Baseball — Michele Lewis

Are You There BlogWorld? It’s Me, Michele

photo courtesy BrewerNation

Worst blogger line is… “I know I haven’t written in a while but…” I hate that line. It should be obvious to regular readers and new visitors don’t care. Trust me… they don’t.

Anyway, I know I haven’t written since I left Vegas but I’ve been settling back into reality after another WSOP summer. It seems like the WSOP just started and now I’m wrapping up my summer end projects. A move, new school year, new career, and a hard core return to working out. All good, just speeding by like the Maglev.

New News: Today I developed an acute case of depression… read about it here.

Shout Out News: Special thanks to my friend Al for inspiring me to get a mullet today. And… for texting me this morning to confirm MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies took Roy Oswalt…followed by a Brad Lidge jab. Al’s happy, I”m Happ.

I’m going to challenge my National League friends, Al and Seebs (even if he is a Cubbies fan), to a Brewers Sausage Race (see photo).

That’s it. The end. Oh… Travel News: I’m going to try and make the BlogWorld Expo this October in Vegas. Read more here.

Brad Ausmus

Now that the LA Dodgers have finalized a 1 million dollar deal with Brad Ausmus my husband can rest peacefully. I haven’t decided which is worse… that none of my friends called to check on me or the fact that Brad is for sure not coming back.

While his good looks will be missed… so will his great personality which was shown well when honored with the Darryl Kile Award:

“When you hit .230 with two home runs and 40 RBIs,” Ausmus began, “you don’t get invited to a lot of awards banquets…. When I do get the opportunity to talk on a caravan or Fanfest, our manager, Phil Garner, and I, a lot of time, will exchange barbs at the mike,” Ausmus said. “He’ll say something like, ‘Oh, Brad thinks he’s the manager,’ and then I’ll come back with, ‘I don’t care how thick your moustache is, you don’t look like Sam Elliott’ or ‘Yes, you look taller in cleats, Gar.’ “

And so this officially ends the Astros Bagwell, Biggio, Ausmus era and ERA.

AP Photo – Biggio, Ausmus & Bagwell… honoring Darryl Kile

Brad Photo – Courtesy Houston Chronicle