bothersome crap du jour

dear yankee stadium crowd,

paul o'neill's been retired for a hundred years. it's about time someone took 21. get over it already.

i hate some of you people so much sometimes,
lupe


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dear john flaherty,

cut your hair!

sincerely
the concerned women of the tri-state area

Labels: hmph, stfu, things that are annoying

qotd

"for those interested, premium opening day tix look to be $1200 each and up. It is getting to the point that it'd be cheaper to charter a jet, go see them in another city, stay at the most expensive place in town and bathe in champagne, than to try to see them at home." - juneh

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i guess they hired jim wolf for his looks?

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babble

i'm kind of sad to learn that tata rhymes with beta. oh well. i'll keep on pronouncing it like the synonym for boobs.

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as if things haven't been annoying enough this season

i am now obligated to root for a molina. feh.

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the only time anything involving curt schilling's made me all "aww"

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:)

The most notable piece of information coming out of ESPN's Sunday Yankees-Red Sox telecast had nothing to do with the network's attempts to portray Daisuke Matsuzaka as a man who has reinvented the art of throwing a baseball.

...ESPN created its own fib with a sequence video of Boston's four-HR barrage. At the end of the third inning, replays of each dinger aired. The fourth, hit by Jason Varitek, was followed by a reaction shot of a stunned Boston GM, Theo Epstein, saying, "Oh my God." This replay was taken out of sequence. Epstein went gaga after J.D. Drew hit the second HR. ... After their great Dice-K buildup, Miller/Morgan/Gammons didn't offer a credible critique of the pitcher's performance, which did not come close to matching all the hype. Perhaps the most honest analysis came during a shot of Alex Rodriguez in the Yankee dugout. His lips, and his Dice-K comment, appeared easy to read: "He's got nothing." . . . Late in Braves-Mets Friday, the SNY crew, led by Gary Cohen, decided it was a good idea to discuss how opponents could be upset over A-Rod's recent HR celebrations. For the SNY guys to go down this road was strange.

They were markedly absent in 2006, not raising a similar question after a Mets celebration was touched off by David Wright's game-winning hit off Mariano Rivera. The SNY guys also have not pursued a similar curiosity - or condemnation - over the Mets' orchestrated dugout dances usually led by the great Jose Reyes. [bob raissman]

Labels: hmph, national league, sox

no we do-on't

one more thing to tack on the list of reasons why i'm starting to really dislike you people:

Williams, meanwhile, is cooling his heels at home in Armonk after the Yankees refused to guarantee him a spot on the team during spring training. On Opening Day, Williams called Yankees manager Joe Torre to wish him well, pledging to stay in shape should an opening arise. Before the game, some fans started a "we want Bernie" chant honoring one of the Yankees' most popular players. [star ledger]

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quote of the evening

"WHAT IN THE GOOD GREAT GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING SHIT." -- juney

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quotes of the first day of the season

"Even when he's not doing anything [jose reyes is] the most exciting player in the game." - joe morgan

"And Jose Reyes is the most exciting player in the game. He can just stand there and be exciting. I'm sure Joe Morgan could watch the guy take a dump and get excited....just needed to get that off my chest." - veb

this was all i heard: "ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING APPROACHES TO A GROUNDER THAT YOULL EVER SEE!!!11 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW AN INFIELDER SPRINT TOWARDS A BALL!!!11 SLURP SLURP SLURP!"

Labels: birds on bat, hmph, quote of