Sunday, August 24, 2008

Play Nice

Yo, Chad, go easy on my favorite Joe West.

True, Joe may not be quite as mobile as the 3rd Air Cavalry but his games remain some of the mellowest in the majors. Everybody gabs with Joe at the plate, never get too weird when he more than occasionally misses a pitch, and his punch outs are the softest, least humiliating in the league.

As for obscure rulings... Joe got it completely right and it was in the Yankees favor. And Trembly knows Joe did him a favor tossing him. Any excuse for not watching the Oriole's, and on far too many nights the Yankees, is a huge favor. Today's 4+ hour
stink-a-thon was more proof of that.

So if Joe never strays too far from a hot fog vendor, cut him a bit of slack. His wardrobe needs it in all the wrong places.

Playing in October? I'd like to see these bozos play in August. Today's sweep of the sub-.500 was a heroic, if unsuccessful effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Another error by "The Captain" and Nady, in a less forgiving world would be charged with 2 errors on the subsequent play. An error of omission for not charging the fly along with the error of commission for not fielding it at all. Then again, last night, "X", how cute, let Johnny, I left my Arm in San Francisco, Damon called him off a deep fly to left without opening his yap, costing the Steinboobers a run. Just what this outfield needs - another tentative fielder to flank the armless one.

Tuesday - Thursday, a must win series.

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