Dog ate my blog yesterday. Here it is, a day late. For best results, pretend you’re reading this on Monday.

The big day finally arrived here in San Diego yesterday. Hundreds of thousands were in town this weekend as the event came upon us, yet oddly enough only a few hundred actually showed up.

Football? I don’t think so. I’m talking about the USD/Cal Poly SLO baseball game, of course. The home Toreros batted around in the bottom of the first to jump out to a 5-0 lead and never looked back. Cal Poly made some noise in the middle innings, but ultimately they were no match for USD, which hung on for an 18-6 victory. Highlights included two homers from sophomore third baseman Freddy Sandoval and a bizarrely timed fly over by some military jets. The bottom of the sixth? During an at-bat? No matter, it was a nice salute to the Toreros. The few fans in attendance appreciated it.

Oh yeah, and the Raiders got spanked. Almost makes me wish I’d bothered to watch the game.

In other news, somebody likes Mark Phillips even more than I do. In his Top 100 Prospects of 2003, David Cameron puts Phillips at #41, with Khalil Greene checking in at #85. First off, he’s vastly underrating Greene. But you know what, his bold pick of Phillips might not look so bad in a few years.

Seems everybody loves the new downtown ballpark’s moniker: Animal rights group opposes naming of San Diego stadium (USA Today).

Finally, thanks to all for taking a whack at the mail form thang. I can see that it’s much more popular than the good ol’ mailto link. I’ll be implementing the form on a more wide scale basis with the next site update, probably early next month. I’ll also be adding some cool sites to the Hot Links section, so if you’ve sent me a URL within the past several weeks, hang in there; they’ll be up in a few.

As always, thanks for stopping by. Play ball…