Ah, that was nice. We took the rough equivalent of two full consecutive days off from work for the first time in who knows how long. You might debate whether writing about sports is “work,” but we refuse to play your semantic shell game. The Friday respite, which included 9 holes of golf (on a downhill, downwind hole, we hit driver-9-iron to a par-5 green, which will never happen again … of course, we also hit a few shots that actually put us further away from the hole thanks to trees. That will definitely happen again). It was a full day, a full weekend, but now we’re back with a fury. RandBall this week will be like a delicious ice cream cone, only now it will be dipped in that chocolate magic shell stuff for a crunchy and delicious exterior. Or something like that. So …

The man so many of you love to hate, A.J. Pierzynski capped a wild weekend with a grand slam yesterday to beat the Cubs. The best part is that A.J. still seems genuinely baffled at why people boo him, even if he accepts it. Um, probably because he’s kind of a [redacted]. If you missed the Friday stuff between he and Ozzie Guillen, scroll down a few posts. (Link to the official newspaper of The Simpsons provided by us; photo above via Mccoveychronicles.com.

Quickly: Mom! Meatloaf! [Redacted]. Twins take 2 of 3 in Milwaukee, which ain’t bad but could have been better if Ramon Ortiz could have held a lead and Dennys Reyes wasn’t pitching with a bum shoulder. … Spurs. Blah. Dead to us. Anaheim. Blah. Dead to us.

Mystery link! Genius.

We have some amazing stuff in store for you today, including: The debut of Paige Bromen’s daily guest post from China, where she is with a group of students witnessing the evolution of the organization for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Also: Ramon comes through in a big way. It’s time for everyone to check and see if they have 200 American dollars lying around.

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