Baseball Blogging...

Red Sox win and A-Rod opts out of his contract. It's gonna be a long winter for Yankee fans. Ugh.

Glenn Beck...

is an asshole on so many levels that it's hard to pick just one. His comments about people in CA hating America would I assume include the Marines and their families who live at and adjacent to Camp Pendleton...in fucking San Diego county. Most of the areas being affected by the wildfires have very large numbers of republicans but no one out here thought to ask that question during one of the largest natural disasters in a hundred years or so.

So Glenn...fuck off....I hope you get cancer and then hit by a bus crossing the street to a hospital to receive life saving treatment.

Fireblogging...

What a catastrophe....the evacuation in San Diego county is the equivalent of emptying the city of Pittsburgh.

Evacuations...

of a quarter of million people in San Diego county tells you all you need to know about the seriousness of the fires in CA.

So Cal...

is burning and most people are saying it is going to get much worse before it gets any better. Temps up around 100 and winds gusting into the 70 mph range though out much of Southern Cal creates the perfect environment for fires. The resources necessary to fight the various fires that are so spread out are not fully available in state. CA officials are reaching out to neighboring states for add'l help.

The Coolest...

act on the strip 40 years ago.....40? Can someone check that? Yup 40...Hmmmm...seems less but whatever...

This is What I was Listening to..

it's good...

Suicide Blogging...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention..if the Red Sox win I'm not gonna kill myself but I am going to drive around looking for "Nation" celebrants and methodically run them over with my car that sports Yankee license plates....call it what you want but I call it mental health.

Posted...

without listening first because I'm listening to Ray La-man-tan-yay...don't ask me to spell it....getting back to the post, it's gotta be good because it's Van and Solomon Burke.

Holy Shit...

Bill Moyer's on PBS piece with journalist Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater is a stunning indictment of that company. Crazy right wing bat shit a-holes...but don't tell them I said that...K?

Play Off Blogging...

Manny "who cares" Ramirez punctuates his ridiculous statements from yesterday by running a double into a single....unbelievable.

Say it Ain't so, Joe.....

The Joe Torre era as manager of the NY Yankees came to a close today after he predictably turned down an offer which included a salary cut and an unusual incentives package.

It's sad to see Joe go after 12 years...12 years of winning I might add. I hope that the Yankees haven't made a huge mess of things and unecessarily complicated the free agent signings for key players. I'm not big on change for change sake.

Stay Classy Manny...

because it is soooo like you.

Last night Manny Ramirez from Boston stood at home plate admiring his home run with his arms raised triumphantly for a good 5 seconds before it occurred to him to start trotting off the bases. Problem was that Boston still trailed by 4 runs at that point...can someone please explain how a such self centered imbecile can appeal to any fan anywhere? I just don't get it.

Playoff Blogging..

Those pesky Indians don't want to seem to keep to the script, do they? First, they hand it to the Yankees and now they are making considerable noise against the Sox. Hard believe that Westbrook was the same pitcher the Yanks teed off on last week.

Congrats to the Rockies who look like they may not lose again this year. Whoever plays them will have their hands full and we may have a helluva series on tap.

Watching the Red Sox Lose..

is oddly enjoyable in a way very close to watching the Yankees win....conversely...yeah, there's that part too.


Anyway for the 2% of the population that doesn't believe the Curt Schilling is a blowhard...here's some pretty compelling evidence...He thinks that by showing up and blaming himself, that no one will blame him.

Although Schilling was not scheduled to appear in the postgame interview room, he showed up unannounced and took the blame for the loss.

“There is no one in this clubhouse who should feel bad in the clubhouse but me,” Schilling said. “Everything about this one falls on me.”

Before his first pitch, Schilling stood behind the mound, bowed his head and said a prayer, which is his usual routine. He loves the October stage as much as any player and has excelled on it more than most players. Entering Saturday, Schilling was 9-2 with a 1.93 earned run average in the playoffs.

I'm guessing the clubhouse sounded like:

OK, then..This one's on Curt guys!...(you suck schilling...lost the game for us asshole...take your interview into the parking lot loudmouth....pray this jerkoff...your wife is a lousy lay)

The Incomparable..

Wilson Pickett...Is it midnight already?

You Would Think..

you are pretty much safe from this kinda thing when you live on an island...but they friggin swam over!

Someone...

will thank me eventually for this one...a goodie for sure

Bela Fleck and Flecktones...cool name.

Tiny Bradshaw...

can lay it down.....Train Kept a-rolling is a good one but nothing beats..Breakin up the House...that one is a find.

I was Born...

just a few years too late to attend this performance...course I'd probably be living on the street now but still.......