ACLS Tigers/Yankees Game 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tigers: 2 Yankees: 1

Tigers lead Series 3-0.

Game called on account of....

...."it might rain".

I hope the decision-makers don't have any access to power tools or anything.

Jeff Mathis sure is clutchy

Yet another extra base hit for career .200 hitter (yep .200 even) Jeff Mathis.*

If I am the Twins general manager and I have Joe Mauer behind the plate, I would still trade for Mathis. Sorry, Joe.

*This god among men has just scored. I think the Yankees will about nine or ten tonight with Mathis in the lineup.

Rock Guy wasn't even drunk!

Anaheim Police have advised that 29 year old Jose Cervera a/k/a Rock Guy was not even drunk when he took a bacteria bath as he jumped into the rocky waterfall in the outfield at last night's ALCS game in Anaheim. Not even a little drunk. Blood alcohol level: 0.00. Just high on life.

Frankly, his sober status at the time of his plunge probably makes it even worse and will probably trigger some "we are really worried about you" type talks with his family and friends if he has any.

Next, we are probably going to find out that he did it to get a reality tv show and has been emailing Balloon-Boy's father over the last couple of months.

You know, a friend of mine is kind of a history buff and from time to time, he will tell me that he would rather have lived hundreds of years ago than now.

No way.

Scott Boras behind the plate

How many phone calls are you gonna make? Is there even anybody on the other end? We know that you are important. We get it.

Enjoy the game. You don't always have to be "in character" you know.

Sit down too. Like everybody else around you. Nobody else is standing. Look around.

Oh, that's right (smacks forehead), nobody would see you then.

My bad!

Don't umpires evolve like the rest of us?

In the space of about 35-40 minutes, the umpires have blown 3 very easy calls in tonight's game:

1. Scott Kazmir easily picks Nick Swisher off second base. The umpire is right in front of the play and inexplicably denies the Angels the out as he decides to give the Yankees an additional out.

2. The third base umpire, Tim McClelland* inadvertently evens it up by calling Nick Swisher out for leaving third base early on a sacrifice fly. Replays clearly show that Swisher did not leave early and also show that the umpire was watching the outfielder and did not look at Swisher at all so he has no idea as to when Swisher left the bag. He calls him out anyway.

3. McClelland then decides that things should not remain even and that somebody must have an artificial advantage so he denies the Angels a double play when their catcher tags two Yankees in a rundown; neither of which are on a base but the Angels are only awarded one out. McClelland was standing right in front of the play and apparently will feel no shame in cashing his check this week.

Don't umpires evolve like the rest of us?

It's like they are stuck in the Mesozoic Age.**

*If I spelled it right, it is dumb luck. I could easily look it up but there is a game on you know. (It is "McClelland" and I have made the change)

**Post inspired by my friend, Rick Watzke who I have been chatting with online about umpiring while posting this. No royalty checks for Rick this time though.

Aren't playoff games supposed to sell out?

So I see that the announced attendance for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series was 49,688, almost 3000 people less than the 52,325 capacity of Yankee Stadium.

I don't think it was the cold as that has never stopped fans from coming out in the past. You just bundle up, right?

Apparently most of the empty seats were in the Legends section where seats were going on Ticketmaster before the game for $1406 a piece; and don't forget the $7 "convenience charge".*

Obviously, many fans have simply been priced out of the market. I am all for teams maximizing revenue but when you have thousands of your best seats unsold for a playoff game, your business model seems a bit off. There are only so many rich people around you know; even in New York.

I think they might need like a new stadium or something.

*You know when there is a big dollar "buy it now" card on ebay with the asking price well in excess of it's true value and the seller usually offers free shipping because he is making such a killing on the card? The Yankees don't even do this. Pay us $1406 for the ticket and also pay us $7 to give it to you. Pass.