Marinerds, etc.

Well, I spent the last two days in the middle of nowhere. I guess it was refreshing. It's damn COLD out here, and there's lots of snow -- heck, I got to throw snowballs at my stepfather the other night. Whee!

Now I'm actually in Pittsburgh, with a net connection. I'm catching up on stuff, so in light of the upcoming Thome-Rowand trade, I figured I'd toss up this picture I took of a statue of the Phillie Phanatic, from the second floor of the Phillies Team Store:



At the time, I took this picture because I was joking that he looked like he was doing a Richard Nixon pose. Now, perhaps, I would like to pretend he's stretching his arms out in a wide gesture of "Welcome to Philadelphia, Aaron Rowand! Don't let the boo birds bite."