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April 27-29, 2012 |
The Crew, Episode IV |
Sorry for the brief respite on posting (is that redundant? Is "brief" part of the "respite" definition? If so, apologies). But it was with good reason. For one weekend a year, NYC is blessed with the presence of one Krista Willim--the writer, the lawyer, the legend--and every year, Yankee Stadium gets a visit from "the crew."
Episode II
Episode III
- The Yanks came back to beat the Tiggers on Friday, with a walk-off passed ball. In the annals of pleasurable anti-climax* that rates about a 8.5 outta 11.
"Why he is bringing in a righty right now?" |
- Keith, on the pigeons on the field: "Do you think those birds know what's going on?"
Everyone else: "Excuse me."
Keith: "I mean, not like in a there's-2-outs-with-a-runner-on-third kind of way. But do you think they know there's like 55,000 people watching them eat grass?"
It's true. It was. |
- So, yeah, Sweaty Freddy Garcia has zero idea what the eff he is doing. Seriously. There are pitchers like Phil Hughes, who I'm pretty sure are cognizant of the fact there is a way they SHOULD be pitching but just aren't executing. And there are people like Freddy Garcia.
- Another highlight of the weekend was running into Joe and Jen, who win for greatest Yankee couple and who get the Ford Bold Move of the Day for catching Jeter's foul ball, which has recently skyrocketed to my list of things to do before I die. Which means that basically the span from 80 years old to 90 years old will be punctuated with some aggressive psycho old lady in Yankee Stadium body slamming people for foul balls. In 50 years, I don't want to hear anyone say they weren't warned about this.
- Swisher hit one out to put the Yanks on the board in the run column as well as the hits column. I missed this because it took me roughly 1201 years to get beers. This is because in the bleachers, you only get ONE BEER PER PERSON. This was NOT boding well with the bleacher crew, let me tell you.
B) this was coupled with the fact I had my ticket
C) I had my license scrutinized for every beer. My sister even had to show back up ID once.
I said to Laur, "I feel like I'm at JFK and not Yankee Stadium."
Laur: "No way, at JFK you can drink as many beers as you want."
- The Yanks, on the other hand, were being very economical about their run production. They certainly kept the hits in moderation. Good work, guys. My biggest fear was that I was going to see a spillage of runs and an absolute mess of hits all over the place. Keep it clean, keep it neat.
- Finally, in Yankee form, the runs start coming in during the last inning, making everyone excited. But then they lost.
Me and the crew? We were still excited though.
4 Comments:
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- Unknown said...
April 30, 2012 at 8:08 PMThanks for the shot out! I had Jeter's foul ball played perfectly- 16 years of scouting...- Unknown said...
April 30, 2012 at 8:08 PMThanks for the shot out! I had Jeter's foul ball played perfectly- 16 years of scouting...- German said...
May 1, 2012 at 7:29 AMThis is my new favorite blog...- Crazy Yankee Chick said...
May 1, 2012 at 6:01 PM:) THANK YOU!!!
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