October 18th, 2010 by sarah

It was a twinkling of red and green here in the City of Brotherly Love, as both the Eagles and the Phillies won last night.  Oswalt is my new idol- the man can handle fly balls in left field, dominate on the mound (8 innings last night), and even help himself out a little with a nice hit up the middle.  He advanced to 2nd on the next play, then towards 3rd on a nice hit to right and ignored all stop signs from the 3rd base coach to slide into home to score a run.

I want to see a Phillies/Rangers matchup for the World Series.  That would be a good game with two teams with a lot of heart.  The Yankees can take their arrogance home and, well… I can tell them where to put it!  And being a Padres fan, you know how I feel about the Giants.  They proved how (not so) well they often play last night and the Phils just capitalized on those mistakes.  I doubt San Diego would have looked much better against the Phillies, but the Giants never deserved to make it as far as they have.

Photo: cbsphilly.com

September 30th, 2010 by sarah

What kind of freaking box score is that?  And with the Giants win this afternoon, they are now 3 games over the Padres going into this weekend’s 3 game series in San Francisco.  So it’s pretty much a statistical nightmare right now.  Follow along if you can.

For the Pads to play in the postseason, they have to steamroll the Giants to sweep the series and either win game 163 on Monday (clinch NL west) or lose and clinch the wild card, BUT the Braves (2 games up on SD for the wild card) would also have to roll over and play dead in their series against the Phillies for that last scenario to be possible.  If somehow all three teams end up tied, the Padres and Giants would play Monday in SD for the division, then the other team would face the Braves Tuesday in Atlanta for the wild card.  I’m all for optimism but those scenarios are more like pipe dreams.  It’s 2007 all over again.

So who’s driving the Phillies band wagon?  Might as well jump on now, if at least to pound the Braves this weekend and give the Padres a glimmer of hope!

September 29th, 2010 by sarah

In my shopping cart:

Avocados

Red onion

Tomatoes

Garlic bulbs

Cilantro

Limes

I joked with the cashier, “bet you can’t guess what I’m making” and she replied “Um…” 

Really???  Pancakes, what do you think?  [eye roll] Yum, avocados and garlic pancakes, come on now!!!

Seriously, don’t quit your day job… Yes, good beer will accompany this guacamole!

September 2nd, 2010 by sarah

How about the ball, Padres?  Try swinging the stick at the ball!!!  A week ago you won your 76th game, a number sometimes not reached in a full baseball season.  Fast forward 7 days and that 76 wins is still up there, taunting Pads fans in a “knew they couldn’t pull it off” sort of way.

Ponder this: To Slide (into home) or To Slide (downward spiral); which one is more effective at winning?  Split the ball ’til the seams pass the wall!  August is over- forget inflated ERA’s and low OPS and other BS.  Bring us back the freaking Commissioners Trophy for once.  Other low salaried teams have come out of left field to pull it off- you’re up.

August 30th, 2010 by sarah

Verdict on my knee is in- no splice and dice right now, but two torn ligaments: MCL and MPFL.  The last ligament tear the doc called “unusual.”  Instead of surgery, I’m outfitted with the knee equivalent of a 1950′s scoliosis brace.  It covers from my ankle to mid-thigh with a NASA-like control system.  Call me a trendsetter- Spring shows will show emaciated models able to walk the runway with the help of this baby!  This is the kind of brace that elicits pitying glances from bystanders and sends children hiding behind their mothers’ legs.

Better yet- my “normal” MRI 4 years ago showed a torn MCL then too.  I probably could have been wearing stilettos 10 years ago.  Those are great for heel-toe technique right?

Kids- don’t grow up to be athletes.  My worst beer injury has been taken care of with a high carb breakfast and a few ibuprofens.