fflo: (johnny d)
fflo ([personal profile] fflo) wrote2004-10-20 12:27 am
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bleary-eyed baseball watcher

This is getting ridiculous.

This game didn't even go into ex-tree innings, and it's still almost 12:30 in the morning when it ends. I guess it didn't help that they had to call out the riot police on the yankee fans. (Usually I don't find myself siding with the riot police, but there's an exception for every rule.)

So, Game 7 tomorrow night. That's where the Curse will have its chance to wrench the most heart.
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[identity profile] disclaimerwill.livejournal.com 2004-10-19 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
My brother and I wound up watching the first five innings or so in the bar beneath the Magic Stick before the Neil Hamburger show tonight, and I swear I don't think there was a single Yankees fan present. It was kind of nice.

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2004-10-19 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, tonight was Master Hamburger! How was it?

The Yankees are the moneyed Republicans of baseball.

[identity profile] disclaimerwill.livejournal.com 2004-10-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
It was a wonderful show. Neil's act is even worse in person (more hopeless, more tasteless, more, more, MORE!), so it was a great ol' time. "What's the difference between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was a HEROINE to the SLAVES!"

Yeah, I was thinking last night how odd it is that after 9/11, the Yankees had the goodwill of the entire nation, and they seem to have blown it already, given how excited lots of people are to see them lose. And then I realized, that's kind of a microcosm of our situation in the world, isn't it?

Was that person who got hit by the homerun ball okay, incidentally? That can't feel good...

Anyway, off to pick up Bev at the airport! Yeeeee! Have a great day!

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2004-10-20 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Hwwah! A groaner becomes a work of art when it (a) passes a certain level of groaniness and (b) is delivered well. Or should I say "badly"?

I think it's despicable how the 7th inning stretch has become G*D F***IN' BLESS A***ICA time, thanks to the stinky Yankees (who, yes, had a lot of good will after the attack, but not mine).

Hope youse two are having a great time. Robin misses your bouncing!

[identity profile] disclaimerwill.livejournal.com 2004-10-20 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh- and quickly, here's a great blog entry about the series: http://www.frolicanddetour.com!

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2004-10-20 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, good black humor, with a little tongue-in-cheek flavor but definitely sincere

They pump you up with a little hope, the better to rip out your liver with a melon baller.

dead on

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