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Tuesday, August 17, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves
Reports Of My Demise: Marlins 4, Dodgers 2
Watching Darren Dreifort do his best Kyle Farnsworth imitation didn't help my overnight stay at the hospital whatsoever. Jon's right: as with Ishii and Green, he's well past his freshness date. Pre-All-Star break, he owns a 3.76 ERA; post-All-Star break, its 6.57. IMO, he's a candidate to go back to the DL.The other story, obscured by the meltdown of the interminably injured Dreifort, was that of Hee Seop Choi. Choi, since he came to the Dodgers, has not completed a single game at first. While he continues to get walks, his offensive production has to be classified as a bust; by his subsequent usage patterns, it's obvious Tracy agrees. If Penny isn't recovered before the end of the season, this trade will have negative consequences for 2004 -- the year that it was supposed to help most.
OT: An (Aural?) History of KROQ
I stopped listening to KROQ about five years ago or more; it long ago ceased to be what it was, a great font of new music, instead of whatever Clear Channel happened to get paid to push this month. For those of you who remember the heyday of Jed the Fish, Richard Blade, Rodney Bingenheimer, and all the other guys who made KROQ the wonderful radio station it used to be, here's an oral history of the station. IMO its halcyon days were between 1981 (when I started listening) and about 1986 (when KNAC axed the old "Rock-N-Rhythm" format in favor of HARD ROCK). A trifle old -- from the November 2001 issue of Los Angeles magazine -- but still relevant.Update: on a related note, thanks to blogger Zoot for passing along this 80's lyrics quiz. My score is far too embarrassing to mention...
Comments:
Esophageal spasm. It nicely mimics the symptoms of a myocardial infarction, AKA heart attack, and perversely, also reacts to nitroglycerin the same way. But the enzyme tests for heart attack all came back negative (your heart will send out chemical markers as parts of it die), and my EKG was "beautiful" according to the cardiologist. So I spent the last 28 hours in the hospital for essentially nothing, and mainly because I happened to draw a very conservative doctor at the ER.
"Esophagal spasm". Sounds like choking. I think Dreifort may have the same problem. Good luck anyway.
Rick
Rick
# posted by 
: 8/17/2004 02:41:00 PM
: 8/17/2004 02:41:00 PM
Glad to hear it's not a problem. I doubt it, but let me know if you ever need any advice from an altogether-as-yet-unqualified medical student. ;)
mattkew
mattkew
# posted by : 8/17/2004 10:49:00 PM
: 8/17/2004 10:49:00 PMNewer› ‹Older
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