Round One Goes to the Bronx Buttheads

The Yanks beat the Sox 9-5 last night. So what?

Let's see the Yankees beat Schilling and Beckett. Then they'll have something to talk about.

I can't help but feel like the Sox find the Yankees to be a let down this year. It seems like the Sox haven't faced the Yankees with the same fire they have shown against the Tigers, Braves, and Indians this year. Francona threw our 4, 5, and 1 starters against the Yanks 1, 2, and 3 starters during the last series. If he hadn't decided to hold Freddy Kreugar out of this weekend set, we would have faced the top of the Yankee rotation with our 4, 5, 1 starters again.

I want to crush the Yankees on Saturday and Sunday. I want to step on their collective throat, hold their head under the water, keep the pillow pressed firmly to their face. If the Sox can take the series, they will have increased their lead against New York to 14.5-games. If the Sox manage to win only a single game, the Yanks will have only improved by a single game in the standings. We need to embarrass the Yankees.



And for something completely different, here's my first round NBA mock draft. I don't follow the NBA draft, let alone the NBA, with the same vigor I did four or five years ago. It became too hard to keep up with high schoolers and foreign prospects. I don't even follow college hoops until March Madness rolls around these days. I was pleased with my first round NFL mock draft this year. I have no sense of how good or bad my NBA mock could really be. It was simply a nice waste of five minutes.

A-Rod Likes She-Males, Is Anyone Surprised?

The New York Daily News had the following quote yesterday:

A petite stripper at the Hustler Club said A-Rod "likes the she-male, muscular type. They brought me up to the champagne room one time. I spun around once and that was it. I'm not his type."

I'm not in the least surprised. In fact, when I saw the "Stray-Rod" cover of the New York Post, I thought A-Rod was with a tranny. I have said that A-Rod is probably bisexual for years.

I don't care about anyone's sexually orientation, publicly or privately. I simply find it humorous that A-Rod continues to be a foil for fan backlash no matter what he does. He has no sense of sportsmanship and, apparently, no sense of loyalty to either his team or his wife.

The "Slappy McPurplelips" incident in the 2004 playoffs was simply the tip of the iceberg. A-Rod's latest infraction was yelling "mine" while rounding the bases in Toronto two nights ago. The video on YouTube clearly shows that A-Fraud purses his lips to make an "mmm" sound at the beginning of his shout.

MLB Official Rules:

2.00 Definition of Terms

INTERFERENCE (a) Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat which interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter- runner, or a runner out for interference.

Rule 8.08 (b) Any runner is out when he intentionally interferes with a thrown ball; or hinders a fielder attempting to make a play on a batted ball.

Here's hoping for a Red Sox sweep this weekend.

Life is Goooooood

I can't think of better time to be a Red Sox fan. The Sox are red hot, winners of five straight games, and they have the best record in baseball. That alone would put a smile on the average Sox fan's face. The icing on this wonderful cake is the drama provided by our rivals in the Bronx.

The Yankees are simply awful. Steinbrenner's $200 million toy is broken. At 14.5-games out of first place, with a record of 21-29 (and tied with the D-Rays for last place), the Yankees are dead. Done. Finished.

Not even the $28 million hired gun can save that pathetic excuse of a ballclub. Besides, he's ducking the Sox this weekend.

Giambi is ailing and about to get a beat down from Bud Selig.

Finally, to add a little extra spice to the drama, A-Rod decided to stray from his wife in Toronto.

This should be a great summer. The Sox are rolling and the Yanks are a massive train wreck. Go ahead, fire Torre, that will fix everything. (Tee hee!)


UPDATE: Even 3/4ths of Yankee fans think the season is over.

Counter Strike

The first Sox-Yanks game of 2007 was a great one. The "Slappy McPurplelips Show" accounted for 5 of the 6 runs scored by New York. Curt Schilling wasn't in top form, scuffling a bit, serving up a pair of homers to McPurplelips. The Sox offense bounced back against the mediocre Yankee bullpen in the 8th inning. Hideki Okajima earned the save in the 9th.

R.I.P. Mariano Rivera. An 88-MPH cutter with no movement isn't going to "cut it" in the major leagues.


I've been listening to Death Cab for Cutie's "Plans" the last few days. It's a great melancholy CD. It's soothing and sweet and feels honest at the core.