OK, let’s get right to it my loyal and faithful readers and followers ... it is not a happy time in The Pinstripe World.
First ... just before yesterday’s afternoon game against Cleveland was to begin it was announced that our ace CC Sabathia would be on the DL for 15 days due to a groin injury, meaning he will miss two starts. Well, thought Billi Pod ... bad news but we can live with it, so he settled into his seat to watch the game, with Andy Pettitte on the mound.
Pettitte was pitching an excellent game going into the top of the 5th inning, giving up only 1 run on 2 hits, while striking out 7. Then ... OMFG ... Andy was drilled in the left ankle by a scorching line drive from Casey Kotchman. Andy went down and was in obvious pain. You could hear a pin drop in the stadium, not joking, it was eerily quiet.
Andy was taken out and the game resumed. It was later announced that he had a fractured fibula and would be out for at least 6-8 weeks but no surgery will be required. OMFG!!
OMFG!! We lose Mo for the season, CC is on the DL and Andy is out for at least 6 weeks. Not good in The Yankee Universe, not good at all.
The only positive thing ... we won the game 5-4 despite an extremely nail biting performance in the top of the 9th from Mo’s replacement Rafael Soriano. With the win we swept the 3-game Cleveland series.
When the game was over I was in no mood to attempt the walk back to the apartment.
Tonight begins a 4-game series against The Chicago White Sox who lead the AL Central by 2 1/2 games over Cleveland. Ivan Nova (9-2) will be on the mound for The Yankees vs. Dylan Axelrod (0-1).
On to other stuff now ... like ... Billi Pod’s entertainment event for tonight, which is ...
7:30==>THE BAD AND THE BETTER - “A riveting detective noir centered around the Lang brothers. One with everything to lose. One with everything to prove. Both in too deep. Local anarchists, law enforcement officials and political power players are all waging war against injustice, corruption and, ultimately, the people they love the most.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)
This show is playing at a theater on my block.
BREAKING NEWS==>”SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS OBAMACARE. Chief Justice John Roberts joins liberal justices to rule individual mandate is legal as a tax. The stunning ruling - unexpected from a Court led by conservatives - was a huge victory for Obama, who staked much of his term on passing the national plan.” The Daily News (online).
Well how about that. It will be really interesting to see how the spin doctors in both parties are going to react to this ruling.
OK, I have some things and stuff to do but I want to close this posting with some comments about my Pedometer stats, so here they are ...
Over the past 7 days Billi Pod walked a total of 27.74 miles. Wow! Of that total, 5.66 were walking in the apartment and the rest, 22.08, were walking outside doing my usual things and stuff in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World.
The interesting thing to me is the fact that during the 7 day period I did not have a single “walk-and-wander” session.
The bottom line ... I think that 27.74 miles in a "routine" week for a 78yr. old guy borders on being AWESOME ... but ... as usual ...
I report - you decide!
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>2.21 miles
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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