Hey -- what does "batting cleanup" mean?

You're fourth in the batting order. Presumably with men on base, so you "clean up" the bases by knocking them. Usually your most powerful hitter (most home runs) hits there.

Unless we're talking about sex. Then I don't know.

Hey -- what does "batting cleanup" mean?

It's the #4 spot in the order. It's usually a hitter with power + average who can drive the runners in (the 1-2-3 batters) and thus "clean off" the bases.

The leadoff hitter should have a high on-base percentage. The #2 hitter should be able to move the leadoff guy over and avoid the double play. The #3 hitter is usually your slugger, though sometimes they hit him fourth.

Are you pinker and prouder than previous?

Pinker, yes. Prouder, probably not.

Prouder, probably not.

Not even in the Shakespearean sense?

Unless we're talking about sex. Then I don't know.

I'm shocked and disappointed.

Also grateful -- thanks, guys.

Way to go, Tom!

t shakes virtual pompoms in celebration

It ain't good:

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Treme and the city's 8th and 9th Wards were severely flooded. Eastern New Orleans was inaccessible by car due to the high water on Interstate 10 East. The farther one drove east on Interstates 10 and 610, the deeper the water and the danger. Hurricane Katrina caused the highway to end at the first exit for Louisa Street.

For miles in the 9th Ward, there were only rooftops, with floodwaters lapping at the eves, visible from I-10. Rows of homes were swallowed by water. Standing outside on the concrete interstate, in the whipping winds, signs could be spotted that so many of the city's residents did not evacuate.

signs could be spotted that so many of the city's residents did not evacuate

That's a horribly empty phrase.

I'm shocked and disappointed.

I could make something up.

"It's like when you do a 'Round the World fourway style? Whoever gets the rimjob is batting cleanup."

That's a horribly empty phrase.

Ack. No kidding.