Update on the Orioles

We were at the Sox game Sunday, in pretty awesome bleacher seats. Our dear friend in the daisy dukes was definitely up in the stands, same seat, same shorts.... I think he kept his shirt on, but I tried to take a photo from far away, coming soon.

Look at them girls with the daisy dukes on

Actually, look at that old man with the WHITE daisy dukes on, sans t-shirt.
OK, he spent most of the game without a t-shirt, which was a slightly more disturbing sight than this photo because his beer belly flopped over those short shorts, and yes, we were convinced those were tightie-whities until he stood up.

What a sight at the Orioles game yesterday! After encouraging us to take this picture, security guards said that he comes every Sunday afternoon in similar scantily clad outfits and that he's not even an O's fan. (You can't see the Red Nationals cap in the photo - but here he is singing God Bless America.)

Orioles lost yesterday, Nationals lost yesterday, f-ing yanks lost yesterday, but the Bo Sox won & are back to 7 1/2 games up in AL East. Yeah baseball!

Judas Demon #18

http://cache.boston.com/sports/special/redsox/fenway_damon.mp3

Boston was a sad sad place Monday night. Until we beat the pinstriped morons.

Demon #18

http://cache.boston.com/sports/special/redsox/fenway_damon.mp3

$12 million of KARMA coming back to bite you in the shoulder

Damon Has Tendinitis in Left Shoulder

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031501398.html

The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 15, 2006; 2:30 PM

TAMPA, Fla. -- Johnny Damon has tendinitis in his throwing shoulder, and the New York Yankees star will not be available to play the outfield for the United States on Thursday night against Mexico in the World Baseball Classic.

The Yankees sent Damon to be examined by Dr. Lewis Yocum in California on Tuesday, and the speedy leadoff man was cleared to pinch-run for the U.S. squad if needed. Whether Damon can hit will be determined before Thursday's game, but he will not play in the field.

"I spoke to Johnny yesterday," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Wednesday. "He's not worried. He just needs to get it calmed down, so that's why he's not a defensive player for them right now."

Damon had an MRI exam. His sore left shoulder is the same one that hindered him late last year with Boston and weakened an already inferior throwing arm.

Cashman said the injury flared up while New York's biggest acquisition of the offseason was working out with the U.S. team.

"It happened there," Cashman said. "Right now, he's OK to stay out there and try and help the U.S. team obviously in a limited way now."

There is no timetable for when Damon will resume defensive drills. Cashman plans to speak with Yocum again before Thursday's WBC game.

"I don't have a final report yet. I'll have one before Thursday's game," Cashman said.

Cashman said right now he's not worried about Damon's status for opening day.

"This is something that should calm down and should be able to get out of the way in time for our season to start based on what I have been told by Dr. Yocum," Cashman said.

Damon, who signed a $52 million, four-year contract with the Yankees during the offseason, has played in four of the Americans' five games in the inaugural WBC, going 1-for-7. He sat out Monday night's 7-3 loss to South Korea and was a pinch-hitter in Sunday's 4-3 victory over Japan.

His ailment is exactly the kind of issue New York owner George Steinbrenner was referring to when he spoke out against the Classic.

"I'm not concerned about him based on the fact he pinch-hit the other day, plus the fact Cash talked to him," Torre said, referring to Damon. "Hopefully, it appears to be in the spring training-type feeling.

"To me, Johnny knows what's important. They want to win there, but he knows that he has to get himself right to help whichever club he's playing for. He knows that they're playing the Classic, but it's still a time when you get yourself in shape and you have to look out for yourself."

AND!

The *^%((@*^*@(^& yakees were eliminated!!!

The Great Depression

I haven't updated all weekend. I was pretty depressed about the baseball game, and my roommates wandering around going "Hey I'm sweeping your room Chicago swept the Red Sox." YUCK. And also being waterlogged all weekend really did me no good, my hair wasn't dry until last night, what a bummer. And had to get my car battery changed. That sucked it big time EXCEPT the mechanic guy didn't charge me to switch them because I was from Massachusetts. No really, that's what he said. Good thing I haven't changed my plates yet! :)

But had a really pleasant cup of coffee at Greenberry's in Courthouse, Sunday morning with the paper.

Another concert tonight. Bound to have a much younger crowd than the Stones, but how much younger? Hopefully not too much high school... Also going to be much more of a pain in the ass to get too, Patriot Center, so weird.

Steroids!

And baseball, of course.

A friend of mine was trying to convince me to go to the Nationals game last night--actually afternoon, thus the reason I couldn't go, you know, the working world! The plan was to drink a lot of (overpriced) beer, and yell obscenities at Barry Bonds! Might have been fun.

Of course, when my roommate was driving me to the metro this morning, after I walked out of the door and watched a bus go by and knew I would have to stand for about 20 minutes while being beeped at by Mexicans, he told me that Bonds didn't play last night. Ha. Sounds like a nice wasted trip to a baseball game.

Oh baseball, apparantly Palmeiro's testimony leaked and he pointed the finger at Tejada? You know I wish the Orioles were on steroids so that they wouldn't let the &%&%$(%!%^#!%$$ Yankees win. Oh well, better they're not and my Red Sox will win the next 3. :D

Oh baseball, I love you, I am getting so excited for October already! (And hopefully I will have a place to live then too... Did you know that S. Arlington is dangerous...?)