It's friday, and Armondo Benitez still sucks.
That being said, I want every baseball fan to put a link to this post on their sidebar and name it "Open on September 1, 2003.". I just spent the last 10 minutes watching ESPN's outside the lines, and it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. They're talking about the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
They're saying this is going to be the year. Since 1918, the Yankees have used, abused, and dominated the Boston Red Sox. And if you pay attention to baseball, every year in the beginning of August, it starts all over again. This is going to be the year. The Sox are gonna do it this year. They're taking down the Evil Empire.
I am a Jet fan. If you follow football, then you know Jet fans are very familiar with the "This is gonna be the year" speech. Much like Boston, we hear it every year. So I'm going to run this by you people one time, and one time only. After all, it's only a review.
On September 1, 2003, the Yankees will have at least a 5 game lead over Boston in the A.L. east. Pedro Martinez will be injured, and questionable for the rest of the season. People are gonna start making errors. Pitchers are going to get beat up.
Players like Varitek and Damon will be in a slump. Hey, maybe Nomar will hurt his wrist again. Manny Ramirez will be hitting, but he'll be sucking it up in the outfield. He's already doing that now. Tim Wakefield's knuckleball will stop knuckling, and turn into a 65 mph fastball. It happens every year.
This is a guarentee. I don't think this is going to happen. I'm not hoping this will happen. I actually know, and I mean 100% know that Boston is going to fall apart in August. It happens every year. So every boston fan that reads this go ahead and bookmark it. If I'm wrong, you can come back and rub it in my face in September. But I'm not wrong, and deep down you all know it. So I'm gonna go back to watching these idiots talk about how boston is gonna do it this year, and chuckle to myself. The Red Sox season will be in shambles 31 days from today. Guaranteed.
You're still young. Once you become old and bitter you'll become a Red Sox fan too.
In the National League, the clinically depressed are called 'Cubs fans'.
As an Angels fan all my life, don't lose hope. You never know when they are going to pull together and start a late season run.
Posted by: Great Sambino at August 1, 2003 10:04 AMNo way, baseball is always my saving grace. Like I said, im a jet fan. In the span of my lifetime I got to watch great coaches like Bruce Coslett and Rich Kotite. FYI, Kotite coached the jets for 2 seasons and recorded a record setting 4 and 28 record. Worst. Coach. Ever.
Every year I hear superbowl talk from the jets camp. And every year, around the middle of december, I get to look at the tv and say "oh shit. It happened again." Sometimes its Mark Gastineau getting a roughing the passer penalty on 4th and 37. Sometimes its Wayne Chrebet attempting to swan dive over two bear defenders(that is, bears football as presented by bank one defenders). Sometimes its dragging my ass out to new jersey to watch them lose to 2-12 buffalo. But it happens every year. I don't need to be old you see; im a jet fan. Im already bitter.
Hell, it won't even take that long for the Sox to crumble. I'm saying August 25, and their morale is already gone.
I've got my voodoo pins out.
[Never put hope in the Jets. It's an investment never returned]
Posted by: michele at August 1, 2003 12:27 PM