1. The Mets will drop three of four games to the resilient Phillies, cutting their National League East lead to one game (two in the loss column). But on a positive note, Carlos Delgado and Julio Franco will be cast in a remake of "The Sunshine Boys."
2. The Yankees' bats will continue to show signs of life. Alas, all three of their games against the A's will be suspended, keeping their record at 36-39.
3. The White Sox will fail to sign Mark Buehrle to an extension, and will subsequently trade the left-hander to Atlanta. Buehrle will immediately accuse Chipper Jones of being soft.
4. In this season replete with milestones, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa will use four pitchers in an inning for the 6,000th time, while Carl Pavano will set a record with his second Tommy John surgery in one season.
5. Barry Bonds will make the National League All-Star team when it's announced on Sunday, only to be removed by Bud Selig. The commissioner will claim that Bonds disqualified himself during a recent game of Trivial Pursuit, when he answered that the "Moors," rather than the correct "Moops," invaded Spain in the eighth century.
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Funny, hated that Bubble Boy, don't care much for Barry either.
Yep, it's me. Kudos to you for graduating from Hawkeye sports correspondent to Yankee beat reporter, columnist, and occasional guest on "Yankees Hot Stove"
I always was a zealous Yankee fan, even in HS. But Kenny, remember, when we were at JPS in the mid to late 80's, being a Yankee fan was a painful, masochistic allegiance. Although their travails this season certainly is summoning some of that long repressed agony.
Remember the Doug Drabek for Rick Rhoden trade that was supposed to catapult us past the Jays, Tigers, and Sox? How about Ricky Henderson for Jose Rijo, Stan Javier, Jay Howell, and Tim Birtsas? (I recall vehement arguments with Rabois over that one.)
In fact, the only way I found I could cope with the 1986 World Series, for example, was to avert my eyes from the sport entirely. I think some quixotic part of me held out hope that both teams might lose.
Although this season, alas, keeps calling to mind memories of that wretched Yankee past, one obvious difference consoles me. As much as I fault Cashman for Will Nieves; for opting for two middling first-baseman instead of offering Bernie a guaranteed contract; for Jeff Weaver, Kevin Brown, Javier Vasquez, Kei Igawa, I applaud him for recognizing the importance of cultivating young pitching and refusing to mortgage the Yankees' future by trading the likes of Hughes, Chamberlain, Kennedy, Tabata, Horne, et. al. That doesn't mean however I don't worry that the organization may have overvalued one or more of its second-tier pitching prospects (Clippard, Chase Wright, etc.) particularly since its evaluation of major league pitching talent has left so much to be desired over the last decade or so.
(By the way, I concede your point about Bernie and his pride aggravating his rift with the Yankees. Still, I can't forgive Cashman his obstinancy and pettiness. At some point in May, it became obvious, at least to me anyway, that the Yankees needed Bernie more than Bernie needed the Yankees. If Cashman can offer Roger Clemens a guaranteed pro rated contract, then he could have extended Bernie the same, especially once the team cut Phelps, realized Cairo could play first-base and that Giambi might be lost for the season, and finally, filled the 25th roster spot with Chris Basak.)
Much success with the rest of the season. And if you ever need a contribution from the demos.... well then please feel free to deliver a bored lawyer from his daily drudgery.