I hope the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim From the Second Exit On the Highway Near the McDonald’s Oasis are ready, because they are about to get a whole mess of this coming at them:

Well, for two innings, anway, which is all Z is expected to pitch. BTW, “The Beast” not catching on, huh? That’s a shame.  I loved that one.

Today’s lineup:

Soriano, CF
Izturis, SS
Lee, 1B
Ramirez, 3B
Murton, LF
DeRosa, 2B
Blanco, C
Pagan, RF
Zambrano, P

Eeeeeeesh. That’s not so good, Lou. Try again tomorrow.  The game starts at 2:05 CST (again) is (once again), available on mlbaudio.

In other news, Buttercup will be starting Monday against Seattle. Can you guys believe it? I can’t believe it. It makes me want to call in sick and keep my kids home from school so that they can tell their grandchildren that they saw Buttercup pitch (a ball) (off a mound). Perhaps it should be a national holiday? At LEAST a state-wide holiday.

At any rate, I fully expect to see him escorted off the field by a slew of trainers by the end of the first inning (but I secretly hope not). I’m a closet Prior supporter. There I said it. TRUST TREE!