I sure did.
I mean, why stay up? Yanks were down 2-0 after the 1st, 5-1 in the 8th. No SNL. No Colbert. Not even Benny Hill. Not gonna lie. I took the snap, surveyed the rush, and punted. Straight to the Land of Nod. Or the state of New Jersey. Wasn't gonna watch.
Turns out, the A's did everything possible, short of bringing in Neville Chamberlain, to give the game away. Four straight walks, three with the bases loaded, following a razor-thin strike call challenged by Goldy. In the end, we refused their magnanimous generosity. It shouldn't have been close, and my hope is that all of you doused the lights to avoid getting your blood pressure tazed. This is how it ended. And I can't even blame Jazz for swinging: On a 2-2 count, he had no choice but to guard the plate.
Oh well... Tampa and Toronto lost. We're still three games out. Today's game is at 4:05 p.m. Monday begets June and the days are still getting longer. Sacramento! We're coming for you!
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It wasn't just this game. It's the culture and the organization. Believe me when I say that I used to stay up for EVERY GAME, every season, for years. I'd listen to the commentary on the radio before and after for every game. But this was when they used to put a compelling product - we used to call it "team" - out on the field. I was hooked in. Missing a game was unimaginable. I used to carry a small radio around with an earpiece. In other words, I used to be a rabid fan. Now - and this is aside from the infirmities of age and general cultural exhaustion - I just get into bed and fade off. If I'm lucky.
Yep. Slept through it.
There's a term for last night's debacle...FUBAR...
Three free runs. And one hit woulda done it on top of that.
Boone silently wishing for seven Volpe clones so everywhere he'd look, there'd he be. Sad.
Pimento.
Was out. Didn’t see it. Didn’t miss anything important, apparently.
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Wavering
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