Weekly Random Thoughts on the Yankees
The Yankees went 5-1 this week, bringing their record to 65-51. The Yankees have won ten of their last twelve games and sixteen of their last twenty-one. They are now five games behind Boston in the AL East and are tied with Seattle for the American League Wild Card. On May 29th, the Yankees were 21-29, fourteen and a half games behind Boston and eight and a half games back in the Wild Card race.Earlier I bitched about the Yankees not picking up a reliever before the trade deadline. I had heard they were planning on bringing up Joba Chamberlain and had heard how he was lights out in AAA, but I still wanted a proven veteran. Boy, was I wrong. Let's compare Joba's stats against Eric Gagne's (who I had hoped the Yankees would land) since he joined the Sox:
G IP H ER BB SO ERA
Chamberlain 2 4.0 1 0 2 6 0.00
Gagne 4 3.1 9 6 2 4 16.20
It's a good thing I'm not in charge of the Yankees. The kid pitched a 100 MPH fastball on Tuesday night. He'll be a starter next year, folks.
It's been a great week for the Yankees. Hughes pitched a great game on Friday night (6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO). A-Rod has rediscovered his homerun swing (three homers in his last two games). Clemens and the rest of the team stuck up for A-Rod on Tuesday night. The Yankees are playing as a T-E-A-M. There's blood in the water, people.
But no one has me more excited right now than Shelley Duncan. Dude is a spaz. Intense. He's also a lot of fun to watch. He's got the whole "I'm playing for the YANKEES!" look on his face every time you see him. It's great seeing a MLB player treating it as more than just a job. I have a serious man-crush on him.
Of course, the five homers and eleven RBI in thirteen games don't hurt.
Weeds
One of the best shows on television, Weeds, returns to Showtime on Monday night. Set the DVRs!I'm undecided as to whether I'll give Californication a try. What about you guys? I'm semi-allergic to David Duchovny.
A Web Virgin No More!
I've never met a fellow blogger before. Actually, that's a lie. Once I went to a conference and was in a room with several hundred bloggers. But I didn't know any of them and they didn't know me, so that doesn't count.Anyway…
On Thursday night, the extremely talented Kristen Chase (of Motherhood Uncensored, Mominatrix, The Mom Trap, Cool Mom Picks, and the Parent Bloggers Network) and her two equally beautiful children stopped by our house for dinner on her way to Atlanta. We had a blast. Kristen is every bit as witty in real life as she comes across on the computer screen. And me? I came off as a shy, bumbling, fumbling neurotic who is deathly afraid of other people.
Thanks again, Kristen!
Sunday Morning Hangover
Here are some of the more interesting/entertaining posts I've come across this week:- Amy takes her family to the Sears Portrait Studio.
- BMC embraces her detractors.
- Darren may or may not own Lou Gehrig's bat.
- Marla is fascinated by wedding dances and mediocre DJs.
- Motherbumper discovers where all the missing maxi pads have gone.
- Weirdgirl creates the Terrible Twos Regimen.
