gary bennett sweeps

and not as a janitor, as previous entries might imply.

gary "freakin'" bennett? are we talking about the same gary "freakin'" bennett that hit his first cardinal homer against the cubs like last week? the guy who has been dancing around yadi's batting average, but without the power?

the same, yes.

gary bennett is officially off the rabid redbird hook, at least until he has a homerless game. ok, i'll even extend that to say if he doesn't homer, but does hit the game winning rbi, he can remain in my good graces.

note to readers: the nickname "freakin'" will be applied to a different cardinal every year. sometimes, there will even be multiple "freakin'"'s in a year. for example, were he not already "gollum," our backup middle infielder would be aaron "freakin'" miles. it is primarily meant to indicate the player least likely to succeed and/or the player in the rabid redbird doghouse du jour. that is all.

i actually got to go to the game saturday, which was fun (my first time seeing carp pitch live), but i feel really bad for my wife, who was at a funeral, thus missing the third of the four-pack of tickets that was her christmas present. oh well, we've got one more game we might be able to go to, but i doubt we'll have seats that i'll like better than the four pack were.

such is life, i suppose.