Sat. aft O-o-T-S (and other stuff)

[Frayed Knot]

* Yanx jump out to a 9-2 lead ... only to lose 11-9
Soriano was on 1st (he actually walked) when Mariano was brought in w/0 outs in the 8th. He promptly stole 2nd, then stole 3rd and came home with the tying run when that throw sailed into the OF. Rivera then walked Darryl Ward (remember him?) and then gave up a triple to Jose Guillen just barely scoring Ward (slowest black man I've ever seen). Then a Zimmerman single brought him in.
Nice waste of a Damon 4 hit + GS game, plus a monster 2R shot by A-Rod who I'm going to nickname 'Lightning Rod" for all the abuse he's attracting these days.

* Sox beat Braves again.
Manny was sitting but Beckett pitched well (he seems to alternate).
That's something like 15 of the last 18 for Atlanta. I'm almost starting to feel s .... NAH!

* AL won a whopping 12 of 14 IL games Friday night. NL took the earlier 'round' 22-20

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

IOW, Triple Happiness is solely within the Mets' hands.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

fantastic.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jose Guillen just doesn't quit. A lot of peeps would just coast with a 9-2 deficit and play for tomorrow, but that's just part of what makes Guillen the special special player he is.

He's done it before, so he has the muscle memory, or something.

[Frayed Knot]

Darryl Ward - who didn't even start the game but was a replacement for Nick Johnson who (what else?) hurt himself again - also hit a monster HR off something called T.J. Beam; a call-up the Yanx made when farming out Aaron Small (who will have to pass thru waivers btw). It wasn't quite Hondo territory but it was in those red seats in the upper deck in front of the yellow ones.
That's the kind of stuff that made him a popular target a handful of years back including being linked to NYM trade talks seemingly at least once a week for a while. Unfortunately he only occasionally looks like that player these days.