Thursday - Great Game Last Night

Well, the Fuck Sox ... oooooooops ... sorry, the Red Sox got what they justly deserved - a butt kicking by the Yankees, losing 15-9.

Actually, and truth-be-told, the game was much closer than the final score indicates with the Yankees blowing an early 7-3 lead going into the top of the 5th when the Fuck Sox scored 6 runs, knocking Yankee ace Chien-Ming Wang out. That put the FS up by 2 runs, but, thankfully, the Yankees came back to score 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th and then put the game away by scoring another 4 runs in the 8th inning to seal the win.

Manny Ramirez continues to plague the Yankees, going 3 for 4. My advice to new skipper Joe Girardi: “Joe, never pitch to Manny again for the entire season - walk him even if it means loading the bases or walking-in a run (except when that would win the game for the Fuck Sox). Herein faileth not to follow this advice.

The game took forever, 4:08, and drew a sell-out crowd of 54,667, as expected. The crowd began to get a bit unruly toward the latter part of the game and several times security and cops had to quiet things down. I didn’t see any fights.

Thank God I decided to dress “warmly” because even though the temperature was tolerable at the beginning of the game by the end it was very cold and windy in the stadium. It is a bit warmer today but I will dress the same as last night just to be safe.

It was 12:15am when I finally got back to the apartment. Ate some pizza and wings but didn’t crash until around 2:30.

Tonight Josh Beckett is pitching for the FS and Mike Mussina for the Yanks. I expect another longish game. Go Yankees!!

Other Big Apple items -

A heavy police presence is already very visible in my ‘hood due to the anticipated arrival of The Pope, who will address the UN in the morning. My apartment is only 4 blocks from the UN building and 5 blocks from St. Patrick’s Cathedral where he will perform Mass later on in his visit.

I have added an additional show to my schedule for Sunday, the Broadway musical Boeing-Boeing, in early previews, making my entertainment pallet for the rest of the week to be:

Friday - 8:00 American Symphony Orchestra @ Lincoln Center

Saturday - 8:00 Almost an Evening - Off-Broadway

Sunday - 3:00 Boeing-Boeing - Broadway; 8:00 Kids in the Hall

Well, it’s time for the fruit plate and preparation for another Yankee win.

Bill
wanjr@aol.com