Wednesday==>Let’s get to “it” my loyal and faithful readers and followers, the “it” being the final game of your favorite blogger's partial season ticket package out at Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built. Actually the “it” rhymes with a four letter word that starts with an “s.”
Yes, before a crowd of 43,407 the Wankies inexorable march toward elimination from the wild-card race inched closer to its inevitable conclusion, in a fashion that has typified this maddening season.
The Wankies fell behind by 3 runs before they even came to bat and then were unable to capitalize on a parade of base runners, once again highlighting their season-long offensive ineptitude.
The final score of 7-0 doesn’t truly reflect how “out-of-it” the team was and the frustration was palatable in the stands from the first pitch to the last anemic out.
Yes, I stayed until the bitter end. Why? I really don’t know ... I should have left at the end of the 7th inning but I didn’t.
This was my 14th game of the 2013 season and the Wankies record for those games was 8 wins and 6 losses.
Will I renew for next year? Frankly, at this point I am not sure ... time will tell.
The only positive thing about the whole evening was a chance meeting with a really nice family from Tampa as I was waiting for the A train at the Port Authority subway station. I spotted them because they had Rays gear. We struck up a conversation and they followed me out to and then into the stadium.
They are the Byrds - grandma, father, mother and two sons - and this was their first visit to the stadium. It was really nice being their tour guide.
Tonight @ 7:05pm will be game 2 of the 3-game series. On the mound for The Wankies will be Phil Hughes (4-14), probably making his last start as a Wankie vs. David Price (8-8) for The Rays.
Moving on ... thankfully ...
Tonight’s entertainment event is an Off Broadway show ...
8:00==>COWBOYS DON’T SING - “A lone cowboy rides into a singing town on his trusty steed. He meets danger, romance, Western archetypes, and way too many musical numbers. Will he abandon his cowboy ways and sing, too?” (Off Broadway - $9.00 TDF ticket)
This show is part of the NYC Fringe Festival Encore Series, is playing down in The Village at The Players Theatre on MacDougal Street, has a running time of 90 minutes, without intermission, and has one remaining performance, Thursday @ 9:00pm.
It is a very nice afternoon here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, with azure blue skies, a light breeze and a temperature of 69º @ 1:00pm. Yes ... I definitely need some extended walk and wander time ... so ...
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>2.71 miles (or, 5,923 steps)
Total mileage since 7/1/13==>302.91 miles (average 3.52 miles per day)
GO YANKEES!! 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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