i would rather be four games in the lead than four games back.

just a few quick thoughts about this past weekend's series in Baltimore, before i put it out of my mind:

1. the Orioles are not getting enough credit for their talent.

2. Friday night, Papi stared down the home plate ump after being called out on a borderline strike in the fourth. i wonder if the ump quaked a little. i would. Papi was probably memorizing the ump's face in case he meets him in a dark alley after the game. then he can show the ump what Papi can do with his bat to umps who call him out on strikes. ;-)

3. remember that episode of Friends where Rachel doesn't want to run with Phoebe because Phoebe runs funny? that's what i think of every time i see WMP running headlong through the OF to catch a fly ball. he flops along ungracefully & looks like his legs will get knotted up in each other.

4. Pocket seems to make at least one dive to snatch a line drive out of the air in every game. somehow he manages to be about 8 feet tall when he's leaping horizontally through the air.

5. i believe nothing about JFL infuriates me more than seeing him literally watch a ball roll right between his wickets, with no effort made at all to actually prevent this from happening.

6. i may be losing my mind, but i swear i saw Julian sleeping out in the bullpen on Sunday...

7. i am not ready to give up on Gagne yet. i know he is better than he's been pitching. i am holding steady for the time being, believing that this is not only an adjustment for him, but for Tek to learn how to catch him & call his game.

8. losing two-out-of-three to the Orioles was not a whole lot of fun but they earned every bit of it. all will be forgiven if they can do the same thing in the Bronx.

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and now for last night:

i only have one thing to say:
Wakefield has fourteen wins.

ok two things:
i never tire of the knuckleball. nevah evah.

Lestah tonight. against Kazmir. i have no problem admitting i am a little bit nervous.

ps. some guy named Carl Crawford had the nerve to break up Wakey's no-no? who the hell is this Carl Crawford anyway? =P