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When I was watching the baseball game, they had a poll.
Q. What is the play of the game.
1. One hour rain delay.
2. Fight.
3. Proctor striking out Nomar.
Uh… STUPID?! I couldn’t believe this when I saw it. 1. isn’t a play and wasn’t during the game. 2. was during the game, but its not a play. 3. was a play. No shock - 2. was the winner.
Well, we’re about 50 minutes away from game 3. Let’s go Yankees.
What in the world?
I’ve always kind of defended Ricky Williams as being misunderstood, not a bad guy. Well, he let me down, to be honest.
It looks like he just loves smoking pot and he hates the fact that the NFL won’t allow him to. So that was a “minor” consideration in retirement.
I wonder how much he considered his teammates, the organization, the fans and the committments he made. For instance, I’m all for a guy being happy - but doing it one week before training camp when everyone is signed and drafted really shows me a person who is being selfish and unprofessional.
Even if he did this a week earlier - we could have signed Eddie George, who would have fit in well. But, no, he waits until now. Unbelievable.
Are you freaking kidding me?
I’m going to wait to seriously comment until this is more out there, but how could he do this a week before training camp? If he really does that… oh boy.
- RhodeyYankee2638 of NYYFans.com (at which I am not a member)
Well, we’re not gonna find out what Varitek said:
Much of the press accounts I have been are being extremely generous and complementory toward the Red Sox.
I read one that said A-Rod “shouted” at Arrojo first. I didn’t see that, and neither did a friend of mine - did it happen? (and where in the world was the catcher mic?! the ONE time where it would be useful to me). [Edit: After watching the footage some more (finally got a good angle), I see that A-Rod had "words" with Arrojo. I don't really think he shouted all that loudly, but I guess that's just a minor detail.]
If we ignore it, what happens? Who knows. At the same time, does the ump allow Varitek to stay in the game if A-Rod just trots off to first? Despite what he said (whatever that may be)? I wonder.
Anyway, this is one game in July and it’s importance should not be overstated. For a vastly underperforming, disappointing team like the Sox, it is surely something to grasp onto, but we just need to get this game behind us and go right along.
After the Yankees offense (especially) and defense did a pretty good job, the Yankees lost in stunning fashion - with the Red Sox scoring 3 off of Mo. Oh well, it was bound to happen. Everyone gets beat. At least we don’t go around saying “Game Over” like the Dodgers. Mo’s the greatest there is, we don’t need to go around saying that.
Proctor put in a good outing, but the rest of our pitchers struggled. Sturtze was doing well up until the “brawl”.
It hurts and it stings, but it is just one game in July. It could be a momentum builder for the Sox, but they are still 8 and 1/2 back, so we just need to put this behind us and win tomorrow and continue to win as we have been all season.
As I wrote about earlier, there was a bit of a brawl. I’m going over in my mind what I think happened real quick.
1. Red Sox losing.
2. With 2 outs, no one on, Red Sox pitcher hits A-Rod, who “coincidentally” had the game winning hit last night.
3. A-Rod makes his way to first without really making his way toward the mound (in my recollection). He threw his bat down just as though it was a walk. Maybe he stared at the Red Sox pitcher.
4. Jason Varitek does his stupid “walk every hitter to the base and look like an idiot” thing.
5. (This is a guess on my part). Varitek says something stupid/out of line to A-Rod. Again, its a guess, as I didn’t see it from the right angle, but it makes sense.
6. A-Rod tells him to go jump in a lake (in more profane terms), and says “Let’s go”.
7. Varitek throws the first “punch”, while leaving his mask on.
8. Some fighting ensues. Sturtze grabs Kapler by the neck and he, mostly, got what he deserved, but I felt the 4 on 1 Red Sox tag team thing was a bit over the top (did you see Flash Gordon - I think it was him - come out of nowhere to Sturtze’s defense when no one else was there? Unbelievable). Donnie Baseball takes A-Rod aside. A-Rod is steaming. I’ve never seen A-Rod like that. A-Rod doesn’t just steam like that for nothing. This is what leads me to believe Varitek acted like an idiot in one way or another and said something out of line - a new Boston hero, in other words.
9. In the stands, good old Theo Epstein dressed like he just fell off the school bus is laughing. Cash looks serious.
So, anyway: I don’t think A-Rod said anything until Varitek said something. And we know A-Rod didn’t touch Varitek until Varitek touched A-Rod. Some Red Sox fans will argue that A-Rod had some blame for this. They’re wrong. A-Rod only reacted. He reacted to being hit, to being talked to, to being touched. As I said earlier, I’m waiting to hear from A-Rod on this.
Take a look at this (image from a thread at NYYFans.com):
What’s Schilling doing? Take a look at Bernie. That’s all you need to know about Bernie. Enough about Bernie. I want Bernie on this team and I want him on this team as long as he wants to be on this team - and I want him starting.
I’m a Yankee fan. A-Rod felt he had to defend himself - I’m behind him. A-Rod looked very angry - I have to believe that Varitek said something offensive. I imagine we’ll find out after the game, hopefully A-Rod will tell us.
What’s up with Varitek always walking down the line, as well? I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I find that annoying.
Americans are the villains. US officials are shouted down at press conferences. Journalists stampede to childish demonstrations featuring placards of President George W. Bush smeared with blood.
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What Americans are doing to fight AIDS in Africa - an effort I saw first-hand last December - is inspirational, even breathtaking. But in Bangkok there is no word of thanks to the US or to Bush, far and away the world’s top leader in the battle against the disease.
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Americans are inventing the drugs, building the hospitals, training the healthcare workers, caring for the patients, nurturing the orphans and providing the hard cash. Americans are nuts, however, to walk around with a “kick me” sign on their backs. The next one of these meetings is set for Toronto, August 13-16, 2006. That week, Americans should be in Africa and Asia helping people with AIDS, not in Canada fending off insults from ingrates and morons.
Lee LeFever reminded me of how much I love ieSpell. It is an awesome tool. When I’m updating the phpBBHacks.com database, it allows me to run a quick spell check through any description I want - it is so handy. I use it all the time when I am posting to various forums, even this blog!
(I don’t remember to use it every time, nor do I try to - only when I think I may have misspelled a word/want to double check. I make mistakes like everyone!)
Check it out.
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