so dreamy

my baseball crush won the game today. chase went 3/4 with 3 rbi's to lead the phillies to a 4-2 11th inning win over the mets. they're now 7 games behind them in the nl east... and 3.5 games behind the braves. i loathe the braves. i loathe the mets, too... but not quite to the same extent as the braves.

philadelphia is NOT out of it. j-roll and the big guy will turn it on in august. and as long as the team doesn't self destruct as much as it usually does around the all-star break... we should be okay. last year they actually got BETTER following the break, which was pretty unusual for the phils. hopefully this year will repeat that.

i still think pat burrell needs to go. i'm starting to feel a bit bad for him. i've tried to not let compassion run over... but i can't help it. at some point, even i break. the poor guy has an entire city against him... and he simply can't get it together. i wonder if he feels depressed. awww... that would make me so sad. i need to not know if he's depressed. regardless of his emotional state... and mine... the team would be better off without him. what a sad thing to say. i hope he never reads that... cuz that could really mess with a man's self-esteem. and i'd be really sad if someone said that about me... so i shouldn't say that about someone else.

what is happening to me?!?!?!

okay. no more of that.

baseball players are the equivalent of my modern day knights in shining armor. that's why i get so frustrated with guys like a-rod and bonds. they're supposed to represent the greatest of the great... and then they do stupid things that are vacant of character and real manhood. they're a disappointment to me and terrible role models for kids who look up to them. of course... we all screw up and my favorite players have flaws and vices. but they hopefully try to keep their messiness off of the field and play baseball for the joy of the game.

there's a lot more to the greatness of a man than simply how well he plays the game. the way in which he plays and acts and lives his life on and off the field matter as well. at least to me they do.