Oct 28, 2009

Oct.23, 2009

SCARY STUFF....

Oct.19,2009

Man, I forgot how cool it is to still be talking baseball when the leaves are changing and all that stuff. btw, my job is never done, I'm eternally vigilant....a watchdog...neither rain, nor snow, nor the bulldip coming from other fans, blah, blah, .you get the idea, I'm here to root for my teams and terrorize all the others.

Sorry the Boston fans are on the sideline, I gotta cut this short to go watch the Yankees....little trivia..no one has hit more than 3 hrs to either tie or go in the lead in playoff history....ARod tied the record in the last 5 games.

later

Oct.12, 2009

Well, I guess my job here  is done.....

Best team in baseball...NY Yankees

Best team in football....NY Giants

I think I need something to lie down on and rest a little.....wait are those some laurels ? 

I'll be back in a little while just to torture those 1 or 2 Boston fans that are still reading about sports and not counting the minutes before the overrated Celtics start their season.

 Oct 7,2009

WHO DO WE LIKE ?

Hmmmmmm....well,

 "The Yankees led the big leagues in runs scored, home runs, on-base percentage, slugging, OPS, extra-base hits and walks.
 They had the best team ERA, the best second-half ERA and the lowest opponent OPS of all the AL postseason pitching staffs.
 They have a closer (Mr. Mariano Rivera, ladies and gentlemen) with a 0.77 postseason ERA.

 They have set up man Phil Hughes who gave up four runs in 23 innings during August and September. His bullpen ERA is 1.40 in 51 1/3 innings.
 They're riding the best clubhouse vibe, the best grade in chemistry class, of any Yankees team in maybe a decade.
 They put runs on the board at home (5.7 runs per game). They put runs on the board away from home (5.6 per game).
 They hit left-handers (.286 AVG./.365 OBP/.480 SLUG). They hit right-handers (.282/.360/.476).
 They can bludgeon you early (.828 OPS in the first inning). They can mug you late (15 walkoff wins -- second-most in franchise history).
 They win at home (57-24). They win on the road (46-35).
 They crush the bad teams (29-12 against the Orioles, A's, Royals and Indians).   They beat up the good teams (27-17 against the Angels, Red Sox, Tigers, Twins and Phillies).
 They even won a series in Anaheim -- for the first time in five years. And they went 9-1 in their last three series against the Red Sox".

with thanks to Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

whatcha think ?  starts tonight, magic number is 11 and counting

Oct.4, 2009

Rio Gets the Olympics..

What was Obama thinking?  In this economy, the last thing he should want is to put an extra financial burden on the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.  London is holding the 2012 Olympics and there are big cost overruns and budget deficits. From the Financial Times, "Four of the 12 companies that signed up with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to become worldwide sponsorship partners for the four-year period that ended with Beijing 2008 have since ended the relationship."  I can't imagine the shape NYC would be in right now if they got that award.  

My own thought as to why Rio got the award and Chicago didn't might have to do with the fact that the IOC board is full of dirty old men and we sent Oprah to compete against the city that invented the "thong".  Oh, and where was that man of the people, the guy with the statue in Chicago, Olympic hero Michael Jordan? 

NEWS ITEM.....Combined wire services......10/4/09
 
Mets Season-Ending Weekend Presents Dilemma for Feds.....

The US Marshall Service is looking into options for it's famed "witness protection program".  "Now where are we going to put them?" lamented US Marshall George "The Stork" Theodore.  Apparently the program has been using the left field stands at Citifield to keep its newest members under the fed's protection.  "It was perfect" said Theodore, "plenty of room, privacy in the bathrooms, no lines for food, no one ever bothered us.  Of course the opposing team sometimes would hit one into our section but we just threw tme ball back."
According to unnamed sources, the government was never charged for tickets, this was in exchange for the Wilpons being moved up the list when Bernie Madoff's loot is divided up among his victims.  Currently the witness protection program is looking into spending the winter going to Islander games.  Off the record, an official remarked that the coliseum would work as well as Citifield because "there's also always a lot of dumb-looking guys wandering around so we blend in nicely".  The only drawbacks according to the source were, "....lousy food, the bathrooms are always a mess and the Islanders really  suck". 

Oct. 3, 2009

Well, the Red Sox finally won a freakin' game.  Against Cleveland, wow, the Indians not only haven't played hard in the last month, they threw their cards in early this year giving away Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez, even Carl Pavano, who pitched decently, was traded for a couple of young, cheaper bodies.  Any incentive the players left on the team had, was lost when they canned their manager IN THE LAST WEEK of the season.  Does it surprise anyone this town hired Mangina to coach the Brownies....BUT I digress....let's get back to the Red Sox sneaking in the back door of the playoffs and then continuing to lose.  They ain't turning it around this year.  
The Yankees meanwhile have discovered, speaking of Cleveland, that Joba still has bugs all over him when he pitches, or at least he thinks he does.  My suggestion is to delouse him during the first round and have him ready for the Angels.  Other than poor Jobaman, the Yanks are locked 'n loaded and ready to go, they are looking real good.  We have time to discuss baseball, let's get to the NFL....

The J E S T will have a tough time in the "Big Easy", while they are definitely a playoff team, unfortunately, so are the Saints, with 2 defensive backfield starters out, the Jest will be especially vulnerable to Drew Brees.

Well at least one team will get that "undefeated monkey " off their back.  The Giants will probably have until they face the Saints in 2 weeks, then and only then will we have a true measuring  stick to compare the 2 Jersey teams.
The big question regarding the Giants is can they get back to back shutouts?

The Pats will also have their hands full with the Bal'more Ravens, who, in my humble opinion, are overrated, having played just one legitimate team.  Everyone's raving about the Ravens, "they finally have an offense to go along with their defense!"......err I don't think so, I mean their offense is OK, they scored against the Browns and Chiefs pretty easily but the main point is that their defense isn't what it once was.  They lost their D coordinator and three of their better starters are now wearing ugly green uniforms.  Ray Lewis isn't getting any younger, I mean, it must be 5 or 6 years since he killed anyone.   Last year the Giants ran all over and through them, including tough guy Ray-Ray.  They are a good team but good usually isn't enough to win in New England.  The Pats' defense will shine and Brady will stay standing long enough to throw crossing routes to Welker and a bomb to Moss.   Pats in a close one.

Enjoy Sunday everyone !

 Oct.2,2009

Sept 25, 2009

Tonight's game was very important to the Yanks playoff chances, Joba has to be Joba for the Yanks to get back to where they belong, no more pretenders, no more National League teams, no more one and dones, no more wild card teams. World Series Champs are supposed to be complete deals that people remember, like the 1975-6 Reds, the '64 Cards, '84 Tigers, the '98 Yanks, classic dominate teams.

I think it is time to take a closer look at the wildcard and create more of an obstacle for them to proceed in the playoffs.  Maybe make them play all road games, or have 2 wildcards with a one game playoff immediately after the season, make them use their pitching, make winning the division really mean something. 

Of course, Boston is downplaying winning the division, now that they are getting their asses whipped and have no shot at it, which is probably why Captain Underpants let all those Yankees steal 7 bases.  The magic number is 3 and with CC going tomorrow and Bye Bye Birdie on Sunday, I'm chilling some bubbly.

Speaking of Sunday, I hate to break the news to the J E T S fans but the football season lasts more than 2 weeks.  Tennessee will come in a desperate team who will not go 0-3.  The Jets will have a good season and the key for those crazy Jet fans is to stop getting too low or too high, they will be there for the playoffs, but not undefeated, starting with their first lose on Sunday.

As for the losing team last week, the Pats are in trouble, their offensive line is old as is their key running back, a Jaguar reject, Fred Taylor.  The defense is missing maybe half of their roster from a couple of years ago.  They face a tough test with Atlanta and I think they lose a close  one. Brady has yet to find any rhythm and looks like it will take a few more games.

The Giants are still getting their act together, meanwhile they are 2-0 in division and made what would be a great Master Card commercial last Sunday night....

"Cost of Dallas roster..... millions; 

cost of new Dallas stadium... a billion and a half;

Jerry Jones net worth... billions;

look on Jones' face after Tynes nails it, a second time .....PRICELESS."

The Eagles are a mess, can't wait until Michael Vick comes in for a "pooch kick"as they continue to struggle.

Enjoy Sunday and hope you have more than one TV, thanks Schlmo.

Sept 18,2009

Looks like we just can't get away from the Boston-NY rivalry, the Red Sox keep coming on and suddenly their starters are looking wicked awesome and the Yankee starters...well, not so much.  It is looking like the second round of the playoffs will be the way we wrote it up, but we have time for that.

This weekend, this early in the season, the NY football teams both have important, season defining games. 

In the first game, the new guys, the J E T S actually will walk on that field with a sense that they belong on the same field with arguably the best team of the decade.  Rex Ryan, who looks about a double-cheeseburger away from exploding, has done a great job of instilling confidence in the Jets, especially the defense which ran out of steam last year but have added a nice sprinkling of ex Ravens with that killer attitude.  Under the center is the best young QB for the Jets since Joe Willy and he has some weapons to spread the ball around with.  However, it is far too early for Rhodes to start chirping about "embarrassing the Patriots", please, you beat the Texans for gawdsakes, the Texans, who have never had a winning season.  Those third down tosses by Sanchez won't be quite so easy against a championship team.  Just look what the Pats did against the Bills.  They know how to win, the Jets have to learn that.  Of course the Bills did help the Pats by having that dope come running out of the endzone on the last kickoff faster than a Davidow when the check comes.  

I think the Jets keep it close but Belichick confuses Sanchez enough for some easy turnovers and the Pats win and no one is embarrassed except Rhodes.  

Now, onto Sunday night and the game of the week.  Dallas beat up a very bad Tampa team but allowed Tampa to run all over them.  They can't do that against the Giants. NY's offensive line gets it together as Jacobs and Bradshaw pound them.  Also the Giant wide outs will show that it's actually good that they're not Toomer or Plax because they are younger and faster as Eli goes deep a few times when Dallas tightens up against the run. NY's D keeps Romo moving and except for a few broken plays they stiffle Dallas as Corey Webster continues to show that he's a pro bowl type corner. Last year he broke up 35% of the passes thrown at him, which was the NFL's best %.   

Giants spoil the grand opening as they win by double figures.

Oh, one last note on the Philadelphia Eagles, nice win last week against the Panthers, as Jake Delhomme did an imitation of Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen in honor of the former NFL great from North Carolina. Unfortunately for Jake, Sonny is 75 years old and blind in one eye, as Jake proceded to throw 4 interceptions and lose a couple of fumbles as the Eagles had their way.  This week, however, they play against the modern version of Sonny in Drew Brees as the Saints march all over them. 

Eagle defense gets exposed as the Saints dominate a McNabbless Philly team.

Sept.12, 2009

Well unless the Yanks get AJ, Joba and now Pettitte right, not only are they in trouble in the playoffs but that series with the Red Sox in 2 weeks can actually mean something.

NFL opening day, Let's get right to it.....Giants - Charger Superbowl this year, Pats have lost too much leadership on defense, the Eagles are probably the most over-rated team we have seen since, since well since last year's Cowboys and the Cowboys, the year before and the year before that or go further back when everyone drank the Raiders Kool-aid every year.                                

The Eagles have a rebuilt offensive line, a defense which as SI putit, "the loss of the top three defensive leaders from last season, safety Brain Dawkins,(free agent loss) middle linebacker Stewart Bradley (torn ACL out for season) and Jim Johnson "D" coordinator (died of cancer)", receivers who are not anymore experienced that the NY Giants receivers, a running back, Brian Westbrook, who gets hurt more than Jacobs and a QB who is inconsistent to the point that he was benched last year.  They lose their first game against Carolina and watch everyone jump off their bandwagon.

The Giants are solid and the Jets are up and coming. 

The AFL East looks like the Pats in first with the best QB in football and the Fish and Jets fight for second with the only truely NY team, Buffalo looking like a typical upstater, dazed and confused, with TO complaining to whoever is left to coach the offense after they fire the O coordinator with 2 weeks to go. 

The NFL East looks like the Giants in first and a 3 way scramble for second.

More on that later...enjoy the games. 

HOT OFF THE WIRES......

August 28, 2009  CHICAGO — The Mets for the first time on Friday acknowledged that Jose Reyes may need surgery to repair the torn right hamstring tendon that has sidelined him for the remainder of the season. Reyes, on the disabled list since May 21, has spent the last three weeks in New York receiving physical therapy.

and in a related story....

Sep 2nd, 2009  CHICAGO -- Aaron Boone ran to his position at first base and that's when it really hit him. He was back, playing in a major league game for the first time since undergoing open heart surgery in late March.

good thing it wasn't Reyes' heart that was causing him trouble...they'd still be looking for it

"Congratulations to the United States Little League team. They defeated Taiwan 6-3 to win the Little League World Series. The winning pitcher is now dating Kate Hudson."

SEPT 4, 2009

Well, last night was the last pre-season game for the Jets, Pats and Giants and the J E T S did look the best of the lot however, don't they always perform when it doesn't matter? They do have a good young QB, solid running and swarming D with excellent d-backs, BUT they are the Jets.  In New England Coach Belicheck kept his tradition alive of letting the Foxsboro ushers and parking attendents suit up for the last preseason game and the Giants receivers finally caught some balls. Eli looked good for the 7 minutes he played, here's a little insight to the mediocre preseason the G-men have had...this is a team is built on wearing down the opposition in the second half, bruising runners and a relentless pass rush, so the preseason doesn't tell us much,

I'll be back with some thoughts and predictions about the upcoming season

Now back to our regularly scheduled Yankee rant.....how's this for an offense?  7 guys with 20 or more HR's and over 70 RBI's each AND  Derek Jeter !  I could bat last in that lineup, however the Yanks have yet another switch hitter batting last, to go along with their other 3 switch hitters.

Sox keep winning but so do the Yanks, it's looking more and more like a second round showdown again...Magic number is 22

ENJOY THE PICNIC EVERYONE....SEE YOU THERE 

SEPT 3,2009

Yanks continue to roll, up 7 1/2 with 29 to go, ARod 4 RBI's, Jeter closes on the Iron Horse's Yankee record for total hits, CyCy pitches another gem, and the O's roll over like Paris Hilton on a second date, same old, same old...     Magic # is 23

Old washed up Red Sox pitchers continue to pop up in races.......John Smoltz throws 5 scoreless innings for Cards after being fired by Boston, Penny then tops that by going 8 scoreless for the Giants after being fired.

Meanwhile, back in Beantown, yet another old Boston pitcher in a race:

"Schilling, a registered independent and longtime Republican supporter, wrote on his blog that while his family and video game company, 38 Studios, are high priorities, 'I do have some interest in the possibility.'" (of running for Ted Kennedy's vacant seat). Gee, wonder if he'll mention 2004 at all?

AUGUST 29, 2009

THIS JUST IN....The Yankees have too much pitching...Mitre and Gaudin combined for a 1 hit shut-out, they have the best bullpen in baseball...Hughes and Mariano are untouchable.

Hmmm, sound familar, oh  yeah they were saying it about the Red Sox in May, gee that's a long time ago...looong time ago.

MAGIC NUMBER = 28

Jeter gets 3 hits again, as the Yankees take 17 out of 20 of the last series, on the way to the playoffs.  The Yanks finally climb out of the long hot desert of 1 year out of the playoffs.

CAREER ENDERS....In the last 2 weeks the Yankees have gotten 3 major league pitchers fired, John Smoltz, Brad Penny and Jason Jennings of Texas, all released after the Yankees smacked 'em around, of course as Smoltzie proved, there's always the National League.  

So remember, it's all in the numbers, 28 Yankee wins or Boston defeats begins the conversation about the number 27 as in 27 World Championships.

AUGUST 20, 2009

Well, even I have to give the sox credit, they have hung around and kept pace with the mighty Yankees, through the Youseless 5 game ban and little Pedroia having an even littler Pedroia and missing a couple of games.  Which makes the showdown this weekend even more important.  They sweep the Yanks and suddenly the race is on again, get swept and all eyes are on Texas.  This weekend will be fun.

A TALE OF TWO CAPTAINS:

Capt Varitek....is having an historical year statistically, besides his usual stellar batting stats, hitting .223 with an OBP of .332, he is going into the record book with the highest percentage of allowing stolen bases, 91.1% or 92 out of 101, with two 8 stolen base games.  This is the highest percentage since they began keeping the stat in 1974.

Capt. Jeter....has the most hits by a shortstop in the history of the game, on his way to 3000 hits, he should be considered the greatest modern day shortstop.  Only Honus Wagner of the pre-modern day era is better, period. 

AUGUST 17, 2009

 WOW, this weekend I was doing some "due diligence" research as a intrepid reporter and such, by surfing through the Boston papers looking for interestiong takes on the Red Sox, man, you would think it was early November. All Pats all the time, very little mention of the currently stinkin' Red Sox.  I guess the local papers realize that Boston is such a town of front-runners that no one wants to read about losers. I mean, just 2 months ago when the Sox swept the Yanks, it was front page news.  My, how the mighty have fallen.  Following this theory, I imagine very few Boston beanbags are reading my insightful scribblings right now.  Too bad, just don't let the door hit ya on the way out......

About the Amazins, I have never seen such bad luck with injuries and I feel bad for my Met fan buddies.  I think they should just pull the plug get rid of Sheff and trade anyone else who can't help next year and bring up a bunch of kids, and have some fun...as they used to say in Brooklyn to dem bums, "wait 'til next year"....so which is worse? being out of it in August of choking in the last week?

*Number of the weekend.....2675...amount of hits the Captain, Derek Jeter has as a shortstop, the most in MLB history, pretty impressive.  

**Second number of the weekend....37...no, not my number but thanks for remembering... 37 is the Yanks "MAGIC NUMBER"

***Third number of the weekend....1/2...as in 1/2 game out of the wildcard, out of the playoffs, out of the sports pages in Boston... 

AUGUST 15, 2009

NFL News.....Meadowlands NJ....Sanchez completes first pass !!! Start printing the Super Bowl tickets !!! Oh wait, hold it up a minute, the Jets lost the game,

same old J E T S

AUGUST 14, 2009

NEWS ITEM......The Boston Red Sox acquire SS Alex Gonzales. Theo is a freakin' genius, he just traded for a guy who was released by one of the worst teams in the NL and was batting .210. I believe this is number 20 in the never-ending quest to fill Nomar's shoes, the guess here is he'll hardly fill Nick Green's shoes.  Let's see, Lugo's batting .356 for St Louis in 16 games and Adam LaRoche is hitting .371 for Atlanta in 10 games.  Meanwhile back in Boston, they're starting to look like a national league team with designated outs at the bottom of the lineup.  Add AGon to Captain Underpants and David, but I thought it was a diet pill, Ortiz and you have 3 guys looking stupid every at bat. 

**** 6 1/2 and climbing after the heat in Texas, that 1/2 game wildcard lead is going to melt away down there

RUMOR CENTRAL....a certain former world leader who lives in nearby Crawford is bored and looking to get back with his old team, the Rangers.  Supposedly, he wants to hire his old friend Michael, "Hell of a job Brownie!" as the new GM.   I guess the first thing he should do is get Theo's phone number. 

AUGUST 12, 2009

AUGUST 6,2009

Well. it's finally here, the big showdown, rumble in da bronx, mano a mano, first against second, good guys against bad guys, and the reason for this blog.  First place NY versus the second place Boston Beantowners. 

Taking a look at the pitching matchups, the first game looks like a mismatch.  Joba is on the best roll of his career 3-0, 0.83 ERA since the All-Star break, while Smoltzie looks like he should have stayed home.  The only thing interesting about his starts is the imaginative ways which Francona tries put a positive spin on every performance.  I mean, how many times can he say, "we were very encouraged", "we're excited and expect big things" "he's going to be...."

Hey Tito,who are you kidding?  He sucks!! Anyone else with his stats would be learning the names of the bartenders in the Pawtucket Applebees.by now.

All of this makes this first game the most important one for both clubs. For the Yankees, they have to prove to the Sox and to themselves that they can beat them.  For the Red Sox, they win and they are up 9-0 with Beckett taking the mound the next night, probably in first place.

The Yanks will have AJ Burnett against Beckett, then CC against Baby Buchholz and Pettitte will face "he who is to be named"  If Joba can deal and Smoltz Moltz, the Yanks may get on another roll and kick the Sox when they're down.

You have to believe Boston will not go 18-0 against the Yanks. Not with only 2 proven starters, the bottom half of their lineuop hitting about .250 and a tired bullpen coming off an extra inning game last night and Bad Penny pitching tonight.

So I'm looking at 3 out of 4 for the Yanks...what do you think ?

 JULY 31,2009

NO RUMORS HERE

From Dan Shaughnessy, today's Boston Globe....

"David Ortiz lied to you. It seems safe to say that his entire Red Sox career is a lie."

"Ortiz was an average player when the Sox picked him up before the 2003 season. He’d been a big strikeout guy with the Twins. He could hit an occasional homer, but had a big hole in his swing. He started the 2003 season on the bench, playing behind Jeremy Giambi....He was ordinary before 2003. Then he cheated. Then he was great. Now there is testing and he is less than ordinary."

 No rumors, no lies, FACTS.... released by the Minnesota Twins as a 27-year-old underachieving slugger with 58 career home runs in 455 career games...suddenly finds his swing, his "mojo" in Boston?? Pleeaaasse...the next 4 years 31,41,47 and 54 HR's, the last one pushing the great Jimmy Foxx off the record page.  He also averaged 141 rbi's a year, over 100 better than his 6 year average in Minny, sure the Red Sox were a better team than the Twins, but not 100 RBI's a year better...Big Popi is now nothing more than a pile of big poop, he stinks !! 

How's it feel Redsoxnation? You still gonna yell out AROID ?  Manny is on the left coast but Ortiz is your problem now.  So far the fans seem to be taking it well, yesterday at Fenway, only hours after the news hit, they gave Popi a curtain call.  So who am I kidding, of course they're still going to chant AROID and boo Jeter (who now, more than ever, is the face of baseball the way it is supposed to be) and cheer for Big Popi looking through their Redsox tinted glasses at their version of "reality".  This "reality" which sees only... Redsox = good..Yankees = bad, this same "reality" which forces them to chant "Yankees suck" at Patriot games, backyard BBQ's and First Communions.

I guess they have a different kind of curse now, I honestly don't know whether to feel bad for them or laugh at them......naaah, I do know,  I'll laugh at them.  I'll laugh at them for being such provincial little homers living in a dream world full of lies and lying liars. 

AH HA HA HA, "Big Popi's the greatest", HA HA HA  "He didn't cheat" HA HA HA "ARod's much worse" HA HA HA "what about Clemens?" HA HA HA....STOP YOU'RE KILLING ME, HA HA HA

 JULY 30,2009

We don't need no stinkin' Halladay !!!!!

JOBA RULES !!!!

TRIVIA......this is for all you Buchholz fans out there, feel free to use it to impress your friends...In 1953, Bobo Holloman threw a no-hitter in his first major league start for the St Louis Browns, guess what his lifetime record was?

3-7.....hey check out the last names....8 letters, a double letter in each, spooky, heh, oh but don't worry, he's going to be the next Smoltz err Lester.

JULY 26,2009

 Hope everyone had a nice weekend, enjoyed all the heartattack specials that Jeremy and friends whipped together for everyone on Black Mt. 

Now for the update, a little good news, and a little bad news for ya,

naah just kiddin'....it's all bad news for Boston and all good news for the Yanks

The Yanks just finished the opening homestand of the second half by going 9-1. Their bullpen is the best in baseball, Hughes has 23 scoreless innings in a row and Mo is Mo. The offense is relentless and their "d" set a record for the most errorless games in a row this year. 

Boston has hit a wall right now, 3-6 since the break, their offense sucks and Smoltz is a joke.

But wait.... "we just got La Roche !!"...but you wait, he's batting .247, "but,historically, he's a great second half player", sure playing with the Pirates! I'll put my money on ARod, who's batting .248, having a better second half than that stiff.

Oh, the Mets just lost again, added Sheff to the DL and that "greatest pitcher in the world" guy gave up a jack to the opposing pitcher. 

Philly seems to be tracking in on the current "best pitcher" and St Louis made some nice additions, so, just me saying, but the NL looks to be LA, St Louie and Philly fighting for the right to lose to the Yankees. 

 July 22th,2009 

Some pertinent stats regarding the first place NY Yankees....

since A Rod's return on May 8th they have the best record in baseball, 43-22, .660%,

since the all-star break, they also have the best record in baseball, 5-0,  1.000%. 

Just a couple of quotes to mark the day,

First from Mariano Duncan of the 1996 World Champion Yankees:

"We play today, we win today....that's eet"

For you Boston fans, a classic from Satchel Page:

"Don't look back, someone may be gaining on you."

And for you Met fans out there,from the immortal Dean Wormer:

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life"

June 28, 2009 Mo Rivera gets his 500th save putting him second all-time

May 15,16,17 Yank's "walk off weekend" against the Twins, 3 straight pies in the face

May 15, 2009 Brett Gardner's inside the park HR

May 8, 2009  ARod's first game back,first pitch, first at bat,HR

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