Sunday, June 06, 2010

I'M STILL AROUND...

***...AND I STILL HAVE OPINIONS***
Please don't worry about the Census. Those non-Yankee fans are not lost completely. I simply transferred them all to Plattsburgh where they'll be no trouble at all.

***EVERYBODY HAS THEIR THEORIES***
As an ESPN analyst (and I use the term loosely), J.P. Riccardi gave his reason that Jim Joyce missed the call: "Watch where he's looking," said J.P., "He's watching the 1st baseman field the ball! Why isn't he watching first base?" Watch the rest of the replay, J.P. Joyce did watch in time. I guess when it's difficult to come up with a fresh view on the play, you just make up problems. With the pitcher, the ball and the runner all converging on first base, it isn't the easiest call to make. You can make a lot of excuses, J.P.'s being the worst one possible, but Joyce missed it and I think he knew right away that he did. And, of course, we have the benefit of slo-mo.
By the way, if you watch the YES Network, do you agree with me that it should be "No-Mo" on the "Yes-Mo?"

***YANKS LOSE AGAIN***
It's a shame to waste these good pitching performances. The meat of the Yankee lineup is just that, "pieces of meat." 3-4-5-6 was a combined 2-24 yesterday. Teixeira looked particularly inept as though he was swinging at pitches in another dimension. The NY papers say neither Girardi or Teixeira are concerned. Well, I'M CONCERNED! Ray Charles has a better chance of getting a hit than Tex. It's a good thing the announcers were Bob Lorenz and John Flaherty. They were able to lull me to sleep enough times that the ineptness wasn't as painful. At least there were no issues with the umps, or as Jud calls them, "The Men In Blew."

***AND A FINAL EULOGY***
Leave it to Vin Scully to offer a classy note to the passing of a classy man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIHaSvPM554

CP-

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