2. Without warnings from U.S. government, colorful packaging fools gullible Yankee rookies into taking the Tide Pod Challenge.
3. While on joyous family vacation, Greg Bird twists ankle on pile of uncollected trash and falls 500 feet into Grand Canyon.
4. Oh, screw this. Hardee-har-har. I got nothing. It's cold, I need a flu shot, and the NFL won't start its playoffs today at the traditional 1 p.m. East Coast slot. They're waiting it until for 3:05 p.m. (Boston) and 6:40 p.m. (Phily), looking to dominate prime time, which means home town fans in both cities will sit in the dark, bitter cold. Eagles fans will be lucky to get home by midnight. On top of everything else that's odious about the NFL, does the league simply hate the cities it represents?
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It took a Boston sportswriter to finally tell the world what everybody already knew: The Yankees are not serious bidders for Yu Darvish. Cooperstown Cashman generated two weeks of speculative news blather by mentioning his name on a call-in show.
The Yankees - like everybody else - are supposedly "interested" in the latest thing from Cuba, a 21-year-old OF. I'd write down his name, but why bother? Of course the Yankees are "interested." But has anybody out there noticed how skeptical the Empire has become about "big things" from Cuba? Ever since Jose Contreras - the Bronze Titan - the franchise clutches its checkbook whenever a fresh boat arrives in Miami. (Yeah, we have El Chapo, but that's different: We didn't chase him when he first came.)
It's so quiet today that NJ sportswriters are interviewing themselves. Mirrors reflecting mirrors while feedback loops rise in volume. It's pretty clear that Brian Cashman's prime directive is to find a taker for Jacoby Ellsbury - and if that hasn't happened by now, it won't until spring training. So... I guess the government isn't the only thing being shut down. The Yankiverse is almost there, as well.
The worst Cuban " bomb"who the Yankees raced to sign was that third baseman.
ReplyDeleteContreras, at least, pitched one or two decent games somewhere.
The third baseman never cleared customs.
And he got a few million.
And only you will recall his name.
I think the Yankees tried to reclaim the money.
The lawyers got their piece but, beyond, that, I don't know.
I would google earth that guy's house in Cuba if we only remembered his name.
It is really slow in Mudville.
Now wait a minute! Slow, you say?
ReplyDeleteWhat about soccer??
Um, well, even the Times didn't run a soccer piece today. It was another nil-nil result, because of course they would never stoop to running anything about the Yankees.
Yes, a "nilly," as they call it in England, or rather, a Nilly Vanilly, after the famous lipsynching duo.
Soccer 11, Yankees 1. Will January ever end?
There's a natural cycle to things. To everything, turn turn turn. For every season, turn turn turn. There is even a time for cliches. There IS a sound of silence. Tire tracks all across my back, I can see you had your fun. So what can a poor boy do, except play as a baseball fan? And I've just seen a face, but I can't remember the uniform number.
ReplyDeleteSoon enough, it will be pitchers and catchers and our little fingertips will be raw and bleeding from all the posting we will be doing. Soon enough, life will begin again. Until then, we are in the deep thaw of our collective tomorrow. In our underwear, some of us, those that dare to admit it, yearning, hoping, praying for that red cross-stitched orb in the sky to rise again over live baseball.
Until then, comrades, I bid you sweet dreams. See you 'round the ranch.
Alphonso....is this the guy? Took a little while to find this one...
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Morales
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