bring it.

"The Yankees could hardly stop themselves from laughing when asked yesterday about this weekend's "big" series. They said all the right things about the race not being over, the Red Sox being a great team, and more. But if you looked closely you could see some eyes rolling.

Mariano Rivera said outright what many hinted at. 'I don't care about the Red Sox,' he said. 'They can do whatever they want.'

Rodriguez is more polished with his answers - he uttered the phrase 'one game at a time' four times during a pregame interview, earning him an 'A' in boringspeak - and he has caught on that the regular season is often just a preview of the more important one for the Yankees.

'Every series we play, without a doubt, is a big, big series for the other team,' he said. 'So we get everyone's best foot forward, we get everyone's 'A' game. All that is great preparation for our team.'

If that sounds a bit haughty, well, that's the Yankees."

- newsday


anger management:

"'We're not in the best situation for me to miss five games,' said Ortiz, who is batting .305 and ranks among the American League leaders in home runs (26), RBIs (87), doubles (33), total bases (232), and extra-base hits (62). 'I have to face my punishment for what happened, but I wasn't expecting that many games.'

...'I should have never thrown my bats out there, but it's not like I meant to hit anyone,' Ortiz said. 'I think I did the right thing apologizing to them, and they thought it was the nicest thing I did the whole series I was there. It was over right there.'"
- boston globe

good job, tizzle. admitting you're wrong is the first step.

1) being able to appeal and have any semblance of control over what games are missed is asinine. what's the point of having rules, then?
2) the hell is going on over in that there clubhouse, exactly, that even mild-mannered goofy ortiz is busting shit up?


kittens and rainbows:

"Sierra, long past the surliness of his youth, entertains teammates with his outrageous humor, including a wacky rendition of Torre's trudge to the mound for pitching changes. His flashy suits turn heads when he walks into the clubhouse, and, almost always, there is a matching chapeau."
- hartford courant

and duque! wily elegant el duque! the line says it better than any newspaper ever could: 7IP 4H 0R 0ER 1BB 10K. it's like a lullaby.