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For the first time in a while, I had the chance to listen to talk radio this weekend. We beat up on Mad Dog alot, but he was excellent on Saturday morning. He was talking about the Tigers/MFY Game 3. By the time I tuned in, I guess someone had said Kenny Rogers would be old news by Game 4 and that as long as the Yankees won, no one would care or remember. Russo was great, he said something along the lines of (I'm paraphrasing): You're right. At 4:10 this afternoon, you won't be thinking about Kenny Rogers. It'll be the dawn of a new day. You'll have your TV on, they'll be giving you the lineups and you'll smile when you hear those great names. Jeter, Giambi, Abreu...you'll have your drink ready, you'll be all set to go. The Yankee fan will be happy at 4 o'clock. At 8 o'clock, it'll be a different story. When A-Rod taps out to second base to end the game, and the Tigers are celebrating, and the Yankees will be hanging their heads in the dugout. At 8 o'clock, the Yankee fan is going to be miserable. Wondering how it all went wrong. You're gonna be angry. You're gonna snap at your wife. Not gonna want to see your kids even though you know it's wrong. You're gonna want to take this whole team apart. Fire Torre, trade A-Rod. You don't want to be a Yankee fan at 8 o'clock. But what are you going to do? It's 8 o'clock. You can't go to bed. You can't just shut off the TV and fall asleep. Your wife is going to want to go out. Maybe watch a movie. Meet some friends. But you're not going to be in the mood to do that. There's no football on. Certainly don't want to watch the Mets. No, the Yankee fan at 8 o'clock will have no choice but to watch the celebration. Watch every Tiger spill champagne. Watch them talk about how they never gave up even after losing Game 1. The Yankee fan will have no choice but to watch every last interview. That's what the Yankee fans has to look forward to today. Happy at 4, miserable at 8.

It's Jeter's fault. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/story/459941p-386970c.html

Great KTE Seo.

I will never wear the blue hat again until they ditch the stupid looking orange dot. I also like the black/deep blue trim on the snow white jerseys. I like that 3-D effect it gives it. But then again, I also like the black jerseys. The white hat is cool too.

Detroit 8 MFY's 3 Mets 9 Dodgers 5 Greg Maddux (former Brave) pounded Triple Happiness? Judges? BZZZZZZZ Oh well whatever. Close enough.

I'm hoping that if the Mets advance, Omar wakes up before the NLCS and decides to go with Williams instead.

Fake Tom Glavine

...with Oliver Perez set to go Game 4 if necessary, I looked up the weather in LA to see if we had any chance of a rainout. Check out this forecast! http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USCA0638?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared Let's hope Trax can get it done in Game 3, because without rain, we're in trouble on Sunday.

If the Mets are fortunate enough to move on, we need a volunteer to go start a fight with Chris Carpenter the night before Game 1. Too bad we don't have a Wifey Watch for opponents. That could make it a bit easier...

="Frayed Knot"]Hey fat, bald guy w/the cell phone hanging behind the desk window for the last five minutes ... no one's impressed. That fat bald guy obliterated the old record for waving at the camera while talking on the cell phone. No joking, he must have been there for thirty minutes. They cut to highlights, then Grady Little's press conference, then Willie, then Glavine, and when they cut back to the studio, he was still there. His idiocy was eclipsed only by the morons who chanted "Yankees Suck" behind Gary and Ron.

A-Rod on the back cover today as is protocol after a Yankee loss.

Wagner and Glavine talking pre-game: Wags fired back with one of his own: "Just pitch the way I used to watch you pitch," Wagner quipped, "back when I was growing up."

Jeter should have very clean testicles for tomorrow's game.

Is John McEnroe a Mets fan?

After two months of meaningless baseball, what a weird feeling it was to be hanging on every pitch again. I am exhausted. I started feeling the effects during the seventh inning or so. Clearly the layoff has affected my endurance. Maybe I should have stretched it out a bit more in September.

Come on Green.

YES!!!!!! GO WRIGHT!!!!!!

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT!!!!!!

LET'S GET SOME RUNS

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tying run into scoring position.

YES!!!!!!!

I'm listening to Gary Cohen on the radio. Bringing him back was a great fucking idea.

LET'S GET SOME RUNS.

Latest latest update: Calf fine, but jammed his finger during tooth brushing process. Out for rest of post-season.