Writing the Pine

Section 203: Yankees/Angels Preview and Predictions

I hope we don’t see this again.  It happened in ‘02.  It happened again in ‘05.  They’ve always played us tough, rallied behind their monkey to pummel our bullpen (Mo included), and protected their homefield.  (Which isn’t in Los Angeles.  It’s in Anaheim.  That’s like if the NY Giants called themselves the New York Giants [...]

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I Hate You Castillo, I Love You Aubrey Huff

Ever since Luis Castillo’s unforgivable error that resulted in two runs for the New York Yankees in the New York Mets‘ 9-8 loss in the Bronx, Francisco Rodriguez has not been the same.  Since that unfortunate event, which gave K-Rod his first blown save in 17 opportunities, the following events have transpired: 1) K-Rod got into [...]

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K-Rod and Bruney Get Into It

K-Rod better hope the Governator doesn’t come to Bruney’s rescue. #1 – Who the hell are you Brian Bruney? According to his Wikipedia page, he was an extra in Kindergarten Cop. He’s probably more known for that than being a Major League reliever.  As a matter of fact, I was talking to my friend about the [...]

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