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This is Why Ryan Vogelsong is Awesome

His catcher in Caracas was Guillermo Rodriguez, who is a minor-league catching instructor for the Giants. He asked Vogelsong, “Have you signed with anybody (for 2011)? Do you want me to call the Giants?”

Vogelsong told Rodriguez he’d been trying to get back with the Giants since they traded him in ‘01.

The Giants didn’t call Vogelsong right away. The Dodgers did, and made him an offer. Vogelsong asked Rodriguez to contact the Giants again and relay this message, in essence: I don’t want to be a Dodger. I am a Giant. If you want me, I’ll sign for whatever you want to pay me.

My Wednesday Work Day

1. Arrived to work at 10 AM.
2. Spend 2 hours talking with my designer after finding out he’s a huge baseball fan.
3. Walked to AT&T Park for a team offsite.
4. Find out we’re sitting in a fully-catered suite.
5. Matt Cain: 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, 110 pitches
6. Giants win.
7. Meet and shake hands with Will Clark in the stairwell.
8. Take MUNI home drunk at 6 PM.

Why can’t every work day be like this?

I Want My MLB Network

If you’re a Comcast subscriber, you may have gotten a letter in the mail asking “Are you getting the best value?” I’ve gotten two of these letters in a period of about a month, stating they are “confident [they] can find a customized package to fit [my] needs.”

Well, I want MLB Network.

The customer service rep told me that the only way he could offer me a deal would be if signed up to get the Triple Play, which requires me to get a landline. I barely talk on the phone as it is, and despite the bump in Internet speed, I’d be paying significantly more than I’m paying now for the one channel I actually want. One. Channel.

Then he said something that really boggled my mind. “If you’re still interested in the sports package, you can call our customer service number and ask them to add it to your account. It’s only $6.95.” So, essentially, Comcast is refusing to comp me $7 after they offered to “customize” my account?

It’s times like this I wish we had more competition in the cable tv market. A-la-carte programming now, dammit. I want my MLB Network.