Mmm.. Bailey Quarters.
I remember the night the kid cut off his right arm
In a fit to save a bit of power
He got fifty thousand watts
In a big acoustic tower
As I've probably mentioned on here before, for my game reports I usually end up watching the game in bars, partly because I don't have cable TV and partly because I enjoy bars. Anyhow, I found it particularly hard to concentrate on yesterday's game. I'm having trouble coming up with something coherent from these notes at all. So instead I'll just publish the notes verbatim. Enjoy!
Cat looks like the kid that mows my lawn.
V-DUB!!!!! Sorry for ever doubting you, buddy. You've been playing well lately. I wouldn't be surprised if you surprised us all and hit 35 this year.
Hillenbrand walks. Doesn't help Dudek any.
Hinske flies out. Still, up 1-0 in the first against the A's. I'll take it.
What the hell happened to Jason Kendall?
Two groundouts and a pop fly. Excellent. I'd like to see Lilly start mowing people down, but I'll take what I can get.
You know that 70's easy listening song Baby Come Back? (It's by the band Player. I had to look that up. Who the hell are they?). Anyhow, the song is much better if you change Baby Come Back to René Lévesque:
René Lévesque, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong, and I just can't live without you
RIOS!!!!!! Wow. How the hell does this guy hit homeruns? He's got a 30 inch waist! He's gotta teach me his swing - it could come in handy in slowpitch.
You know, to follow the Earl Weaver strategy, you need to get guys on base before you hit the homeruns. But the good guys are still winning 2-0 and Lilly isn't pitching too badly. Adams gets out, which doesn't help us any.
Check out those two women who just walked in. They'd be hot if they didn't look like they didn't spend their lives lying 3 feet away from the Earth's sun. Who in the world thinks it's attractive to have skin that has the look and feel of an old leather handbag? I never understood that look. Mind you, I could never figure out why so many people thought Jennifer was more attractive than Bailey:
Mmm.. Bailey Quarters.
Groundout, flyout, groundout. Well, that sucked. Where are the solo homeruns, I ask?
This isn't sustainable. If Lilly keeps pitching like this, the A's are going to start teeing off on him at some point. Hopefully he'll be yanked due to pitch count by that time. What is he at now anyway?
Why does Jamie Campbell sound different announcing ball games than he does on Sportsnet? Does he have a third voice for day to day use as well? And if so, does he get them confused sometimes and says, "Medium Regular to go" in the same voice normally reserved for "Grounder to second"? Because that would be cool.
Why was late 70's Brit Pop so obsessed with 50's death rock (and 50's music in general)? I'm all for pointless nostalgia, but you think they could have mixed it up a little. Well, at least Johnny Are You Queer? was a great song.
Airport, you've got a smiling face,
you took the one I love so far away
Fly her away - fly her away - airport.
Airport, you've got a smiling face
You took my lady to another place
Fly her away - fly her away.
I've got to stop listening to new wave mixed CDs before I do these reports. The songs in my head... they're killing me. At least I finally got the theme song from The Greatest American Hero out of my head.
Another boring half inning. Blanton has found his groove, which is tough to say for a guy who is 0-5 this year.
Sudden Mental Question: If J.P. was GM of the A's, would Blanton have already been sent down to Sacramento?
Another inning, another 2-0 lead for the Jays. Could this really be happening? Is Lilly going to shut these guys out? If he does, that say more about Lilly's pitching or about the A's?
Why did the Decepticons keep Starscream around? I mean, did he have any uses whatsoever? I don't even think he could take Bumblebee in a fight.
AWWW CRAP! CRAP! CRAP! CRAP ON A SHINGLE. There went that rally.
That looked like it was going so well. First Mark Ellis hit a liner to short, then Bobby Kielty flies out. Two up, two down. We go into the 7th up 2-0 and we're looking good. Except Eric Chavez walks. No big deal, we've still got two outs and it's only one runner. Except Ted Lilly's adventures with flyballs finally comes back to haunt him.
It's still tied, though. 2-2. This ain't over.
I really should have ordered nachos earlier. Now by the time they get here the game will be over. Unless this goes into extras, which it might. D'oh! I don't want to be here until 2am.
We didn't get them this time, but there's still two more innings left.
Double D'oh! Now we've got third and second, no outs. Lilly, you've got to keep the ball on the ground, and maybe we can get away with only one run scored.
Yes! A groundball! ADAMS!!! WHY?!? NOT NOW, NOT NOW!
I can't watch this anymore. I'm going to go play Golden Tee.
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