Well, the Yankees almost pulled it off last night against the Phillies.
Brad Lidge's ERA went up from a 1.12 to a 2.00 and he made the game pretty interesting. He's been pretty automatic since he's been healthy this season, so it was good that the Yanks showed a little fight. I was on the flight back from Dallas, so I missed it. We flew AirTran but I wish I would have gone JetBlue. AirTran has some of the most cramped seating of any airline I've ever been on. K, K, BB, 2B, 1B, K. He struck out the side, but all the drama started with a two-out walk to Mark Teixeira and could have ended with a walk-off.
The Rays are reeling (7-6 in June), the Yankees have been fairly steady (10-4 in June), as are the Sox (10-5 in June). The Blue Jays have fallen back down to Earth and the O's are still looking for an answer. Shaping up to be a three horse race again, for like the fifth straight season.
I am going to the Yankees game tonight - and am just counting my blessings I don't have to suffer through a Jamie Moyer start. Kyle Kendrick vs. Andy Pettitte. Andy is going for win #201 as a Yankee and #238 overall. He is putting up incredible numbers thus far, with his only real bad outing being against the Rays on May 20th (5 IP, 9 H, 7 R) in am 8-6 loss. Looking forward to the game - it's always nice seeing a game at the Stadium, freaking thing is awesome. It's really a sight to be seen.
The Rays are on the docket too, as Big Game James Shields takes on Tim Hudson in Atlanta. The Yanks could take over first place tonight. Hudson has been nothing short of dominant this year (6-2, 2.43 ERA). He's had some command issues (30 BB in 85.1 IP) but has pitched out of the jams for the most part. His last outing was a 2-1 CG loss to the Twins (8 IP, 7 H, 2 K). When he's on, he's tough to hit. Let's go Timmy.
Party at the "Copacabana",
Barry Manilow turns 64 years old today. He's still knocking them dead - I mean he should be, he's probably had a lot of $$ pumped in and out of his face. He's made quite the transformation - I mean normally, you go from left to right, he went the opposite direction. Wrinkles be gone, poof!! I am kind of glad he chose Barry Manilow, seeing how he was born Barry Alan Pincus. He was raised in Williamsburg Brooklyn. He started off writing jingles, and his most famous being State Farm Insurance ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there...") and Band-Aid's (I am stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!"). Happy Birthday Barry, and thanks for taking on your mother's last name.
Back at work, gotta do some work. Going to purchase some chain and lock it down at Gaelic.
Lock it up!
