So, Mark and I were on our way out to a lovely Valentine’s dinner last night when he put sports talk on in the car. This is how we found out the news. On the way to a romantic dinner. Talk about an appetite suppressant. The Yankees got A Rod. Incredulous, we listened to see if we heard correctly. After all, sports talk shows are on AM radio, and in Sudbury AM doesn’t come in that clear. ...”traded Soriano”. This can’t be happening. We get Curt Schilling and Keith Foulke, (we laugh in the face of George), we try for A Rod, piss off Garciaparra, then don’t get him. And the Yankees get A Rod. Oh how we laughed when we heard Aaron Boone, 12th inning scene stealer, broke some limb and would be out for the season. Huh, we said, George Steinbrenner must be pissed. But as always, George gets the last laugh. George Steinbrenner is a true George Bushian american. He with the most money wins. Keeping in mind that Matsui and Bernie Williams are like the Yankee 8th and 9th in the line up, how do you compete with that? Where is parity in baseball. I suppose it could be worse, we could be Texas Ranger fans. And it’s not like we suck, because we don’t. Maybe Alex will hurt himself in the off season. Or maybe Jeter, who just may be a little jealous, will jinx him somehow. So therein lies the answer. We must hope for bad lady luck.
Chris
The first thing I thought when I heard the A ROD news, after, "Oh Geez," was, "I hope someone has put all the sharp things in Sudbury up higher than CR can reach!!"
Posted by CubFan.Things could be worse. You could be an Orioles fan, where every time you read the news you find another good player has been traded away. Angelos is a bizzaro-Steinbrenner. If you can't make money by winning, then make money losing.
Posted by rakkity.Fear not Rakkity, you have Rafael Palmeiro, Miguel Tejada and Javy Lopez. No pitching, but some draws none-the-less. Good news for you CubFan, Maddux is staying in Chicago. You gotta love the baseball. Coming off the Patriots victory leaves one feeling even more optimistic than usual. We go to our first game April 13. It's Mark's birthday. It's all good.
Posted by chris.When the Orioles sent Palmero away two seasons ago, my daughter Katie was furious. She started figuratively poking pins into an Angelos doll, and it appears to have worked. This morning I read in the paper that Angelos is now proudly saying that the O's can now have a 500 season!
Posted by rakkity.The first thing I thought when I heard the A ROD news, after, "Oh Geez," was, "I hope someone has put all the sharp things in Sudbury up higher than CR can reach!!"
Posted by: CubFanat February 17, 2004 07:27 PMThings could be worse. You could be an Orioles fan, where every time you read the news you find another good player has been traded away. Angelos is a bizzaro-Steinbrenner. If you can't make money by winning, then make money losing.
Posted by: rakkityat February 18, 2004 10:08 AMFear not Rakkity, you have Rafael Palmeiro, Miguel Tejada and Javy Lopez. No pitching, but some draws none-the-less. Good news for you CubFan, Maddux is staying in Chicago. You gotta love the baseball. Coming off the Patriots victory leaves one feeling even more optimistic than usual. We go to our first game April 13. It's Mark's birthday. It's all good.
Posted by: chrisat February 18, 2004 04:55 PMWhen the Orioles sent Palmero away two seasons ago, my daughter Katie was furious. She started figuratively poking pins into an Angelos doll, and it appears to have worked. This morning I read in the paper that Angelos is now proudly saying that the O's can now have a 500 season!
Posted by: rakkityat February 21, 2004 09:49 AM