Mark_Concannon's Blog

*****LOWDOWN ON LO MEIN-Brewer fans didn't cheer on many dramatic victories during last week's homestand but they could enjoy the best food stand name in baseball: "Wok Off Noodles.

*****SKIP WANTS TO SEE YOU IN HIS OFFICE-A tough week for former Brewers Brady Clark and Ray King who were both sent to the minors

.*****SAUSAGE STRIKER SURFACES-Randall Simon, the former Pirate who became famous for whacking a racing sausage at Miller Park has signed a contract with the independent Newark Bears.

*****NO BIGGIE, MATE-Australian native and Padre infielder Justin Huber hit his first major league homer off Randy Johnson."It's pretty special," said Huber "But I don't see myself telling stories about it in 10 years' time or 20 years' time, because nobody in Australia knows who Randy Johnson is."

*****AUGUST OFFSPRING GOT GAME-Since 1950, a baby born in the United States in August has had a 50 percent to 60 percent better chance of making the big leagues than a baby born in July. A recent survey showed as of the 2005 season, 503 Americans born in August had made it to the major leagues compared with 313 American born in July.

*****THE LONGEST DAY-Watertown's Maranatha Baptist College baseball team took a doubleheader drubbing Saturday against Aurora, losing the first game 32-1 and the nightcap 19-0

*****GET MEL KIPER ON THE HORN-Sportsbook.com offered fans the chance to bet on the NFL draft.

*****BAGGAGE CLAIM-Four 1,700-pound, black granite replica racing tires, ordered as milestone markers to honor Darlington Speedway, NASCAR's oldest superspeedway, got a weeklong unanticipated detour to Anchorage, Alaska, on their trip from the manufacturer in China to South Carolina. "They got to California and got put on the wrong train and ended up in Alaska," said Darlington's president.

*****MOVE THE VEHICLE OR I'LL MOVE IT FOR YOU-A suburban Chicago police officer is a new world record holder for bench pressing. Dale Szymanski of Bolingbrook lifted 622 pounds earlier this month at the National Bench Press Competition in Lake George, NewYork.

*****NO REAL MADRID CHAT FOR YOU-Spain's Defense Ministry has ordered its staff to stop browsing sports and entertainment Web sites while on duty. A Spanish newspaper reported the restrictions stem from recent incidents in which computer systems overloaded and nearly crashed.

Browse all you want here. We'll be back with more musings on Monday, May 5th.