Was too busy watching the World's Stupidest Cubs Fan screw up the team he ostensibly likes.

I'm thinking that was Tim Minear. Because having the Cubs fold like that is the next best thing to torturing me by killing off characters I like.

Tim would have the Cubs down by a run with two outs, a man on first and Sosa at bat. Sosa would hit what should be the game-winning home run, but in the excitement he and the runner on first would would have a mutual brain cramp and start celebrating early. Sammy would pass the runner ahead of him, be declared out and the Marlins would win. Dusty Baker would drop dead of a heart attack and his son, not having learned his lesson with the Giants, would be trampled by the crowd in the post-game riot. That's the sort of thing Tim would do.

When all we really want is for Tim to lock Angelus in a wine cellar with Bud Selig.

Tim would have the Cubs down by a run with two outs, a man on first and Sosa at bat. Sosa would hit what should be the game-winning home run, but in the excitement he and the runner on first would would have a mutual brain cramp and start celebrating early. Sammy would pass the runner ahead of him, be declared out and the Marlins would win. Dusty Baker would drop dead of a heart attack and his son, not having learned his lesson with the Giants, would be trampled by the crowd in the post-game riot. That's the sort of thing Tim would do.

Except no way can Sosa outrun a baserunner since his little celebration in the batter's box takes, like, an hour. Maybe the baserunner misses a bag or dies of a heart attack as he's rounding thrid. You're right on about Dusty's son getting trampled -- that's pure Tim.

Okay, so I went poking around tvtome, looking at the info about Amanda Fuller, and Buffy, and their various ep summaries for Buffy.

While poking around, I found the entry for Indigo (Rona), and discovered her real name is Alyssa Ashley Nichols, and I now find myself wondering very seriously if she's Nichelle's kid.

IMDb gives no bio in Indigo's entry, so no love there. Anybody else know for sure?

Or perhaps Sammy would see Rick Reilly behind the dugout as he rounds third, and momentarily losing his composure <cough>roid rage<cough>, leaps into the stands & rips off Mr. SI's head, leading to the Cubs' disqualification, mass suicide in Chitown & joy among Sports Illustrated subscribers. And then Tim would kill Merl again, just because. Bastard.

I now find myself wondering very seriously if she's Nichelle's kid.

Granddaughter more likely...

Speaking of potentials, I didn't realize that Chloe was Miranda from Lizzie McGuire until the latest Buffy card set came out. It struck me as funny. Lalaine!

I'm almost wishing for a Cubs/Yankees series in the hopes that we could see Wriggley Field's reaction to a travelling Yankee fan burning Harry Cary in effigy.

Both Buffy!Rona and Angel!Eve were previously on Boston Public as students. I just made that connection in my head.