The Sommer Frieze

I’m sorry for the delay. My site was hosted on a server run by the LV Yankee Fan Club, and the host server account expired. Some people have been busy lately with various personal and business issues, and as a result the account expired. Once they got the problem fixed, back in business.

Hope you missed me. ;-)

I do thank you for your patience. It’s very much appreciated.  

Anyway, let’s catch up. The Yanks clinched on Sunday and had basically a “B” lineup on Monday. Nevertheless, win #101 entered the books. Ramiro Pena got his first MLB HR (and the silent treatment from his teammates), Robbie Cano hit a grand slam, and Gaudin looked great (he and Aceves have to be dual long men for the postseason) as the Yanks won on Monday. Cano’s HR gave the Yanks five guys with 25 or more.

On Tuesday, win #102 entered the books. It is the most by the Yanks in a season since the 2002 team went 103-58. Hopefully this year’s team goes a lot further than that team did. For whatever reason, Clemens, Pettitte, Moose and Wells bombed out vs. the Angels that year and the Yanks were done in the 2002 ALDS three games to one.

The Yanks got a decent effort from Burnett but trailed 3-2 going into the bottom of the ninth due to an error by Coke. The two runs were via HRs by Teixeira (#39, tying him for the AL HR lead; he will most likely wind up the year as the AL HR leader or co-leader, and also as the AL RBI leader). Swisher had #28. But still, they trailed in the bottom of the 9th. But never fear…on the mound was Farnsworth(less) and another comeback entered the books with the winning hit coming from Juan Miranda.

Good news Tuesday…Robertson pitched to three batters and looked ok. K, Groundout and a walk. One or two more tuneups and he’ll be set for the ALDS, which looks like a Yankees-Tigers matchup.

Interesting. Hollywood-types are sticking up for Polanski. I do know that the woman who he defiled at the age of 13 has forgiven Polanski, but you do wonder about justice being served. The one Hollywood-type that should have kept his mouth shut as far as defending Polanski was Woody Allen. I mean…doodling and then marrying your girlfriend’s stepdaughter isn’t that far above what Polanski did. But then some people have no shame.

Good to see that USC player is ok. Still…scary. Were he a normal person (with a normal neck) he would have been killed. I don’t know how many pounds (or kilos) that weight was, but dropping it on your throat and requiring a seven-hour operation? Wow.

Hmmm….Chuck Knoblauch gets busted for assaulting his common-law wife. ‘Roid Rage?