| 6 games up today, looks like the Yankees are 3 up in the wild card. One more series at Fenway Then possibly a postseason dance perhaps This Sox, Yanks thing just doesn't seem to end does it, it would probably be good idea for a blog. Well I'm tickled pink to know we'll both be in it, it's really not any fun when you're playing the Angels. |
Well we always knew this bastard would haunt us, never really a doubt, never really any good times. At least Matt Clement went 8-0 to start off his dreadful term with the Sox.
This series was certainly not fun to watch, not that I watched it, I listened to it. A couple of things stand out....Joba Chamberlain has officially arrived & J. Damon still has a flair for the dramatic.
And who the hell scheduled this series in the middle of the week?
Regarding our diminshing division lead of 5 games, I don't think there's any question we will barely snake out the division, but seeing the Yankees in the playoffs with our bats this dead would be quite scary. Dice-K and Beckett clearly aren't pitching in a dominant fashion (which is what got us here in the first place)
But what this all proves is that Manny, not Schilling, is the heart of this team. With him out we really are an average at best line-up.
| Little high, Little Low. That clicking sound you're hearing is the all the tv's of Yankees fans turning off. A sweep this week in the bronx would end this nice and quickly...however I'd be a moron to to believe that's going to happen. Even when the Yankees are horrible they manage to keep it interesting, that impressive. 6.5 back.......hit me where the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me.....to me. |
| Wow, crazy comebacks, or non-comebacks that is. What a bizarre afternoon. The poster children for both teams, Manny and Sandman don't come thru in the clutch today. |
| Funny how just a few games up against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays will really make you feel like you're a winner. Right Yankees fans? It seems like only a couple of days ago the Red Sox were in bad shape with a month and a half to go. Got to love that bullpen of theirs and you got to hate Kazmir, that guy freaking owns us! You know who else owns us? Bedard of the Orioles.....the Yanks get him 2nite. |
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There is a five letter word that Red Sox Nation used a lot in 2004, and rightfully so, after that amazing comeback against the New York Yankees. It's still only mid- August so I will give The Red Sox the first letter in this word and we will fill in the blanks from there. C_ _ _ _ ... Anyways, Yankees sweep Cleveland. Everybody hits. ARod homers twice Saturday night. giambi homers sat and sun. YAWWWWWWWWWN!!! Let's get to the end of the season already... Let's get to the match up we've all been waiting for. AL East might be all tied up by the 28th, Sox could even be in second place by the 28th. Those three games might mean somebodies whole season...
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last nights game was crazy. best game of the year so far. i forgot all about jason giambi, he just sort of showed up.
| Hey Kids! Well the Yanks are scoring about 10 runs per game (like they should have been doing all year!). And the Sox have been scoring about 2 runs per game, nothing new there. The good news is the schedule gets a little tough for the Yanks, not that much tougher but they won't be playing Tampa and KC the entire season. But hey at least they are making things interesting! Brother Bartles is in a tizzy right now over A-Rod, you know what? I fucking hate John Sterling that's what. That 500th HR call was the most annoying radio call I'd heard since that cranky old lady announced Clemens was coming back. 6 games left head to head, this is getting very exciting. |
what else can you say about the world's greatest living ballplayer??? sometimes just sit back and enjoy the view. finally 500, (finally.... at 32) and the Yankees continue their daily batting practice against the al central. who needs pitching when you can score 17 or 18 runs everyday??? (don't answer that, i know the appropriate responses) and yes, the wild card is good enough. it'll have to be unless i finally get to see that Red Sox/Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash i've been dreaming of since 2004... and stay tuned because i'm getting back into getting back into you.
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| Hi kids! Well 7.5 games up in the A.L. East with roughly 60 games to go. I'll take it. Here's the crusher though, the Yankees have the Indians, Detroit and Angels and BoSox in August. Then it's a healthy platter of Tampa Bay, Baltimore and remarkably more K.C. in September. 8 games against Detroit in August! Holy cow. Red Sox have 7 games vs. L.A. in August. So basically we will have good idea where things stand before September rolls around. That is unfortunate news for the Yanks brass because the trading deadline will have passed, meaning if things go south the A.L. East traveling all-star team of legends (Yanks) will all be playing golf soon. Roger Clemens is 3-4 w/ a E.R.A. of 3.72. Oh yeah and he's a money-grubbing slut. Who played 13 years for the Red Sox. Carl Pavano pitched in 11 innings this year in 2 starts, making $10 mil this year. No word yet if he'll ever pitch again seeing as how he's on permanent vacation. These are two guys the Red Sox wanted to sign in their last available free agent terms, thank G-O-D the Yankees beat us to it, don't forget Jose Contreras too we wanted him real bad. A gentle reminder that it's all about pitching in the post-season. |
-Hi Kids!
-Well Sox just got swept by the Tigers and didn't look too good. Youk is hurt, schilling is so hurt nobody's even talking about it. Beckett and Dice-K are coming back to earth.
-You have to wonder where this all ends up. begginning of the season I predicted Sox would win division by five games and I think that will hold true.
-(I also predicted 60 homers for Papi, and 50 for matsui) whoops
-Speaking of papi, something isn't right, he's not single-handedly winning games like he used to. When it was happening I think we were all taking that for granted, big time!
-12 games up and we still can't believe it. By the way, our shortshop has two hits this month. Something tells me the Sox haven't begun to gel offensively but it's coming along.
-Mike Lowell, we brought him to take his salary off Florida's hands in the Beckett trade, he comes to Boston and nobody is even sure he'll make the team. The Mike proceeds to have the two best offensive years of his life (did i mention we brought him here as a defensive gold glover with no bat). He leads the best team in the majors in RBI's and tied for 1st in homers. This is like bringing in Cher to make a movie and she ends up getting an Oscar. (oh wait that happened)
-Congrats on #350 Roger!
-Dice-K, Beckett, Papelbon, Lester, Gabbard, Delcarmen, Okijima. Nothing like young arms to make you feel good about the future.
Hi kids, been awfully quiet around here these days. I vow to bring us back up to speed....uh....later.
Well those Colorado Rockies have been tough, swept the Yanks. Swept the Sox at fenway too! It would be a very weird world if they ever became a dominant team. Speaking of the Rockies, part of their stadium is really a mile high in altitude!
This is an interesting weekend of NL matchups looke dope! Peavy vs, Beckett should be classic.
Put up the Montreal logo back Brother James, at least until after the all-star break. Or as Manny calls it, Siesta time.
boston is shitting their second rate pants... it's time for red sox injuries and yankee world domination. cocky, and getting cockier...
Yankees Win Eighth Straight With 7-2 Win Over Diamondbacks; Rodriguez Hits No. 25June 13, 2007 11:31 p.m. EST
Marc Pruitt - AHN Sports Reporter
New York, NY (AHN) - The hits just keep on coming for the New York Yankees.
The Bronx Bombers won their eighth straight game Wednesday night after a 7-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Alex Rodriguez hit his major league leading 25th home run, and Hideki Matsui had a three-run blast in the fourth inning that gave the Yankees a 7-1 lead.
Mike Mussina (3-3) pitched 7 2/3 strong innings, recording a season-high seven strikeouts in his first win since May 9. He also is the first major league pitcher to rack up 20 wins in interleague play.
The Yankees have now won 11 of their last 13 games and are a game above .500 at 32-31, the first time they have been there since being 8-7 on April 20.
Jorge Posada also homered in the second inning for the Yankees to tie the score at 1-1.
Bobby Abreu extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a fourth inning single.
Chris Young had given the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the first inning.
Conor Jackson homered in the sixth for Arizona, but that was the last of the offense.
Livan Hernandez (5-4) was bombarded in four innings or work, giving up nine hits and all seven runs while walking five.
should you be scared of a team that you are ten up on? THIS TEAM- you absolutely should.... and rocket , we'll see what he can do tomorrow...
Dammit all Curty almost through a no-no, got as close as you can get really. Oh well still won and that is for sure the most important part. That was a tough game, and what a playoff game it would have made. And I missed it completely (was at work).
50 some odd days until the trade deadline, you know moves are going to be made. Everybody in New England doesn't know it yet but we need a catcher prospect to replace (back-up for awhile) Varitek. who is 35 and aging like the anti-Dorian Gray.
The Yanks need bullpen help big time, guess what texas has a guy, he's ok you may have heard of him, his name is...um...Eric Gagne. It seems to good to be true that the Yanks would end up with 2/3 of the best closers of the past decade on the same time. Of course the small type here is that they're both in the "past-prime but still kinda got it" era of their respective careers. BTW Trevor Hoffman would complete the trilogy.
Meanwhile the Yanks are edging closer...they don't die and I never believed that they do, but with mattingly at the helm, I'm not worried. He's like Tony Soprano's son, AJ, he doesn't know how to run the show....don't make him prove his worthlessness again.
Oakland is owning Boston. and the Yankees are struggling their way back towards mediocrity. at least they're not losing every game this week. we'll see. Wang gave them what they needed- a complete game, i think it has been about a year since a Yankee pitcher threw one. it was Wang, last July... Batters are looking stronger... I'm almost ready to believe again. and not just in the wild card, i believe the Yankees always get the best stories in history, this year it will be written. Boston's Collapse and The Miracle Yanks!!!
Here we are in the first weekend of June. June people!
The Yankees are currently 13.5 games back behind the division leader. They also have one game at that particular leaders' home and then go on the road to play the Chicago White Sox for a four game stretch without new free agent signing Roger Clemens (who will be out for the series with a minor groin pull).
Let me declare this series is still very relevant, the Yankees have the best line-up in baseball, pitching throughout the league will continue to get banged-up. However they also have a bullpen that is getting more and more banged up as the year progresses. You really can take the effort to blame coach Joe Torre for this infraction against his arms.
Calling for his job is another matter, this is a guy who has coached the Yankees to 6 W.S. appearances! Give him a shitty bullpen and you have exposed his weakness, he overuses his bullpen every year. He has an uncanny knack for knowing when a guy is toast and when to start warming up a xouple relievers, give him bad pitching all- around and you are setting him up for disaster. Still Joe should be untouchable.
The Sox meanwhile continue to be the team that just wins the majoity of its' games. I have always been a believer in the theory that if you take 2/3 in every series you will win your division very easily and although it sounds like common sense, nobody really goes all out for that stat like they should....until now.
Francona is flying under the radar like a U-2 plane in China these days. if he wins a W.S. again he might go down as the 3rd most popular coach in Boston history. (1. Red Auerbach, 2. Bill Belichiek, 3. Tito Francona) and this Sox team doesn't look close to done, especially compared to the Yankees team of 2007:
Clemens, Pettite: I would be shocked if these guys play another season
Damon: Looks like a 12 year old when he throws the ball.
A-Rod: Soooooo gone after this year, really, do think he likes N.Y.?
Giambi: 'Nuff said. They might just make him disappear altogether (he's a 10/5 guy)
Matsui: hey, I love the guy but he ain't gettin' any younger
Jeter: ditto
Moose: ditto
Posada: ditto
Mo Rivera: ditto
Abreu, M-witz, Proctor, Pavano, etc.: Ships passing in the night
That leaves:
Cano, Wang, Melky, Hughes, Nieves as the basis of your next Yankees dynasty.
This message with self destruct in 5 seconds.
P.S. if your 20 games out by the all-star break Roger ain't stickin' around. Neither is A-Rod. Ouch. But that's what happens when you base a relationship on money.
15 is my magic number . but 14 and a half is close enough to just shut .it. on .down. sure, i'll still watch, but i will do my best not to give a shit...
it would have to be The Greatest Comeback in sports history...
i don't think i'm giving up too easy.
- like i don't have enough bullshit and disappointment in my life as it is. now why you all wanna' go ruin my summer like this?
*Sometimes I think of Jason Giambi and I want to help, but then I think, "nah, fuck 'em"
*Come to think of it that whole Roger thing got a little out of hand didn't it fans?
*Mike Mussina is a nice guy but he seems like he has hairy hands if you know what I mean.
*This headline says it all: "A-Rod, Wang do in the Sox"
*Be doin another edition of Play Ball tonight! Shilling and pettite, see you after the show.
congrats on the great start...
it's just a hunch but i got a good feeling about it, the sox and the tigers are the two best teams in the a.l. right now, we got them in our home court.
the feeling around new england right now is world series or bust, and super bowl or bust at the same time....we a crazy conceited and it feels awesome. kinda like lindasy lohan at a club in the v.i.p. room looking down on all of the little people.
2:08: Ok game under way. Glad to do one with Remy and Orsillo today. I'm watching this Mother's day game on two 12" inch TV's that are placed in different areas of my pad.
2:09: Youk at third today....hmmm. I like Lowell better over there.
2:14: Remy and Orsillo are talking about their parents, this is why I like these guys, their freaking parents watch all the games, have been Sox fans their whole life. Give me announcers who grew up big fans of the team they're announcing, not just a good neutral voice.
2:17: What the hell? A double steal and a wild throw. Birds 1- Sox 0. Beckett's got 2 K's and a walk. Weird start.
2:20: I knew we should have traded Manny for Aubrey Huff! right up the middle, Birds 2-0
2:30: Jay Gibbons must not be doing too well this year, hitting in the bottom part of the order. I always thought he would be a solid player, and he plays everyday, but he never became an often mentioned player.
2:39: Weird play, Payton totally mispilays the ball. What are the Orioles trying to build a replica of the 2005 Sox....if so Trot Nixon obviously does not like soft shell crab.
2:41: offense very lame right now. The Birds are not this good.
2:43: Orsilllo holding one of those pink bats wearing a beige suit. "That bat goes very well with your suit, Don (laughs)," says Remy. Followed by the theme of Love Boat playing for thirty seconds. "You have pulled out some beauty's this year," Remy is picking on Don again, classic.
2:46: Looks like this home plate ump is horrible, made some bad calls in this series already.
2:49: pretty catch by 'Tek, the guy's still got it. Somebody told me he's 35. I'm gonna look that up.
2:51: yup he turned 35 on 4/11. uh-oh we got any prospects?
2:55: Not really, Kottaras and Wagner, neither rated very highly. We might want to draft a stud soon.
3:00: Beckett with 7K's here with one out in the top4th. This guy is a real deal.
3:02: Millar will always be a Red Sock, that saying looks really stupid anyways back to my original thought, but he will also always be the guy who just lines bullets into the crowd on the 3rd baseline, foul drive after foul drive.
3:17: Why was Kyle Snyder warming up? Irritation in what? Well no win for Beckett, no decision I would think.
3:18 Birds 3-0, nice play by Cora there.
3:27: J.D. Drew waking everybody up, way to go Mr. Pink bat. Looks like Beckett has some skin irritation on his finger, no biggie. They can reattach tendons but they can figure out indian burn.
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4:56: Took a little break, I've got shit to do today.
4:57: Bottom of the 9th, Birds5-Sox0. Let's see if a little magic happens. Ooh catcher drops an easy one. Very suspicious here and the pitcher Guthrie is gone, wow you think they would let him close this out with 90 something pitches.
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5:28: Incredible scequence of events, basically the O's choked big time. I am in shock.......Sox-6 Birds-5. Weird Game and even weirder Running Game Diary, but hey who cares?
- did i really just hear Tim McCarver explain that there is a nerve center just above the elbow that can be very sensitive??? seriously, and what the fuck is with this Tim McCarver u.s. domination map???
- and i am blaming Buck and McCarver for breaking up Wang's perfect game. especially McCarver, motherfucker been talking about the perfect game since the fourth inning. i think he's jinxing on purpose... thanks again, dynamic duo.
Phil Hughes: Looked really good, like a young Clemens...same delivery, pretty impressive. He goes Kaiser Soze on the Yankees though, yikes you don't just throw everybody a bone like that and disappear for a month and half.
Papelbon: paid $450,000 this year. Rivera: $13mil These salaries will be reversed in 2-3 years.
Got to love these cushy schedules hey Yanks fans? Rangers are very bad this year... Seattle may be worse. Who the hell can tell? It's only May!
A-Rod cooled off a little, Thank God he only heats up in April...he could be really good someday.
Sign that the Apocolypse is near. Yankees have(had) a coach for performance enhancement. This reminds me of when I heard a story about a doctor that worked for the Yankees in the 50's. He wouldn't subscribe uppers to the players so the Yankees fired him and hired a doctor who would. I'm sure the Yanks will be playing awesome for no reason soon.
Jim Rice: is my hero cause he's a badassmotherfucker. I was watching a classic game on NESN and they were showing Nomar's 10 RBI, 2 Grand Slam game. Jim Rice was in the dugout laughing his ass off, I was like what the hell is Jim Rice doing in there. I suspect Jim Rice and Ellis Burks will be hanging in the dugout when they are old just because nobody will kick them out. Anyways, he always acts cool when he's on tv and that is hard to do. Just ask Joe Buck.
now there's the Mo i know. entering the field from the bullpen to that Metallica song blaring over the Yankee Stadium p.a. system. broken bat bloop single, it happens. but then lights out.
finally. finishing a game before McCarver has a chance to talk any longer about mandatory yoga sessions for major league players. if i'd had time to see more of this game i would have turned on a radio to get some real play by play and coherent commentary. so there it is. 1 win out of a week of losses. why do i feel wary of expecting two wins in a row.....
i give up...
seven straight losses. last place.
i'm not sure if i can even watch today.
BRING BERNIE BACK. and where is clemens already?
(i'm reaching a point where rational commentary is no longer a valid way to express myself)
and a rain-out tonight was exactly what the yankee doctor ordered.
in other news, it was yet another day of unpaid building orientations. my boots failed the conductivity test. now i have to buy yet another pair of boots. haven't they ever heard of anti-static heel straps??? but i guess that's a question for a very select audience.
when i woke up there were leaves in my bed. must've left the window open. this week is summer/ last week and next week will be winter.again. up early to go to special building orientations. i'll say it again, i've never locked out-tagged out anything, i've never needed a confined spaces work permit... i'm also on a mission for pants. the one pair of pants i've been enjoying for the past few weeks were literally eaten alive by floor stripper. it was burning my legs as i was driving home. i forgot how much fun it is to work with miserable chemicals. but before all of that i'm busy buying used books from random internet people. books, books, books. at least i got paid... and for your info, Bartles, my 585 413 88xx number will be up and running by midweek. i might start returning phonecalls.sure i will...
8:10 : Steeeeerike. Flashbulbs commence.
8:14 : Miller and Morgan tend to ruin games for me, but for the sake of blogging tonight I'll roll with it. Miller seems to think Dice-K just threw a Gyro, meanwhile he's plodding through the inning.
8:16 : A-Rod needs a good plunking every now and then. I knew Dice-K would get into this rivalry.
8:18 : Shit, 2-0 Yanks...Dice-K learning how tough a line-up this really is. Have they piss tested Giambi lately, he's sweating like a whore in church right now.
8:24 ; Tomorrow's probable stater, Ron Guidry.
8:30 : Two walks to start, time for one of those over top infield meetings that the Yanks love to do.
8:37 : I stand corrected, Chase Wright gets out of a very dangerous situation by getting absolutely lucky and keeping the ball down for Drew. This could't possibly be another instance where Dice-K gets overshadowed is it?
8:44 : Screw Chevy and the song they rode in on....."This is our country!"
8:49 : What's that like 3 walks....hmmm, that bullpen ain't likin' this.
8:51 : Thank you for showing up Mr. Rookie....ah shit we got nothing out of that.
8:53 : Like they need to show commercials for Grey's Anatomy? I need to get into one of those network think tanks and change the world.
8:56 : Jeter gets beaned, we're losing but as long as Dice-K keeps hitting guys I dislike I could care less. I always felt that we were missing "that guy" since Pedro left.... you know that crazy talent and crazy ego all rolled into one.
9:05 : I guess Giambi owns Dice-K, oh well. I bet Mark Loretta would have caught that. heart of the line-up coming up. 3-0 Yanks. Bot 3rd.
9:10 : Gammons makes an appearance, I love Peter. Wily Mo Pena will be starting in center by the all-star break.
9:14 : Manny with a huge blast, very nice....you could tell just from his swing it was out of the park.
9:15 : J.D Drew with a back-2-back, let this be the first of the many.
9:17 : Mike Lowell with a back-2-back-2-back to tie the game, holy shit. "This one was hit all the way to New Hampshire!" says Jon Miller
9:18 : Varitek......TEK with four in a row......YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:23 : They just showed a clip of Theo after a montage of those homers and he goes, "Oh my God" in unison with me. Alright Dice-K let's wrangle this bull.
9:26 : What kind of name is Melky anyway?
9:46 : Jeez, we looked good that whole inning and we couldn't get a run off a guy named Mr. Bean.
9:49 : Jeter homers, Dice-K is reminding me more of Pedro when he wasn't as sharp as he used to be. 4-4 tie, top 5th
9:53 : An epic battle with A-Rod ending in a 3-pitch K. But here comes the Giambino.
9:55 : Do not fly you're Cesna unless you've taken Bayer Vitamin Supplements........thanks for the tip Bayer. Insert ill-timed Cory Lidle joke here......hey I'm not the one who showed the commercial during a Yanks game alright?
10:00 : I love how Mike Lowell was a toss-in in the Beckett trade and he has proven to be amazing for us... follow the trail of the trades that year....Andy Marte hasn't blossomed, Renteria is doing OK, and Hanley Ramirez is looking solid...but, we're things worked out for the immediate future which is the most important thing in Beantown.
10:07 : Wow, we've stranded a lot of guys on base....it's our own fault if we lose this one.
10:13 : It seems like every time Miller and Morgan start feeding the Dice-K legend the Yanks score a run 5-4 Yanks.
10:15 : Here comes Petitte, this really is a playoff game! I wonder if every manager would trot out their 4o+ starter during a game in April? If Petitte gets hurt you better find Torre some ointment ASAP.
10:21 : shit, looks like it worked out for the bombers.
10:37 : Finally a Scott Proctor appearance...time to score some runs.
10:38 : Nobody kills time to get their relievers ready like the Yanks, it's almost endearing if it weren't some grey version of cheating.
10:39 : OOOOOO, Mike Lowell....the freshmaker.
10:40 : Just saw the replay great call by the umps, that was very close. 7-5 Sox.
10:48 : Why am I a bigger sports fan now than when I was a kid? Because I can actually stay up to see the games now. How are kids supposed to watch this? Once again tv and advertisers ruin the purity of the game.
10:51 : Guidry comes out for bullshit session number 5 and I'm out... peace i got to work in the morning. Let's hope nothing crazy happens.......................................................................................
Well, it is not a regular occurance to have your heartbeating over a game in mid-April but the first match-up of the year was certainly a thriller. The Fenway crowd is really showing how intense baseball is around here. I refuse to believe you'll see atmosphere like that anywhere this time of year. I feel bad for fans that don't get to experience things like this...hey we're lucky us Sox and Yanks fans.
Just so happens us Sox fans are a little luckier when Mo Rivera is pitching, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
This series is pretty much showcasing how deep we are with pitching and how thin the Yanks are right now, chances are good the owner of the Twins will be missing in the morning. His last trace of existence being a signature on a Johan Santana for Scott Procter and player to be named later trade. This shit happens every year.
Keep losing Yanks, Clemens will turn you down like you have crabs if you're .500 at the all-star break.
P.S. Bartles will do a Running Diary for Sunday's game at 8PM for Dice-K vs. the Bombers.
Well Don Orsillo, the sox tv play-by-play man, told me the other day that there are no weekend Toronto vs Sox or Toronto vs. Yankees games all season at the Skydome. What a bummer, eh brother James? That would have been nice, maybe next year.
This is going to be a fun weekend, nice weather all the way through, Dice-K on Sunday vs. some nobody named Chase. We all know the Sox own the Yankees early on in the season, so you can take it to the bank that we will win 2 out of 3, you're local bookie know that too so antee up.
I was at the series that we lost five in a row last year, a.k.a, the end of the season and I feel like the team will play strong, even though half of our position players from last year are gone, maybe they will have grandfathered-in emotions.
Oh, btw I heard the new play-by-play man for the radio the other day. Then I got pulled over by a statey, didn't get a ticket, fyi: that's no ticket in last 4 pullovers (I'm due). Now that's what I call Bartles & Charm. Anyways, he sounded OK, but mostly it sounded like he needs a little more time to loosen up.
Best of luck to your team Bro James, A-Rod is looking very hot, reminds me of Pujols' April last year. How'd that work out? Pretty good actually, this is Alex R. were talking about though, I'm mean the guy just doesn't get injured. Consider that your jinx for the weekend, biotch.
so- why am i still up? or- should i still be up? i haven't decided yet, i've never really worked a short evening shift like this before. got in the car tonight just in time to catch the yankees radio post game, and radio post games, i must admit, are the best fucking things ever. i love the strange jingles from some other era and the endless roll-call of advertisers and sponsors and all of the special moments and special highlights and special player of the game segments all with their special names and special sponsors and special reminders and you never really actually figure out what happened in the game after your head is flooded with so much of this perfect nonsense. anyways. i need a haircut. and a hobby. and new people to talk to who won't disappoint me so much. and a phone to call these new people just to "shoot the shit..." something good is going to happen. i am going to make it happen. it's not just hype anymore! believe it!!!
no amount of coffee or b vitamins is going to fix the feeling of today. monday. and i can't tell if it's raining or snowing, it looks like both. i stared at my boots for a good fifteen minutes before i decided to put them on. i feel as healthy as the yankees starting rotation. i'm sure they're on the phone to clemens, but i wonder what other ex-yankee aces they should be calling, is whitey ford still alive? i know i was in bed for a majority of the night but i can't remember ever being asleep. the game plan is to just drag myself into work. do what i got to do and get back home and back in bed. like the day didn't exist at all. my cold is officially time- sharing in my head. it comes for a couple days, leaves, and comes back a couple weeks later. what the fuckity- fuck???
my god, my good sweet lord, always allows a second chance, and a recompense for what's done. but
"i was drunk" will no longer be an available excuse for me. it's fun when things finally turn around. and i get a day or two off to look at it all. examine. admire. think about getting a paycheck next week and my plan to go to a real barbershop for a fresh cut and a professional shave. I've heard that any self respecting male should get a professional shave at least once a month. i don't know. things to do. not really. pay my brother back. some housework, painting and such. i am going to save some money and move this whole show in a better direction. no more ships to sink. it's just about finding something to let this light fill this room and appreciate it for once. we're not kids anymore. to be continued...
...i'd be able to sit and watch evry episode of The Mighty Boosh. where was this show while i was getting high???
It's been rather nice the last two nights to come home from work and see the Yankees soundly stomping on the Minnesota Twins.
But then there's this Bartles and James thing. Which kept my drunk mind occupied for much of the winter, and now which I think I'm just completely neglecting.
These are the in between times. Where I'm working but not making any money. Where it's spring but still snowing outside. Where I've had to pack away most of my unreasonable notions in order to be able to work nicely with people during the day. (did i mention yet that I am the "white guy" at work. the one and only and it's great.)
So, hopefully sometime soon here I'll be able to watch more than just the ninth inning of a game, and think of something to post to this blog better than neglect...
Well, well....looks like Matsusaka had a pretty solid performance. To be honest I kind of expected that but what really surprised me was Beckett's performance the night previous. Just to give a little background Beckett threw predominately fastballs all last year, the rest of the AL hitters figured this out before the all-star break but Beckett continued to try and smoke the ball past people, which he has the ability to do, but he gave up a crazy number of homers too. And on a cold night game, the guy comes out and throws mostly slow stuff, impressive.
Between Papelbon in the pen, and those two guys looking like they'll be pretty solid for the next 3-4 years, they are under contract until then, we have some solid young pitching goin' on. Unfortunately, Shilling, Wakefield, and Tavares are a combined 120 years old.
Well, things could be worse.....
Thanks for the good times Randy.
1.yankees win. red sox lose.
2.within two hours of starting my new job i had sliced my thumb open with a utility knife blade that was in my wallet. then i had to explain to people why i keep utility knife blades in my wallet. (because i used to work somewhere that people kept taking the new ones, and in order to be assured that i always have a new one- i keep one in my wallet. but i also forgot that fact as i was reaching into my wallet looking for a quarter for the vending machine...)
then i had to tell a bunch of people that i was not a hemophiliac, even though i might be, i mean i sure do bleed all over the place. but i'll survive. i just have a tendency of doing something stupid on first days of work when i'd prefer to just be quiet. but then i got high on those great fumes that come off of wet floor wax and i thought buddhist thoughts like i used to at adidas- laughing to myself for no apparent reason eating cashews and reading fashion magazines. what a life this is.
