Friday, April 23, 2010

THREE UP, NO THREE DOWN

***GETTING IT OUT OF THE WAY...EARLY***
Brett Favre announced his retirement at age 37. Then he recanted. Announced again at age 38...and recanted again. He can't have too many more retirements left. Lorena Ochoa is apparently planning ahead, She's announced her FIRST retirement at age 28. Take that, Brett.

THE YANKS - A GAME AND A DRAMA***
...and a great play. The Yanks turned a triple play yesterday in a losing cause. It was about time; the last one was over 6600 games ago. That's a long time to hold your breath.
Sabathia pitched pretty well, at one point giving up only one hit but being behind 3-0.
Then came the drama, with A-Rod in the middle, of course. He and A's pitcher, Dallas Braden, got into a shouting match because A-Rod casually jogged across the middle of the infield by the pitchers mound while returning to first base. Braden had a hissy-fit over what he called an "unwritten rule," that runners should not cross the pitchers mound. It might be, but in my 50+ years of watching baseball, I've never heard of this one. Right or wrong, to make an issue over something that trivial, that had no effect on the game, is kinda petty.
I saw in the box score that the game took only 2 hours and 7 minutes. A Yankee game that only took 2+ hours? What did they do, skip innings 4, 5 and 6?

***YA' GOTTA LOVE OZZIE GUILLEN***
From Jayson Stark of ESPN: When asked if he was sleeping okay because of the way the Sox were playing, Ozzie replied, "Naw, I'm sleeping like a baby. I wake up crying every two hours."

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