2005-04-20

remindmeofthe: (boomah)
2005-04-20 07:03 pm

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So. Up against the Orioles tonight. I won't lie, this makes me nervous. The O's owned us last year. And they're currently at top of the division standings, with nine wins and five losses, with the Blue Jays right nearby at nine wins and six losses. Boston is just behind with eight wins and six losses. It would be nice if we could change that whole ownership thing tonight.

Plus, Wells is pitching tonight, which adds to the nerves a bit. 'Cos I don't know if you guys knew this, but I kind of love him and am pulling for him so hard to even his season record out to two-two.

Meanwhile, the Yankees happen to be tied with Tampa Bay for LAST at five-nine. I want the Yankees to lose so badly I can taste it, and I want the Devil Rays to win tonight, just so the Yanks can spend a little time in last place.

However. The Yankees are playing the Blue Jays tonight. And I'm kind of not so keen on the Jays hitting top of the division with ten wins. And the Devil Rays are playing the Texas Rangers, who are just behind us with seven wins, so they could potentially pull even.

So do I really hate the Yankees enough to briefly mess with the Red Sox's place in the standings? Well - yes. Yes, I really do. So I'm not really sure what my point was.

Baseball was a lot simpler when I didn't follow the standings so much. Or, you know, at all. But I'm sure it'll get easier when more games have been played and the gaps have widened a bit.

In other news, the Tigers are playing the Chicago White Sox. I am new to the Tigers love, but I am given to understand that we hate the White Sox lots. So: GRR! Go Tigers!

And the Astros are playing the Milwaukee Brewers. I would like to advance a possible new superstition: Last night, when I was IMing with [livejournal.com profile] hoedogg, I said, "I predict the Astros will lose by one run." And amazingly, they did not. They even won.

So:

I predict that the Astros will lose by one run.

There, I think I'm done. And the White Sox have already gotten three runs. Sigh.

Oh wait: Go Boomer!

Edit: Uh. If you can spot the glaring error in my logic, you get a cookie. And not the sympathy kind, but the good kind.
remindmeofthe: (boomah)
2005-04-20 07:37 pm

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Dear Astros mailing list,

Please stop taunting me with e-mails about super cheap tickets for games I cannot attend. I would go in a second if I could, but I can't, and you are only making me sad.

Tears,
Cathryn
remindmeofthe: (boomah)
2005-04-20 10:09 pm

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And Wells pitched eight beautiful shut-out innings. After pitching seven of them last time. For those of you who don't like doing math, that's fifteen shut-out innings. Talk about turning it around from his first two starts. I am so proud. <3

Oh, and please not to forget Tek's three-run homer. Bellhorn got an RBI, too. My boys had a very, very good night tonight. And I love them all.

Final score: 8-0. This brings Boston and Baltimore into a first-place tie.

The Astros won their game, 6-1. I think I may have found a new superstition.

. . . I don't want to talk about the Tigers. I don't want to talk about the Yankees, either. Ooh, but Jeremy Bonderman is pitching for the Tigers tomorrow. I find that exciting.

Still waiting for the Devil Rays game to end. Somehow, they came back from 10-2 to make it 12-10. One half inning left. They win it and they stay tied for last with the Yankees. They lose it and - no one is especially surprised.

I love keeping track of four to five games at once. I can only do it because I'm listening to the Sox on the radio; I'll have to figure out something a bit less complicated once I have cable.

On other subjects: Nomar sustained some sort of injury during the Cubs game tonight. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the WEEI announcers used the word "collapsed" and said he was carried off the field; sounds like it was a groin injury. Yeek.

Also, apparently Magglio Ordonez went to a hernia specialist (no, really, apparently these exist) who could not confirm that he had a hernia. What does that mean? Are hernias really so hard to find that a specialist can't decide whether it's there or not?

And the Devil Rays have finished losing. Oh, well. That's okay. Know why?

Because my boy Boomer is the king. That's why.