Sorry for the late post. I was busy watching Matt Garza's no-hitter. Three thoughts:
1. It's about time that the Rays had a no-hitter of their own. After seeing them allow three no-hitters/perfect games in less than a year, you'd figure that they needed one at some point to cancel those three embarrassments out.
2. The"That Could've Been Me!" look on Armando Galarraga's face watching it all unfold was like seeing the runner-up on "American Idol" seeing the winner sing their celebratory song after the announcement. Priceless, yet sad at the same time.
3. Those umpires were desperately trying to not become the next Jim Joyce. I can recall at least half a dozen occasions where the home plate umpire gave some questionable calls to Garza's favor. Especially in the Brennan Boesch at bat in the eight.
Anyways, let's get to the regularly scheduled programming. The following were on my mind between Tuesday, July 20th and Monday, Jul 27th:
- Apparently, Mark Buehrle loves to pitch on July 23rd. Not only have his last two complete games taken place in July 23rd of this year and last year, but they have been the only two complete games he has thrown since July...of 2007! And let's not forget that one of them was that perfect game. I would watch out if I were a team playing him on that day from now on.
- I love watching The Open Championship. You wake up, watch it for a couple of hours if you have nothing to do, and if you watch it to the very end you still have plenty of time left in your day since the telecasts stop around 1 p.m.-2p.m. It's just like watching the World Cup in European or African soil, only more relaxing.
- You know it's a slow newsday when a rookie not holding a veteran's shoulderpads is one of the day's top sports stories. (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vY29udGVudC51c2F0b2RheS5jb20vY29tbXVuaXRpZXMvdGhlaHVkZGxlL3Bvc3QvMjAxMC8wNy9jb3dib3lzLXJveS13aWxsaWFtcy1kZXotYnJ5YW50LXJlZnVzaW5nLXRvLWNhcnJ5LXBhZHMtaXMtbm90LWEtYmlnLWRlYWwvMQ==)
- Why are seemingly all news reporters 40 and up so inclined to talk on air to 11-14 year old as if they are mentally challenged?
- By season seven of "Mad Men," I predict that Sally Draper will get so messed up by Betty's awful parenting and her parent's divorce so badly that she will become the new Jenny Curran. Speaking of the show, how great was this burn by Don to Henry Francis:
Henry: "Don, this is only temporary." (about him and Betty still living in Don's house)
Don: "Believe me, Henry, everybody thinks this is temporary."(refering to their marriage)
or this one by one-line delivery extraordinare Roger Sterling to Don about his upcoming date to wife Jane's friends Bethany (who really looked like a 1964 version of Betty):
"You hit it off, come Turkey Day, maybe you can stuff her."
On the episode as a whole, it was a good start to what should be another great season. You had Peggy looking more mature then ever, some nice funny moments on an episode that needed one, new characters, a cool new setting and some new challenges ahead for Don and the guys at SCDP.
And that's about it. More random thoughts to come on Monday. The announcement of the blog's first Hall of Famer will come shortly.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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