too much to talk about...

... so i'm gonna go with bullet points.

~ i went to last thursday's cubs/pads game at the friendly confines. a couple of fun things about that game:

#1- jimmy edmonds as a cub?!?! good thing i saw ken's post wednesday night... otherwise... i would've been REALLY confused. the weird thing is that the fans cheered for him rather loudly his first at bat. in philly... were a long-time rival to switch suddenly... the fans would boo them. chicago is too nice.

#2- it was CRAZY to get to see ryan dempster almost pitch a complete game. he'd been in the doghouse for so long here. i wish they hadn't taken him out during the 9th but let him finish the game himself. i've seen a complete game before... [thank you c.c. sabathia]... but i'm always eager for another one.

#3- it was also really cool to see greg maddux pitch in person. i saw tom glavine pitch in wrigley last year as a met [and get his 300th win, btw]... and now maddux as a padre. now i just need to see john smoltz pitch in person and i'll have the 90s braves trifecta. i'd take maddux over the rocket any day as the greatest pitcher in our era.

~ i don't really understand all the rules behind who gets the win and when... but when cole hamels pitches 7 innings for no score and doesn't get the win... i think that's messed up. instead they gave it to flash gordon. the phils ended up winning 1-0... with their run coming in the 9th. is that why flash got the win? cuz he pitched the last inning before they scored? what a disaster. cole should've gotten the win.

~ congrats to jon lester on his no-hitter!

~ congrats to albert poo-holes on single-handedly maiming half of the padres team tonight!

~ i'm struggling with brett myers right now. i dropped him from my fantasy team... partially b/c i found another pitcher who's been more consistent. but also b/c i was mad at him for not helping my real life team. i'm not really sure what's going on with him right now. a friend of mine said that he can't get his velocity up enough for his fastball... so he's going with his other pitches, which he's having trouble locating. so... those go out for balls... and then he goes back in the strike zone and gets hit. what a bummer. maybe he got so used to closing that he's more tired these days? i'm not sure what's happening... but i hope our "ace" [on paper, at least] pulls it together soon.

~ the mets and yanks continue to fall apart... which does so much for my soul. LOVE it when ny teams do poorly. i'm not sure what i think about willie's race comments. is he given a harder time b/c he's black [v. what joe torre endured through losses as a white man]? that seems to be a pretty popular thing to say these days [cue donovan mcnabb and someone else, too, i think]. is there any merit to their accusations? perhaps. but i don't know.

~ ryan howard had 2 homers in tonight's game. does that mean he's starting to turn his season around? let's hope so. last year's top scoring team has disappeared. i read that uncle charlie said it's partially b/c the phils got rid of aaron rowand and michael bourn. that could be. bourn would come in and replace burrell... and then fly around the bases and score at the end of games. rowand had a very active bat last year. it was dumb of him to go to san fran... and i wish we could have kept him for a little bit longer. but long-term i think i'd rather have jayson werth, shane victorino, and burrell in the outfield... as long as their bats hold up. ehhh... maybe not. oh i'm not sure. if i had to choose btwn jenkins and bourn... i'm not sure there either. jenkins has a more reliable bat... but man can bourn run. i saw him get to first easily on an infield single once. it was stunning.

that's all for now!