[quote=MaryCas]"A-Rod comes up small...."

Was there a picture underneath that headline of Madonna looking disappointed, holding her forefinger close to her thumb?

Actually, there's a reason why there was no interest from any other team when A-Rod and Boras interrupted the Red Sox's World Series win and boldly proclaimed his free agency and that he was looking for $30 million a year. He's not worth it.

His BA with RISP is dismal. But he doesn't offer excuses, I'll certainly give him that.

The Yankees need the remaining games in this series. There's a big difference between trailing by 6 and trailing by 4 this late in the season.

DoublePlayRod. What a shock. And twice in one night, no less. And we have him for another 10 years. What a joy.

I used to call Paul O'Neil: G.I.D.P.O'Neil

My brother (a huge Yankee fan) went to the game last night. He told me the crowd REALLY let A-Rod have it last night; more than any time last year.

He said one kid, who couldn't have been more than ten years old, held a sign that said "We don't want you, Alex." And that upon seeing it, A-Rod pretty much had tears in his eyes. Man, I never really liked him, but that's just cold.

I mean, you just know the kid's father made him the sign. What the hell are we teaching our kids?

Yeah, really. By giving his son that vile sign to hold, how does the father expect him to learn how to give the finger to the players?

When the Yankees were playing poorly, wasn't it also a ritual of yours to refer to a certain player as "Bernice Williams"??

Yeah -- Bernice Williams, Paula O'Neil, Tina Martinez, Alexis Rodriguez, and just thought of Ivana Rodriguez... and good ol' Michelle Pussina.

You should see the A-Rod apologists out in full force (see River Ave. Blues; LoHud Yankees blog; etc.) who claim RiSP is a fluky stat anyways, or that Derek Jeter is having a shitty year, or that opposing teams still have to gameplan around A-Rod because they fear his bat, or some other bullshit.

Maybe he could use the emotion when he's at the plate whiffing at pitches out of the zone...

Oh, that was just....awful. It was like a train wreck in slow motion, where the cars of the train just keep hitting into one another. Maybe like the one in The Fugitive.

Mr. Babe was invited to today's game, so he promises that his presence in the stands will guarantee a win. What the heck? Nothing else has worked for them this season.

It's O-V-E-R! Oh well, let's look forward to the offseason to who we'll get under the tree this Christmas

Oh, yeah. Stick a fork in the Yankees.

It must have been Posada all along! Georgette Posada.

We have friends who are die-hard Mets fans. Their son, who just turned 17, is one of those obnoxious know-it-alls (not just about baseball, pretty much everything). We were watching the Mets-Yankees play last year and Posada hit a home run and I referred to him by his nickname "Georgie". The son looked at me, rolled his eyes, and said, "It's pronounced Hor-hay."

I wanted to smack the crap out of the kid.

0 for 4-Rod.

The Yankees Win!!!! The Giambino comes through!!

It's funny, but at physical therapy last night, I was talking to another patient and the therapist about the Yankees. The question was posed - If the game was on the line, who would you rather have up at bat? ARod or Giambi?

Both men said ARod. I said Giambi. It's so hard to be right all the time!

As a Sox fan, Giambi is the one I'd least like to see come up with the game on the line.

Still, it's been a good couple of days.... The Sox took 2 out of 3 in their final games at the Stadium and Mrs. Obama spoke eloquently at the convention.

Life is good sometimes.

SC, it's really great to see your familiar avatar again.

Thanks, klyd.... I missed your avatar too.

I met 5 or 6 Sox fans this morning down at Grand Central. They were looking for the 4 train. Good think I'm not a Yankee fan. I might have put them on the 5 train out to Flatbush.

Actually, they were very friendly.

SC, as I told you, Mr. Babe was going to guarantee a win for the Yankees today. Actually, he called me about two hours ago, and he seemed to be slurring his words a bit. I'm sure he was drunk with victory.

I'm just glad they got to Papelbum!

Papelbon is a darned good closer. Why would you call him that? I'm glad they won, but no reason to call him that. Plus, he looks pretty cute in a skirt.

Because I thought it was cute when a New York paper called him that after he ran his mouth off at the All-Star game saying he and not Mariano Riveria should be the closer in the House That Ruth Built.

Yeah, you can savor that memory in October.

I will when Boston gets knocked from the playoffs, if they even make it Beckett could be heading to the DL and that will put a damper in their postseason push

I12, I understand the whole Boston-NYY thing. I wanted the Yankees to beat them this year, as I do every year. But I wouldn't be running my mouth about Boston after the way that the Yankees have dropped the ball (pun intended). Here's a team that should be doing much better. We haven't been able to hit the side of a barn this season.

Oh what do you understand, SB?? You don't even know how to pronounce Hor hay.

I'm with you SB. I hope A-Hole was watching how to do it.

Hip Hip Hor Hay!!!