Edwards Kings 2015 Main Event Blog

[Edwards Kings]

A member of my team is responsible for SEVEN HR. Unfortunately, he did not hit them, only served them up. How can a pitcher of Hamels calibre give up twelve hits with seven of them being homeruns....

[headhunters]

answer- is he really giving 100% or does he look like a guy waiting to get traded?

[Edwards Kings]

“Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.” I saw this quote attributed to Leo Durocher and was kind of surprised. Especially for Durocher’s era. Not that every person is as knowledgeable as a manager like Durocher, but just about every person who ever played baseball I want to believe understands it. The feeling of surety when the caught ball is nestled in the pocket you created by wrapping a ball in your glove conditioned with Neatsfoot Oil and tied with a shoe lace when not used. The difference in the good contact clean hit that you heard more than you felt as opposed to the swarm of bees feeling in your hands when you didn’t. Running down the first base line on a sure liner, but your eyes never look for the bag as you leave the batters box until you locate the ball so you can determine if you want to swing out wide for a real try at second, or just enough to get a few steps up the line. Losing the people, fences, trees, clouds and sky because the ONLY thing you can track is the ball on the fly all the while running so that you do not really feel the ground and your sight is so focused the horizon is fixed as if your head is not moving at all. Brushing dirt off your uniform, but not really trying so hard because the more dirt, the more it felt like you were wearing a medal. And the heart-pounding feeling, rounding third, catcher moving into position to take a throw as you lean in to drive for the plate.

No. If you played, you understand. My Dad once told me a story of some guys playing a pick-up game (can you imagine enough kids in your neighborhood having a pick-up game?). My Dad asked one of the outfielders what the score was during a break in what must have been considerable action. They guy said 0-15. My Dad asked him why they didn’t just call the game. The guy replied “Why, because we hadn’t had our ups yet!” I think they understood the game. Don’t know why that quote struck me, but it did. I never made any money playing baseball and the greatest game I ever played pales compared to so many other moments I have had in my life, but I do wish I could play one more game as if I were twelve again. Just one.

Period Two Results – Started out with something I do not think has ever happened to me before. I had a night where three guys started and three guys won. And I had seven more starts scheduled for the week. Of course I only won two of those and Teheran/Hamels blowing up (five earned runs each) messed with my average pitching stats bad. As a result, for the first two periods I am a few runs heavy to keep my ERA in line (I am at 3.489) though my WHIP is pretty good. If I finished the year a few ticks south of where I am I would be OK. K’s were off per start as well. I would be happier with 5.5 to 6.0 K’s per start and I only averaged 5.0 this week so I am about a half dozen strikes down for the year. I ended up with five wins (shooting for at least four a week, but would love to have a buffer in case I need to add a closer) and two saves (both credited to Mr. Perkins). I only have three saves so far and early on, this is my biggest concern. Again.

I hit all of my batting targets except one, BA. For the first two periods, I have a .2545 BA right now which believe it or not is good for 10.0 points. I have 77 Runs and RBI’s, 18 homeruns, and 12 K’s which puts me only a HR or two below target.

Period Two FA Bidding – Kind of a “Meh?” week in my league. One team bid $105 on two players (Nathan and Addison Russell) and won. I bid on both, though only $51 (not the second place bid) on Nathan and a $1 flyer on Russell. I think Detroit is just crazy enough to give the job back to Nathan, so that was a good pick up. Not sure how long he will have the job, but that is not really the point I guess. I dropped Chris Hatcher in my bid for Nathan and settled for my set-up guy dujour, Tony Watson ($13, no runner-up). I guess I bit the corndog on Melancon being a bit off. Watson should get first chance if anything happens though the guy in my league and seven others think Arquimedes Caminero has the better shot. Watson was picked up in 13 leagues and is now owned in just over 42% of the leagues.

Russell was actually a conditional bid on my big primary bid on Buxton ($1) who went for $53 and my buck was at least tied for runner up. Not sure when either will be called up, but they are certainly worth the flyer. I ended up with my third choice Danny Espinosa. I seem to be collecting very mediocre MI as I also picked up Yunel ($3). Depending on what we hear about Yunel’s pulled groin, one or both could get substantive AB.

Period Three Plans – I could use some two start pitchers this week, but I hated the choices in the FA pool Bud Norris has two starts this week (@TOR and v BST). Is he and his 12.38 ERA worth a gamble? I still think he has some value this year, but not yet. I will also sit Garza, going instead with Fiers (two home starts) and six one start pitchers (Sale, Hamels, Teheran, Odorizza, Miller, and Nelson). Only eight starts this week. It will be difficult to get the 55 K’s and four wins. Perkins and Reed are my closers. Arizona sucks.

I hope we have not had the only “hot streak” for Vogt. Missed getting him in at catcher this past weekend by one lousy game. Anyway, he and Martin are now my catchers and Navarro is a memory. My corners will continue to be Alveraz, Hosmer, and Teixeira. Not the flashy-est, but they are averaging three HR, seven Runs, and eight RBI’s in the early going with a 0.262 BA. Ike Davis is my corner back-up and would even start since the A’s are playing four games early, but face two left-handers, so not so much. My MI are Cabrera (two whole hits last week), Dozer (who is dozing), and Panik, who hit very well over the weekend. None of my MI will play until Tuesday, so who to start (see Escobar/Espinosa) decision will be delayed. Doubt I make any changes, though.

OF is Trout, Marte (wow, did he eat his Wheaties this weekend), Holliday (best looking singles hitter I have seen in a while), Trumbo (still has more triples than HR), and Bourn (who is ahead of only Trumbo with one SB so far). Until Dozier or Bourn start to chip in a few more SB, I will be keeping Aoki in at UT.

Votto and the rest of the baseball world is behind Nelson Cruz. Votto is up to four HR. Votto is on pace to hit 52.

[Doctor Who]

Wayne, I fully understand the insight on playing one more game. After I finished high school baseball 10 years ago (YES, I know I'm starting this off wrong), I joined a softball league and haven't looked back since. It isn't 100% the same as baseball, but it gets the job done, especially if you play competitively in tournaments around the country. Maybe you can find a league out there and join during the free time you probably don't have!

With you there on Perkins, but even though Arizona sucks, be glad you still have two closers!!!

[Edwards Kings]

I did that too (play softball), but it got to the point my mind kept writing checks my ass couldn't cash.


I want to play the game like I did when I was a kid and could play with abandon. No fear...no wraps...no braces...no Bengay..

[DOUGHBOYS]

I played baseball on a lot of levels. Playgrounds and schools to organized little leagues, Babe Ruth Leagues, high school, College, then softball, from fast pitch to slow pitch.
There were many, many moments in which I can look back and take satisfaction.
But, if I could take one day to go back and play again at one of those ages, I would pick playing on the playgrounds or schools with a dozen other kids, mostly unknown.
It was magical. Hitting to right field was an out. A missed third strike, if lobbied correctly, could be turned into a foul tip.
A 'ghost' runner always had just average speed.
And we always played where we thought the ball would be hit. Nothing strategic, we just wanted a chance to field the ball, to touch it, and to throw it.
If missing a ball or popping a ball up, the 'bad kids' would say their favorite four letter words.
The 'good kids', giggling at the thought of hearing those bad words.
We kept score if it was a close game. If it got one-sided, we'd quit the score and just play the game.
Or choose up sides again to make for a better game.

Our 'home field' was part of an elementary school's playground. The part of the playground hardly used during recess. Far away from the playground equipment. It was adjacent to the parking lot at the school.
Although the school erected a six foot high chain link fence around the parking lot to distinguish the perameters of the parking lot, to us kids, it was the left field fence.
We played far back from the fence. We knew that if hitting a ball over the fence that adult cars came into play and that a smashed window may mean no more ball at that location.
Only one kid in our group could hit it over the fence.
Steve Carbone.
Carbone. All of us just called him 'Carbone'. Carbone knew he was the only one that could hit it over the fence from our group. He loved the attention afforded him.
We treated him like Babe Ruth. He would even act like the Babe and occasionally point at the fence.
We marvelled at the power. And as much as we feared hitting a car in the parking lot, the sheer joy of seeing somebody hitting a ball that far, overrode any fear factors.
Carbone never did hit a window. He put dents in a couple of cars. But, we lived in a time where dents were dents.
No car alrms and not causes to shut down a game or even be letigious.

Game time was Saturday morning. It ended when the sun went down. Going home for lunch was optional. When doing so, we would come back and join a new game with a mixture of the same and new kids.
If bored or not having enough kids, we played 'work ups' or '500'.
It was a time when parental control was not needed. Most parents were fine with leaving kids to play with other kids.
There was no such thing as pedophiles or terrorists. At least, in their minds.
Strangers were the only 'bad guys'.
Those times will never come back. We all know too much now.
It's not parents fault that they can't trust their kids to leave in the morning and come back at sunset.
But, I do wish kids could experience the feeling of playing baseball without adults around.

In organized baseball and softball, I won some awards and had a lot of nice things said about my abilities.
Still, the comment I take the most pride in came when I was eight years old.
I made a fielding play at shortstop to end an inning.
While trotting in for our ups, the 12 year old Carbone addled up next to me and said, "Hey kid, you're pretty good."

[Edwards Kings]

Nice Dan. Wonder what Carbone is doing now?

Reminds me of a dozen stories, but one in particular. I played softball in college (frat intramural). As a freshman, on the team was a fifth year senior, Bill Krug, the former All-American roverback for the Georgia Bulldogs. Needless to say his physical attributes paled in comparison to my 18 year old, 6'1" 145 lbs self with my boiled macaroni arms and occasional Texas-Leaguer hitting ability, yet somehow in this game I ended up in the on-deck circle while Krug batted. At the Intramural Fields, our diamond had no outfield fence. Didn't need one as the field seemed to go on forever. An impossible distance away was a down slop leading eventually to the railroad tracks up an embankment.

Krug watched a couple of pitches go by (slow-pitch), then judged he had one he favored. One beautiful swing later, the ball cleared the downslope and landed somewhere out of sight near the embankment. The other team didn't even bother to chase it. They just waived Krug around and tossed in a new ball.

As Krug went past me, he turned and said to me in all seriousness "Hmmm....dead ball..."

And no, I did not get a hit when it was my turn....

[Edwards Kings]

Is it too early to say I made a bad mistake drafting Milwaukee pitchers?

[Edwards Kings]

Period Two FA Bidding – Kind of a “Meh?” week in my league. One team bid $105 on two players (Nathan and Addison Russell) and won. I bid on both, though only $51 (not the second place bid) on Nathan and a $1 flyer on Russell. I think Detroit is just crazy enough to give the job back to Nathan, so that was a good pick up. Not sure how long he will have the job, but that is not really the point I guess.

"Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn UCL and tendon in his right elbow and will require season-ending Tommy John reconstructive surgery.
His career might also be over, given that he's 40 years old and turns 41 in November. Nathan made just one appearance for the Tigers this season, earning a one-out save against the Twins on Opening Day. Joakim Soria has been solid as Detroit's fill-in closer and obviously gets a massive boost in fantasy value with this news."

Now we know how long he will keep the job. Sorry Bob....at least you got Russell.

[Edwards Kings]

Joey Votto is playing better (fifth place in HR three back from Cruz) and my team hasn’t collapsed (yet). Something is terribly wrong in the universe.



Have faith. I am sure I will visit the foul-up fairy soon enough. Let’s start with the free agent pool. There have been four bidding sessions and in my league, there have been 105 winning bids. Granted that many of the winning bids were conditionals, the fact remains we waste most of our money. Less than 50% (45.7% to be exact) have a second place bid. Bids of $51 or less win 86.7% of the time. $10 bucks wins 38.1%. And Closers. Closers have made up 16.2% of the winning bids and 43.4% of the money spent to date as well as four of the five $100+ winning bids in my league (the other was $105 for Addison Russell). While my league mates as a whole have spent 23.6% of available funds, I have only spent 14.3%, but most of that was wasted. Of the seven players I have bought, mainly to strengthen my bench, only one has even had a second place bid. Rather than spend $143, I could have spent $12 (given I had perfect foresight) and been in the same place. Blind bidding is a bitch because we KNOW everyone is just waiting to bid one more dollar on the same players we are targeting.



Period Three FA bidding – So Addison Reed, one of my sleepers, is freaking me the crap out. I knew Arizona would be bad, just not this bad and Reed has been worse. I do not know if he will turn it around and Arizona appears incapable or otherwise determined not to seek outside help (call it Tuffy-itis), so if Reed falters my guess would be they would try Brad Ziegler first. The whole world thinks the same way and my league was surely gonna screw me out of safe-harboring those valuable Diamondback saves. I bid $51 on the hump and there was no second place bid. Sure, he will lose AB when Coco makes it back, but for now Fuld is leading off and scoring a load of runs as well as steal a few. The whole world thinks the same way and my league was surely gonna screw me out of safe-harboring those valuable runs/steals. I bid $31 and there was no second place bid. Paranoia…not just a spectator sport anymore.



Period Three Results – So, will those of us who picked Mark Teixeira please raise your hand? Good. Keep them raised. Now, will those who picked Teixeira and will actually be shocked when he gets hurt and your team results start to tank please keep your hands raised? Great. Now will the three that still have their hands up please come forward. Let’s see…blank stare…zombieish palor…poor fashion sense…yup…Yankees fans. Stand together for a group photo and a huge dose of WAKE THE F___ UP! The inevitable is coming but… Wow what a run! What is more amazing….the 62 AB, the eight homeruns, twelve runs scored, eighteen RBI’s or the 0.242 BA? Last week his 0.333 BA, 6/5/10 R/HR/RBI line carried my team. When he tanks, it will be a bitch. Overall, I did not get 300 AB last week (269), but thanks to Big Tex still had 47/11/42/7 to basically make me on track or a little above all categories except BA (.2551) for the year which is only good for fourth place for batting stats in my league as one of four teams with at least 61.5 points. No other team has more than 41 points. It is early, but that is a pretty wonky distribution.

On pitching, I had eight starts but only one win to go with a great 2.842 ERA and a not so great 1.342 WHIP. Had less than a hit per IP, but the walks killed me. Perkins had three saves and Reed left another floater in the punch bowl. I am slightly more than a week behind in saves with no real solution unless Melancon blows up and Tony Watson gets the gig. Of equal concern is a weak K-rate. Only 37 K’s in 50.7 IP and puts me below the fold for the category and more than a dozen short. Short saves and short K’s. Mutually exclusive goals to rectify.

Period Four Plans – The rainouts last week pushed a couple of starters back and may cost me a start this week, though I should still have at least ten. I hope the K-rate I expect normalizes and maybe this week I can pick up some steam. Otherwise I am pretty happy with my starters and have only used eight so far this year. My ERA is on target and my WHIP is not far off. One good week can fix wins and K’s. Not bad considering Hamels, Miller and Teheran have had minor control issues. Sale and Odorizzi have been awesome. Nelson too, though Fiers and Garza have left a lot to be desired. Saves? Perkins is doing well enough and Reed hopefully will wake up soon. Still, at some point, I will have to add a closer if I want to catch up on that target.

Bats have been consistent. I have only used 15 batters so far this year and that was replacing Navarro with Vogt. I have been extremely lucky with injuries (please send all your four leaf clovers to me as well as any horseshoes, and rabbits feet). Martin and Vogt are producing decent counting stats for the category. Teixeira, Alvarez, and Hosmer give me three top 30 CM picks and Ike Davis is a decent back-up. Trout, Marte, Holliday, and Aoki are all producing but Bourn and Trumbo are drags. There is always Fuld if Bourn continues to suck, but I need Trumbo’s power, especially when Teixeira cools. Not getting much out of Dozier, which is disappointing as I really was counting on him. Asdrubal was not looked to be much more than an average contributor at SS and he will have to get real hot to be average overall. Panik has been empty BA and has been outperformed by Galvis who is being buoyed by an unsustainable BA. Yunel is my back up and is not really replacement level. I think Dozier and Asdrubal will come around.

Someone who does not do the NFBC asked me (and immediately regretting it as they assumed I would have a short answer) when I thought I would know if I had a good team. I will be shorter here. I do not think we really know until we are at least six weeks into the season. To date I have not had to suffer through any real bad weeks (likewise, no really good weeks as I have been 6th, 5th, and 5th in my league over the three full week perids). By the end of six weeks however, the early season slumps/hot streaks should have evened out a bit, though we all know the concept of the hot half. I have been fortunate only to have to tweek my team so far and I certainly hope that lucky streak continues otherwise my team is not fooling anybody.



By the way, is anyone else bummed that A-Rod is about to break Willie Mays homerun record?

[DOUGHBOYS]

Great read, Wayne.

To answer your last question, I am not that bummed.
As baseball fans, most have us have learned to compartmentalize the 'achievments' of those that used steroids.
Baseball records, and in particular, home run records have become 'Casperized'.
'Casper', being a friendly ghost from 1960's comics.
We acknowledge that Bonds and ARod's records are in existence. We saw them happen.
At the same time, when looking at home run records in the data banks of our minds, their records fade as a ghost.
Mays is simply being passed by a player with ghostly numbers.
Hank Aaron holds the record for home runs in a career. Also passed by a man with ghost numbers.

At least that is how I look at it.

[knuckleheads]

Baseball records, and in particular, home run records have become 'Casperized'.
'Casper', being a friendly ghost from 1960's comics...Hank Aaron holds the record for home runs in a career.

Has anyone who has ever placed an asterisk next to a sports record been remembered fondly for it?

From 1900-1918, only 2 men hit 20 or more home runs in a season. Babe Ruth's career high to that point was 11.

But as it turns out, Babe Ruth was the Brady Anderson of his day going from 11 HR to 29 HR to 54 HR between 1918-1920. There was talk of his breaking the "most hallowed records in sports."

By 1925, the top-ten HR hitters all hit more than 20 HR that season.

By 1930, the top-ten HR hitters all hit more than 35 HR that season.

Barry Bonds played by the rules of his time and was better than his peers by a greater margin than any player in history. And HE holds the record for home runs in a career. To say otherwise I would say is just wasteful thinking.

[knuckleheads]

Reading back through, Doughy, I may have cropped your quote a little too tightly. I hope you don't feel it alters your point. Please see the text above for Doughy's full quote.

[Edwards Kings]

I get your point on A-Rod and Bonds. Yes, they have the records but I do not know how may years/generations will go by until the revisionists "forgive" them for being dicks who juiced.

[knuckleheads]

I get your point on A-Rod and Bonds. Yes, they have the records but I do not know how may years/generations will go by until the revisionists "forgive" them for being dicks who juiced.

I don't know, Wayne. We have the QuesTec now, or what ever system MLB is currently using to track balls and strikes. Should we pull Glavine's and Maddux' Cooperstown busts for all the years umpires gave them pitches 9 inches off the outside part of the plate and 6 inches off the inside part of the plate?

I am pretty sure Maddux would still be a Hall of Famer with the umpiring today, but Glavine would be AJ Happ.

I say the game is always played by the current written and unwritten rules. Everybody plays by the same rules. It's fair, if not statistically consistent. Hank and Willie didn't have steroids, but they also didn't have to face Eric Gagne pitching on steroids.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Baseball records, and in particular, home run records have become 'Casperized'.
'Casper', being a friendly ghost from 1960's comics...Hank Aaron holds the record for home runs in a career.

Has anyone who has ever placed an asterisk next to a sports record been remembered fondly for it?

From 1900-1918, only 2 men hit 20 or more home runs in a season. Babe Ruth's career high to that point was 11.

But as it turns out, Babe Ruth was the Brady Anderson of his day going from 11 HR to 29 HR to 54 HR between 1918-1920. There was talk of his breaking the "most hallowed records in sports."

By 1925, the top-ten HR hitters all hit more than 20 HR that season.

By 1930, the top-ten HR hitters all hit more than 35 HR that season.

Barry Bonds played by the rules of his time and was better than his peers by a greater margin than any player in history. And HE holds the record for home runs in a career. To say otherwise I would say is just wasteful thinking.

I get your point and even agree with it.
The purist in me cannot compare accomplishment's such as Bonds or ARod with their foreplayers
At the same time, Barry Bonds was the greatest player of his time. His time, being marred by steroids.
Nobody used those steroids more to an advantage than Bonds.
Easily, the best player ever to have used steroids.
And yes, I think he should be in the Hall of Fame.

Major League wants to act as if the steroid era never happened.
At the time, they rode the wave of broken home run records as seats were filled, money pouring in everywhere.
Young viewers were sold that this game was pretty cool.
Now, those players are punished or cherry-picked for the Hall of Fame.
Did Biggio use? Piazza?
We don't know. So, that era becomes a guessing game and MLB is ok with that.
Darn right silly.

At the same time, my mind won't mix those numbers with those from other era's.
It would be like accepting pre-1900 numbers and comparing.
Or your example of comparing dead ball to live ball era's. It just doesn't work.
It was a different game then as it was during the steroid era.
It may just be me that looks at these as 'ghost numbers'.

[DOUGHBOYS]

By the way, the home run record was not 'hallowed' till Ruth owned it.
Until then, home runs were as much of the inside the park variety as they were over the fence.
Some parks with fences so far back that it was inconceivable to put a ball beyond the fence.
A few players were known to have power. That is how 'Home Run' Baker got his name.
Until Ruth though, batting average was king.

[Edwards Kings]

I get your point on A-Rod and Bonds. Yes, they have the records but I do not know how may years/generations will go by until the revisionists "forgive" them for being dicks who juiced.

I don't know, Wayne. We have the QuesTec now, or what ever system MLB is currently using to track balls and strikes. Should we pull Glavine's and Maddux' Cooperstown busts for all the years umpires gave them pitches 9 inches off the outside part of the plate and 6 inches off the inside part of the plate?

I am pretty sure Maddux would still be a Hall of Famer with the umpiring today, but Glavine would be AJ Happ.

I say the game is always played by the current written and unwritten rules. Everybody plays by the same rules. It's fair, if not statistically consistent. Hank and Willie didn't have steroids, but they also didn't have to face Eric Gagne pitching on steroids.

Ha!

I have heard those sour grapes about the Braves expanded strike zone. I categorize it right along with Big Foot, Nessie, the Bermuda Triangle, jumbo shrimp, great tasting light food, and aliens. Sour grapes....

No, they had to face Marichal, Gibson, and Koufax. Not trying to start the argument that Ty Cobb or Cy Young would be as great today as they were "back in the day", but legal or not, Bonds and A-Rod got caught and it must have been bad enough for them to lie about it.

Glavine = JA Happ? Now that is hitting below the belt!

[DOUGHBOYS]

Barry Bonds played by the rules of his time and was better than his peers by a greater margin than any player in history. And HE holds the record for home runs in a career. To say otherwise I would say is just wasteful thinking.

Men do more wasteful thinking than any creature on Earth. Especially me.

I still think about Ann Margaret in' Viva Las Vegas'.
Wait...I had a point to make....oh yeah...
My grandson's look on his face as he let loose a large fart while picking up an item.
Katharine Ross in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'.
Me, being 'Joe Hardy'.
Thoghts while watching a baseball game.
Wishing I had drafted teams better.
Going back to the early '20's to watch a baseball game

Except for Ann Margaret, these are all signs of 'wasteful thinking'.
But, what am I to do?
In my mind, I can't put Bonds numbers of equal parallel to Ruth, Foxx, Williams, Aaron, or Mays.
Bonds,, ARod, and others of their time look like Adonnis at age 40.
Willie Mays looked like Bruce Jenner.
Babe Ruth looked like Mr. Whipple.
I know it's wasteful.
My mind won't let me. It just won't.
I only have one mind. I can't trade.
Nobody would want to trade down to get mine.

[knuckleheads]

Ha!

I have heard those sour grapes about the Braves expanded strike zone. I categorize it right along with Big Foot, Nessie, the Bermuda Triangle, jumbo shrimp, great tasting light food, and aliens. Sour grapes....

I was only sour about it until the Eric Gregg NLCS. He balanced the strike zone karma in one single game.

[Edwards Kings]

Ha!

I have heard those sour grapes about the Braves expanded strike zone. I categorize it right along with Big Foot, Nessie, the Bermuda Triangle, jumbo shrimp, great tasting light food, and aliens. Sour grapes....

I was only sour about it until the Eric Gregg NLCS. He balanced the strike zone karma in one single game.

Maybe, but Gregg was one of the worst umpires of all time. That is fact not fruit.

Gregg was one of 22 umpires who resigned in 1999 as part of a labor action. Richie Phillips, executive director of the umpires' union, felt that Major League Baseball might reconsider its stance in contract negotiations rather than doling out millions of dollars in severance pay. Instead, the MLB chose to accept the resignations, though they later rehired several of those who had resigned but not Gregg. THAT was karma. I laughed my ass off every time someone wrote a story about the fat bastard and about how he wanted back in the game. Sorry he is dead, not sorry he was never allowed back in the game.

[Edwards Kings]

I still think about Ann Margaret in' Viva Las Vegas'.
Wait...I had a point to make....oh yeah...

From the Wall Street Journal:

PepsiCo announced today the appointment of Ann Margaret CEO of Frito-Lay North America. Ms. Margaret promises production changes "All Doritos, all the time"!

In related news, somewhere in Colorado, a man faints...

[DOUGHBOYS]

In our minds eye, some people, especially those with sex appeal, never age.
The Farrah Fawcett poster.
The Carly Simon album cover.
Ann-Margret, period.
My grandson, all of 14 years old, says that Kate Upton will always be his girl for life.
10-4 on that!
If only in a boy's mind, like Ann-Margret and others, Kate Upton too, has discovered a fountain of youth.

[Edwards Kings]

Yes, we all have our weaknesses.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Yes, we all have our weaknesses.

I got chilllls, they're multiplyin'