Random Thoughts For A Random Weekend Of
Baseball
Friday, April 16, 2004 –
Red Sox vs. Yankees (with bits on Orioles vs. Blue Jays)
PR: Bill and I decided
to real time this for as long as we could stand. Who knows where Ed
was. I left my comical attempts at typing alone.
BB: Yeah. Consider the
side comments the DVD commentary on our commentary on Tim McCarver and
Joe Buck’s commentary on the game.
ED: For record's
sake, I had a buddy come over about 7:30, keeping me from seeing the
emails that Phil and Bill were in chat. Phil and Bill will see
more of this buddy once I mail out my HS football tape. Yeah.
[19:51]
<Bill> okie dokie
[19:54]
<Bill> how are they going to get Bret Boone to do commentary?
[19:54]
<Rippa> They are going to have to use Aaron Boone
[19:54]
<Rippa> I can't believe I am watching the Os/Blue Jays
[19:54]
<Bill> the local FOX coverage is so amazingly irritating
[19:54]
<Bill> and somehow it's going to get worse
[19:55]
<Rippa> If it wasnt for the fact that I need to mock McCarver and
Buck. I would mute the TV and fire up the WABC broadcast
[19:55]
<Bill> the whole three second delay would bother me
[19:55]
<Rippa> Did you see the story on Primer about YES hiring Hillary
Duff?
[19:56]
<Bill> Yes - I am ashamed of baseball
PR: To explain, the
YES Network hired Hillary Duff to host a weekly baseball segment on a
new sports show called "Kids on Deck." This will not end well. Make
sure they don’t schedule any interview segments with Wil Cordero or
Ramon Castro.
ED: Aww, she
just wants to be closer to Derek Jeter like all 16 year old girls do.
[19:56]
<Bill> Ok - so Ellis Burks isn't hitting third tonight
[19:56]
<Bill> that's good
[19:56]
<Rippa> So many wrong things
[19:56]
<Rippa> Oof - am I going to have to deal with Jennie
Zaleasokgiawok again tonight?
[19:57]
<Bill> I have enough annoying roomates and friends who I'm sure
will talk over the commentary enough to make me angry
[19:57]
<Rippa> And I cant say the really really really really horrible
things can I
[19:57]
<Bill> come on - we can work blue
PR: I am so trying my
best to not work filthy on this site. My goal is to be able to use
something that I put up on here as a writing sample since all the stuff
I have is from college, which was in another age, and I don’t think
some of my DVDVR reviews would go over that well.
[19:57]
<Rippa> There is something really great about Buck Martinez
calling this game.
[19:57]
<Bill> The Blue Jays game?
[19:57]
<Rippa> He keeps going "well when this was my ballclub, this is
what I did"
[19:57]
<Bill> that's fantastic
[19:57]
<Rippa> Yeah
[19:57]
<Rippa> He is the Os TV guy
[19:58]
<Bill> awww...hopefully he will go on an anti-pimping rant
[19:58]
<Rippa> The best is there is like 83 people at the game because
the Leafs/Senators are playing right across the street
[19:58]
<Rippa> Poor little JP
PR: Seriously, what
self-respecting Torontian goes to an April baseball game when they
could either be at the playoff game or at home watching the playoff
game. When did Canada turn on hockey? The minimal number of folks at
the Jays game was funny though. It looked like every game in Montreal.
ED: Was this the night
of the Pat Hentgen Pez dispenser give away? That would explain
the 83 people in attendance.
[19:59]
<Bill> did you see the Simmons column today?
[19:59]
<Rippa> Today has been filled with great stories. I love Raul
Mondesi the deadbeat
[19:59]
<Bill> oh yeah - someone on Primer had a good line about that
[19:59]
<Rippa> Yeah - I secretly think Simmons is actually Justin Slotman
[19:59]
<Bill> oh come on Phil
[19:59]
<Bill> Justin Slotman wouldn't mail in a column like that
BB: Justin
Slotman::VeteranPresence as Erubiel Durazo::Billy Beane.
[19:59]
<Bill> "As a Yankee fan and lawyer, I hereby suggest a class
action against Guerrero to recoup any money he collects from Mondesi."
[20:00]
<Rippa> Justin would have to write it first though. Ah the blog
[20:00]
<Rippa> Here we go.
[20:00]
<Rippa> I am starting the clock on when Aaron Boone is mentioned
for the first time
[20:00]
<Rippa> 2 seconds
[20:00]
<Bill> I've already seen the home run locally
[20:00]
<Bill> is this a George Bush ad?
[20:00]
<Rippa> And I remember why I hate Fox again
[20:01]
<Rippa> Ed really needs to show up
[20:01]
<Rippa> Wow - they are really trying to make Red Sox fans cry
[20:01]
<Bill> so that was what - 20 seconds?
[20:01]
<Rippa> Twice in 30 seconds
[20:02]
<Bill> too bad they won't have the DATE RAPIST!!! cam from
Jillian's again
[20:02]
<Bill> I was watching game 5 of the A's-Red Sox game on ESPN
Classic and I forgot about how much stuff was in that game
[20:02]
<Bill> In just a moment?? Why do you tease us Joe?
[20:02]
<Rippa> We need to do classic recap games like that
[20:03]
<Bill> We should do the US-Portugal match
[20:03]
<Rippa> Because I am going to end up watching the Giants Super
Bowl disaster again as I write this column
[20:03]
<Bill> I await the rant on the Strahan penalty
PR: Sadly, I will
actually go to Blockbuster or use Netflix to get the NFL Films copy of
this Super Bowl. I hate myself for the good of a source of material.
Oof...
[20:03]
<Rippa> Kenny Albert always looks like he has had a bad allergic
reaction to shell fish
[20:04]
<Bill> hehe
[20:04]
<Rippa> I should do Game 7 of the 1997 WS so I can talk about the
fact that it is a crime that Tony Fernandez isn't remembered as more of
a goat
[20:05]
<Rippa> God Christ - if we have to see Swan promos all night, I
might break something
[20:05]
<Bill> I was reading some article in the Herald about how after
watching the Yankees-Sox game A-Rod made the decision in his mind to
get traded - with no quotes from A-Rod
[20:05]
<Rippa> Oh and fair warning - I may or may not have had bad
Mexican food tonight.
[20:05]
<Bill> It was really beautiful
[20:05]
<Rippa> God I love Boston papers. Did it hammer Pedro at the same
time?
[20:05]
<Bill> That will be entertaining
[20:05]
<Bill> No - just Grady
[20:06]
<Bill> it was before Pedro's last start so he was still the
Dominican Idol
[20:06]
<Rippa> Man - Ed really needs to show up so he can comment on the
Cubs/Reds game
PR: Come on ED! Dusty
can’t do the double switch right. Red bullpen implodes. This is begging
for you. BEGGING!
ED: Sadly, I
missed this game getting the worst sunburn to the top of my bald head
EVER. Dusty is right. I can't handle the heat.
[20:07]
<Rippa> Dammit - havent we traded Lofton yet?
[20:07]
<Rippa> Stupid Newsday getting my hopes up
PR: Lofton going on
the DL was an okay solution though. I also loved Felix Heredia being
dumped on there. All I need is Jose Contreras to develop bone chips.
The Jorge DePaula injury though, displeases me to no end. ESPECIALLY if
it turns out that he needs Tommy John surgery. I cringe every time some
has an appointment with Dr. James Andrews (like DePaula will this
week). I guess the silver lining is that Scott Proctor and Alex Graman
got called up. Heck, Graman is getting a real chance (as opposed to
Proctor who will only probably pitch in a blowout since Torre doesn’t
“trust” him) as he is now the fifth starter (first start Tuesday). I
reserve the right to complain about Graman though after he gets
shelled.
ED: Aww, poor
li'l Clippers.
[20:07]
<Bill> I don't know how you can eject Dusty
[20:07]
<Rippa> BTW - the Neyer hit piece on Tony Pena is fairly great too
[20:08]
<Bill> oh yeah - I love the Neyer website articles as opposed to
the ESPN ones
[20:08]
<Bill> The great thing is how my view of players in MVP Baseball
completely colors my real-life ones now
BB: MVP Baseball 2004
is a beautiful, beautiful game.
[20:08]
<Bill> Wakefield is...well you know
[20:08]
<Rippa> Oh yeah
Top
of the First
[20:08]
<Rippa> Oof.... now I have to listen to 3 innings of how great
Pokey is
[20:08]
<Bill> I was playing against Pedro and I hit 7 solo homers in 2
innings so I was afraid of him throwing the fastball all night
[20:09]
<Bill> Sure enough, first batter last night...yep
[20:09]
<Bill> Primer tells me he's good
[20:09]
<Bill> I am a pussy and opposed to going against the party line
[20:09]
<Rippa> Seriously - an Damon look like any more of a freak
[20:10]
<Rippa> can too
[20:10]
<Bill> I was considering playing a drinking game for each time
they made reference to Damon's haircut
[20:10]
<Rippa> that does remind me that I need a beer
[20:10]
<Bill> Aww - now it gets good
[20:10]
<Bill> good throw Pokey
[20:10]
<Bill> UGH
[20:10]
<Bill> ugh
[20:10]
<Rippa> Why does someone have a giant Barry Bonds head behind
home plate
[20:10]
<Bill> I hope it's Theo
[20:11]
<Bill> Are they against micing the crowd or something?
[20:11]
<Rippa> I blame the FCC
[20:11]
<Bill> I'm just thinking of Ray Lewis running onto the field in
the Super Bowl
[20:12]
<Rippa> Oof - the wife is watching a Steve Guttenberg movie
[20:12]
<Rippa> I am full of shame by proxy
Bottom
of the First
[20:13]
<Bill> I think if there was a baseball equivalent for Steve
Guttenberg
[20:13]
<Bill> It would definitely be a really bad LOOGY
[20:14]
<Rippa> Damon must really hate his wife
[20:14]
<Bill> Dennis Cook?
[20:14]
<Bill> Felix Here...
[20:14]
<Rippa> Graeme Lloyd
[20:14]
<Rippa> I hate you
[20:14]
<Bill> if Schilling was a Yankee what would he do on the
Internet????
[20:15]
<Rippa> Mike Magnante
[20:15]
<Rippa> Oh dear sweet Jesus
[20:15]
<Bill> Mike Magnante works
[20:15]
<Rippa> Nick Johnson - I miss you
[20:15]
<Bill> poor dude
[20:17]
<Rippa> Trust me - playing MVP has really messed me up. I keep
wondering why the Yanks dont have Matt Morris and Johan Santana in
their starting rotation
[20:17]
<Bill> Over/Under on Damon hair jokes?
[20:17]
<Rippa> Oh god - I will beat them with damon's hair
[20:17]
<Rippa> Hey - can I turn this off already.
[20:17]
<Bill> it sounds like there's 35 people there
[20:17]
<Rippa> I think While You Were Out is on
[20:18]
<Bill> awww
[20:18]
<Bill> they're just trying to make you drink more
[20:18]
<Rippa> I think I need to light a candle
[20:19]
<Rippa> That and the 2 runs already are doing the trick
[20:20]
<Bill> AWESOME! McCarver's read that Herald article too
[20:20]
<Rippa> hehehehe
[20:21]
<Bill> oh boy
[20:21]
<Rippa> Huh? what?
[20:21]
<Bill> did Sheffield just knock that into the stands?
[20:21]
<Rippa> How the f was that a Home Run
[20:21]
<Bill> CAPTAIN!!!
BB: Any time Tim
McCarver or Joe Buck refers to Derek Jeter as the captain of the
Yankees, I need a drink.
[20:22]
<Rippa> Hey - Tim, way to be wrong already
[20:22]
<Bill> yeah - maybe you can re-make your Kill Bill plans
[20:22]
<Rippa> I am no idea who the Yanks long reliever is
[20:23]
<Rippa> I have that is
[20:23]
<Rippa> Jorge De Paula I guess
[20:23]
<Bill> see - this is where we need Ed
[20:23]
<Rippa> I assure you that Ed is officially asleep
[20:24]
<Bill> Tim with the stat update
[20:24]
<Bill> He can be Stat Grandfather
[20:25]
<Bill> oh god this is going to hurt
[20:25]
<Rippa> I am sure in when they are filling time in the 5th
inning, Tim will babble about what a bogus stat Slugging % is
[20:25]
<Bill> there we go
[20:25]
<Bill> I still do not understand how a seven-month old shoulder
injury affects range
[20:26]
<Rippa> The Red Sox in my MVP hate Bellhorn and have had him on
the trading block all season long
[20:26]
<Bill> OH! I keep forgetting to mention this
[20:26]
<Bill> In my MVP the Yankees have Marcus Giles and Eric Chavez on
the trading block because they have one year contracts and the Yankees
are...at their budget
[20:27]
<Bill> so they can't take on ANY salary whatsoever and Giles
makes 100 and Chavez makes 928 so they're pretty much screwed
[20:28]
<Rippa> Well dont get me stared on Paul Quantrill complaining
about his contract, I renogitated and then he started complaining about
his contract the next week
[20:28]
<Rippa> Its sad that we have already started chat padding and the
first inning isnt even over
[20:28]
<Bill> hehe
[20:28]
<Bill> McCarver hates personal catchers? That makes me sad
BB: I mean – of all
the people to hate personal catchers, Tim McCarver? You would think he
would’ve stuck on as Steve Carlton’s PC or something.
[20:28]
<Bill> all the relievers want huge deals
[20:29]
<Rippa> You gotta be kidding me
[20:29]
<Bill> awww...
[20:29]
<Bill> I want to see how McCarver covers for Jeter here
[20:30]
<Rippa> Maybe Pokey will bunt
[20:30]
<Bill> aww - you are just firing whatever shots you have at this
point
PR: Seriously, could
the Bottom of the First have been filled with more of the offseason
story lines? Giambi makes an error on the first ball hit to him. Of
course, Giambi shouldn’t be in the field but Travis Lee is on the DL
and Nick Johnson is in Montreal and Torre has to cram Bernie Williams
and Kenny Lofton into the lineup somewhere. Then there are the Home
Runs or the one legit one and the one that shouldn’t have been a Home
Run. Jeter makes a diving stop and the whole “His shoulder doesn’t
hurt. Look how great he is” starts. Followed minutes later by his error
which leads right back into “Well Alex Rodriquez is a better SS than
Jeter.” And since Damon batted, you had Buck rolling out the hair
material that you know he was working on for 6 months. The only thing
the inning lack was someone getting hit by a pitch so McCarver could
break out his idiotic “If the DH rule wasn’t in place, pitchers
wouldn’t throw at batters” argument.
ED: So my buddy
came over ask to Casa de Ed, interrupting quality time between me, my
friends Joe Buck and Tim McCarver and a questionable tuna sub. My
buddy asks me to join his softball team. This right before the
first pitch. I finally stopped laughing when Damon's grounder
bounced off of Giambi - causing my buddy and I to simultaneously
say "BUCKNER!" Mueller follows and I go, "Mueller
dinks one over the Monster, 2-0 Sox." Of course, Mueller yanks
one out to right. I get half points for that anyway.
Top
of the Second
[20:30]
<Rippa> The other day I was listening to the BRaves/Mets on the
FAN and the Braves were getting hammered for not playing Javy Lopez
every day
[20:31]
<Bill> oh boy
[20:31]
<Bill> was this part of the Moneyball arguing?
[20:31]
<Rippa> I gotta get it done now because there is no way I am
sticking with this when it is 234-0 in the third
[20:31]
<Rippa> No - I dont remember how it came up but I laughed
[20:32]
<Rippa> I think the thing that irritated me already in this young
season was Rudy G showing in the Yanks radio booth already.
[20:33]
<Rippa> Doesnt he have a wife to cheat on
[20:33]
<Bill> come on - he is TERRORISM EXPERIENCED!! and such
[20:34]
<Rippa> Man - the Red Sox are full of guys with comical hair this
year
[20:34]
<Rippa> Oh here it comes
[20:34]
<Bill> is Phil Rizzuto dead?
BB: This is a
completely legitimate question.
[20:34]
<Rippa> No but he does sound horrible though. Like he will be the
Yankee great he passes away this year
[20:35]
<Rippa> that passes
[20:35]
<Rippa> Great God Almighty - Tim did just not state the temp at
the end of Game 7 did he?
ED: I'd also
like to take a moment here and compliment McCarver on this year's dye
job. It's a much more...well...much less artificial color than
whatever he was wearing on his head last year. It's kind of
a...muted raspberry, certainly it's a color that can be found in nature
- maybe not as anyone's natural hair color but at least something you
could see occurring in real life rather than a chemist's test tube like
that fuchsia road kill number he wore last year. Hey, McCarver
has now jumped over Dick Stockton is least annoying hair color...on
FOX~! Congrats!
[20:36]
<Bill> oh boy
[20:36]
<Rippa> I am positive that the person who came up with that has
an AU Communications degree
[20:37]
<Bill> Was it Chris Wylde?
[20:37]
<Rippa> Maybe he or his brother
[20:37]
<Bill> There you go
[20:37]
<Rippa> DONNY BASEBALL!!!!
[20:37]
<Bill> Posada hits a homerun and Don Mattingly's on the screen
[20:37]
<Rippa> That made my night
[20:37]
<Rippa> Now if they could just start Mattingly instead of Giambi
[20:37]
<Bill> Another one of my nightmares is the Yankees..yep
[20:37]
<Rippa> He would have made that play in the first
[20:37]
<Bill> Activating Mattingly for a clutch game and him hitting 2
home runs
[20:38]
<Bill> One of the great un-talked about stories is the Celtics
activating Dana Barros for the final game of the season and then the
playoffs
[20:38]
<Rippa> Its only a matter of time before they activate either
Mattingly or Soho
[20:38]
<Bill> so I took a GO BAYSIDE sweatshirt I had and took off the
YSIDE and added RROS and went to the game
[20:38]
<Bill> and I still couldn't get on TV
[20:39]
<Rippa> hehehehe
BB: I didn’t even get
a Tommy point. Highlight of the game for me was Paul Pierce’s speech to
the fans before the game that he’d clearly been told he had to do
fifteen seconds before, and was made up of him stalling between saying
Thank You three times. The other good part was him getting booed
because he was wearing a suit, indicating he wouldn’t be playing that
night.
Bottom
of the Second
[20:39]
<Rippa> Hey - I could watch this Real World show that all the
kids are talking about
[20:40]
<Bill> the Real World ain’t a thing.
[20:40]
<Bill> now
[20:40]
<Bill> Famous Faces
[20:40]
<Bill> er - I Want A Famous Face
[20:40]
<Bill> is an absolutely beautiful television show
[20:40]
<Rippa> Aww... I flipped back to late to catch the full Leon
baseball commerical
[20:41]
<Rippa> I am sure it will air 4938 more times
[20:41]
<Bill> that Bud commercial goes against everything the rest of
that series of commercials is about
BB: The Leon
commercials are bad but even the worst Budweiser commercial is better
than the best Coors Light commercial.
[20:41]
<Rippa> Wait a sec - wasnt it only 4-1...
[20:42]
<Rippa> Yeah - Fox is stupid
[20:43]
<Bill> no one hates Aaron Boone
[20:43]
<Bill> why is this even an issue for?
[20:43]
<Rippa> Terry Francona looks like he is the guest of someone in
the dugout
[20:43]
<Bill> hehe
[20:43]
<Bill> he is - Theo
[20:44]
<Bill> I honestly believe if David Ortiz had had his 2003 season
3 years earlier he'd have a guest starring role on Oz
[20:45]
<Rippa> If he had it 3 years ago, Steinbrenner would have already
signed him and then insisted on trading him two months later
[20:45]
<Rippa> Probably for Bruce Chen or someone of the like
[20:45]
<Bill> maybe they could have thrown him in the Jimenez deal
[20:46]
<Rippa> Yeah - Ortiz for Jay Witasick would have made sense
PR: I don’t know what
I was thinking at the time. What would have happened was Ortiz would
have been the guy unloaded to the Reds for Drew Henson and Michael
Coleman instead of Willy Mo Pena.
Top
of the Third
[20:46]
<Bill> so wait - is the Citizens Bank commercial plot's Pay It
Forward?
[20:48]
<Bill> yes - thank you - I want to see that again
[20:48]
<Rippa> Enrique Wilson being on deck reminds me that Miguel Cairo
is WAY better than he should be in MVP
[20:48]
<Rippa> Oh, another absurdity of the week. Bernie Mac as a
baseball player
[20:49]
<Rippa> Great production there Fox
[20:49]
<Bill> thank god we didn't miss any action for the Scooter clip
[20:50]
<Rippa> BTW - how the hell did that teach kids anything other
than if you take lots of drugs you can make lots of money
PR: That Scooter thing
is really the worst technology invention in a long long time. Of
course, Fox botches it out of the gate, thinks it is so important that
they run it a second time and actually miss a part of the game. Just so
Scooter can NOT tell me how a knuckleball works. I feel bad for Red Sox
fans because every time Wakefield pitches on a Fox Saturday Afternoon
game, they are going to run that piece.
ED: I was
impressed that FOX~! got McCarver to pimp that Scooter was voiced by
the guy who does Sponge Bob Square Pants. I was equally impressed
that McCarver didn't even feign that he knew who the hell Sponge Bob
Square Pants is. It's one of those horrible cross-promotion
disasters that you can only pray for. God bless FOX~!
[20:50]
<Bill> is that the Chris Wylde thing again
[20:51]
<Rippa> I could be watching Aussie Rules football but no....
[20:52]
<Bill> I was hoping that the plot of that commercial was that the
taco was laced with steroids
[20:53]
<Bill> ok - I think it is time to get ready for Kill Bill
[20:53]
<Rippa> On the Manny HR, I did enjoy him running harder than he
has in his life for absolutely no reason
[20:53]
<Bill> We can finish this tomorrow
[20:53]
<Bill> hehehe
[20:53]
* Quits: Bill (bill@Star827434.ne.client2.attbi.com )
PR: As you can see,
Bill bailed on the game then. I stuck with it till A-Rod ran the Yanks
right after of a rally. Then I went to bed. Seeing the Manny error the
next morning at least made reading about the rest of the game a little
more palatable.
ED: I'm not
saying stealing 3rd is as horrible of an idea, in theory, as McCarver
made it out to be. (And, yes, I realize the great irony of a man
who played with Lou Brock - he, a man who was not afraid of picking up
the cheap and useless stolen base - mocking anyone for stealing
third.) Stealing third's right up there with bunting a guy to
third with one out in the realm of completely...bizarro moves that only
a guy like Dusty Baker would not get roasted for. Anyhoo, as far
as A-Rod's shot at third went...well, if'n you're gonna try it, going
on a knuckleballer with a right handed hitter up is pretty
choice. Of course, if that right handed hitter is Sheffield and
you get thrown out...well, even I can't defend you against McCarver.
ED: I shocked myself
by actually watching the entire game. Aww, patented FOX~!
let-downs.
Sunday, April 18, 2004
– Athletics vs. Angels
PR: I got home from
seeing Kill Bill vol. 2 myself and decided to watch as much of Oakland
vs. Anaheim as I could stand – mostly since I have Barry Zito on my
fantasy team. In the few short innings I watched, they sure wasn’t
afraid to be a bunch of things that stood out to me.
ED: From FOX~!
to ESPN - baseball broadcasting at it's worst.
PR: Whoever it was he
was calling the game with Joe Morgan (since I don’t know what Johnny
Miller was doing) immediately gets on my bad side by calling Marco
Scutaro “Scooter”.
ED: You KNOW
that will be his nickname though. When's the last time you heard
a baseball player get a good nickname?
PR: The Garrett
Anderson love was hard and fast throughout the early innings. I think
Anderson is a fine player but he is not the bee’s knees that some
people make him at to be. Morgan was all over how his numbers had
consistently gone up in his career (ESPN had tossed up his career
numbers). The only problem was that this wasn’t true (his numbers had
dropped at least twice). So good old Joe tries to cover for this by
doing that “talk really first and low” trick. But what he says (after
his partner throws out the “his numbers have improved every year”) is
“Yeah.... except for last year” Of course, last year was probably
Anderson’s BEST year. My head was really really spinning over this. I
wished I had TIVOed it so I could fully grasp what was going on.
ED: I've seen a
little of Anderson...umm...I guess you could call it, "playing" CF to
see that it's as horrible of a move as I thought in the
preseason. He's a nice little player whom statheads hate and guys
like Morgan and McCarver loves - I'm not saying that's cause and
relation or not, I'm just stating facts. I caught Morgan going -
SHOCK! - completely irrational here and I had a better shot of making
out heads or tails or...hoohoo's on the scrambled porn channel than
figuring out what the point was so I turned it over to the History
Channel to see what they had to say about WWII.
PR: Anyway, it got
better. Anderson’s first at-bat resulted in a walk. So he comes up
again in, I think the third. David Eckstein has scrapped his way to
third (and scrapped it was – HBP, stolen base, went to third on a
grounder to third. I am surprised Joe Morgan didn’t have to change his
pants.)
ED: That reminds
me - the talk about the Eckstein-Bonds friendship completely blew my
mind. How had I not heard this before? Is this true?
Oh man, I so wanna see them hang out together. GREATEST!
ODD COUPLE! EVER!
PR: So Anderson comes
up and laces the first pitch for a single. This would have been all
well and good except Morgan proceeds to talk about how great Anderson
was for not waiting for a pitch so “Zito could get the best of him
again”. AGAIN?!?!?!? He had drawn a walk in his first at-bat Joe. Yet
Joe was all about how Anderson (and at other times Vlad Guerrero) where
such good hitters because they were free swingers. Yeah because you
know, I love when guys swing at breaking balls 3 feet outside the
strike zone (See Soriano, Alfonso)
ED: Soriano left a
scar in you that will never heal, didn't he, Phil? The thing you
COMPLETELY glossed over, and maybe the most beautiful thing EVER on
ESPN was the footage of Zito as a Little Leaguer. He looked
almost exactly the same. It was stunning. And it appeared
that his heair was PERFECT even then. Jason Sehorn is jealous.
PR: Bobby Crosby hit
his second homerun of the season. Thus assuring that Bill will now
swindle me as I look for a replacing for the crippled Angel Berroa.
Migranes?!?!?!?! Suck it up take some Aleve or Excedrin and get back
out there. Grr.... I hope the Royal trainers at least assigned him some
Pamprin.
BB: At some point
we’re going to have to post our fantasy teams and how the rosters
change so that you can laugh at Phil and Ed. And eventually me. Karma
is catching up.
PR: Bill thinks I am
joking when I state that I actually will do this. Along with monthly
columns justifying my transactions.
ED: Aww, I wish I had
Derek Jeter to offer you, Phil.