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I can't be coherent. I can't even try to be funny. Man, this sucks so bad. Losing to the Devil Rays. Blowing it in the late innings. Letting the division lead slip away. Fucking hell. And extra rage for Tito for - say it with me - pputting Timlin in with runners on base. When is he going to learn?

Go away, Red Sox. Probably I should write some shit about not giving up and blah blah, because I'm not and it's not over, but fuck that, I can't think. I'll let others do it.

I watched a chunk of the Tigers game before I had to go to work. They were up 3-1 when I left, and I know, I knew, they would find a way to blow it. And I was still pissed when I heard the final score on the radio during the Red Sox game. Fucking Tigers. On the plus side (?!), Bondo has officially been shut down. It's about fucking time, really. He's pitched a lot this year and his elbow's been bothering him for a long time. I'll miss watching him pitch, but I really wish they'd done it sooner.

Still, though. Fuck off, Tigers. Swept by the Royals. Giving games away. I can't wait for your season to be over. End the fucking torture already.

So both my AL teams sucked wind today, and I'd be hard pressed to tell you who played the most pathetic game. Also, I hate the Red Sox extra for spoiling what was supposed to be my very first smoke-free work day. Fucking right I bummed a smoke after that shit. *sigh* It had been going so well, too. Maybe the week and a half preceding playoffs is not the best time to be quitting.

Thank god for the Astros. The Astros do not suck, and they do not hate me, and they beat the Pirates 12-8. Our pitching did not have the best day ever, but for once the offense came through huge. Lance Berkman and Mike Lamb each got three run homers, and Berkman had five RBI total.

MORGAN ENSBERG WATCH: Morgan walked twice, doubled, and scored all three times. The first walk turned into a run on Berkman's homer, and the second was a run on Lamb's homer. And, oops, he also made an error that allowed a run to score, but scoring three runs himself kind of helps nullify that.

In the wild card race: The Braves are sad and useless and allowed the Philles to win, so the Phillies are only two games back. However, the Mets came through and beat the Marlins, so they are four games back, and the Giants pushed the Nats six games back. I'll take it.

By the way, in case anyone cares, I had to special order that Astros cap. It could conceiveably be here by Friday. I hope so.

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painting_music, __kara__ -

Take much care. I will worry about you both.

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How many damn kids does Pudge have anyway? Conventional wisdom holds it at three - Dereck, Amanda, and Ivanna, and yes, I have my non-creepy reasons for knowing their names.

In the last twenty-four hours, though, the media and possibly Pudge himself would have us believe otherwise.

From yesterday's Notes at the official website:

"I'm human. I'm not a machine. When you go through tough times, it's very hard to put it aside, especially when you live with a person for 15 years. It's not an easy thing to do, because we have two kids."

Okay, so that could be a typo. And I would dismiss it as such, but still use it as an excuse to mock Pudge whenever possible, except for this from The Detroit News:

Rodriguez hasn't seen his two children since early July, but they'll be in Detroit this week.
"It's going to be good," he said. "They can do whatever they want. They can hit me any time they want. I need that."

Uh huh. Okay, Pudge's bizarre theories on parenting aside, what is going on here?

I'm not the first to notice or post about this, but it is too weird to pass up.

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I watched an Astros game! And they won! I didn't jinx! And Brandon Backe and Brad Lidge were studly! Brandon gave up one run, Brad got the save, and Lance Berkman got both RBI, scoring Willy Taveras both times, and we won 2-1.

Phillies and Braves still tied at zero in the ninth. Marlins and Mets not playing till tonight.

Astros are my only team playing today, as the Tigers and Red Sox both have a needed offday. Let's hope it does something for them.

Edit because the Braves are so fucking useless. 4-0, awesome, Huddy. And I still have to root for you assholes because you've got two series left against the Marlins. Can't wait till the season's over and I can just hate you again.

This is a perfect time to mention this hilarious article about the intricacies of what teams you have to root for when your team is in contention in September, especially with the insanely tight races we have this year. Read it to see why I am a giant psycho right now.