Sunday, August 03, 2008

WILD, WILD, WILD

OK, maybe not the most well-played game ever, but one of the more interesting ones. All the sports announcers and analysts are harping on the great game Nady had and I-Rod's homer, and those kodo's are well deserved. However I think a lot more credit should be given to Justin Christian running the bases like a wild man and forcing the Angels to look very unsure of themselves. Great move by Girardi to insert Justin as a pinch runner with a 3-2 count on the batter. Everybody in the park knew he was going to run and still the Angels couldn't do anything about it.

The most impressive thing was seeing the Yanks hang in and never give up. If that's all that I-Rod & Nady bring to the club, it's enough.

The umps are at it again: throwing a White Sox pitcher out of the game for "intentionally" throwing at a batter. Right! With the bases loaded, yet. I wonder if they will ever get it right.

Buster Olney wonders why Selig never called Manny in to discus his obvious lack of "competition". Good question. Even if he didn't punish him at all (and we know how good Selig is at that), at least give the appearance of caring. No, Manny got what he wanted in the most heinous way possible. Good going, Baseball.

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