I had to watch last night’s game on the Braves broadcast due to the stupid blackout rules. Man those announcers were awful. They kept calling Nova “EYE”-van and of course they had to bring up the payroll disparity (they actually made it to the 8th inning). They even said it gave the Yankees an “advantage”, as if to say that the Braves organization was prevented from paying higher salaries by some rule or something. I guess they forget about how the Braves used to pay the big bucks for guys like Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz.

I was at the game in 2009 and met thelarmis. I moved around the park all night and finally settled into an outfield seat behind Johnny Damon. Everytime I yelled “John-ny Da-mon!” Some old guy in a Boston had would say “sucks.”

There were also two sox fans there wearing full uniforms including sturrups and cleats. Who the fuck does that?

I think Chipper is a Hall of Famer.

Yanks didn’t do much with the fourteen hundred runners they put on base

‘Typical’ Yankee fan, spinning the obvious to make sure the Yanks don’t look so bad, it was closer to 14,000 runners they left in scoring position.

I’ve come to appreciate Chipper Jones as he takes his final lap. Used to not like him. Why is that? Is he a first round HoF’er?

The Ted, is a beautiful ballpark without a bad seat in the house. and i quite like the name of the stadium. i met ted at a gig of mine was and he was really cool.

i’ve also come to really like and respect Chipper. he’s an exceptional ballplayer and he’s very accountable. smoltz used to call him out all the time for not playing through injuries. anyway, i love the name Shea. now, Andrelton is just awful. worse than asdrubul. sutton and powell always seems to use his first name on the radio. i wish they’d just call him “simmons”. in any case…Chipper’s a first ballot HOF’er.

when Raul The Cool (7-string guitar / Dino) first came to the plate, i told my girl that he has serious power and the ball could reach us. next thing we knew, he parked it in the seats not far from us. we were a few rows back from swisher’s catch. got an immediate text from my brother after that!

can’t go to the games Tues or Wed, due to exam week at the music school where i teach. i’ll be administering finals all week…

once again, turner field was really yankee stadium south. i’d say it was a 75-25% split, in favor of yankee fans. not as much as 3 years ago when they played here, but definitely a yankee heavy crowd, by a lot. roll call didn’t work this time, but we were a loud bunch.

great night all around!

Please, Flying Spaghetti Monster, please bring Brett back to us. Please don’t let him need surgery.

Speaking of 800 OPS, anyone think that ARod has any more breakout years, or do we see a slow ineluctable decline (assuming he stays healthy)?