• 6 – 4 Rays, top of the ninth

    The grizzled veteran of the bullpen is in the game.

    Please, if there is a baseball god – don’t let the evil empire pull it out.

  • Aleve your pain

    I was sitting by the tube, watching David’s rematch with Goliath, when I saw a commercial. I know… it’s shocking – there’s more. A middle-aged jogging/running enthusiast was explaining his pain, and how he treated it with Aleve. Apparently, after about the fifth mile his knees start to hurt.

    After engaging my brain for about two seconds, I came up with a little thing my employer likes to call: “The Root Cause.” Dude, it’s all that running. You can eat Aleve tablets like M&Ms, but if you keep treating your cartilage like grist in the mill, you’re going to need more spare parts than an ’83 Oldsmobuick P.O.S.

    Granted, I’ve got less street cred than a white guy in penny loafers (given my recent bout with sloth), but if you need to take a pain killer every time you go for a run… maybe it’s time for a new excercise… like bicycling.

    It’s just a suggestion.

  • Why I could be an MLB manager

    You are the New York Yankees. You are playing the Rays and you’re up by one in the seventh inning with runners in scoring position (2nd and 3rd). You’re pitching to Roco Baldelli (a right handed hitter), currently hitting .263 (.456 with men in scoring position) – and you intentionally walk him to load the bases – so you can pitch to Brendan Harris (another right handed hitter), currently hitting .324 (.600 with men in scoring position). Huh?

    It worked out for NY (sort of). Harris got all of a line drive – that the Yankee SS made a diving play on, getting the out.

    Too bad the next batter was Carl Crawford – who has been on a tear tonight – who hit a grand slam.

    Go RAYS!