Well, we beat Kazmir, and then won in extra innings, so maybe the sky isn't falling after all. The Yankees still look lethal, though, and I don't think this team is strong enough to win the World Series.
But my fantasy 1977 Red Sox died like dogs, getting swept by Toronto, so something good has to happen? RIGHT?
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
My fantasy 1977 Red Sox (which is much less painful than paying attention to the real Red Sox) just beat Detroit twice. They have 7 games left, four against Toronto and 3 against Baltimore, and they trail the Yankees by 2 1/2 games. Should be interesting.
What makes anyone think that the war in Iraq is winnable? Seriously, what?
What makes anyone think that the war in Iraq is winnable? Seriously, what?
Thursday, September 20, 2007
One of the things we always hear when someone brings up universal health care is "Freedom! You can't take away my freedom to choose!"
Who has freedom to choose their health care today? The super rich. Nobody else chooses their health care.
How can government making decisions about health care POSSIBLY be worse than insurance companies making decisions about health care?
Who has freedom to choose their health care today? The super rich. Nobody else chooses their health care.
How can government making decisions about health care POSSIBLY be worse than insurance companies making decisions about health care?
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
September 19, 2007
BASEBALL
Assuming Boston makes the playoffs, (a pretty safe assumption, but still…) I still don’t like our chances. The Indians are very tough, as are the Angels. And the Yankees are…the Yankees. If their bats are going, they beat anyone, including probably the 1927 Yankees.
The Phillies are on fire, and the Mets seem to be in free fall. The Mets are going to play tough in the playoffs, though, with El Duque and Glavine and Pedro, three guys that have been through the wars. I hope I get to watch at least one El Duque start in the postseason-he reminds me of El Tiante a little bit-although much thinner, obviously.
Bob Ryan says “Should Red Sox fans be worried?” Uh…yeah?
If Youkilis is out, we’re in major league trouble.
Dice K has looked awful lately…I hope he can turn it around, because I love watching him pitch. His command looks very rough. He is only 26, don’t forget…but we need him to be special, and soon.
THE WORLD
It’s silly season on the TV news…Court TV is having kittens, going from coverage of the Phil Spector trial, to OJ (again), to the Crazy Astronaut case. Meanwhile, the dying continues in Iraq. I keep seeing those FreedomWatch.org commercials on the Philadelphia stations, and they are irritating as heck. “THEY attacked US,” the narrator keeps emphasizing. The perfect, racist generalization to stir up the meatheads in Drexel Hill. Why don’t they just say it? The brown people attacked us! That’s what they mean.
And also….uh…no, no they didn’t. The Iraqis didn’t attack us, the Saudis did. There is no evidence Al Queda was in Iraq before WE were in Iraq. None. But they’re allowed to just keep saying it, over and over and over again.
I’m relistening to the entire Napoleon Podcast series, (www.thepodcastnetwork.com) and really, really enjoying it.
FOOTBALL
I’m in last place in my Fantasy Football League, and its not even close. I am underwhelming in every way, but especially at quarterback. I’m starting Joey Harrington and me, essentially-and Harrington is about to lose his job to Byron Leftwich. Nearly everyone is disappointing-except maybe Deion Branch, who should still be playing in New England.
As for Cameragate, is it possible that this is just what Belichick says it is…a misunderstanding? What I’m thinking is that Belichick thought you could tape whoever you wanted, as long as you didn’t use it during the game in progress. I mean, you can tape formations, and players, and everything else that happens during the game…what’s so special about the coaches? And what’s to prevent a fan from sitting in the front row and doing it? It seems like a silly rule to me.
He was warned about it, though, but again, if he thought it was ok as long as you didn’t use it until later, that would explain it.
All this “cheating” talk sounds like sour grapes to me. An old baseball coach of mine used to tell us that if we executed, it didn’t matter if they stole our signals or not. I can’t imagine, even if you stole their signals, you would have that much of an advantage. And you have coaches in the booth, don’t you? No reason to think they can’t steal signals.
Andre Johnson is out, according to the BS Report. I better check and see if his owner will trade a QB for Deion Branch.
5 teams have made the playoffs since 1999 after starting 0-2? Uh-oh, Philadelphia. If this team is 4-10, there’s going to be a lynch mob formed.
BASEBALL
Assuming Boston makes the playoffs, (a pretty safe assumption, but still…) I still don’t like our chances. The Indians are very tough, as are the Angels. And the Yankees are…the Yankees. If their bats are going, they beat anyone, including probably the 1927 Yankees.
The Phillies are on fire, and the Mets seem to be in free fall. The Mets are going to play tough in the playoffs, though, with El Duque and Glavine and Pedro, three guys that have been through the wars. I hope I get to watch at least one El Duque start in the postseason-he reminds me of El Tiante a little bit-although much thinner, obviously.
Bob Ryan says “Should Red Sox fans be worried?” Uh…yeah?
If Youkilis is out, we’re in major league trouble.
Dice K has looked awful lately…I hope he can turn it around, because I love watching him pitch. His command looks very rough. He is only 26, don’t forget…but we need him to be special, and soon.
THE WORLD
It’s silly season on the TV news…Court TV is having kittens, going from coverage of the Phil Spector trial, to OJ (again), to the Crazy Astronaut case. Meanwhile, the dying continues in Iraq. I keep seeing those FreedomWatch.org commercials on the Philadelphia stations, and they are irritating as heck. “THEY attacked US,” the narrator keeps emphasizing. The perfect, racist generalization to stir up the meatheads in Drexel Hill. Why don’t they just say it? The brown people attacked us! That’s what they mean.
And also….uh…no, no they didn’t. The Iraqis didn’t attack us, the Saudis did. There is no evidence Al Queda was in Iraq before WE were in Iraq. None. But they’re allowed to just keep saying it, over and over and over again.
I’m relistening to the entire Napoleon Podcast series, (www.thepodcastnetwork.com) and really, really enjoying it.
FOOTBALL
I’m in last place in my Fantasy Football League, and its not even close. I am underwhelming in every way, but especially at quarterback. I’m starting Joey Harrington and me, essentially-and Harrington is about to lose his job to Byron Leftwich. Nearly everyone is disappointing-except maybe Deion Branch, who should still be playing in New England.
As for Cameragate, is it possible that this is just what Belichick says it is…a misunderstanding? What I’m thinking is that Belichick thought you could tape whoever you wanted, as long as you didn’t use it during the game in progress. I mean, you can tape formations, and players, and everything else that happens during the game…what’s so special about the coaches? And what’s to prevent a fan from sitting in the front row and doing it? It seems like a silly rule to me.
He was warned about it, though, but again, if he thought it was ok as long as you didn’t use it until later, that would explain it.
All this “cheating” talk sounds like sour grapes to me. An old baseball coach of mine used to tell us that if we executed, it didn’t matter if they stole our signals or not. I can’t imagine, even if you stole their signals, you would have that much of an advantage. And you have coaches in the booth, don’t you? No reason to think they can’t steal signals.
Andre Johnson is out, according to the BS Report. I better check and see if his owner will trade a QB for Deion Branch.
5 teams have made the playoffs since 1999 after starting 0-2? Uh-oh, Philadelphia. If this team is 4-10, there’s going to be a lynch mob formed.
What the heck is wrong with Matt Lauer? Seriously, a man getting attacked by a bear in the woods is a news story?
Donovan McNabb's comments aren't going to help him in Philadelphia. It's a circular argument-African American quarterbacks say they aren't given a fair shot-Coaches say show me you deserve a fair shot.
Is it likely there is an instinctive aversion to black quarterbacks? Subconciously, possibly, yes. But there is an extremely small list of quarterback positions. It simply doesn't make sense for any coach in the hypercompetitive NFL to make any decision based on race. Any such moron would be drummed out of the league in short order-not even because of the idiocy of the policy-because the POLICY WOULDN'T WORK. You can't ignore ability-anywhere-and win in the NFL.
Look at Atlanta signing Leftwich, though. If you show the ability, you will find work-Lord knows, there are lots of white quarterbacks (I'm looking at you, Trent Green. And you too, Joey Harrington.) who are awful.
Donovan McNabb's comments aren't going to help him in Philadelphia. It's a circular argument-African American quarterbacks say they aren't given a fair shot-Coaches say show me you deserve a fair shot.
Is it likely there is an instinctive aversion to black quarterbacks? Subconciously, possibly, yes. But there is an extremely small list of quarterback positions. It simply doesn't make sense for any coach in the hypercompetitive NFL to make any decision based on race. Any such moron would be drummed out of the league in short order-not even because of the idiocy of the policy-because the POLICY WOULDN'T WORK. You can't ignore ability-anywhere-and win in the NFL.
Look at Atlanta signing Leftwich, though. If you show the ability, you will find work-Lord knows, there are lots of white quarterbacks (I'm looking at you, Trent Green. And you too, Joey Harrington.) who are awful.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Dice are rolling and the knives are out in Philadelphia. The Eagles are 0-2, and there is discontent upon the face of the people. 23 possessions and one TD? That's not going to get it done. I'm not sure Otto Graham could score, though, throwing to Jason Avant and Kevin Curtis. Donovan McNabb, like Allen Iverson and Scott Rolen and Eric Lindros, is going to be run out of town, despite their years of great effort, because they never brought home the big prize.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Just saw the "Sad But True" video from Live Earth. I had heard the audio, but not seen the video. Kirk looks the same. Lars looks basically the same, only with less hair.(I can feel you there, brother.) James has short hair, but with this long goatee thing. I think it looks awesome, but I'm probably wrong.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
September 16, 2007
This week’s Studio 360 was very good, about “On The Road” and “Into The Wild” and happiness.
What makes me happy?
Damned if I know.
Nothing right now, that’s for sure.
People are too freaking impatient these days.
“Into The Wild” was a terrifying book. I think Sean Penn is going to make a fantastic film of that. As usual with films, I will probably never see it. I don’t know why I never get to the movies any more, but I don’t. I’m sure the wingnuts will go crazy if the film does any sort of business at all, crying about how un American he is and all that garbage. But frankly, he’s more clearheaded about politics than they are. I’m at the point where there is very little about America’s sins that I am unwilling to believe. In Harper’s, the essayist asked if one can name a part of the Bill of Rights that George Bush has not attempted to invalidate, and, beyond the quartering of soldiers and the right to bear arms, the essayist’s answer is “None”.
The oleaginous little liar Ari Fleischer is now with a cockamamie organization running pro war TV advertisements. When asked if it was deceptive to run an ad where a wounded soldier emphasizes “THEY attacked US”, when in fact they (the Iraqis) didn’t, he responded that, well, if there’s another attack, we’ll compare it to September 11. Of course. You can compare any two things you like, but for the comparison to be FAIR, the two objects being compared should be RELATED. But what would Ari Fleischer know about fairness?
The woman who wrote “The Lovely Bones” has a new book coming out. As cliché as it was to read that, that book blew my mind. I remember a certain loud mouthed co worker who saw me reading it and kept commenting about how she couldn’t read that because it was so SAD. She couldn’t get over the fact that the narrator was already dead as the story begins. (It’s pretty obvious, so I’m not giving anything away.) She couldn’t get past the crime to the story of how it changes the town, and she was tripping over herself to condemn the fact that such a horrible thing could happen.
This woman was one of the loudest people I have ever met, and one of the hardest to be in the same room with. Her voice was grating, nasal and Long Islandy, and she was one of the sorts of people that have to add their experience to whatever is being discussed-the living, breathing voice of conventional wisdom. Unimaginative, boring, deeply obnoxious, but willing to tell you what you should do and what you should say. Someone who likes to brag about being a reader, but never actually reads.
First of all, if I’m reading a book, leave me the hell alone. If you are compelled to say something, and it is negative, again, leave me the hell alone. It’s the same thing as someone commenting on your dinner choice. I’m not asking you to eat it, and I’m not asking you to read it.
Denis Johnson has a new book which sounds pretty good, too. I have always heard a lot about him, but I’ve never read any of his stuff.
IPod skipping behavior: Sorry, Bruce. You’re a great artist, as close as my generation gets to Dylan, but I was a teenager in 1984. I heard “Born in the USA” enough times that summer to last a lifetime.
That summer is linked, for me, with the trip to Cape Cod with my friend’s parents to their beach place. I wound up dating, years later, his sister. That didn’t end so well. Only because I was a prick, though, it wasn’t her fault. That summer was “Abracadabra” (Alan Parsons Project)?, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Tears for Fears, Dire Straits. I wasn’t so much a Madonna/Tears for Fears person, though. I was too metal. Would have gotten more girls if I hadn’t been so metal, that’s for sure. There were no metal girls at my school.
At the time, though, I wanted her(my friend’s sister’s) friend in the worst way. (In the back of a Volkswagen?) No, but she was the one for me at the time. Oh well.
I still, nearly 20 years later, miss her, though. I wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t screwed it up. It is my very firm belief that every human adult has one that got away, an intended object of their love that they spurned, or that spurned them, that they regret. She is mine, no question.
If my wife ever reads this, I’m toast. Not because I’m ashamed, but because she’ll misunderstand and blow it all out of proportion.
One weird thing about IPods is, if you have live albums loaded on them, as I do, you get the patter for the next song on the live album, without the actual next song, because obviously they engineered the next track to begin where the music does.
Why do people feel the need to be SO FREAKING LOUD! Shut up, already.
This week’s Studio 360 was very good, about “On The Road” and “Into The Wild” and happiness.
What makes me happy?
Damned if I know.
Nothing right now, that’s for sure.
People are too freaking impatient these days.
“Into The Wild” was a terrifying book. I think Sean Penn is going to make a fantastic film of that. As usual with films, I will probably never see it. I don’t know why I never get to the movies any more, but I don’t. I’m sure the wingnuts will go crazy if the film does any sort of business at all, crying about how un American he is and all that garbage. But frankly, he’s more clearheaded about politics than they are. I’m at the point where there is very little about America’s sins that I am unwilling to believe. In Harper’s, the essayist asked if one can name a part of the Bill of Rights that George Bush has not attempted to invalidate, and, beyond the quartering of soldiers and the right to bear arms, the essayist’s answer is “None”.
The oleaginous little liar Ari Fleischer is now with a cockamamie organization running pro war TV advertisements. When asked if it was deceptive to run an ad where a wounded soldier emphasizes “THEY attacked US”, when in fact they (the Iraqis) didn’t, he responded that, well, if there’s another attack, we’ll compare it to September 11. Of course. You can compare any two things you like, but for the comparison to be FAIR, the two objects being compared should be RELATED. But what would Ari Fleischer know about fairness?
The woman who wrote “The Lovely Bones” has a new book coming out. As cliché as it was to read that, that book blew my mind. I remember a certain loud mouthed co worker who saw me reading it and kept commenting about how she couldn’t read that because it was so SAD. She couldn’t get over the fact that the narrator was already dead as the story begins. (It’s pretty obvious, so I’m not giving anything away.) She couldn’t get past the crime to the story of how it changes the town, and she was tripping over herself to condemn the fact that such a horrible thing could happen.
This woman was one of the loudest people I have ever met, and one of the hardest to be in the same room with. Her voice was grating, nasal and Long Islandy, and she was one of the sorts of people that have to add their experience to whatever is being discussed-the living, breathing voice of conventional wisdom. Unimaginative, boring, deeply obnoxious, but willing to tell you what you should do and what you should say. Someone who likes to brag about being a reader, but never actually reads.
First of all, if I’m reading a book, leave me the hell alone. If you are compelled to say something, and it is negative, again, leave me the hell alone. It’s the same thing as someone commenting on your dinner choice. I’m not asking you to eat it, and I’m not asking you to read it.
Denis Johnson has a new book which sounds pretty good, too. I have always heard a lot about him, but I’ve never read any of his stuff.
IPod skipping behavior: Sorry, Bruce. You’re a great artist, as close as my generation gets to Dylan, but I was a teenager in 1984. I heard “Born in the USA” enough times that summer to last a lifetime.
That summer is linked, for me, with the trip to Cape Cod with my friend’s parents to their beach place. I wound up dating, years later, his sister. That didn’t end so well. Only because I was a prick, though, it wasn’t her fault. That summer was “Abracadabra” (Alan Parsons Project)?, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Tears for Fears, Dire Straits. I wasn’t so much a Madonna/Tears for Fears person, though. I was too metal. Would have gotten more girls if I hadn’t been so metal, that’s for sure. There were no metal girls at my school.
At the time, though, I wanted her(my friend’s sister’s) friend in the worst way. (In the back of a Volkswagen?) No, but she was the one for me at the time. Oh well.
I still, nearly 20 years later, miss her, though. I wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t screwed it up. It is my very firm belief that every human adult has one that got away, an intended object of their love that they spurned, or that spurned them, that they regret. She is mine, no question.
If my wife ever reads this, I’m toast. Not because I’m ashamed, but because she’ll misunderstand and blow it all out of proportion.
One weird thing about IPods is, if you have live albums loaded on them, as I do, you get the patter for the next song on the live album, without the actual next song, because obviously they engineered the next track to begin where the music does.
Why do people feel the need to be SO FREAKING LOUD! Shut up, already.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
New York @ Boston, September 15, 2007
Crushing blow last night. HUGE. Leading 7-2, 6 outs to go, and the roof caved in. 6 runs in the 8th, and a 8-7 loss. Not that it really affects anything, but it had a huge effect on ME, anyway.
Robbie Cano is only batting .240? I didn’t know that. He’s a heck of a ballplayer. Last year, I would have traded Pedroia for him. Not this year, though.
Seeing the end of the Jeter Yankee dynasty-Jeter himself, Posada, Rivera-these guys won’t last forever-I am struck with the thought that these were classy ballplayers, by and large, these guys. I hated them for partisan reasons, but as a simple matter of their greatness, it’s hard to argue with all three as clear Hall of Famers and among the greatest who have ever lived. Obviously, they can’t go on forever, but they were a great bunch. Not exactly a news flash, but as a baseball fan, who have to appreciate greatness when it’s right in front of your face.
It would be really, really great if somebody who worked for my company knew just what the fuck they are doing. Just one would be great.
Wang is really struggling. They better get to him before he rights himself, or we’re going to lose again.
Didn’t everybody used to call him “Tiger” Wang? When did we stop doing that? Is there something racist about it that I missed?
The Red Sox are hitting long, long flyouts, but not scoring. If they can’t get some runs soon, we are doomed.
I don’ t think this team is good enough to win the World Series in any case. We don’t have enough hitting. Period. And nobody is hitting like New York right now-nobody.
You know what’s a bunch of crap? Statements like, “The Vikings are 14-2 on the road in September” or “the Yankees can’t beat the Angels.” First of all, the only way to make that statement meaningful is if the same Yankee team, or the same Viking team, played all those games. Obviously they didn’t. But you hear that all the time, as if there is some sort of voodoo hex bullshit going on.
Shit. Youkilis just got hit by a pitch, and is out. If he is out for any length of time, that’s a huge, huge loss for us.
Youk’s hand is bruised, not broken. That’s really good news for Red Sox Nation.
Hinske just came home and whacked Posada good, but Jorge held on to the ball. Wonder if that will result in Hinske getting dusted tonight or tomorrow.
Jacoby Ellsbury for Mayor!
Heck, Jacoby Ellsbury for President!
2 run double for Ortiz, 5-1 Boston-but 9 outs to go. Which means we have to get Damon-Abreu-Jeter-Rodriguez out one more time. Sigh.
Useless Facts Department: First time since 1955 New York has come back from 5 runs down in Boston last night. First time since 1914 Boston has two players with more than 25 steals this season.
Top Seventh- Posada pops out-8 outs to go. I will never forget the hit he got during the rally that beat Pedro in 2003, the way he clapped as he cruised into second. Hated it, but it was memorable.
Matsui flew out-7 outs to go. Matsui is a heck of a ballplayer,too-his swing is very memorable to me. Classy guy, but somehow never as great as I thought he was going to be, or at least never as great as he was his first year or two here.
Giambi hit by a pitch, with the namby pamby warnings issued, and then a single by Cano, so we’ve got two out trouble. Cabrera now, another tough out. This Yankee team doesn’t have any easy ones, that’s for sure.
Cabrera struck out. 6 outs to go. Beckett’s over 100 pitches, so you have to think we’ll go Timlin-Pap, or maybe even Timlin-Gagne. Gagne has looked a little better lately. His recovery would help enormously.
If we win today, the magic number goes down to 9. That would be sweet, and then if we can hammer Rocket tomorrow, this series will feel a whole lot better.
To me, anyhow.
Never fails-you’re open for 10 hours, but everyone comes in during the last 15 minutes. Sigh.
Crushing blow last night. HUGE. Leading 7-2, 6 outs to go, and the roof caved in. 6 runs in the 8th, and a 8-7 loss. Not that it really affects anything, but it had a huge effect on ME, anyway.
Robbie Cano is only batting .240? I didn’t know that. He’s a heck of a ballplayer. Last year, I would have traded Pedroia for him. Not this year, though.
Seeing the end of the Jeter Yankee dynasty-Jeter himself, Posada, Rivera-these guys won’t last forever-I am struck with the thought that these were classy ballplayers, by and large, these guys. I hated them for partisan reasons, but as a simple matter of their greatness, it’s hard to argue with all three as clear Hall of Famers and among the greatest who have ever lived. Obviously, they can’t go on forever, but they were a great bunch. Not exactly a news flash, but as a baseball fan, who have to appreciate greatness when it’s right in front of your face.
It would be really, really great if somebody who worked for my company knew just what the fuck they are doing. Just one would be great.
Wang is really struggling. They better get to him before he rights himself, or we’re going to lose again.
Didn’t everybody used to call him “Tiger” Wang? When did we stop doing that? Is there something racist about it that I missed?
The Red Sox are hitting long, long flyouts, but not scoring. If they can’t get some runs soon, we are doomed.
I don’ t think this team is good enough to win the World Series in any case. We don’t have enough hitting. Period. And nobody is hitting like New York right now-nobody.
You know what’s a bunch of crap? Statements like, “The Vikings are 14-2 on the road in September” or “the Yankees can’t beat the Angels.” First of all, the only way to make that statement meaningful is if the same Yankee team, or the same Viking team, played all those games. Obviously they didn’t. But you hear that all the time, as if there is some sort of voodoo hex bullshit going on.
Shit. Youkilis just got hit by a pitch, and is out. If he is out for any length of time, that’s a huge, huge loss for us.
Youk’s hand is bruised, not broken. That’s really good news for Red Sox Nation.
Hinske just came home and whacked Posada good, but Jorge held on to the ball. Wonder if that will result in Hinske getting dusted tonight or tomorrow.
Jacoby Ellsbury for Mayor!
Heck, Jacoby Ellsbury for President!
2 run double for Ortiz, 5-1 Boston-but 9 outs to go. Which means we have to get Damon-Abreu-Jeter-Rodriguez out one more time. Sigh.
Useless Facts Department: First time since 1955 New York has come back from 5 runs down in Boston last night. First time since 1914 Boston has two players with more than 25 steals this season.
Top Seventh- Posada pops out-8 outs to go. I will never forget the hit he got during the rally that beat Pedro in 2003, the way he clapped as he cruised into second. Hated it, but it was memorable.
Matsui flew out-7 outs to go. Matsui is a heck of a ballplayer,too-his swing is very memorable to me. Classy guy, but somehow never as great as I thought he was going to be, or at least never as great as he was his first year or two here.
Giambi hit by a pitch, with the namby pamby warnings issued, and then a single by Cano, so we’ve got two out trouble. Cabrera now, another tough out. This Yankee team doesn’t have any easy ones, that’s for sure.
Cabrera struck out. 6 outs to go. Beckett’s over 100 pitches, so you have to think we’ll go Timlin-Pap, or maybe even Timlin-Gagne. Gagne has looked a little better lately. His recovery would help enormously.
If we win today, the magic number goes down to 9. That would be sweet, and then if we can hammer Rocket tomorrow, this series will feel a whole lot better.
To me, anyhow.
Never fails-you’re open for 10 hours, but everyone comes in during the last 15 minutes. Sigh.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Well, the lead is 6-a couple of agonizing losses to Baltimore and Tampa folded in that could have been wins, but a doubleheader sweep of Chicago today helped. I have the sneaking suspicion that this team simply can't hit enough to win in the postseason, despite the 20+ runs today. The pitching is pretty good, but without Papi and Manny hitting like themselves, this team is not going to win the World Series.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
And I thought I had a bad day....
Pitcher Brian Burres, Baltimore Orioles, tonight against the Texas Rangers.
R Vazquez singled to right.
R Vazquez to second on wild pitch by B Burres.(Dang.)
F Catalanotto walked.(Rats.)
I Kinsler bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, R Vazquez out at third, F Catalanotto to second.(OK, good play.)
M Young singled to left, F Catalanotto to third, I Kinsler to second.(Alright, force at any base.)
M Byrd homered to left, F Catalanotto, I Kinsler and M Young scored.
(A grand slam? Marlon Byrd? Are you kidding?)
J Botts struck out looking. (Phew! OK, maybe I'll get out of this.)
N Cruz reached on infield single to third. (Or perhaps not.)
D Murphy singled to center, N Cruz to second. (Dammit.)
J Saltalamacchia singled to left, N Cruz scored, D Murphy to second. (Oh, come on.)
R Vazquez singled to left center, D Murphy scored, J Saltalamacchia to second. (Seriously.)
F Catalanotto singled to left, J Saltalamacchia scored, R Vazquez to second(Are you there God, it's me, Brian Burres!)
...then your teammate Rob Bell allows an RBI single, scoring Vazquez.
2/3 ip, 8 runs.
Whatta day.
Pitcher Brian Burres, Baltimore Orioles, tonight against the Texas Rangers.
R Vazquez singled to right.
R Vazquez to second on wild pitch by B Burres.(Dang.)
F Catalanotto walked.(Rats.)
I Kinsler bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, R Vazquez out at third, F Catalanotto to second.(OK, good play.)
M Young singled to left, F Catalanotto to third, I Kinsler to second.(Alright, force at any base.)
M Byrd homered to left, F Catalanotto, I Kinsler and M Young scored.
(A grand slam? Marlon Byrd? Are you kidding?)
J Botts struck out looking. (Phew! OK, maybe I'll get out of this.)
N Cruz reached on infield single to third. (Or perhaps not.)
D Murphy singled to center, N Cruz to second. (Dammit.)
J Saltalamacchia singled to left, N Cruz scored, D Murphy to second. (Oh, come on.)
R Vazquez singled to left center, D Murphy scored, J Saltalamacchia to second. (Seriously.)
F Catalanotto singled to left, J Saltalamacchia scored, R Vazquez to second(Are you there God, it's me, Brian Burres!)
...then your teammate Rob Bell allows an RBI single, scoring Vazquez.
2/3 ip, 8 runs.
Whatta day.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)