U I vethed na I onnad.

So, I dropped off the face of the Baseball Earth following the trade of Farnsy because, as I saw it, that was the beginning of the end. (And why people were so surprised that it ended in September I don't get.) But I had to come back into it for this: With a 20 win season behind him, Moose announced his retirement today.

I'll miss you, you crotchety old man.
And I kind of hope that Girardi's right and that he gets pulled back into it.

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.

I suppose I should have more to say, but I really don't. Other than seeing my 'nee-chan two days ago, I've been doing a lot of sitting in the house and watching 嵐 (arashi) clips on youtube. Take five guys in their twenties who are pleasing to look at (I wouldn't call any of them 'drop dead sexy' but damn could I look at them all day) add dork squared and multiply that by twenty million and pop, and you have them. It's fun. I mean, what other fandom gives you the name for the OTP? (Ohno and Ninomiya had a comedy duo where they called themselves Ohmiya. I admit here and now that they make me coo to the same effect that Robbie and Melky do.)

Also, from a musical stand point, you could really do much worse.

Oh, and have I mentioned lately how estatic I've been about the latest Yankees games? No? I'll have to do something about that.

Huh. Hillenbrand DFA'd, eh?
How much we betting that he's on the Yanks in about a week?
Joy of joys.




Ugh.

There are few things better than landing in Japan and turning on your internet to discover that in your absence, the Yankees have swept the Pirates, bringing their win streak to six games.

One of those things would be actually landing in Japan.

The second flight actually landed in Nagoya this time at about 12 yesterday afternoon. It took half an hour to get through customs and grab my bags and I was on the train to Nagoya Station by 13:05. The train pulled in at 14:05; just five minutes after the 14:00 bus left for Iida and so I wasn't able to meet with anybody from the group. But the bus pulled out from Nagoya at 15:00, and pulled in about 17:20. Ten minutes before the reception started. I was met by Rob and brought to the Kominkan, where I met my host family. They are a family of five with a small dog named Charo. Very cute little thing, which apparently lives in a cage in the Genkan.

They have internet, as you might notice ;)

I don't know how often I'll use the internet cord, however, so posting may be sporadic.