Public Knowledge

His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.  -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Public Knowledge:

1.  Ha ha ha!  Hoo hoo hoo!  That was great.  The sinker wasn’t sinking but the Yankees are.  Hee hee hee!  How ’bout this.  New York has lost four straight playoff games and eleven of fourteen overall since the Red Sox debacle of ‘04.  Suckers!  If your time to you is worth savin’, then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone.  For the times they are a-changin’.  Yes they are.  Yes they are.  Tonight we see if Petite is worth all that moolah.  All that Marvelous Moolah.  We no Roger wasn’t. 

2.  Hey Mets fans, how ’bout that Kaz Matsui.  Why can’t you guys get guys like him?  Kaz hit his first career grand slam and drove in five runs to help the Rockies take a 2-0 NL Division Series lead with a 10-5 victory over the Phillies.  The Fightin Phills.  The Fightin’ Phills’ pitching staff was battered all day.  Look at me, I’m in tatters!  I am shattered.  Shattered, with Kyle Kendrick, Kyle Lohse, Jose Mesa and Clay Condrey combining to allow 10 earned runs and 11 hits in seven innings.  We all knew the Philadelphia pitching was suspect, but geez.  Know this:  The Phillies haven’t won a postseason game since Curt Schilling shut out Toronto in Game 5 of the 1993 World Series.  Do they win one this year?

3.  The poor Cubbies.  They can’t win for losing.  They can’t win if the meat of the order continues this way.  Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee have combined to go 4-for-27 through two games in the series.   Gross.  Is it me, or do the Sox have the wrong Drew?  Little brother Drew tripled in two runs last night.  This Chris Young character is going to be quite the ball player.  Quite the ball player indeed.  A little more plate discipline and good night Irene.

4.  Tonight’s the night.  It’s gonna be all right.  Daisuke Matsuzaka is gonna be all right.  The kid is a champion.  A Japanese National High School Baseball champion.  World Baseball Classic champion.  Gy-ro-mite!  He knows pressure.  Pressure pushing down on me.  Pressing down on you.  Under pressure.  The Japanese right-hander will get his first taste of the postseason tonight when the Sox take on the Halos in Game Two.   Tastes like chicken.  Gonna taste like victory.  Twenty-two strikeouts over his last three starts.  Goodness!  How many bombs does Papi hit tonight?  I’m guessing two.  Roll Sox roll!

5.  Fantasy owners cannot be happy.  Cannot be happy with Travis Henry.  The NFL’s leading rusher through the first four weeks of the season, is facing a one-year suspension for a repeat violation of the substance abuse policy.  Waddya think he took.  Fertility drugs?  That would explain some things.

6.  At least the Cubs have this going for them:

7.  Marion Jones bagged for steroids.  Shocker.  She has acknowledged using steroids preparing for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney.  The 2000 summer games in Sydney where she won five medals.  Three golds.  Two bronze.  Did anyone ever believe her?  Does anyone believe Bonds?  I mean really believe him?  I mean we get it.  You wanted that edge.  Here’s Balco with edge in a bottle.  With each admission or name that comes out, we seem to care a little less.

8.  Redskins Lions.  The Lions have never won in Washington.  Not once.  Not ever.  Ever’s a pretty long time considering the Lions have been around since 1934 and the Redskins are currently celebrating their 75th season.  70 in DC.  The Lions have played twenty-two times in the Nation’s capitol.  Twenty times they have lost.  They lost  in 1992, when the Lions were crushed in the NFC Championship game.  They lost in their last meeting, in 2000 during the playoffs.  They won’t lose Sunday.  Mark my words.  Mark them, I say!

9.  Jim Tracy was fired as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates today.  Who cares?

10.   David Beckham returned to practice.  Again, who cares?

Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!

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