September 2007 Archives

Yankees should have swept except for Mo's meltdown Friday night.  Coupled with Boston's final game loss, a win Friday would have finished the Yankees just a skinny game out of first.  That would have made Boston fans a tad bit uncomfortable...

Alas, it was not to be.

Bad tidings from Shea:  Glavine coughed it up early, ceding 7 runs without recording the 2nd out of the game.  I was surprised to learn that it was his second shortest career outing; you can't get much shorter than one out, folks.

It's taken me a while, but I'm now aware there are 4 Alien films instead of 3..."Alien", "Aliens", "Alien 3", and "Alien Resurrection".

The first helped define the space/sci-fi/horror genre.  I saw "Alien" - In space no one can hear you scream - in high school.  A bunch of us went after school one afternoon after having gotten high in the park.  Back in those days, movies came out without much advance publicity.  The advance for "Alien" was some eerie cracked egg with a green glow coming from within and the tag line for the movie.  That was all you'd see in previews or on TV.


Suffice to say, going into the movie stoned and not knowing what to expect, we got our money's worth...

The second one was a much anticipated sequel with a huge budget.  Plus, everyone knew what they were getting into.

So what's the deal with number 3 and 4?  I think Sigourney Weaver wrote those herself (I remember reading somewhere that she produced one or the other herself).  And I also recall reading she wasn't happy with one or the other and decided on a do-over.  Whatever.

I just finished watching "Alien Resurrection" and all I could think about was how cool it would be for a girl-on-girl scene with Winona Ryder.  It looked close a couple of times...Damn...

Pettite not sharp but gets the win.  Unlikely as Yankees down 6-1 going into 4th inning.  Revenge of the irregulars as Yankees score 10 runs in top of 4th capped off by 2 run HR by Shelley Duncan.  Yankees need to beware as Duncan's odds of breaking team mate's forearm are 3:1 after HR...

Tense finish as Yankees 11-6 lead is trimmed to 11-10 going into bottom of 9th.  The speedy Brian Roberts on 3rd with 1 out is almost a shoe in to tie.  Jose Veras in to finish off gets a K and groundout to end the game.



Earlier at Shea, Met pitcher John Maine tosses a 14 K one hitter gem to put down Marlins 13-0.  Phillies lose, Mets tie for first.  Can't get more exciting than this.  NL east will be decided on last day of regular season or force 163rd game playoff.  Wow. 

163rd game as playoff made that much more unlikely with advent of wild card system, but here we are...almost.

Godd Luck, Willie, I'm rootin' for ya!

The writing is on the wall, writ large, The Sandman is nearing the end.  Without a statistical analysis, is there a Yankee fan out there who hasn't gotten nervous watching Mariano Rivera pitch this season?  It started with those blown saves against Boston the first few games of the season (if you want, you can go back to the blown saves in that ugly ALCS series vs. Boston).

It took Mo 34 pitches to close out that game against Boston last week after the Yankees came back from a 7-2 deficit.  And now last night's fiasco, up 9-6 going into the bottom of the 9th.  Sure, an outside chance to take over the division if Yanks keep winning and Boston keeps losing. So why not, bring Mo in to close it out.  Yikes!

Remember, Mo's going to get called upon to protect a 1 run lead with runners already in scoring position.  Imagine if it  was already runners on 2nd and 3rd with no one out.  Mo used to be the guy.  Who'd feel so confident now?

I wonder...

Anyway, with the Mets decisive victory this afternoon, there's still hope out in Queens.  Still, if I were the Mets, I'd be cleaning off my golf clubs...

Watching Mike Mussina is painful.  First 4 innings were excellent.  5th inning a meltdown.

Top of 6th, Damon leads off with a homer, now 8-6 Yanks...

Mets losing, Phillies winning.  Looks like Mets need to dust off golf clubs...

With just 3 games remaining in the season, the Yankees are keeping it interesting.  With tonight's win over Tampa Bay and Boston's loss to Minnesota, the Yanks are now 2 games out with 3 to play.  Though unlikely, it's still mathematically possible to take over first...

Phil Hughes matched Scott Kazmir (AL strikeout leader as of tonight.  Hey Omar, what were you thinking?) in a tautly pitched game garnering the win after Kazmir was pulled before the beginning of the 7th.  Scoring 2 runs in the top of the frame, the Yankees went on to win with another outstanding performance from "Get a Joba" Chamberlain.

Boston's got to be feeling the hot breath on the neck as the Yanks continue to bear down with the best record in baseball since the end of May.

And this while favorite son Willie Randolph has to suffer through the Mets self-destructing.  Another loss tonight combined with a Phillies win puts the teams tied for first in the NL East with 3 to play.  Painful to watch.

Here's Runt at exactly 3 weeks old, the day she emerge from the woodpile.  We named her Runt as someone told us the first one out was usually the weakest.  Though I swore I wouldn't take another cat home from the Caribbean, from that very first day she was a part of me...

Back in the states, it took her about 5 minutes to adapt.  Having had 4 brothers to compete with for the first 8 weeks of her life, our 3 other cats were no competition.  She quickly took over.

Our intention was to keep her as an inside cat, but there was no stopping her.  Whenever she spotted a chance to make it out the door, she'd was off like a shot.  It was only a few days before she was completely comfortable coming and going; she'd never go far.

Sadly, she must have gotten into some poison outside somewhere.  Though she'd only been missing for a few hours, when we found her she was already dead.  I can't imagine where she would have gotten poison from, but my Mom saw her with a mouse earlier.  The mouse might have been poisoned, who knows...

She was very much a part of us and we're going to miss her something terrible...