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MVP Caribe 09 Continued. It's Lima Time as Jose Lima is pitching a great game for the Aguilas. The Caribe guys even put their own fans in the game. Great job. Great feed by the pitcher to the first baseman to get the out at first. The Cangrejeros are wearing a special uniform that honors Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente. On the front of every player's uniform you will see a #21 there in honor of the fallen Pittsburgh right fielder. The Cangrejeros score their only run on a double to right center field as Jose Lima begins to tire. Here's Luis Polonia. This guy's never going to retire. The Aguilas execute a perfect hit and run here that set up the winning run in their 2-1 victory over the Cangrejeros.

Next up, the MVP Caribe 2009 mod which was created by that very talented group of modders over at MVPCARIBE.COM The mod can be downloaded over at that site (reminder that you must be a member there to download) or you can download the mod on this site right here. A special thanks goes out to omardj38 for uploading the mod to our website. I've been following the work you guys have done at the Caribe site ever since you started and your entire team of modders that contributes to this mod and the WBC mod that you released last spring are simply amazing. (Please have Hector translate for everyone over at your site to let them know how much their work is appreciated here. Thank you.) The Caribe guys have created their own installer and this installer is just as easy to use and get around with as the TC installer is. Again you have the choice of having the menus in Spanish or English, so I will leave that decision up to the individual user. I chose English on my setup. Once you get the mod installed, PLEASE do yourself a favor and watch the Caribe 09 intro that these guys made for this mod. I am not going to give away anything about it, but it is well worth watching. It's the longest intro in any mod yet and once you watch it, you'll want to see it again. Simply fantastic. As I stated when I reviewed the Caribe 08 mod, this is the most unique mod out there for the MVP gamers to use. This takes nothing away from any other mod, but this is the only mod where you will find all the Caribe teams, players, uniforms, throwback uniforms, stadiums and the exclusive Latin flavor that makes up the Caribe baseball experience. Porque aqui tambien se juega beisbol. Because here we also play baseball. You guys sure do, and you do an extraordinary job at it too. Screenshots of the Caribe 09 mod. Welcome to MVP Caribe 2009! One of the songs and loading screens in the Caribe mod. These guys went all out to make this mod seem like the experience you would see if you saw a game down there in person. An unsuccessful pickoff attempt. The first baseman is drawn off the bag because of a wide throw and the first run of the game scores from third base because of it. Between innings of the game between the visiting Cangrejeros de Santurce (from Puerto Rico) and the hometown Aguilas del Cibao (from the Dominican Republic.) The right fielder bobbles the ball but not far enough for anyone to advance. The visiting Cangrejeros turn an impressive double play to get out of jam.

Updated to 11-22 ...I have not used my iPod in months until the other day. It made me realize how much I love my audio program called Media Monkey because it syncs the iPod for me and I don't have to have the Apple software installed on my system. I have no use for iTunes and their DRM nonsense. ...I miss the admins on this site being here. I know that real life gets in the way, but you can't help but miss them. ...On the other hand, it's nice to see Paulw hanging around here again. And for an added bonus, he's working his magic on Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. ...Speaking of Baltimore, the Colts visit Baltimore today as the visiting team. Even after all this time, that still doesn't sound right. ...NFL football in the 70's was so much better in so many ways than it is now. I used to love watching the Raider secondary of George Atkinson and Jack Tatum play. Talk about aggressive defenders, those guys were it. And every pass thrown was not a pass interference. The referees in the NFL are as bad as the umpires in major league baseball. ...My Raiders haven't done anything worthwhile in years to really be happy about, but the benching of overrated statue Jamarcus Russell should tell the rest of the team that the coaching staff isn't satisfied with the usual three or four wins a year. With the talent on that team they should be a lot better. ...Went to see my doctor on Thursday morning. Said I was doing fine and coming along slowly. I told her of the problem I've been having now. I can only be up for a while (five or six hours) and then I feel like I've worked for twelve hours and I need to sleep. She said that's normal because it usually takes the body about a year to fully recover from major surgery. In my case it will be longer since I had two major surgeries in less than two months. What a lucky guy I am. ...I would not mind if Roy Halladay plays next year for Toronto and then the Yankees get him at the end of next season via free agency. Toronto is going to want an arm and a leg and someone's first born for him. ...Well, it just figures. The Yankees are interested in signing Cuban phenom Aroldis Chapman and because of that, the Red Sox want to sign him. Those rotten SOB's probably never heard of him but since the Yankees want him, they got to follow suit. What a way to run a team, honest to God. ...And if by chance Boston does sign this guy to a huge multimillion dollar contract, they'll still cry poverty and amazingly, people will believe them. ...Sarah Palin was in my city yesterday for a book signing at a suburban Borders Books store. And before you ask, NO I did not go! I was reading comments from one of the TV station's websites about it and this one guy made this post that stopped me in my tracks and had me laughing like crazy. This guy, who used the name "Leroy" to post, wrote this: She should be home watching her kids, before her other daughter becomes pregnant. Hahaahhahhaheeeeehehheehehe. ...Hey, before I forget, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Total Classics Best of the 80's and 90's continued Ranger pitcher Gil Heredia robs Scott Brosius of a hit with this stab of a liner. Texas slugger Juan Gonzalez, who had 144 RBI for the division winning Rangers in 1996. Seventh inning stretch at the old Yankee Stadium. Jeff Nelson comes in the game in the eighth inning in relief of Andy Pettitte. Jeff Nelson fans the final batter in the 8th inning as he struck out the side in his first inning of relief. The 1998 Yankees win. VIDEO: Bernie Williams drives in a run via a sacrifice fly.

Ok, still trying to catch up a little bit. Here is the Total Classics Best of the 80's and 90's mod which was once again created by Jim825 and that crack team of classic modders. This mod can be downloaded right here. Again, the installer is very easy to follow and in no time you will be up and running with this mod. There are two new teams in this mod that are not in the Total Classics Phase 10 edition. First, the 1985 Champion Kansas City Royals are here and the inaugural 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays are included too. I didn't ask Jim, but I would imagine the Devil Rays are here only because it represented all the teams in Major League Baseball. Nothing they did in 1998 was great, but it's always nice to have the very first team to represent Tampa Bay at your disposal in case you wanted to use them. In other words, this does not give a negative light on this mod. I imagine the reason this mod was released was for the younger users who frequent this website. By using this mod it gives them the total classics experience with players from every team that they have heard of at one time or another. Using the '85 Royals for example. They've all heard of George Brett, so they might use that team. However, if they had Total Classics 10, they may not use the 1905 Giants because of being unfamiliar with the players. This mod gives them Total Classics with people they know. On to Total Classics, Best of the 80's and 90's. Welcome to Best of the 80's and 90's. Another great mod by the TC guys. Jorge Posada doubles into center field off of Texas starter Ken Hill. Juan Gonzalez singles sharply in the fourth inning. Andy Pettitte is strong in the early innings as he strikes out this Ranger hitter. Derek Jeter singles to right field just past the outstretched glove of Will Clark. That's enough. Texas starter Ken Hill is pulled from the game.

Another mod that is on the "must be played" list. Excellent job Caribe guys, once again.

1946 Continued. After giving up three runs in the second inning, Athletics starter Phil Marchildon settled down and shut the Dodgers down the rest of the way. Barney McCoskey is having a hell of a game. Here he hits Philadelphia's third triple of the game off of Dodger starter Joe Hatten. The A's tie the score in the seventh via a sacrifice fly. The Dodgers got the call on this one even though first baseman Ed Stevens was off the bag. Dixie Walker, the "People's Cherce" for the Brooklyn fans. Down 5-3 in the 9th, Dixie Walker attempts to get things going with a single. That's it. The Dodgers are done in this game and the Athletics win 5-3.

Next up here is the 1946 season mod which was created by Jim825. You can download 1946 season right here.If you are familiar with Jim's previous works with these season mods, you won't be disappointed at all with this mod. Once again it is a quick and easy install process that eliminates any problems anyone would come across with in installing these mods The choice of music again is fantastic, just as you would have heard had we been around during this season. The 1946 season is famous for the Red Sox winning their first pennant since 1918 and this was the Cardinals' fourth pennant in the 1940's and their last one until 1964. Video of Barney McCosky's 9th inning home run. Screenshots of the 1946 season mod. Welcome to Total Classics 1946 Ed Stevens of the Dodgers is out at the plate as he tries to score a run in the first inning. Pee Wee Reese makes a fantastic play at shortstop to throw out an Athletics runner. Elmer Valo of Philadelphia triples to right field. Valo had two triples in this game. Carl Furillo is robbed of a base hit by this sliding catch in the fifth inning. Brooklyn's Pete Reiser. What might have been. Barney McCoskey hits his first home run of the game to pull the Athletics to within one run of the Dodgers.

Updated to 11-15 ...Doing a early entry this week in this thread because I can't lately seem to sleep through the night now. Right around 3 or 4 am is when I wake up and can't get back to sleep. All I need is another problem. ...I'm already sick of seeing the Christmas commercials. They have started at the beginning of the month and have been increasing every day on TV. &*#&* Walmart is the main culprit. ...Gas is getting near three dollars a gallon now. It's probably been that way in some areas for quite some time now. Just another way of getting squeezed during the holiday season. Personally, I can't wait until Christmas day when this is all over. ...How the hell did Harold Reynolds get a job on the MLB Network? The guy's got an annoying voice and it turns into a shrill whenever he gets excited about something. ...Anyone watch the Bud Selig interview with Bob Costas on that network? (How the hell could you have missed it? They only repeated that interview over and over.) Selig had a perpetual puzzled and confused look on his face while answering Costas' questions. And some of them he was just plain evasive. ...Does anyone think there is any stock in that 2012 prophecy? ...Maybe the Yanks don't make a big splash in the free agent market like they did last year, but next year I'd like to see them actively go after Joe Mauer. That I'd love to see because as anyone who knows me in here, I am no Jorge Posada fan. ...I wonder if this Aroldis Chapman is the real deal? A left handed pitcher who can throw 100 mph? Might be something to look into. ...Yankee haters can finally say that Derek Jeter is a bum. But sorry to rain on your parade here. This is just a movie. And I might have to go and see it even though Will Ferrell is going to be in it. ...And finally, a big thank you to Sal for creating the 1927 total conversion mod for MVP Baseball.

These pictures are making me sick.

Just an update here. I know I am behind here as I have not yet reviewed the 1946 season mod, the Best of the 80's and 90's and the 1927 season mod in this thread. As soon as I have the strength enough to sit down and play a game, I will. Having two surgeries in two months drains a lot of strength out of you, but I'm improving. I am hoping that one day next week I can devote some time to this thread. At least that is my goal.

Oh my God, I'm getting sick.

Mark, I would have got rid of that bug the second I saw it. Bugs and I have a shaky relationship. They stay in their own area and I stay in mine and never do I want the both us to meet.

Updated to 11-8 ...Can it be? Has 2K sports released a game that a lot of these guys in here are actually enjoying? I've been reading some nice stuff about the new basketball game by 2K sports from some of the guys in the shoutbox. I'm glad that 2K finally released something that people are actually liking. My question is, will this continue on when baseball 2K10 is released? That's what I'm hoping for. ...The MLB Network, after virtually ignoring the Yankees since they went on the air this past January, have been playing Yankee World Series highlights practically non-stop. Thank you MLB for this. Of course, by next week you'll be back promoting the Red Sox, but I'll take what I can get. ...One thing that the MLB Network does right is those Studio 42 interviews by Bob Costas. Every one of them have been great. Like that Juan Marichal-Johnny Roseboro one when they went in detail about what happened and why when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat in a 1965 game. Turns out, both players became good friends. ...Two million people attended the Yankee victory parade? That's more people the Pirates get in attendance for the entire year. Sorry everyone, I just find this hilarious. ...With the exception of the World Series Highlights DVD, I'm not going to be buying any "Official" Yankee World Series souvenirs. $30 for that hat? Thanks, but no thanks. ...I would not want to be Brian Cashman right now. He's got a lot of tough decisions to make in the coming weeks about who stays and who goes and what free agents to go after. I think we may be surprised as to what will happen during these coming months. ...I've been lucky to see my Yankees win the World Series seven times in my life. I know that's very fortunate especially if I compare myself to fans of the Indians or Giants for example, teams that haven't won anything in a long time. I think about that sometimes and after thinking about it, I really don't care. If they win, they win. I'm just not going to root for them to do so. ...World Champion New York Yankees. To me, those five words go together perfectly. Nine long and frustrating years are finally over. ...It just occurred to me that I did not go out and vote this past Tuesday. Well, I couldn't. I can hardly get out of the house now because of what I went through. ...It's frustrating during this recovery time after surgery because you don't know if you are making progress or not. The healing is extremely slow, so slow that you sometimes think nothing is happening. Without these pain pills, I'd never make it. ...Anyone watching that new show on USA called "White Collar"? Not a bad show. Give it a shot. 10 pm on Friday nights.

Same with me too.

Updated to 11-1 ...My God, it's November already. And we are still playing baseball. Something's wrong with this. ...Can anyone stay up to the end of these games? I try my best but sometimes I can't. ...Once again these late starts are killing the game. They want kids to get interested in baseball, but when they tune in to the World Series at 9:30 pm or so, they are only in the second inning. Sorry, they got to go and get ready for bed for school tommorrow. ...For those wondering, I was gone again because I had to have a second surgery. Again, I won't bore you all with details, but it was a tough 17 days in the hospital. And I am determined never to go there again. ...Anyone ever here of a protein drink called Ensure ? I have to drink that to get protein in me and I have to have a high protein diet to help with the healing stages. So I got to have a lot of eggs, milk, cheese, meat, fish, etc. And I got to drink a lot. Here's the problem: I don't have an appetite right now and I have to force this stuff down me. Before this all happened, I had an appetite. Now when I need the appetite, it deserts me. ...Listen, if any of you know anything about these protein drinks, can you let me know what is the best one in your opinion? I don't know much about these. I just picked up the Ensure's because they were on sale. I have no idea if there are better options out there. ...I've become quite a TV watcher as I have said in some past posts in here since I've been home from the hospital. And I am at the point right now where I am bored out of my mind. Ever want to watch a movie on AMC for example? Forget it! They put so many commercials in between the movie that you can't even enjoy it. They can make a two hour movie a four hour one with no problem. ...No trick or treaters at my house yesterday. That's for two reasons. First, it was not that good of a night to be out due to the weather and secondly, we had our lights off. I'm too sick to deal with the doorbell being rung repeatedly. ...My condolences to that little girl in Florida whose body was found in a trash area. She's just a baby who did not deserve that. And my condolences to the person or persons who did this because that little girl's mother will kill them if given the chance. Let's hope that the killer(s) will be caught soon. ...Don't forget!!! Turn your clocks back today one hour.

Updated to 10-4 ...Because of the playoffs starting this week, this month is going to fly by. We're going to be watching so much baseball that we won't know where the month has gone. ...And then when it's finally over, we'll miss it just like we do every year at this time. ...It's about time the Dodgers finally got around to winning their division. The season was almost done so they figured that they had nothing else to do. ...Who else thinks the AL Central will go down to a one game playoff? ...I've been spending a lot of time on Youtube the past few days ever since I found out that some guy was posting an old cartoon called Underdog. I really doubt if anyone here would remember this show. ...I think that the lady who does the Progressive insurance commercials is just as annoying as the Geico commercials. ...While I am obviously pulling for a very successful Yankee October, I still am hoping for Andy Pettitte to get the hell off the team and never return. ...How about winning the last game of the season just to recall what it feels like to win ? ...Tampa's deliberate beaning of Mark Teixeira won't be answered back by the Yankees until next year. ...Let's see if the Raiders can score more than three points today. Nothing changes with this team.

Updated to 9-27 ...Already I can start to feel a chill in the air. Not good at all. ...Saw the replay of Ichiro being ejected yesterday. I really don't think he did anything that bad. ...The Cardinals won the NL Central last night and now you too can own official Division Champs merchandise from MLB.COM to celebrate the occasion. The cheapest thing is a $21.99 youth T-shirt while the one they are going to soak you most for is a Playoff Therma Base Classic Hood which can be yours for $54.99. They're always thinking of us. ...The upcoming four game series at Detroit with the Twins should be very interesting. Maybe the MLB Network will actually show a few of these games instead of replays of games that we have already seen. ...It's nice to see that even Joba Chamberlain can still pitch a good game. ...C.C. Sabathia has been all the Yankees hoped for, and the same goes for Mark Teixeira. We'd be lost without them. ...I got to admit, even Robinson Cano is knocking the hell out of the ball. ...But none of this matters if they can't play this way in October. ...Worst fans in the world, Part 9,872: A teacher in Baldwinsville, New York (a suburb of Syracuse) ordered one of his students to not wear his Yankee shirt. This teacher is a Red Sox fan so he didn't want to see the Yankee shirt. I hope this guy gets fired. ...The Cowboys new stadium looks impressive. They'll be on Monday Night so everyone can see it.

Updated to 9-20 ...Not many random thoughts today because all that's still on my mind is my little Scottie who left me all too soon. ...I don't want to get all philosophical or anything like that here, but I'll never understand why a bad thing like that happened to an animal that never did one bit of harm to anyone. That dog had me wrapped around her little paw and I would have done anything for her. ...Usually I can recall exactly what I did during the course of a day but yesterday is a blank. ...At one point I decided to check out the Yankee game but I couldn't find it and then I remembered that they were out on the west coast. So I said F*** it and didn't bother. ...With any luck I'll get some sleep today because yesterday I went without it. ...Have a great week everyone.

Updated to 9-13 (actually 9-16, but what's a couple of days between friends?) ...I'm back once again. If you notice the previous post in this thread that I made back on September 6th, that post is also the last one I made in here since that time. I went back into the hospital on the 6th and remained there until yesterday afternoon when I was released. That's a long time. ...I won't go into detail about everything since some of you wouldn't understand it, some of you aren't interested and some of you don't care, but to sum it up I had some complications due to the surgery and I am on antibiotics every day now, at least until they decide to stop it. ...I did come home yesterday and popped in here for a bit but I couldn't stay because I was so tired. You do not sleep in a hospital and I can vouch for that. You try to sleep when you are always getting your blood pressure checked, temperature taken, shot given to you, etc, etc. If you can, you got me beat. ...Listen, I'm hoping that none of you guys in here ever have to go to a hospital for anything but if you do I strongly recommend a private room. Because along with all the noise that the hospital staff causes, you got the guy in the same room as you making just as much. God forbid you get a roommate like I had. The guy complained about everything. He drove the nursing staff and myself crazy. ...After being admitted via the emergency room twice, I got to say that the people that work there are very special and they do a wonderful job. ...As soon as they tell you that you are not allowed to eat or drink anything, that's when you immediately crave a glass of water. ...Because I am a charter member of the Sniveling Cowards Association of Upstate New York, having an IV put into me hurt like hell. It even hurt when they told me they were going to put one in. ...Finally, I just have to say a prayer that I never have to go there again. Now, on to sports... ...Thank you Serena Williams for showing the entire world why I have hated you and your sister for years now. After threatening to kill a tennis official because a call didn't go her way, she's been spinning around her story and making excuses since this happened. I have no respect for you and I am glad you finally showed your true colors. ...Question for Yankee fans: Doesn't watching Robinson Cano play drive you nuts? I can not help but thinking this guy is a lazy S.O.B. Not in the Soriano class of course, but this guy is as close as you'd want to get. I may yell at Posada a lot, but Cano is the guy I hate the most. ...The only good thing about yesterday's loss to Toronto was that Sergio Mitre played himself off the playoff roster. Thank God for that. ...Isn't it funny that every series that the Yankees play with Toronto they never miss facing Roy Halladay? Of course, it's not the same when the Blue Jays face Boston. The Blue Jays are this year's team that lays down when they face the Red Sox and go all out when they face the Yankees. ...If the Raiders keep playing like they did on Monday, they'll surprise people this year. I was able to watch the entire game on Monday since I was still laid up in the hospital and I had nothing to do anyways. It was a very tough loss. ...$%&* Tom Brady. ...I'm watching Sportscenter the other day and I see that they just launched a new website called ESPN.Boston.com. I almost threw the remote at the TV but then I remembered the hospital owned it and not myself. How do you like this? ESPN finally comes out and admits to the entire world they they favor Boston and they give them their own private website that concentrates on Boston sports. BULL FU**ING SH**. The MLB Network grovels to that city. ESPN grovels to them. Tell me why? ...Oh yeah, and so do the schedule makers. How right is it that the Yankees have to open up the 2010 season in Boston and close the 2010 season in Boston? Why is it that they make the Yankees do this but don't even consider making Boston do this. It must be nice having the commissioner in your back pocket.

Updated to 9-6 ...The recovery part after the surgery is really taking a toll on me. I've never been so tired in my life. I'm up for a few hours and then I start to feel exhausted, and that means it's time to sleep some more. I think with all the sleep that I have missed over the past six months, I'm probably all caught up by now. ...I have a pain pill called Hydrocodone (Vicotin) that I try not to take because you can get hooked on it. ...It's my hope that I never have to go through this again. Now I know what it means to be on the receiving end of a blindside tackle. ...I know a lot of you love college football, but for me it's going to be another season of ignoring it completely. ...The only football team I worry about is the Raiders and that's fine by me. ...I'll admit that I was very puzzled by the trade for Jerry Hairston, Jr but I'm not anymore. I'm impressed with the versatility that this guy brings to the Yankees. And he is a huge upgrade from last year's versatile guy Wilson Betemit, who excelled at nothing during his Yankee tenure. ...Derek Jeter is very close to breaking the all time hit record for a Yankee player. He should pass Lou Gehrig sometime this week. I just hope he realizes that Gehrig would have had a lot more hits had he not been struck ill in 1939. ...Nice to see good guy Jason Giambi hook up with the Rockies and be productive for them. ...Another example of the huge difference between the two leagues. Jose Contreras, the Cuban pitcher who couldn't get anyone out, gets traded to Colorado and in his first start goes 6 2/3 innings and gives up 8 hits for the win. I never understood with all the good stuff that guy has he is not a winner. ...Thank you Mark Kotsay.

Updated to 8-30 ...I did not mean to let this go for a few weeks and not post anything in here, but I think I have a good excuse as to why. I've been in the hospital for a week and now I have been home for a week recovering. ...A hernia combined with a small bowel obstruction equals severe abdominal pain. It will make you (reluctantly) go to the emergency room and then be told hours later that you need surgery. Not what I was expecting. ...So, as a result, on the 18th I had surgery and had to spend the rest of that week in the hospital. ...It's true you don't get rest in a hospital but you can't blame the nurses. If you have a semi-private room, there's your biggest problem. The visitors for my different roommates while I was there talked and carried on like they were at a picnic. LOUD. ...The people that come in and take blood from you try to fool you when they say "this won't hurt a bit." Oh yes it does. Every time. ...But I do have to say right here that the people that work in a hospital are special. They do a great job and they really helped me a lot. I'm especially thinking about my time in the surgical ICU with those nurses there who helped me walk around the day after the surgery. ...I had to go five straight days without drinking, which was just as hard as the operation itself. ...The time where it is really slow in a hospital is the early morning hours. Many times you can't sleep and all you can do is listen to the sounds around you. ...Remember that Friday night game in Boston between the Yankees and Red Sox? The game the Yankees won 20-11? Well, I watched it until the game started to actually hurt me. Back when the Yankees were winning 15-5, the Red Sox were threatening. They had the bases loaded off of Pettitte and all I could think of was "grand slam and the game is going to be 15-9 and that's close enough for a comeback." I was moving around so much in bed then that I popped off my heart monitors and the nurses had to come in and put them back on. They wanted to know what was causing the problem and I told them it was Andy Pettitte. They asked me to change the channel so I could calm down. So, I did. I put it on USA and watched the latest episode of Monk and then everything was back to normal. ...I got released on the 22nd in the afternoon and I have been home ever since. Still can't be here on a regular basis as before because I'm always tired and I have a hard time moving around right now and getting up. I have this binder on me right now that really limits mobility. ...I had to catch up on a lot of pages when I first came back here. It's amazing what you miss. ...Now I will go back and lay down since it is still only 5:30 am and I need more rest. I can't sleep through the night yet.

Please send me a PM right now Athletics4ever.

Never heard of Fenton before and I don't even know where it is. But I didn't judge the entire city on the actions of two drunken pigs.

Updated to 8-9 ...The movie Funny People is one of the top movies across the country right now and I'm amazed as to why that is. It wasn't that good of a movie and it really wasn't that funny at all. Not even my wife, who is a huge Adam Sandler fan, thought it was that great. ...Why the secrecy of who claimed Alex Rios? ...Yankee fans should be very happy about how this current series with you-know-who is going, but it's still just a series in early August and there are a lot of games to be played. ...Former Blue Jay Josh Towers didn't have a long stay with the Yankees yesterday. He took a taxi to the ballpark and he should have told the driver to wait. He's already gone. ...The Red Sox had their "Futures at Fenway" game at their ballpark yesterday. It's a game where one of their minor league affiliates play at Fenway Park for a day and there are reduced ticket prices to attend the game. The Red Sox have been doing this for a few years now and it is probably one of the best ideas in all of baseball. ...Did David Ortiz do steroids or not? What do I know and most importantly, what does it matter? All I care about with this guy is that the Yankees get him out. ...One thing you do have to realize about Ortiz is that he is going to have a lot of people on his side for this just because of the kind of person he is. He does not have a Barry Bonds personality, that is to say he's not a jerk. He doesn't have the attitude of Roger Clemens, who wasn't that well liked even before his steroid problems. Like him or hate him, this guy is well liked by his fanbase because of the kind of person he is off the field. ...Women and beer. Bad combination. Just ask these two female Cardinal fans. They had too much Budweiser and then they pushed an old Busch Stadium usher out of his wheelchair. Maybe the Cardinals should stop beer sales after the second inning from now on or just ban these two from the ballpark for the next 50 or 60 years. ...Went to my first baseball game of the year one week ago today. Saw the AAA team of the Philadelphia Phillies play, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Former Blue Jay Gustavo Chacin pitched for them and did pretty well. The Red Wings won it on the Iron Pigs bullpen in the bottom of the ninth. ...For some reason, the National Anthem sounds better in person when you are at a ballgame. And of course, the hot dogs taste better too. I'll vouch for that. Twice. :lol: