THIS IS FICTION==>B.

Happy Wednesday to everyone out there in the morass known as cyberspace. Unfortunately, it is a gloomy and rainy day in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In the World, and that is basically the forecast for the remainder of the day and into the evening. 

Oh well ... so ...

Let’s get right down to business with my report card on last night’s THIS IS FICTION, a “dark-comedy” about Amy who is on the verge of having her first novel published, but before she does, she has to break the news to her family that it's not entirely fiction==>B.

This is another mega-dysfunctional family story with intense rivalry between sisters, which, frankly, began to get annoying and distracting as the bickering persisted and became almost formalistic==>"I hate you but I still love you ... l love you but I have always secretly hated you ... Mama loved me better ... it didn’t happen that way .... yada yada yada ..."

And ... the so-called “relationship” that develops between Amy and a guy she meets in a coffee house is totally unbelievable, at least it was for me.

Yes, I wanted to like this new play a lot more than I did. It runs 90 minutes without intermission. Maybe I am just getting tired of shows dominated by dysfunctional family members screaming, cussing and crying at one another ... whatever ... 

Is it worth seeing? Well ... I am gonna give it benefit of the doubt with my grade of B and say==Yes.

When the show was over I checked the score of the YANKEES/BRAVES game and found out that The Bombers were losing 4-0 and that our ace CC Sabathia was having another shaky outing. Damn.

When I got back to PHC and turned on the tube it was the top of the 8th inning and the Yankees were still down 4-0. Oh well ... then they loaded the bases (their record this season for hits with the bases loaded has been dismal) and A-Rod came to bat.

Alex worked the count to 3-2 and then ... OMFG!! ... drove a liner into the first row of the left-field seats for his 23rd grand slam. With this he tied baseball legend Lou Gehrig for the most grand slams in history. Awesome.

But ... the inning wasn’t over because next Cano singled and then Nick Swisher slugged a 2-run homer for the eventual game-winner. Yes, we came back from being down 0-4 to winning 6-4, with CC getting the win. All became well in The Yankee Universe.

With this win and the Rays loss to The Mets (thank you guys for having our backs) The Bronx Bombers are now in sole possession of first place in the AL East.

Tonight they will go for their second consecutive sweep with Hiroki Kuroda (5-6) on the mound vs. Tim Hudson (4-2)

Tonight’s entertainment event for Billi Pod is at the 59th Street Theatre Complex, one of his favorite venues 

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7:30==>TINY DYNAMITE - “An electric play about love, loss and the tiny moments that can change your life forever. An impossible love story is given a second chance and three scorched characters are about to learn that lightning does strike twice.” (Off Broadway - $9.00 TDF ticket)

Well, what do you know ... it is 1:30pm and the weather has cleared up somewhat ... so ... it is definitely time for a little walking and wandering ... so ... 

Oh ...  an awesome stat for you loyal and faithful readers ...  Billi Pod Blogs has now reached 30,000+ page views since the website started compiling stats not quite 2 years ago ... wow ... awesome ... in my humble opinion ... 

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

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