enough about homer

Time to quit asking for Homer Bailey... unless Krivsky is lying, Bailey isn't coming here this year. In researching the column I just finished for tomorrow, I looked at a bunch of hot, young arms and how they did when promoted before their 21st birthdays. Answer: Not good, except Doc Gooden... a nice comparison to Bailey is Minnesota's all-star starter, Francisco Liriano. He'll be 23 in October... two years ago, at Bailey's age, Liriano split time between A and Double AA... last year, between AA and AAA... the twins called him up last September...he made 4 starts... he spent much minors time developing a slider and a changeup... krivsky and everyone else says that's what bailey needs to do... major league hitters can time a jumbo jet if they know it's coming... so calm down and let the kid prepare for a long, potentially great career...

Whoever told me I should watch that Bourdain guy on the Travel Channel. . . Dude sat on the kitchen floor of an Alaskan family's home and helped them eat a seal. I mean, they're all cross-legged on the vinyl floor and this seal is cut open like roadkill. Everyone is just reaching into the carcass and yanking out whatever. Rampant seal blood. I'm amazed in front of my TV. The Bourdain guy ate the seal's eyeball. I swear. Cool. I recommend it.