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Monday meanderings: Gavin Floyd exited the Chicago White Sox 4-3 victory Sunday (Aug. 26) after two innings because of discomfort in his right elbow. Sox fans exited the ballpark wondering what a possible postseason rotation is going to look like — provided the regular-season version can help the team make it that far.
Speaking of figures: April Rose always is welcome here. Credit: Seth Garcia
* Flowers and flourishing and rain seem to go together, so it made perfect sense that Sox catcher Tyler Flowers’ two-run homer in the seventh provided the winning difference in the rain-shortened victory. It will be interesting to see if Flowers supplants starter A.J. Pierzynski in 2013 (if not sooner).
* Speaking of rain (which caused delays in the start of home games for the Sox and Cubs), right-hander Chris Volstad was the winning pitcher in a 5-0 rain-shortened victory vs. the Colorado Rockies. He had to wait 2 hours and 23 minutes to start the game and another 30 minutes after the eighth inning before the game was called. Of course, that was a much shorter wait than the one to record his first victory in 24 games since July 10, 2011 (when he was with the Marlins). Just a guess that if he needs 24 more games for his next victory, it won’t be with the Cubs.
* Cubs outfielder Brett Jackson did not strike out Sunday. That seems to qualify as news in that even after going 1-for-2 with two walks, he has struck out 31 times in at-bats. On the bright (?) side, he does have nine walks.
* Speaking of walks, Cubs batters have a major-league low of 311. On the bright (OK, not really) side, one more hit and the Cubs will become the last of the National League teams with 1,000 this season.
* Speaking of walks, former White Sox left-hander Mark Buerhle — who pitches for the Miami Marlins — was unusually wild and issued three in a 6-2 victory Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has walked 34 in 26 starts (166.2 innings). He needs one more strikeout for 100 this season.
* Speaking of walks and strikeouts, White Sox slugger Adam Dunn continues to lead the major leagues in walks (89) and strikeouts (182) in 447 at-bats. He also leads in home runs (38). Not sure if all that qualifies for some sort of Triple Crown.
* Speaking of qualifying, former Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik — who has been playing for the Boston Red Sox this season — is the leading hitter in the American League among batters with at least 100 at-bats. With 108 at-bats, he isn’t going to qualify for the batting title. But he does qualify as one of the few bright spots on the Red Sox this year.
As promised Sunday, there are more videos from the Chicago Luvabulls auditions Saturday at the United Center. Of the 47 lovely ladies invited to minicamp to be held this week are 19 members of last season’s squad. So it seems only reasonable to let the veterans introduce themselves (which they did to the other aspiring candidates at auditions after the morning session):
And, yes, there are more videos — for Tuesday and Wednesday at the very least. Here are a few:
Speaking of notable dance teams, here is some video from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders:
Interviewing Pilar Lastra in L.A. is what some of us like to think of as work.
The “Sports & Torts” podcast posting department at elliottharris.com here must have had the last few days off (that rarely occurs) or been distracted (that frequently occurs) or something. No other logical explanation for not providing it sooner on this site.
Co-hosted by David Spada and Elliott Harris, the show is live (and occasionally lively) Thursdays at noon Chicago time on talkzone.com.
The program generally features an interview with a fetching female and a Hall of Fame-caliber athlete/coach/manager/broadcaster, etc. or two. The guests on the Aug. 23 episode were Playboy Playmate and fantast football expert Pilar Lastra and former New York Yankees third baseman and American League president Dr. Bobby Brown.
On the show, Pilar did talk some football and invoked the name of Terrell Owens, who was cut Sunday by the Seattle Seahawks. Let the record show that the interview with Pilar came in the first week of August. Let the reocrd also show she probably doesn’t feel so bad today about missing out on having him on her team.
Anyway, for those who would like to partake of the highly acclaimed (in the Spada and Harris households — and possibly even elsewhere) program, you can click here.
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