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View From the Couch ~ Day 1
The first day of playoff games were pretty lackluster in the drama dept., and the only one I actually watched with undivided attention while lounging on The Couch was the primetime matchup in Anaheim. What follows is/was my internal dialogue (post your own):
· A-Rod comes into Game 1 batting .442 with 7 HR off of Colon -- not a good sign for Bartolo and his hair.
· FOX shows all of the empty seats in Anaheim and Buck-McCarver excuse the Angels fans because of rush hour traffic. What?!! It's the playoffs, people. What is this, Atlanta? Get the hell out of work early and get to the ballpark, you California girls!
· Giambi still looks bloated. He goes from 1st to 2nd on a blooper to rightcenter and then from 2nd to 3rd on a hard liner to right. Any average runner would have gotten two bases on each. I know the Giambino has never been swift, all I'm saying is that he still looks like how Canseco described him in his book:
"Giambi had the most obvious steroid physique I've ever seen in my life... There was no definition to his body at all... You could see the retention of liquids, especially in his neck and face... You could literally put your finger on his skin and see water under there as it indented and then filled in. That's not muscle!"
· Big ups to FOX for showing footage of Vlad warming up at Yankee Stadium last year and throwing it from the leftfield foul line all the way over the rightcenterfield fence. I love Vlad.
· Joe Buck says Robinson Cano has had a "phenomenal rookie campaign, which I proceed to dispute mentally. Next thing I know Cano hits a three-run double. The Yanks are up 3-0, half the stadium is still empty and I feel like an idiot for being outfoxed by Joe freaking Buck. By the way, Cano hit .335 on the road this year. (Damn you, Buck!)
· As an O's fan, I still can't look at Mussina without thinking, "You're a #$#%#&#$ traitor you piece of #!$% ^*&*%$^$#^!"
· Garrett Anderson (17 HR, .743 OPS) bats in front of Vlad,and Erstad (7 HR, .696 OPS) bats behind him. I'm beginning to question my Angels pick.
· A-Rod gets beaned by a 95 mph Colon heater in the back/ribs and goes down like he was shot. Colon appears apologetic, but I wonder who's gonna get it for Anaheim (probably Vlad by way of the Unit).
It was at this point -- Yanks up 4-0 after two -- that I mute Buck-McCarver, turn the volume up on my iTunes and play with my black lab puppy Otis.
Day 1 Game Recaps:
· Yanks 4 - Angels 2
· White Sox 14 - Red Sox 2
· Cardinals 8 - Padres 5
More Day 1 Observations:
· Premature Jockularity (Sample: "Nice to see Joe Buck and Tim McCarver fess up to years of practically slipping Derek Jeter some tongue.")
· Coztanza on the Moose & Cano Show
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In this series, the Angel's small bats will come up BIG. Look for Finley with key contributions...defensively and offensively. I still pick the Angels in five.
10/6/05 10:37 AM