Quite the weekend depending on how you look at it. Here is the run down broken into parts for ease of skipping through what you might not be interested in:
Baseball
From the point of view of a Yankees fan it was yet another miserable, very bad, no good weekend. The one game we did take from the sox cost us yet another starting pitcher, Jeff Karstens, who suffered a broken right fibula thanks to a line drive from Julio Lugo.
The Yankees will finish April 9-14, which of course has brought calls for Torre's resignation, and statements from Steinbrenner calling out the team. Torre leaving (or getting canned) would be a mistake. Putting aside the fact that his brother is about to undergo a kidney transplant which may be (although doesn't seem to be) a distraction, no one knows these players or this team better. Further, for my money Joe Torre is the only guy who I feel has the clout with management to cool Stienbrenners rants and raves. This years start is bad, really bad, but it has happened before and it will most likely happen again. I don't enjoy suffering through 8 losses in 9 games, but that's the meaning of loyalty and I am loyal to Joe Torre and the Yankees.
Thankfully our run support has still kept up at a decent pace (with a few hiccups here and there which are to be expected). I have to believe that the pitching will catch back up, especially with Mussina returning Thursday, and Hughes making his second start tomorrow. Now more than ever the season is in the hands of the pitching staff....I just really hope they can get the engine running the way it should be.
Bachelor Party
This weekend was also my buddy Jason's bachelor party. It was not a disappointment (despite a last minute cancellation from some of the entertainment). The day started out with a poker tournament, progressed to handing out of flyer's to randoms in Georgetown about said tournament, and digressed into full out pandemonium. There was of course the slight alcohol induced altercation regarding something that may or may not have happened on the balcony of our room at the Watergate, but tensions were calmed and we managed to rally until about 1:00 am. I'm pretty sure that a good time was had by all, but since I planned it I don't want to toot my own horn....oh what the hell...beep freaking beep.
Baseball
From the point of view of a Yankees fan it was yet another miserable, very bad, no good weekend. The one game we did take from the sox cost us yet another starting pitcher, Jeff Karstens, who suffered a broken right fibula thanks to a line drive from Julio Lugo.
The Yankees will finish April 9-14, which of course has brought calls for Torre's resignation, and statements from Steinbrenner calling out the team. Torre leaving (or getting canned) would be a mistake. Putting aside the fact that his brother is about to undergo a kidney transplant which may be (although doesn't seem to be) a distraction, no one knows these players or this team better. Further, for my money Joe Torre is the only guy who I feel has the clout with management to cool Stienbrenners rants and raves. This years start is bad, really bad, but it has happened before and it will most likely happen again. I don't enjoy suffering through 8 losses in 9 games, but that's the meaning of loyalty and I am loyal to Joe Torre and the Yankees.
Thankfully our run support has still kept up at a decent pace (with a few hiccups here and there which are to be expected). I have to believe that the pitching will catch back up, especially with Mussina returning Thursday, and Hughes making his second start tomorrow. Now more than ever the season is in the hands of the pitching staff....I just really hope they can get the engine running the way it should be.
Bachelor Party
This weekend was also my buddy Jason's bachelor party. It was not a disappointment (despite a last minute cancellation from some of the entertainment). The day started out with a poker tournament, progressed to handing out of flyer's to randoms in Georgetown about said tournament, and digressed into full out pandemonium. There was of course the slight alcohol induced altercation regarding something that may or may not have happened on the balcony of our room at the Watergate, but tensions were calmed and we managed to rally until about 1:00 am. I'm pretty sure that a good time was had by all, but since I planned it I don't want to toot my own horn....oh what the hell...beep freaking beep.
1 comment:
Had a fantastic time at the bach party. Thanks for the hard work, Bruce. And sorry about the Papaya incident. Although I still don't think it was that big a deal :P
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