Callin' Out to the Astronauts

It seems that controversies in Odessa are not limited to how the Permian football team is performing. Here is an article in the NY Times about a proposed elective Bible course being added to the curriculum at one of the Odessa high schools.

One of the more interesting articles that I have seen in the ceremonies surrounding the Hall of Fame Inductions of Wade Boggs, Ryne Sandberg, Peter Gammons, and Jerry Coleman was David Schoenfield's article on the 40 Current Players most likely to be enshrined in Cooperstown one day. Here is a link to the 20 Players that Schoenfield considers to be "locks" for the Hall, and here is the link for the 20 players that he believes will invite a more contentious debate. Let me know what you think.

The other night Lance, Brandon, Jake, and I sat around debating some of Schoenfield's picks, which I'm sure is how he would like things to be. The players that we were the most skeptical about were the ones who only have a few years of experience in the Majors. It seems way too early to suggest that players like Hank Blalock, Joe Mauer, and Mark Teixeira will be future Hall of Famers, but that is the fun of forecasting I guess. Sometimes you will make the right predictions and other times you will look back and just laugh.



Current Listening: "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab for Cutie.

I'm not sure if everyone has heard of the phenomenon that is Google Earth yet, but I find it fascinating. Maybe creepy would be a more appropriate word, but I'm sure that George Orwell would be quite concerned about this technological advance.