I didn't enjoy watching the Yankees win tonight, but that was a fun and frustrating game to watch. The Twins had multiple chances - 17 left on base including the bases loaded in the 11th - plus Joe Nathan pitching with a two-run lead. That game was theirs to win and they blew it.
Not sure what was worse, watching A-Rod get the big hit or watching the umpire miss Mauer's double in the 11th, a play that was right in front of the guys face. How do you a blow a call like that? Not only did the ball clearly land in fair territory, he had to see it nick Cabrera's glove, too. The umpire blew that call TWICE!
The Yankees comeback mimicked the Dodgers' win from the night before. I've never liked Matt Holiday, and conversely I've always loved me some Ronnie Belliard. It was good to see an ex-Nat excel, and I am firmly on the Dodgers Bandwagon.
As exciting as this round of baseball has been I still have misgivings about the wild card and the extra round of playoffs, something Boswell covered in his column today. I'd still vote to get rid of the wild card and go back to two divisions, east and west, and only have 4 teams make the playoffs.
FOOTBALL UPDATE
Greece tries to salvage their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign when they host the 'Fighting Baltics' from Latvia tomorrow. Ellas needs to win its last two games and hope that Switzerland stumbles against Israel and/or Luxembourg to win their group and qualify. But it looks more likely that Greece will have to win a playoff among other European teams that finish second in their group.
However, they have to finish second. If Greece loses tomorrow at home versus Latvia finishing second is impossible.
Carolina plays another Division I-AA squad tomorrow in Chapel Hill when they host Georgia Southern. It's an important chance for the offense and especially the offensive line to get their act together and salvage the season. After GS, the Tar Heels play back-to-back Thursday night games, at home versus FSU and at Virginia Tech. Winning those two games - a split is more likely - would definitely turn things around and erase the memory of the horrible loss to Virginia last Saturday.
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS
Greece elected another Papandreou last weekend when the socialist PASOK party swept election there. I like the new PM, who like me was born in the United States and speaks Greek with an American accent.
And I now consider myself a candidate for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, since both Barack Obama and I have solved the same number of international crises. But I'm happy for Obama, who I assume won due to multiple reasons: fixing America's international image, NOT being George Bush, reenergizing the world's most important democracy and attracting new voters, announcing his intention to close Guantanemo and getting us out of Iraq (and ignoring the ratcheting up in Afghanistan). I also wonder if the Nobel Committee wanted to stick their finger in the eye of the International Olympic Committee.
It's also funny to see the Rs go nuts complaining. As Bill Maher said on tonight's show, giving Obama the peace prize is the trifecta for the right wing since they hate black people, foreigners, and peace.
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