so many things happened today

and then cole hamels takes the phils to his 8th win of the season... and his second complete game. what a guy. if he weren't married to one of the stupid girls from the bad season of 'survivor' that made me stop watching the show, i might consider him among the ranks of baseball crushes.

they really needed this game after yesterday. my boy chase pitched in with a couple of runs scored, which makes me happy.

oh! i read rumors that they might 'dangle' rowand out there to see if they can get some good relief pitchers. DON'T TRADE ROWAND!!! are they nuts??!? spend some money and trade a less-valuable player or players. rowand belongs in philadelphia. we haven't had someone like him since lenny dysktra. and philly needs guys like them. the fans can relate to them. dykstra was called 'nails' for a reason. always covered in dirt... playing the game like his body was indestructable... and rowand is the closest we've had since. last season, he ran into the centerfield fence and broke his nose catching a ball. tough guys. ready to make their bodies pay. not afraid of a little dirt. scrappy. almost blue-collar-esque. philly fans love those guys. please don't take him away from us!!

also. i traded michael barrett tonight. who knows when he'll play again... and i picked up varitek who's actually playing better anyway. i was sad about that. i liked barrett. he's another tough guy. but i don't mind having varitek. he's a good guy.

my sports lowlight of the day was watching the pistons fall apart. end of pistons discussion.

my sports highlight of the day [after cole hamels' performance, which i didn't see] was watching lou pinella freak out on the umps in the cubs game vs. the braves. i loathe the braves. and i think i'm just gonna be ambivalent toward the cubs. but watching sweet lou kicking dirt over and over and over again at the ump was classic. i mean... kicking dirt isn't gonna do much... but i guess when you can't all out slug the ump you've gotta do something right?

my sports "oh my gosh" moment of the day was watching markkoiweizhioczz get blasted in the back of the head by mike lowell's thigh... coming at him at a full sprint. WOW. [we watched 3 different baseball games today while painting andy and amy's condo!]. what else can you even say about that. wow. wow. wow. jeter's two errors that inning was pretty nice, though.

we were gonna go to monday's yankees/white sox game... cuz the rocket was gonna pitch. but now he's not b/c he has a 'fatigued right groin.' so we're prolly not gonna go. but COME ON. i've heard of a pulled groin. and a bruised groin. and even a strained or sore groin. but a FATIGUED groin?!??!? how does any part of one's body become fatigued?!?!? a person becomes fatigued. not a body part. i mean... what did he say. 'excuse me, mr. steinbrenner... i don't think i can pitch on monday cuz my right groin feels fatigued"? if i were george or joe i would've just kicked him in the groin to give him an actual injury.

a fatigued right groin. [said sarcastically.] for crying out loud.