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Armando Galarraga was presented a brand new 2010 Chevrolet Corevette before this afternoon's Tigers game.  A small gesture for something that should have been much greater.  He also presented umpire Jim Joyce with the lineup card for the game.

Seems like a good ending to a terrible story.

Rocking out right now to Brand New and Muse.  Rock out on your own.

Boo-ya!!

BOSS!!

Picked these things up a few days ago at Rite Aid because I just couldn't resist a trip down memory lane.  Had the urge, figured what the hell - pop them in the freezer and a few hours later, ready to go.  These don't have any of those crystals towards the bottom though, like Marino's Italian Ices, but they're still awesome.  Fla-Vor-Ice - sorry about the sideways picture, I thought I rotatated it but it doesn't seem to have worked.  Either way, I am going to grab another one and then probably another one after that - I mean they're hardly bad for you, it's flavored water, screw it.  I may leave a few, we are having guests over.  Bud Lime and Fla-Vor-Ice, sounds like dinner to me. 

Got the new Bose iPod blaring through the apartment, Killers "Joy Ride" - one of my favorite songs on their latest CD. 

Yankees completed the sweep of the O's, outscoring them 18-5 in the three-game set.  That's what a good team does, dominates when they're supposed to.  Cano had another hit, 17 game hitting streak now, I made an error in a previous post.  I'm only human here people. 

Nathan is chilling on the window sill, Lindsay is with Alli picking up Rosie from the airport - NY traffic blows.  They have taken the most roundabout way back, but any way you slice it there's gonna be an ass-ton of traffic.  I hate traffic, and often times scream out my window, or blast metal from the car as I roll through a rough neighborhood, as if that'll make the situation better.  Oh well, time's up.

Going to get another ice.  You should go pick some up, you'll thank me.

Click click click click click

Slow computers make me want to punch a hole in the screen.  Maybe it's just the ancient ones we have in the offices here at work.  I am the only worker in here without a school-issued computer.  I wander around office to office trying to find one that's free and quite frankly it behooves me. (always wanted to say/write that word)

I am physically working between two different computers right now, and the A/C doesn't work, to boot.  One computer can't open the file I need but the other can.  Problem is, the one that can, is slower than shit.  I mean it's gotta be a 45 second delay from mouse-click to open.  And if you know me, you know how patient I am (sarcasm is at an all-time high). 

Let me go check on the dinosaur computer - it seems to have gotten a second wind, I better strike while it's still working. 

In short, I dislike immensely slow-running computers.  There's nothing else loading except my e-mail, what the hell is taking so long?

Wednesday - big day at the ballpark

Got home around 9:15 last night and put in the new A/C, sucker works pretty good, cranking out cold air all night.  Lindsay is still in there sleeping, I was up at the butt-crack taking Nathan out and figured I'd post up.  Lot of stuff happened yesterday all around sports, I'll cover the ones I want.  I'm the boss here.  Flyers got a huge win in OT to cut the series to 2-1.  OK, hot topics:

1. Jim Joyce blew it!  Tigers RHP Armando Galarraga got screwed out of his perfect game, and even Indians SS Jason Donald knew it - as soon as he crossed the bag and was called safe, he put his hands on top of his head, almost signifying, "Holy shit, this umpire blew this kid a perfect game."  He wasn't going to call himself out, but umpires need to make that call and get it right.  There is no excuse.  They get paid huge amounts of money to maintain the integrity of the game.  In all fairness to Jim Joyce, he is human, and although he's been around for 22 years, his latest gaff is further proof that instant replay needs to be adopted at the MLB level.  Not for ball and strikes, but for plays like this, for homeruns that may or may not have been, to determine fair or foul (even though 80% of the time a batter doesn't bust it out of the box).  I'm just saying, these umpires are clearly not cutting it.  There's the play - Galarraga  had the ball and his foot hit the bag a step before Donald go there.  I still am shocked he missed it.  I appreciate the work they do and the fact that the human error still plays a part, but to take history away from this guy isn't right.  And for Galarraga not to have said anything to Joyce is amazing in itself, I would have flown off the handle - but I got a short fuse.  Nice guy, considering he had a perfect game snatched away on the last out of the game.  Instant Replay!!

2. Griffey Jr. hangs 'em  up.  Let's be realistic here, Ken Griffey Jr. was one of the best ever to roam center field, hands down.  There really is no debate that in his prime, he was a freaking beast.  He made more catches over the fence than I can remember.  His Upper Deck rookie card was rare air in the baseball card collecting industry - it was worth upwards of like $150 back in the day at the card shows.  Griffey is a sure fire first ballot hall of famer, and for good reason.  Coming up with the Mariners organization in the early 1990's, there was no other player more synonomous with Seattle than his.  Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Mark Langston, Jay Buhner, Omar Vizquel.  Nobody's compared to Junior.  And to think, he made only $68,000 his first year in the big leagues.  I mean 630 HR's later, he's hanging them up, and at a good time too.  He can't perform like the guy who hit 56 HR in back-to-back season in '97 and '98.  He can't get to double-digit SB's anymore like he did in 1999.  He's a clubhouse guy now, and as much as a team needs guys like that, Griffey has too much pride to go out like a sucker (.184, 7 RBI).  He's a superstar that was never in the steroids debate.  He came in before they were being talked about and dominated as a 19- and 20-year-old.  Thanks Junior, the game needs more guys like you.  Sweetest swing in the game they said, and who am I to argue with that.

3. Robinson Canó en fuego!  If you think otherwise, you better take a good, hard look in the mirror.  Actually, saying he's on fire isn't even enough.  Right now, he's the best hitter in baseball.  He's got a 17-game hitting streak (which will now more than likey end today), has his average up to an MLB-best .373 (.001 higher than Justin Morneau), 78 hits (4 more than Ichiro) - I mean cool him off.  Let's just take a look at his last 8 games - all multi-hit games (3 3-hit games, 5 2-hit games).  During that span, his average has gone from .335 to .373.  He has 9 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, and 15 RBI.  I mean those numbers are staggering.  Here's Yahoo!, clearly confused, telling us who is the hottest player over the last 14 days.  Here's Canó's numbers:  12 R.  5 2B.  3 HR.  14 RBI.  .472 BA.  You tell me Chipper, Cairo, and Ryan have better numbers, you're off your rocker.  Someone at the Yahoo! research department is sleeping on the job.  Stay hot Canó.

OK, that's good for now, it's pretty lengthy and I'm getting hungry, even though I'll probably get an egg sandwich at Han's.  I'll be back!