stop it

sighing and/or rolling your eyes that is. you all KNEW this was coming with last night's rout of the Crankees. and if you didn't know the BoSox won & you live in the free world...just know that i am shaking my head at you. ;-)

this rocked Yankee Stadium last night:

for real. he made those pinstriped cry-babies look like they came to the plate with wet spaghetti noodles instead of the typical ironclad bats that appear to be 20-feet long & make even the most seasoned pitchers quake. he was In. Command. on that field last night.


and for the second time in as many games between these two rivals, the Sox were victorious. not without some humor & drama though.

humor = A-Rod doing his "which way did it go George? (Jorge? lol...sorry)" dance trying to locate the ball, not once but twice. Jeter going 1-4, Matsui & A-Rod hitless, and JD 0-fer against the Sox since cutting his hair & donning stripes.

drama = Bernie Williams getting tossed after the ump overlooked the bat dropped angrily at his feet but not the flipped helmet after being called out on strikes for the third time. and the piece de resistance: an Alex Gonzales homer. pick yourself up off the floor. i did in fact use the words ALEX GONZALES and homer in the same sentence. who knew he could even connect with the ball?! and there he was going 2-4, walked twice, a home run, 3 RBIs & scored 3 of Boston's 14 runs himself. who is this man & please do not try to give us the other one back!

one more thing. if i hear anyone else give BoSox fans flack for "classlessly booing" JD at Fenway last week, i am going to poke them in the eye & remind them that WE certainly do not boo our current boys just because they hit the skids for a bit. (i have been informed that in fact we have, so i will just leave it as I'VE never heard it happen anyway.) i actually felt bad for Randy Johnson (chalk that up for one on the list of things i never thought i'd say...) when the crowd booed him as he walked off the field after getting roughed up by the Sox for 3 2/3 innings. and that poor new kid in RF who just got called up from AAA-ball yesterday who mishandled a ball caught up in a gust of wind? man. i'd be begging for the first ticket back to Columbus. screw that! and they think WE need to show a little more appreciation in Boston?! ("they" being the collective fans around MLB, not targetting the NYY fans specifically, who, if anything, understand the boos for JD last week.)

whatever happens the next 2 games of this series, worst case scenario, the Sox & Yankees come away with 2 wins & 2 losses each for season match-ups. i can swallow that. not that i wouldn't LOVE to win the next 2 nights to be sure. but realitically speaking & all. if i were the Yanks, i'd be on the field tonight looking for blood & something to soothe my aching pride. and no matter what, Thursday's game is going to be The Bomb (lol at myself just for saying that...sooo not me ;-) LOL!) because it will be watched with my friends Nichole & Daniel--and i cannot wait!! =)

a quickie link to this morning's Surviving Grady & i leave you with this quote from said link: "You never know what might happen, and that's what makes this the greatest rivalry in sports. Tonight, Moose versus Schill. Fasten your seat belts."