I hate eggplant. It’s like eating an old, purple sponge. Why would someone want to do that? Why would I want to do that? Sure, you can fry it up and slap some sauce on, but at the end of the day, it’s still just an old, purple sponge.
Last night, after I’d lost my stomach for baseball courtesy of a few too many home runs off the bat of Cubs hitters, I switched over to Good Eats. Wouldn’t you know, Alton Brown was talking about eggplant. He addressed my texture problem right away and suggested using kosher salt to help remove moisture and give it a better consistency.
Honestly, the eggplant didn’t look half bad. I even thought I might eat some if given the chance.
Then I remembered it was on old, purple sponge and wondered why I was watching this show. Wasn’t there a baseball game on or something?
I hate eggplant.
by Peter Friberg
You will not see all the notable performances from the night before, but you will see the notable performances from those who are actually prospects.
AAA
Luke Carlin: 2 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 RBI; 2 BB
Leo Rosales: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR
AA
Will Venable: 5 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 1 RBI; 2B — batting .400/.463/.486
Chase Headley: 4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 2 RBI; 2B
Tim Brown: 2 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 RBI; SO
Nick Hundley: 4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 RBI
Mike Ekstrom: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR
High-A
Off
Low-A
Cedric Hunter: 2 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 RBI; HR, BB, CS
Kyler Burke: 4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 RBI; SO, SB
Aaron Breit: 4.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR
Commentary:
I’m not sure how likely it is that Ekstrom will produce at the MLB level, but he keeps doing what he does…
Cedric Hunter, my favorite prospect, shows some power. He hasn’t completely gotten untracked (hitting .160 through 7 games), but I’m not worried.
Early start today against the Cubs. No television. We’ll get the IGD up and running around 10 a.m. PT.
Egg plant aint’ too good no matter how its dressed up and I hope the same isn’t true for the padres. This must be a deadarm period you hear about from time to time (an excuse?). Three blowups and pitching is our strong point. The arms will come back, what I can’t stand, the eggplant if you will, is the sloppy play in the field. The lazy turn on the double play, the two dropped balls by the catcher, and on and on. Come on guys.
I’m sincerely hoping that last nite was a product of fatigue from travel, and not the norm. Agreed though, the defense has been suspect the past few games.
Here’s to Maddux being the stopper he’s supposed to be today, as well as the boys getting back on track. Cameron has got to start contributing offensively.
And Trevor needs another save. He’s only got 2.
Luke Carlin rocks!
BA mentions a 20 mph wind blowing out in the Lo-A game.
Funny….. I made the same switch last night. After the blown doubleplay, I nearly put the remote through the TV screen. Alton Brown seemed like the better choice.
I actually love eggplant, but I agree with this sentiment.
I like eggplant but I do hate the state of the Padres’ defenses right now.
That and the BA with RISP.