One Day There'll Be Sun

Joe Thomas chooses fishing over going to the NFL Draft. Well, good. It's kind of boring, isn't it, to sit for hours and listen to Mel Kiper yap on and on and on? Not that I won't be following the whole thing, but still-- he'll be picked in the top five and all that waiting would make me nervous.

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For some cockamamie reason I am really excited (momentarily) about the NBA, now that those horrible 82 games are over. Now the players might try a little harder. It might be the great sadness, the great missing of college basketball-- I'll take a less passionate version. Hell, I watch streetball at West 4th sometimes just to get the summertime fix. A preview might be coming. In which I ask, how does one deal with one's team's jerk player? I am thinking of Jason Kidd and what physical battles his wife and he may or may not have had.

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John Maine had a no-hitter through six in the Mets' blowout win ... trhe Chicago White Sox' Mark Buerle had a complete game no-hitter through nine, facing only 27 batters in the 6-0 victory.

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Now, this is how a Philly baseball manager gets fired. Not yet, but it's coming Charlie Manuel, watch for the ax.

The Weather's Still Nasty

Yesterday's Mets game was cancelled, as is tonight's in Philly. Which is good because I had tickets to tonight's game in Philly.

Well, I'm 'Touched'

I am baseball purist.

I don't like red Yankees' caps. Just like I don't like navy and white pinstriped Red Sox caps. Seriously, the red Yankees' caps are atrocious. And, not because I feel red is the sacred color, but rather, a true fan would never, ever, wear the color or style of their most hated rival. Seriously, that is just wrong and makes no sense. I don't like alternate jerseys either. Most of them are hideous and for a purist, there is nothing like the tradition of the ole' dress whites for home and grays for away.

So, naturally, I am not a big fan of almost all of the sport apparel out there on the market, with exception of the vintage reissues, like Mitchell & Ness, and Moonlight Graham.

However, I am also a realist, so when I saw today that Alyssa Milano was creating a special line of personal baseball fan attire for women, I yelled "swing!" because first of all, unlike many of the A-list posers we saw hanging out at Fenway in the summer of 2005, she is a real baseball fan...so much that she dates the players¹. So, naturally, it is important to her to look...um...'charming' at the ballpark (sorry, but you knew it was coming.)

But let's get down to it - most women's sports fan apparel is pretty bad and if when I go to a ball game and see the stands packed with beautiful young women (as I do at most parks) I would much rather have their attire inspired by Alyssa Milano than Bug Selig. I know you're with me...

As my friend Kurtsnogle says, "...view...larger...image...please." Click away, my good man.

Post note: Alyssa has actually started an MLB blog. You can read about her escapades here: http://alyssa.mlblogs.com/alyssa/

1. She is known to have dated Brad Penny, Barry Zito and Carl "I've Fallen and I can't get up" Pavano and his $40M bruised butt cheek. She seems to like a man with ball control.

Oliver Perez vs my DVR

My DVR is very smart. While Oliver Perez was having his meltdown tonight—
that 1-hitter that came with 7 walks—it was conveniently time for Friday night Lights and America’s Next Top Model (that’s my girlfriend’s recording, ok? Ok). By the time I got to the radio to hear whether Oliver had walked in a run… he was in the process of walking in run number two. Nice work, dude. Aaron Sele came in after run number three and stabilized things… not that it brought a win but at least it was a fighting chance.

Philadelphia Silles 5, NY Mets 2. Mets season: 5-3