Billi Pod Is Pissed Off With Billi Pod!!

Yes, Billi Pod is pissed off with himself. Why? Well ... listen up ...

Yesterday, a few minutes after 7:00pm, as Billi Pod was about to walk out of PHC to head out to Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built, he received a text message from a season ticket buddy who was already at the Stadium. The guy said it was pouring and that the game, if played, would be delayed at least 2 hours.

Billi Pod immediately went to the tube and the announcers on YES were doing their pregame under umbrellas and opining that we would be lucky to get the game in due to the predicted non-stop rain. Of course, the tarp was on covering the infield.

Billi Pod took a deep breath and decided that he would stay in. The key factors in this decision were that, as you loyal and faithful readers know, his seat is out in the open and unprotected from the elements, and he knew that the game was a total sell out, meaning no seats would be available beneath an overhang.

So Billi Pod took another deep breath and settled in to watch the 8:00pm GATORS/’BAMA game on CBS. When the Gators scored on the first play of the game Billi Pod knew he had made the right decision, but ...

At 8:30 he switched to TBS to get an update on the status of The Yankee game and was shocked ... and I do indeed mean ... shocked ... to find out that the game was about to begin. The tarp was off. No rain.

OMFG!! Friday they had predicted no rain and==>rain. Saturday they predicted rain and==>no rain. WTF!! Well, nothing he could do because the decision had been made and he had to live with it ...

As you know, it turned out to be a lousy decision because The Gators suffered an ass-whipping, losing to ‘Bama 10-38. Our defense could not contain their running game led by Trent Richardson, who was a human tank.

Our QB, John Brantley, left the game just before halftime with a leg injury. As I post this his status unknown.

It was extremely frustrating toggling between the two games. It highlighted the difference in the pace between the two sports.

The Yankees won the “suspended” game 9-3 behind an excellent performance from rookie Ivan Nova and the bat of Robby Cano, who hit a grand slam in the 6th inning.

As stated earlier, in the name of fair and unbiased reporting, Billi Pod must admit that he is still pissed off with himself over his decision not to head out to the stadium. Had he done so he would have been a part of an exciting victory and missed the horror of witnessing the Gator’s destruction in The Swamp in the second half of the game.

Mea Culpa ... Mea Culpa ... Billi Pod is sorry, GeorgeS, up there in your skybox in the heavens ... Billi Pod begs your forgiveness ... Mea Culpa ... Mea Culpa ...

Anyway ...

This afternoon @ 3:07 is Game 2, with Freddy Garcia on the mound. This was supposed to be a travel day but the bad weather on Friday took care of that. Unfortunately, this year my season ticket package did not include this game, so Billi Pod will be in front of the tube. The weather is excellent.

Tonight I probably will catch a movie, either MONEY BALL or 50/50.

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”

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