again?!

yet again, joe crede won the game for the white sox with his mad baseball skillz. this time it was a single in the 9th that allowed carlos quintin to score the winning run in a walkoff. this also prevented the sox from getting swept by the much hated-new york yankees.

crede deserves every bit of adulation he's gotten this season. 2 grand slams in 6 days, a bunch of reel-worthy defensive plays, and now he wins the game for the team. you gotta love it.

there is no way in HELL im going to go to the giants game next month without sporting my new crede jersey. now i just need to get one.

in other news, the cubs lost for the first time in 7 games. they played hard, but eventually you do have to give up some games. its unnatural (especially for los cubs) to win that many in a row. just dont make it a habit.

cubs 2, rockies, 4
yankees 6, white sox 7

real tv! and gangsta style

since i was home this past weekend, i was able to catch the pirates cubs game on a real (hideously oversized) tv at my parents house. pretty crazy stuff. even though mlb.tv has tv-quality streaming this year for live games, games just look so much better on a real tv. however, when i thought about how much money i would have to spend in order to be able to get all the chicago baseball games, i decided the mlb subscription would suffice just fine!

not much to say about the game, it was a blowout and i left to run errands during the 5th when the score was 7-1 cubs. apparently they were only done scoring 53% of their runs at that point. final score that day was pirates 1, cubs 13. guys, can we save some runs for when we really need them? 2 or 3 insurance runs would have been just fine.

in other news, i drove dadoo's new lexus ES 350 this weekend. pretty P-I-M-P. (according to dad, "a pimp is the boss of the whores") the interior is all gray leather and cherry wood. i felt like blaring rap music and doing a drive by. all the car is missing are some spinners.

you're welcome

i was 1/4 th of the way to hewitt this morning when the radio confirmed that there really had been a n earthquake this morning at around 4:30 am.

so weird. i woke up, and felt the earth shaking. i recall thinking "hey, an earthquake. no wait, im in chicago, there are no earthquakes here" and promptly fell back asleep. im actually fairly accustomed to the concept of being woken up by an earthquake these days.

figures there isn't an earthquake in IL the entire time i grow up there, but there is one the day after i come back for a visit. and apparently i have the power to transport natural disasters from the west coast to the midwest. who woulda thunk it?

so to all the people in the chicagoland area who felt an earthquake for the 1st time, you're welcome for my gift!

cardinals vs giants

last minute, I decided to try to see the cardinals-giants game tonight at At&T Park. no one was really going to climb, and it just so happened that kyle lohse (a personal favorite) was pitching for the cards. lucky for me, i have my new baseball buddy (i have yet to think of a witty pseudonym for him) who's totally willing to go to games whenever he's free.

it was GORGEOUS out. it had been blazing hot (relatively speaking) during the day and it stayed warm through the night. ive never been so warm in At&T park (even in the dead of summer). i wore flip flops, jeans, and a long sleeved t-shirt. i had come prepared with socks, shoes, an extra fleece, and my windproof soft shell, but i didnt need them. the game was good, as lohse pitched well, and so did zito. and albert puhols hit a 3 run homer.

its easy to go to games even when its teams you dont care about that much are playing. at&t park is just a fun place to be. if only they served old style and that bright fluorescent green relish they have in chicago.

here are some pics i took at the game with my new purple camera


lohse on the jumbo-screen

lohse on the mound

cardinals 8, giants 2

unbelievable

in the 5th inning, fukodome (playing out of position in CF) dropped a ball after he caught it. he was trying to avoid alfonso so-over-paid in center field, and a run scored. Z seems to take it in stride and struck out the next batter for the 3rd out. during that last at bat of the inning, one of the philly announcers was talking about how mean Z gets when the players don't support him, citing the fight with michael barrett last year and barrett's subsequent trade. he praised Z's maturity in this situation. yes, Z should totally get praised for not blowing up at a teammate for making a play he could not. give me a fucking break. the words spoiled brat come to mind. we should not give a grown man props for not acting like a petulant child.

cubs 3, phillies 5