I forgot to post this guy's image in the last update - he can have his own...
A married Roman Catholic priest married Adam and Ella at St. John's yesterday. I can't get an accurate number on the internets (finding different numbers) for how rare it is to find married Catholic priests, but it seems quiet so. Here's an about.com page about it.
I think you can reach first base without getting a hit through a dead ball caused by a runner or umpire being struck by a batted ball in fair territory before it reaches a fielder. There's a page about some rules stuff here. More rules/quirks are listed on this site - including an arguable method of a perfect game where runners do reach base.
I'm moving to Chicago tomorrow. So long.
There are six ways a batter can reach first safely without getting a hit. Admittedly I could only come up with five "on the spot". If you would care to play along, don't look at the list below... Listed in order of "duh":
Jeremy, Kara and I saw The Visitor (92% on Rotten Tomatoes). It's slow paced with some very linear story developments; good acting and nice scenery. Certainly not something if you're looking for action and a three Vafrous V's of five film overall.
Even with Matsuzaka's career high 6 pitches (and 70 thrown through 3 innings), the Tigers have a big 0 runs to show for it. And a big 0 hits so far, to be sure. More fun facts: Pudge hasn't batted 9th in the order since 1992 (rookie year 1991). It's 4-0 in the fourth.
As we didn't have the strength to make it out Saturday night, Tina, Doug and I ventured around Lincoln Park and found a live jazz spot. No other bar had a good crowd. We learned Mike Dangeroux likes to play his guitar with teeth and tongue. We trekked back to Michigan this afternoon.
Various notes from Chicago: