Good morning to all of my loyal and faithful readers on this Back To Work Monday. Yes all of my Worker Bee friends it’s time to get back at it==>so get thee to work==>so sayeth Billi Pod.
Yesterday’s YANKEES/METS game at Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built, was an emotional roller coaster for fans of both teams. The stadium was packed with an attendance of 49,010.
The Mets got out to an early 3-0 lead and they maintained that lead until the bottom of the 8th when the Bombers took a 4-3 lead into the top of 9th.
In came our closer, Rafael Soriano, filling in for the injured Mariano Rivera, and he promptly blew the save and the game was tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the 9th.
The first batter was catcher Russell Martin who had hit a crucial homer in the 7th inning. Most of the packed stadium was standing. Martin worked the count to 3-2 and then he hit a drive into the left field seats, giving The Bronx Bombers a walk off 5-4 win and a sweep of this Subway Series.
The stadium went absolutely wild with Yankee fans cheering and forlorn Met fans tasting defeat yet again at the hands of their crosstown rivals. Sweet!!
This week The Yankees go on the road with 3 games in Atlanta and then 3 games in Washington.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s posting my evening plans were to stay in PHC and watch the 3-hour long TONY AWARDS CEREMONY at The Beacon Theatre, carried live on CBS. The Emcee was Neil Patrick Harris.
Billi Pod enjoyed the evening and thought that Neil Patrick Harris did an excellent job. In the name of fair and unbiased reporting I must reveal to you loyal and faithful readers that Billi Pod utilized his “Award Ceremony Protocol” for this broadcast.
What am I talking about when I say “Award Ceremony Protocol” you are no doubt breathlessly asking? Well ... it is pretty simple ... I use the mute button for ALL acceptance speeches and do crossword puzzles instead. This is what makes a 3-hour program tolerable, at least for Billi Pod.
As you theater nuts know, the Musical ONCE, about two Dublin musicians falling in love, was the big winner, with a total of 8 awards.
The Academy voters pretty much stuck it to Stephen Sondheim who earlier in the season had made a scathing public attack on the revival of PORGY AND BESS. Well, PORGY won Best Revival of a Musical, winning over Sondheim’s FOLLIES. Also, Audra McDonald, who plays Bess, picked up the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical, winning over FOLLIES Jan Maxwell.
FOLLIES ended up with just one Tony, for costumes.
Again, in the name of fair and unbiased reporting, I must acknowledge that Billi Pod’s was only a woeful 6 out of 10 in his predictions, which he posted just 2 hours before the ceremony began.
Moving on ...
Today, being Monday, will be my usual errands and stuff and then for this evening is ...
7:00==>3C - “The war in Vietnam is over and Brad, an ex-serviceman, lands in L.A. to start a new life. When he winds up trashed in Connie and Linda’s kitchen after a wild night of partying, the three strike a deal for an arrangement that has hilarious and devastating consequences for everyone.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)
This is playing at a theater down in The Village, The Rattlestick, which usually has pretty interesting stuff. That said ... My Lady, Dian Crystal, really disliked this show, so we will see ...
OK ... got things and stuff to do but let me end this posting with a huge shout out to The Florida Gator baseball team who beat NC State 9-8 in 10 innings to advance to The College World Series for the 3rd consecutive year.
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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