the tribe won today, to split the four game series with the twins in minnesota. paul byrd came up huge. complete game shut out on just 99 pitches. pronk hit a bomb, but also hit into a DP. at least we were able to still score the first run of the game in the inning. by scoring that run (thank you for your unexpected clutchness, casey), we ended a 17 inning scoreless streak imposed upon us by minnesota pitching.

in the bigger scheme of things, my buddy and i have an idea for an new ESPN quiz show.

baseball quiz show, brought to you by baseball digest.

the idea came about as i quizzed my buddy on the baseball digest baseball quick quiz. since i do the quiz upon reading the issue as i recieve them AND mark each question first with my answers/guesses AND the correct answers, i had to read the questions to him. it was his choice to wait till after he was done answering the questions to learn of the score i recieved when i had taken the quiz. of the six quizzes, i was victorious four times.

so the new show is very similiar. except two people would both be taking the quiz for the first time. the questions would be given by a host. while we are playing, either an important current ML baseball game will be playing, or an ESPN classic baseball game. the theme of the questions will be determined by the classic game or milestone game that is being played. also, for at least one question where multiple choices are listed, we would have the ballplayers or managers the questions listed answer whether or not they accomplished such a feat. we have other details too, but it is late, and i do not want anyone stealing our great idea.

in conclusions: yes, we are both baseball nerds.