If they never beat the Red Sox this year but win the division, that would be something I suppose. After all, they have lost all seven to the Sox so far and are only one game back. Yet it's how they lose that is so entertaining. Consider situation with Chien-Ming Wang:
Wang faced 17 hitters, retiring eight and allowing nine to reach base. He looked nothing like the pitcher who fired a two-hit complete game here in April 2008, and the Yankees do not know if he will make his next start. “I’m not ready to make that decision right now,” Manager Joe Girardi said. “It’s seven minutes after the game. It’s something we’ll discuss. I’ll sleep on it, and in five days, someone will be out there.”
Someone will be out there. There's a seal of approval from the boss. Especially after the team being taken apart the night before. I feel badly for Chien-Ming as I reserve most of my pin stripe animus for particular players like, this year, Tuesday's goat A.J. Burnett and, always, A-Rod whose flapping at knuckleballs last night was entirely little league.
One has to remember that a rivalry is only as good as the object of hatred. Who could get a hate on for the Leafs these days (... years ,,, decades) given my team is so bad? And does that not translate into the rest of life, that other dream like state that is filled with one's employment and household tasks and medium to long term planning? Doesn't the opponent have to be worth the attention? For example, not having liked Letterman much since his morning TV show days, is this really a joke or just cruel? Is he wit or dimwit?
And on a related tangent, isn't the fact that the Habs may be worth a bit over $400 million make the cost of a Phoenix team relocatable to a southern Ontario gold mine for $320 million or so with that additional NHL $100 million relocation penalty entirely reasonable?
Comments
Phil - June 11, 2009 11:16 AM
The Letterman joke was funny, if inartfully delivered because it wasn't clear he was referring to the 18 year old, not the 14 year old daughter. He was referring to the daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock and now claims she speaks out for teen celibacy. "Knocked up" isn't usually construed to mean rape--just becoming pregnant.
Also--come on: A-Rod is part of this joke--you know, the "cheat-on-his-wife-with Madonna-and-patron-of-strip clubs." A-Rod. And the seventh inning: giving new meaning to the seventh inning stretch.
I'm sorry. I thought it was funny and Letterman has no need to apologize. Dave rules!
Alan - June 11, 2009 11:47 AM
Dave's a pig.
Phil - June 11, 2009 1:36 PM
what's the difference between Dave's joke and Tina Fey's quip while impersonating Palin that marriage is a sacred union between "two unwilling teenagers?"
Both are funny.
Alan - June 11, 2009 1:48 PM
None. It's just so distasteful but at least the unwilling teen joke is not about a rape. You find crime against minors funny. That's all.
Phil - June 11, 2009 2:04 PM
The joke was about Bristol AGE 18, not a minor. Knocked up is a term referring to getting someone pregnant and doesn't imply lack of consent or rape. The joke was not about rape and I do not find jokes about crimes against minors funny. The joke was not about a crime or a minor.
David Janes - June 11, 2009 2:11 PM
Ah yes, the post facto explanation of the joke. Her 14 year old daughter is in town, but jeez everyone knows he was talking about the otherone, whatsher name, the one who the media calls a slut.
Alan - June 11, 2009 3:34 PM
Thank you, David. I guess Phil assumes A-Rod is ready for a meaningful relationship.
Phil - June 11, 2009 4:11 PM
OK, it struck me as funny. I'm a terrible person. I love dead baby jokes and leper jokes and think it's amazingly funny to push little old ladies in walkers down steep flights of stairs. I'm a borderline sexual deviant who believes that little kids should be abused (hopefully by demonic professional athletes.) And then I'd laugh my ass off about it.
I'm sorry. It was a funny joke.
I'm glad that I'm able to provide you with the source material for your never-ending complaints about the moronic activity of blogging. I still like your blog.
. . . and it was a funny joke.
Alan - June 11, 2009 6:21 PM
Maybe A-Rod was thinking of a date at Dairy Queen.
Alan - June 11, 2009 6:26 PM
And you want to know what's funny? This is funny.
Temujin - June 11, 2009 6:43 PM
And yet, no love for the Blue Jays. Tsk tsk, Alan, they are an exciting team and are worthy of some notice.
What's a "Letterman"?