Wednesday, May 18, 2011

WOW! ONE IN A ROW!

*** YANKS FINALLY SURVIVE***
It looked like it was all going away in the 6th inning until Superman...er, Dave Robertson, walked in from the bullpen. The ice water in his veins and the howitzer he calls a right arm, belie the baby face he has. Mariano gets the saves and the glory, but Robertson is the guy who's in there when the going is the toughest. Forget Chamberlain, Sabathia and even Mo', this is the guy I want to see on the mound when the game is on the line.
A-Rod came through twice last night and basically saved the Yanks. This is the one guy in the lineup who can carry a team. Yeah, I know, it was just two solo homeruns, but when the big dog barks, the rest of the team seems to draw from that strength. Hopefully, A-Rod has come out of his slump and this isn't just a flash, like Jeter, after his monster game.

***I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING***
I don't know what he's taking, Flintstone Vitamins, milk or Coors Light, but it's working. Lance Berkman had a walk-off hit last night, to continue his unbelievable comeback season. He's now hitting .352 with 11 homers and 35 RBIs. Why couldn't he have performed like this with the Yankees last year? Berkman should remember what Ted Williams once said: "If you don't do it in Yankee Stadium, it don't count."

Then there's a whole bunch of guys in Cleveland who seemed to have access to the same magic. With a quarter of the season gone, the Indians still have the best record in baseball - 26-13. Maybe they'll fade as they approach the dog days of summer, but in the meantime - Ride that wave!

***YEAH, IT'S FUNNY, BUT IT'S MEAN, TOO***
Two stories:
Kansas City decided to call up two pitchers from their farm team in Omaha, Everett Teaford and their top prospect, Danny Duffy. When the manager went to tell Duffy, they discovered that he'd already left the ballpark, so they called him and told him there was a team meeting in progress. Duffy, who has a reputation for being very quiet and polite, was stunned and raced back to the clubhouse. The manager and pitching coach met him and with straight faces, berated him for missing the meeting and, to top it off, two players had been called up and tradition says the whole team was supposed to shake their hands and wish them luck. Duffy was devastated and apologized profusely. Then they told him to go out and shake Teaford's hand...and have Teaford shake his. That's when he realized he was the butt of a joke.
Oh yeah, that's hilarious.

I wrote yesterday about the St. Louis-Cincinnati rivalry and how the Red's concessionaire pokes fun at the Cards by selling a "Smoked Cardinal." Well, they've taken that feud a step lower. After hearing that Cardinal manager Tony LaRusso was suffering from shingles, a local roofing company is running a contest. The prize: a load of "Tony LaRusso shingles." Ha-ha.

***FROM JANICE HOUGH***
This woman is afraid of nothing:
"The Donald and Arnold Schwartzenegger are both making headlines this week. Trump because he pulled out early, Schwarzenegger, ...oh come on, I don’t even need to finish this line..."

CP-

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