Our Maine Lobster

When I think of lobsters I tend to opt for the guys with claws, not the little fellas you find out here in the Pacific. Those guys with claws are called Maine Lobsters or in the parlance of the northeast, "Fackin' Maine Lob-stah."

What in God's murky ocean does this have to do with the Padres? That's a good question.

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Lobsters sounds like a good name for a minor league baseball team. I decided to google "minor league baseball lobsters" in hopes that there is not only a team called the Lobsters but that I could find some Padres of yesterday who were former Lobsters. And guess what I found? Well none of what I described above but the very first item to pop up on the search was a fella's blog documenting a trip to  Lake Elsinore Storm game. He is wearing a Lobster on his head. This is destiny!

I love the lobster tacos at Rubios. Moving on.

How many players are there from the state of Maine currently playing in major league baseball? I don't know how to search for this on Baseball reference but thankfully some guy did it last year. According to him there are TWO!

There's a guy named Charlie Furbush who currently plays for . . . the Seattle Mariners. We shall refer to him as Yin.

Then there's a guy named Tim Stauffer who currently plays for . . . the san Diego Padres. We shall refer to him as Yang.

Yin and Yang. The Padres and Mariners bring harmony and balance to our universe. Bud Selig. Fucking genius.

So there you have it. Tim Stauffer is our Maine Lobster. He's just not the main Lobster.

 This topic came from @Da_Great_Gonzo who had a yearning for crustaceans this weekend. Sometimes you get crabs and and others you get Maine Lobsters. You just never know around here.