Good for Phil. What a round of golf.

As for Alex, not believing it. Scouts said not ready. Not ready? Hip surgery lets me walk; doesn't let me run and stop and cut. Cannot play tennis, unless I want to stand still and let the balls I cannot reach go by. Scamming, I say, without any proof. He wants Momma to be happy. That he is story, check out the great illustration on today's Times, instead of some of these kids or the management that brings them to us, upsets me. "Offensive offense," said Cash. Now, that's a stretch, something that Alex cannot do.

Sorry. I root for Cruz. Who is he, btw?

Ooops. Another Girardi. We bring them up for a game and we don't want anything to happen to them. Or something like that. Umm. What about Jete, dude?

Grade 1 quad strain for Alex. Headed to Tampa, not Texas.

Thanks Dumpster.

Ichigo leads to a run!

And now the mighty heart of the order

Hey, whaddya know? 2-0.

I fear we're gonna regret only scoring two there

Oof, being compared offensively to 1990

Robbie!

Atta boy, Robbie!

In retrospect, it was pretty awesome that Pedroia was Rob's sub in the All Star Game. It was hard to appreciate at the time because of the anxiety, but now, it pleases me.

I noticed that, too. Ouch.
7/21/90 lineup
R. Kelly
Sax
Mattingly
Balboni (Nokes ph)
Barfield
Oscar Azocar
Bob Geren
Velarde
Espinoza

I've been going to the RailRiders games since A-Rod started his rehab assignment. He was really hitting well. Even yesterday, when he went 0 for 4 with 3 K's, he almost hit one out. It was caught at the wall.

I wasn't really expecting him in to be the lineup today, but I thought it was because he'd be heading to Boston to re-join the big club.

C'mon, CC

CC's working harder than you'd like, but pretty effective.

I've realized for the first time tonight, after listening to the always insightful and immensely enjoyable John and Suzyn, that you just can't predict baseball! Who woulda fuggin' thought???

Is Kruk going to propose to pony on air tonight? For. Fuck's. Sake. Time for mute and music.

Fat Liar.

Well that fucking sucks.

motherfucking bullshit.

i came home to watch this crap? feh.

Big man, pig man,
ha ha, charade you are ...

Four runs in one inning is not good. Come on, CC.

I hate this team

Geez, I take a few minutes away to talk to the parents and come back to this?

[25] You know what that means - you can never talk to your parents again.

oh, jesus christ.

Fucking Bollocks.

Christ on a cracker. What's wrong with CC lately?

CC hasn't fooled anybody lately.

bollocks.

CC usually sucks on his birthday. 33 is no different...

good. i hate that fat frickin' cry baby.

[26] And Friday I'm going to visit them for lake week. Awkward!

Ballgame.

what a terrible swing, vern.

holy crap. crushed.

cc is pretty terrible. that's a new high for homers allowed in a season for him...

Gomes is hitting righties. The end of the world is nigh.

Well, I've got better things to do than watch the fat man serve up dingers to Beaver Boy and the rest of the Red Sox hillbillys ...

You know, there is a lot of griping about Phil Hughes, but CC is pretty much the same this season, except he gives you more innings.

And there isn't a lot of griping about the Fat Man???

gritty.

Hughes: ERA 4.57, IP 102.1, WHIP 1.290, HR/9 1.6, K/BB 3.38
Sabathia: ERA 4.37, IP 142.0, WHIP 1.261, HR/9 1.46, K/BB 3.93

I guess I'll keep watching, since Mother Nature has pissed all over the Phish concert I was live streaming ... c'mon Awful Offal!

[43] yeah, my buddy was at the chicago show the other night and they had to stop playing.

[40] I haven't noticed it as much. He does not seem to subject to same kind of animus exemplified by the common refrain "just trade Hughes, I'm sick of his act" (or the variant "I can't wait to be rid of JobaHughes, I'm sick of their bullshit). Then again, I don't come round these parts so often any more, so maybe I've missed criticism of CC.

Not over yet...

c'mon robbie!

ripped.

1-run. bases still loaded.

7-5

motherfucker.

Cano..YAY!

Hafner...Oy.

Fucking PATHETIC job by Overbay there.

Sigh.

[50],[51] Whoops, Overbay. Can't tell the players without a scorecard.

[45] I think the key is we've been dealing with Hughes' bullshit for seven seasons now.

[52] Hafner's the out making machine who looks like the bastard offspring of Clint Dempsey and Clive Owen ...

[53] Ding!

Fat Man's been awful this year, but that's a new development; he's been very good in the past, including last year.

Hughes and Joba have been this kind of bullshit for years ...

[53] Fair enough, but...Hughes' bullshit came (for a while) when he was a younger pitcher with potential, and now he's not making CC money. In many ways I find CC *more* frustrating this year, given he is the putative ace and they are shackled to his contract for another two seasons.

Dammit, sit The Underminer down and shut these taint lickers up ...

siddown you little ugly shitfuck!

jesus christ almighty.

coolio!

Wow. The last hour has been eventful.

Need a couple more...

tie game!

holy crap

i just texted cult, in case he turned the game off...

I'm watching ... Phish stream still down ... c'mon Gritner!

A grinder from Gritner ... C'mon!!!

C'mon, Lil' G!

[65] my friend told me about the upstate NY show. he lives in Denver, that's why i thought it was there. he traveled to see them for his birthday and will see 4 more shows this summer.

an old roommate of mine from college, has an art booth at all the venues...

EPIC!

HAHA!!!

i haven't laughed in a long time...

[68] The 3 Chicago shows have been ... an adventure.

1st got cancelled in the 2nd set.

3 sets on Saturday.

Rain delay tonight.

Tomorrow night is the makeup show for the show that got cancelled in Toronto due to flooding ...

GRITTY!!!

hilarious.

gritner was prolly our best chance to get a hit though...

[71] my friend was at the first chicago show.

A bb. That works. My senior roommate spent all year dubbing, selling, mailing, and listening to Phish. I actually went to a show in Cleveland. I hate Phish. lol...

Well, it's a whole new ballgame...

Bah.

i hate giving up leadoff walks...

[75] i like 4 of their older studio records. i saw them live twice and didn't care for either show, but they're a good band.

i imagine we'll lose in the bottom of the 9th.

[or, right here in the 7th...]

lame frame.

OK D.P. - ground into a D.P.

[79] Well, I know at least one of the shows you saw, and it's a pretty good show, so I'm putting that one on you!

;-)

C'mon Hammer, HURT THEM!

[edit] ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME CRUZ?!?!?!?

holy fuck.

REALLY?!

[80] i meant teh 8th...

WHAT THE FUCK!

[83] which one?

i saw them at jones beach on the junta tour, before i was into them.

then, a halloween show at the old Omni in atlanta as a guest of Col. Bruce. that one was a boring show. i don't remember which album they covered. this was 1996, i think. maybe '97.

i hear they're kicking all kinds of ass right now.

just put the fat fucker on...

How the hell was that a hit?

that was a bit nerve wracking...

[88] just changed it. E5.

oh god. please don't put joba in this game. i thought we were actually trying to win.

YEAH!!!

HAMMERED!!!

HAMMERED!!!

Holy cow. This is is gonna kill me.

[86] Weird, I was totally wrong, I was sure you'd told me that you seen the 3-1-03 show.

In any case, my point still stands, the 10-31-96 Omni "Remain in Light" show is top-notch, even if '96 was generally a down year.

=)

good start.

[94] hmmm, nope. i would *love* to see/hear them play Rift, beginning to end. apparently, they played 4 tunes from that album at a recent show. my fave phish record.

i'm not a big talking heads fan, so maybe that's why i wasn't down. i didn't remember and had to look up who did that record...

i was just in a different place at that time. i was heavily into Dolphy, Mingus, Monk, Sun Ra, et al. at that time.

[96] Now Talking Heads I like. Go figure. Stewart had no idea where that ball went.

[96] Those things aren't actually exclusive ...

=)

[97] That '96 Halloween set is fantastic stuff. They've kept 'Crosseyed and Painless' in rotation ever since ...

i'm opening up for the Aristocrats on Wed. they're the sickest Fusion trio on the planet right now. crazy, instrumental, fusion, chops filled music : )