U I vethed na I onnad.

This is my life.

I go to the Yankees game. I sit in my seat and surrender to the inevitability of the guy behind me explaining EVERY. SINGLE. play to his small child. The camera man comes over to take shots of our section for the center field screen.

And misses me.

By a row.

He's interested in a girl with blue hair who is two rows in front, and so by default of physics he will only manage to film her and the people directly behind her.

THIS IS MY LIFE WRAPPED UP IN FIFTY SECONDS.

(And then Baltimore won.)

But at least I got to see Ichiro in pinstripes.

Now I'm off to finish my tea, take a shower, and attempt to sleep off this weird not-cold that hasn't gone away all week.

Something nicer than Earthquake and reactor talk. Baseball.

( Previously on Baseball 30 )

Day 04 → Favorite Player
Of all time? Don Mattingly. I don't really remember why, but from the time I could sit still long enough to follow baseball it was always him. It's why he's in my earliest baseball game memory - I pleaded with my dad to get us tickets so I could go see him before he retired.

At the moment? I haven't been able to follow baseball for a while. I don't know who's playing on this year's team. I'll figure it out as soon as I come home.

Day 05 → A game that sticks out in your mind
I am never at the games where super awesome things happen. So I guess the answer to this is also my first baseball game. It has to stick out in my mind for me to remember it even now, after all.

Day 06 → Long ball or small ball
Small ball. Home runs are awesome and all, but watching base runners picked off and awesome plays at the plate - those are the kinds of things that get me sitting on the edge of my seat.

( all the rest )

More baseball! (Also known as: This is the third day I've sat here with nothing to do and I'm booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooored.)

( Previous )

Day 02 → The team of the city/state you live in. Are you a fan?
I have two teams, because New York is special like that. I have the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets. Of the first? YOU BET I'M A FAN! :D Of the second? ... No. I see the way the Mets break my best friend's heart every year what with them teasing her all the way to the post season and falling apart. I'll root for them if they're playing the Sox, though. That's always a worthy cause.

( All the rest )

After two classes this morning, I have been keeping myself occupied by reading up on the Yankees's delightful World Series and smirking to myself. The stations around here have reported on a couple of the wins because of Matsui, but they never give the whole story. 3-1, one win to go. If my dad were still here we'd probably be on the phone every night. (His big thing at the end of every season was telling me that Steinbrenner was going to call him up for the postseason; it became a big yearly joke. He'd probably still be trying to convince me of it.)

It's hilarious reading the comments on the MLB website. Apparently the only tune anybody can sing to explain why the Phillies are losing is the lack of a salary cap. (Usually the only tune anyone sings when the Yankees win ever, anyway.) People seriously need a new line.

I cut back all my Yankees icons because I'm getting rid of the extra 100 user pics option, but now I wish I hadn't. I need to make new icons anyway.

Finally, it is dark as anything and freezing here and I want to go hooooooooome. T^T

So, this is what I'm hearing:

We have a new manager in Girardi.
There's a possibility of O'Niell joining the staff.
We've lost our bench coach.
Rivera has finally spoken with the FO.
Pettitte will play for us or retire.
There hasn't been any news on Bowa, has there?
AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ABOUT MELKY FOR SOME OTHER CABRERA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Is Omi gonna have to choke a bitch?!?!?!?!?!?!


... Oh yeah.

And happy Hallowe'en.

We had a shit start. We worked our way through it 'til the end, because we refused to go out quietly.

The Yankees will always be my boys.

What sucks most about our early exit? Hearing about it via MLB.com text alert because there wasn't a damn television free to watch the games.

I love it when Girardi makes fun of Kay in the booth almost as much as I hate Youkilis and his giant bald head.
(Kay: "I think they might be mathematically eliminated."
Girardi: "That might be what the x means on your standings card.")

I love it more when Matsui hits home runs to nearly-dead center.

Oh, and I suffered through the dentist today. That was fun. Not.

All right Alex! 50 home runs in one season. First right handed batter on the Yankees to do so; first Yankee since Mantle and Maris.
Go man, go!

[edit] Wow damn. That was an inning of innings. However, here's hoping that Pettitte is okay for the rest of the game.

P.S. Damn you, BitTorrent, give me Yamada Tarou!

This is what I like in a Yankees game. Yesterday never happened. We will never speak of it again. That is all.