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 HN> Actually it's been a bit scary! Two last place
 HN> teams...and the crowds (even the Bo-Sox ones)

Sox are out of the cellar. Orioles are out of first.
The Yankees are the team to beat. Back to normal,
Bobby Valentine or no.

 HN> have been reflective of that! The 300 level
 HN> (my area) has been all but empty, and the 
 HN> crowds have been more families on vacation 
 HN> following the team than the 20 somethings
 HN> who cause all the trouble! Thursday crowd
 HN> was 20K Friday 23K, Sat 31K, Sun 33K...for
 HN> Boston, those are TINY crowds! Still, I'm
 HN> having fun!

Yeah, in seasons past you were talking about sellouts
for the Sox and Yanks' games.

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 HN> BTW, I passed David Ortiz in the tunnels beneath
 HN> Safeco on Thursday night and he has lost a TON
 HN> of weight, and is looking as lean as I've ever
 HN> seen him!

Remarkable. He was said to be permanently out of shape
and useless when the Sox got him. And it's been, what,
10 years and 300 homers since then?

 HN> Put one in the bleachers above the bullpens
 HN> in left field friday night. Probably a 440ft
 HN> or better slug! AND when we were opening up
 HN> the ballpark on Friday a fan found a batting
 HN> practice ball in the 300 level out in RIGHT
 HN> FIELD...it takes a GORILLA to slug one so
 HN> hard it's about 70' above the ground when it 
 HN> goes over the 386 mark in the right field power
 HN> alley!

By the law of tangents or something, that means
that it landed about 400 feet away, and who knows
where it was on its natural arc when it landed.
So it sounds like it would have gone 500 feet or
more if unimpeded. The great greats, Ruth and Mantle
and so on, occasionally but seldom hit balls that
were estimated to have that kind of legs.

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      Title: The World's Finest Leg of Lamb
 Categories: Kooknet, Cyberealm, Meats
      Yield: 6 servings

      1    4 1/2 lb leg of lamb
      3    Cloves
           Garlic
           Olive oil
           Black pepper, ground
      6    Fresh rosemary sprigs

  Trim the excess fat on the meat, but leave a thin layer. Make 1"
  slits all over the meat, and insert a slice of garlic into each slit.
  Rub well with a liberal coating of olive oil, and then coat heavily
  with salt and pepper. Wrap securely with plastic wrap, and
  refrigerate for at least several hours - the longer, the better!

  Preheat the oven to 500F. Heat an oven-proof skillet large enough to
  hold the lamb comfortably. Remove the lamb to a platter, and pour off
  all but 1 T. olive oil. Cover the bottom of the pan with the
  rosemary. Place the lamb on top, and cover the lamb with more
  rosemary. Place in the oven, and reduce oven temperature to 375F
  after 20 minutes. Roast 40 minutes longer. M would turn the oven
  to off after returning the leg to the oven.

  To serve: take the lamb, in its pan, outside. Ignite the rosemary on
  the top of the lamb. Allow the fire to burn itself out. Brush off the
  woody stems. Let rest 10-15 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter,
  and enjoy!

  Posted by Joel Erlich, Kooknet Recipe Network
  Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

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