- Seattle
Mariners catcher Jesus Montero doesn’t sound like a guy who is on track for a
return to a playoff-bound club to help is make a World Series push. Montero, currently
rehabbing an oblique injury with the team's Class A Everett AquaSox affiliate,
sound a lot more like a drunken idiot in a bar 10 minutes before closing time
after being told he needs to get up out of here than he does a focused,
dedicated professional athlete getting his body right for a return to the
majors. A mid-game altercation with a scout from your own team tends to have
that effect. That’s what went down this week when Montero was coaching first
base and a scout yelled at him to hustle off the field at the conclusion of the
inning. The scout wasn’t nearly done and not close to content with his actions,
so he then ordered an ice cream sandwich and had it sent to Montero in the
dugout. It was quite the eff-you gesture and one aimed directly at the
physical fitness of a player who made news for reporting to spring training 40
pounds overweight this season. It didn’t take Montero long to put two and two
together and he soon approached the stands with a baseball bat, screaming
profanities and hurling the ice cream sandwich at the scout. Sadly, the team’s
pitching coach was there to restrain him before the situation could escalate
and Montero and the scout were separated. Mariners general manager Jack
Zduriencik didn’t want to address the situation when asked about it because he
said the team was still “gathering information,” but it’s tough to imagine the
Mariners going to battle for a pudgy backup catcher who had only 17 at-bats
with Seattle this season and has been in the minors since late May…………
- Getting drunk typically takes far too much work. A person
has to get from their home to a place that sells alcohol in some form, provide
identification, pay for said alcohol and find an acceptable place to consume it
in their vessel of choice. It’s a laborious process and one that a new service
in the Nutmeg State wants to streamline with the idea of getting the most
pretentious of alcohol consumers their hooch in the shortest possible amount of
time. Ultra, not to be confused with the transportation service Über, partners
with stores in Connecticut to deliver wine from their shelves to the front
doors of customers within the hour. The service utilizes both phone and
Internet ordering capabilities and while the average, pretentious wine drinker
likes to pick out their own bottle and debate the vintage, the bouquet and the
full-bodiness of the wine in question, there isn't always time to head down to
the classy liquor store in your neighborhood and search for the perfect red or
white vintage to pair with your dinner for the evening. That problem is a thing
of the past now that store owners and Ultra are on the job. Most stores give a
specific wind of time for a delivery and Ultra links up with local package stores to make the deliveries happen. Customers enter
their zip code, pick their wine and pay, then receive a confirmation email. The
one caveat is that they must spend more than $20 to use the service, but given
the price of most wines, that shouldn’t be a problem. To ensure that no
underage folks acquire wine they aren't old enough to drink, delivery people
will snap a picture of the buyer’s driver’s license and if they are unsure it
is legitimate, they are under orders to abort the delivery and return to the
store………
- Way to set expectations in a vague and ambiguous way that
makes it possible for you to disappear, not be heard from and not look like a
total flake, Jake Bugg. The British rocker whose second album, “Shangri La,”
reached the top 10 on the British charts late last year, is heading back to the
studio to begin work on his next project. Before he gets there, he wants
everyone to know that the timeline for the album has a wide range and he’s not
eager to narrow it down. "It's just demos. It's an experiment – see what happens. Just
trying to make it write itself. It could take five years, it could take five
months,” Bugg said, adding that he had literally just begun the process.
Previously, he said he had started work on a few new tracks and had shown them
to über-producers Rick Rubin, with whom he also teamed up on “Shangri La.” The
album was well-received and although Bugg’s voice is not overpowering, his
sound is solid and his songwriting is a strong asset that will serve him well
whenever he finally gets around to completing this project and releasing it to
the world. Waiting too long could allow some of the excitement around Bugg to
dwindle, but he doesn’t seem too concerned about it at this point. Any artist
will insist that he or she needs to go through their process and not be
pressured or constrained by the demands and expectations of those around them,
so Bugg isn't exactly breaking any new ground here. One surety in the recording
process is that Bugg won't be hitting up a lot of concerts to find inspiration,
as he said watching other artists perform is a distraction from his own act. Do
what you do, Jake, and make sure that new album is quality when you finally
finish it………
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