Public Knowledge

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.  -Socrates

Public Knowledge:

1.  Mi mi mi mi mi mi mi.  Yup.  The fat lady.  She ain’t singing, but she sure as heck is warming up.  If you watched the Yankees arms stumble and bumble during their two-week jaunt through the upper echelons of the American League, you saw the writing on the wall.  You saw that the Big Bad Bombers do not have enough starting pitching to be any serious threat to the Red Sox in the AL Beast or catch the Mariners in the wild-card chase.  You can Andy Petite me.  You can Mr. Wang, No Offense me.  You can Joba Chamberpot me.  Heck, you can even Luis Vizcaino me.  I’m not biting.  I saw Bullwinkle pitch.  I saw Fat Roger pitch.  I saw the chosen one, Phyllis HUghs pitch.  I am not impressed.  Roll sox, roll!

2.  Meanwhile, back at the ranch.  Back at Red Sox Nation.  Back at Red Sox Nation, Boston is doing what Boston has done all year.  Boston has been winning ball games.  Winning with pitching.  Winning with Cy Young favorite Boom Boom Beckett.  Winning with Schill the Thrill.  Winning with D-Nice.  Winning with Tim Bake and Wakefield.  And Yes, winning with Julian Tavarez.  Winning and putting themselves out of reach.  And your world around is crumbling down, darlin’.  Reach out, come on girl reach on out for me.  Reach out, reach out for me I’ll be there with a love that will shelter you.  I’ll be there with a love that will see you through.  The Red Sox have been seeing it through.  The Red Sox have just completed a historic four-game sweep of the White Sox with an 11-1 victory.  The Red Sox outscored the White Sox 46-7 in the series.  Their run total was the most for the franchise since it scored the same amount against the St. Louis Browns in 1949.  The Red Sox have taken a 7 1/2-game lead over New York with five weeks and 31 games to play.  Roll Sox roll! 

3.  It just never ends.  Thank goodness Lance Briggs signed that 7.2 Million dollar contract.  He’s gonna need some of that dough now.  A damaged black Lamborghini registered to the Chicago Bears linebacker found abandoned on the highway on the North Side of Chicago.  I’ll never understand why these uber-rich guys just don’t get their drunk asses into a cab.  Makes no sense.

4.  Chasing the Mets.  Just in the nick of time.  The second-place Fighting Phills have a chance to make up major ground in the NL East race.  Major ground.  Like Major Wolfgang Hochstetter, only different.  The Phillies host the Metropolitans in a four-game series starting tonight.   And starting tonight, they’ll have Chase Utley back in the lineup.  You remember Chase, don’t you?  Last seen, Utley was hit by a pitch and had to have surgery the next day to have a pin put in the fourth metacarpal of his right hand.   Yikes!  Well he’s back now.  Back to pick up where he left off.  Back to hitting .336 with 41 doubles, 17 homers and 82 RBIs.  Back to continue his quest for the MVP.  Be careful Mets fans.  Be very careful.  Sidenote:  Philly ace Cole Hamels said his throwing elbow felt “normal” after playing catch with pitching coach Rich Dubee from 80 feet.  Be careful Mets fans.  Be very careful.

5.  Brady Quinn the Eskimo.  Come all without.  Come all within.  You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.  Maybe not, but you’re gonna have to wait.  Even though rookie quarterback Brady Quinn has been tearing up the preseason, Browns management says Brady likely won’t be leading the Cleveland offense in its opener.  That statement alone tells me two things.  It tells me Charlie Frye is horrible.  It also tells me the Mighty Quinn will be starting shortly.  Very shortly.

6.  Now I’ve heard it all.  I couldn’t believe Jerry Rice did it.  I really couldn’t believe Emmitt Smith did it.  I didn’t care when Clyde the Glide did it.  Now this guy?  No one leaves baby in the corner!  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will become the next cast member of Dancing With the Stars.  Judges beware.

7.  Celtics sign James Posey.  Posey can knock down the open three.  Yes he can.  But that’s not why he’s here.  He’s here to play some defense.  You saw him shut down Richard Hamilton.  You saw him shut down Vince Carter.  You saw him shut down Richard Jefferson.  You definitely saw him shut down the Bulls’ Luol Deng and Tyrus Thomas.  Mr. Posey is a dogged defender.  He loves the tough assignments. His defense on Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki during the 2006 Finals was legendary.  Happy days are here again.  The skies above are clear again.  So lets sing a song of cheer again.  Happy days are here again!

8.  This from the Angry T:  Carlos Pena is a hitting machine.  If you would have told me two years ago that I would utter that phrase at any time in my life, I would have probably hit you with a sock full of quarters, stole your wallet, and called you a liar.  Now why can’t I get writers like that.

9.  Yankees still suck.  Magic Number:  25

Peace out homies. Six Two and Even!

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