I apologize, since this article is clearly not written with elegance. I am hoping that this does not devolve into a fiasco, baseball has had enough scandals recently and am hoping to see the continued resurgence of fan support.

Go Baseball! As a side note, the Lasorda commercials in which he is trying to convince baseball fans of all teams to keep up their baseball spirit and watch the world series is pretty cool, though I wish they would allow us non cable fans to enjoy the divisonal series

-Trevor

Genre: History Non-Fiction
Author: Jim Powell
Released: 2003
Notable Works: Wilson's War

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The St. John's Guesthouse is nearing completion. At six weeks late though, it is amazing that some parts of the building are as complete as the pictures on the guesthouse's website indicates. The interiors do seem to be keeping to the "Breuer" style which I think is good to keep a consistent style in the university/abbey. In any case, an informed source told me about a potential debacle of having a window in a woman's handicap stall in a bathroom (though it has a temporary drape up to preserve a little dignity)! Well, I guess architects can't be expected to realize where windows shouldn't be when their customer spends millions on a building. Regardless, I think their is a particular novelty at staying at the guesthouse, though since it is booked into 2008, I should make my reservation now.

-Trevor