Diamondbacks

So, I'm in the Mission District yesterday here in the City, and I am approached at one corner by a group of people wanting people to boycott the Giants/Diamondbacks matchup at AT&T Park about two weeks from now.

I'm all for making a statement, but this seems to be a cutting off of the nose to spite the face issue...aren't half the players in baseball from outside the US and south of the border? To give an example, here's the Diamondbacks' roster:

Arizona Diamondbacks Active Roster

Arizona Diamondbacks Active Roster

#	Pitchers	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
55	Blaine Boyer	R-R	6'3"	215	Jul 11, 1981
58	Juan Gutierrez	R-R	6'3"	210	Jul 14, 1983
15	Dan Haren	R-R	6'5"	215	Sep 17, 1980
22	Aaron Heilman	R-R	6'5"	225	Nov 12, 1978
46	Bob Howry	L-R	6'5"	220	Aug 4, 1973
36	Edwin Jackson	R-R	6'3"	210	Sep 9, 1983
31	Ian Kennedy	R-R	6'0"	195	Dec 19, 1984
13	Rodrigo Lopez	R-R	6'1"	185	Dec 14, 1975
50	Chad Qualls	R-R	6'5"	220	Aug 17, 1978
49	Carlos Rosa	R-R	6'1"	210	Sep 21, 1984
43	Cesar Valdez	R-R	6'2"	200	Mar 17, 1985
32	Esmerling Vasquez	R-R	6'1"	175	Nov 7, 1983
#	Catchers	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
28	John Hester	R-R	6'3"	220	Sep 14, 1983
19	Chris Snyder	R-R	6'4"	245	Feb 12, 1981
#	Infielders	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
3	Tony Abreu	S-R	5'9"	200	Nov 13, 1984
6	Stephen Drew	L-R	6'0"	185	Mar 16, 1983
2	Kelly Johnson	L-R	6'1"	205	Feb 22, 1982
25	Adam LaRoche	L-L	6'3"	205	Nov 6, 1979
11	Augie Ojeda	S-R	5'9"	175	Dec 20, 1974
27	Mark Reynolds	R-R	6'2"	220	Aug 3, 1983
4	Rusty Ryal	R-R	6'2"	200	Mar 16, 1983
#	Outfielders	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
5	Cole Gillespie	R-R	6'1"	205	Jun 20, 1984
34	Conor Jackson	R-R	6'2"	215	May 7, 1982
10	Justin Upton	R-R	6'2"	205	Aug 25, 1987
24	Chris Young	R-R	6'2"	200	Sep 5, 1983

Theory

I wouldn't be nearly as grumpy as I am right now if the temperature was normal.

But what is normal? This is San Francisco! ;)

Have a gigantis iced caramel macchiato and a chick flick and am now going to lay VERY still.

As I Was Saying...

A couple of months back I was babysitting Bailey Girl for the weekend at her place. Travis gave me a tour of the apartment so that I would feel more at home.

When we got to the pantry I spotted no less than six jars of Skippy Super Chunk Honey Roasted Peanut Butter. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Stocking up for the Big One?" I asked.

He laughed. "Nope. It's just that my mom sends it to me. I can't find it here so she ships it from Phoenix."

I looked. They have creamy in the stores, but not Super Chunk. I tried some on my English Muffin the Sunday morning that Bailey and spent together, and, while I normally don't like chunky peanut butter, I fell in love.

This past weekend I was craving that peanut butter, but, alas, only the creamy was to be found. I picked up a jar of it and thought I would go back to bagels for breakfast. (More on why I have to have hand-held breakfasts in a later post.) Then yesterday I was feeling particularly down and my shipper put a small box on my desk with the company logo all over it. "What's this?" I asked rather moronically, as though poor Henry is a psychic. He shrugged. I looked at the return address: San Francisco. I opened it and perfectly nestled from my other shipper in the City was a jar from Phoenix.

*Sniff*

Somebody hasn't forgotten me...bless his heart.

I had Skippy with SUPER CHUNKS for breakfast this fine day.

QAL.