Take me out to the Ballgame!

Thanks for the tip Patrick! I just figured out how to add video to the blog. This will work out nicely during the season - I’ll have to bring the miniDV camera as well as the digital now.

Steinbrenner: My name is George Steinbrenner, I’m afraid I have some very sad news about your son.
Scene changes to Costanza living room)
Estelle (crying): I can’t believe it, he was so young. How could this have happened?
Steinbrenner: Well, he’d been logging some pretty heavy hours, first one in in the morning, last one to leave at night. That kid was a human dynamo.
Estelle: Are you sure you’re talking about George?
Steinbrenner: You are Mr. and Mrs. Costanza?
Frank (yelling): What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?!? He had 30 home runs, over 100 RBIs last year, he’s got a rocket for an arm, you don’t know what the hell you’re doin’!!
Steinbrenner: Well, Buener was a good prospect, no question about it. But my baseball people love Ken Phelps’ bat. They kept saying ‘Ken Phelps , Ken Phelps’.
(Scene: Jerry entering his apartment, as Frank is leaving a message on his answering machine)
Frank (from the answering machine): Jerry, it’s Frank Costanza, Mr.Steinbrenner is here, George is dead, call me back!

Classic ( UPDATE : Someone pointed out to me that not everyone is as much of a Seinfeld freak as I am. The above exchange was from a Seinfeld episode titled “The Caddy”)

Zakky and I celebrated after the hated Yankees were knocked out last week (although, clearly not as much as the Tigers - carrying Leland off the field?!!). The only time we have ever cheered for New York was in 2001 - the city really needed that win following 9/11.

Stealing my very limited thunder on the subject of former Lynx players in the playoffs, are the Lynx themselves - from their website last week:

“Lynx alumni continue their drive to the World Series
OTTAWA - No fewer than 11 former Lynx players are on the active rosters of the eight Major League clubs in the 2007 post-season, which starts with three games today. These 11 players span 12 of the club’s 14 seasons, with only the 1995 Governor’s Cup team and the 2006 squad going unrepresented.If Ottawa fans want to root for Lynx graduates, then the city’s team of choice must be the New York Mets, who boast four former Lynx on their active roster: OF Cliff Floyd, OF Endy Chavez, RHP Guillermo Mota and RHP John Maine.The Mets’ opponents, Los Angeles, do hot have a single former Lynx players, though C Russell Martin is one of four Canadians in the 2007 MLB Playoffs.The other National League matchup sees a Lynx-free St. Louis Cardinals team take on IF Geoff Blum, OF Jack Cust and OF Termel Sledge and the San Diego Padres.In the American League, OF Milton Bradley and OF Hiram Bocachica represent the Lynx with the Oakland Athletics, while the Twins have OF/DH Rondell White. The Twins do, however, feature Canadians 1B Justin Morneau, a potential MVP candidate, and RHP Jesse Crain. RHP Rich Harden wears the maple leaf for the A’s.The final series pits Detroit against the New York Yankees. The sole Lynx in this series will be C Sal Fasano.”

Unfortunately both the Twins and the Padres were eliminated last week. I’m not sure that I can cheer for the Mets - in fact, I’m pretty sure I can’t. St. Louis is my mom’s hometown, so I think we’ll have to pull for them. “Lynx free” or not.