Moonlit Jazz

“If You’re Not the One” – Daniel Bedingfield

I didn’t have time to do my screenshots block, so here you go:

Hudson, Byrnes, Bobby, Scutaro and Durazo and Melhuse from last night’s game

On our way to work we listened to a lot of different radio talk shows, sports oriented. Of course, last night’s ruckus was the main topic. I agreed with most of the stuff said. For the most part, everyone agreed that the chair throwing was inexcusable and such. But some people wanted to blame the fans. From the stuff I saw (and they kept showing it over and over), the fans were not stepping onto the playing field. Everything I saw showed the Ranger players heading for the seats.

Personally, I was glad to hear that Francisco got arrested and booked. It’s on tape. He cannot argue his actions.

As for the fans, don’t the players have thicker skin that to worry about what some drunk guy is saying or yelling or howling? And those who want to blame security should take a better look at the tape. You can clearly see the security fellow standing between the players and the stands to keep the two separated. It’s not his fault that twenty or so players streamed out of the dugout to make things worse.

And boo hoo hoo, Buck Showalter. If you think your baby players are getting too razzed, maybe you should spend more time with the Red Sox or Yankees. I am quite sure that those players hear worse in more places than Oakland. How dare you blame the fans for what happened. NONE of those fans deserved to have a chair thrown at them. And no one should expect to have their nose broken by a flying chair thrown by a player.

Can you all tell that the game isn’t on tv for us here in the Central Valley? Blah! LOL! And from the looks of it, I won’t know the result until the morning. 😛

Texas 6, Oakland 7 at Network Associates Coliseum
[10 innings]

Winning Pitcher – Justin Duchscherer (6-6)
Losing Pitcher – Francisco Cordero (3-2)

TEX Runs: 6, Hits: 12, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 7, Hits: 8, Errors: 1

HR: TEX: M. Teixeira (35). OAK: B. Crosby (20).
Oakland Record: (84-59)

The good things about this game: THEY WON!!! 😀 Bobby hit his 20th home run! The game went into extra innings and the boys battled back to win.

The bad things about this game: Mecir blew the save. He had TWO outs in the top of the 9th and he gave up a HOME RUN. What kind of crap is that?! Tim Hudson didn’t get the win he deserved. He pitched 8 great innings and came away with zilch. Nada. NOTHING.

The very BAD thing about this game: The woman with the broken nose. A chair came flying INTO the seats along the first base side and hit a woman on the face. According to reports, she suffered a broken nose and lacerations. Frank Francisco of the Texas Rangers appears (as they like to say) to throw the chair into the seats.

In normal circumstances, that is called ASSAULT. If I was that woman, I would be pressing charges and making sure that the player in question (and it’s on freakin’ tape) gets handcuffed and taken away. But in this baseball world, the fans were told that if anyone took the field, the game would be forfeited to the Rangers.

Excuse me? A fan is assaulted and sustains injury because of a player on the Rangers, but if a fan takes the field (which no one did!) the game goes to the Rangers? What kind of crap is that?!

I know I don’t know the whole story. But buck up, Rangers. You’ve got fans talking shit and you’re scared? From what I’ve read, no one threw anything onto the field. It was all verbal. What the hell could someone say to you that you’ve got to throw a chair at them?

There are no excuses. None at all. Especially since Francisco came from the dugout, as did the rest of the team, and he took it upon himself to throw the chair.

And I won’t say that the fans aren’t responsible in some way. But certainly that woman who was injured didn’t have anything to do with the ruckus. Come on.

Cleveland 0, Oakland 1 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Barry Zito (11-10)
Losing Pitcher – Jake Westbrook (12-8)
SV – Octavio Dotel(34)

CLE Runs: 0, Hits: 5, Errors: 0
OAK Runs: 1, Hits: 5, Errors: 1

HR: OAK: E. Durazo (22).
Oakland Record: (83-59)

Zito was on fire! A good game for him. Dotel made it a little exciting in the ninth, but he managed to pull through. Thank goodness!

Zito on the mound…

This time I didn’t take a nap during the game, but I guess I could have after Durazo’s home run. LOL! No scoring after that! Instead I took screenshots to occupy my time…

Zito, Chavez, Miller in the dugout, Bobby at the plate, Zito interviewing during the game, Chavez interviewing before the game…

And so now it’s Sunday night. I never look forward to Mondays. I can already feel the week weighing down on me. Blah. And why am I tired already?!

“Love Me Tender” – Norah Jones

Sometimes I hate this time of year. Football season has begun. As much as I’d like to be in the family room watching football on HD, I’m here in the computer room listening to my iTunes and thinking about writing some stuff for my story.

Harden, Bobby, Byrnes, Swisher

Swisher is a good sport. He didn’t lose a step after getting pied by one Mark Kotsay (yeah, Kotsay, they saw you!). Nick is surprisingly articulate. Sometimes when they interview the guys, it’s a painful process. They mumble so that you can’t understand them or they say the standard stuff like “We just need to step it up” blah blah blah. Or if you have an untrained ear, you can’t get past the accent. (I would love to hear Marco Scutaro speaking in his native tongue. He has the loveliest voice!)

I can’t believe I slept through some of the game. Good thing it was during the unexciting parts. I was so happy for Bobby! And whenever I’m yelling at him, I like calling him Bobby. LOL!

From The United States of Leland… Ryan Gosling as Leland…

After The Girl Next Door, the hubby wanted to watch The United States of Leland. I should have taken shots during different scenes. Oh well, next time! It’s not an easy movie to watch, but the performances are excellent. The story is just so sad. Ryan is great in it, of course. Since we had already seen the movie, I could look at him and think, “Wow, I’ve met him!” And I could see bit of him, as opposed to Leland. Does that make any kind of sense? Well, it makes sense to me. 😉

Cleveland 4, Oakland 5 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Ricardo Rincon (1-0)
Losing Pitcher – Bob Howry (1-1)
SV – Octavio Dotel(33)

CLE Runs: 4, Hits: 9, Errors: 0
OAK Runs: 5, Hits: 8, Errors: 1

HR: CLE: T. Hafner (27). OAK: B. Crosby (19), N. Swisher (2).
Oakland Record: (82-59)

It was lovely watching the game and having them win. Of course, I took a little nap but woke up in time to see the homers by Crosby and Swisher. Rookies injecting some excitement, glorious! 😀

We just finished watching The Girl Next Door. FUNNY movie. 😉 I enjoyed it. I especially liked Timothy Olyphant. He’s fun to watch. I think it’s the voice…

Happy Birthday to: Harry, Shane, and Sean!

Happy Anniversary to Cassady & Phil!

Even in the midst of remembering the tragedy, we cannot forget that life goes on. So live it, laugh a lot, and love even more…

TV watching…

For most of the summer, our TiVo selections hibernated on the hard drive. Now that the new tv season is beginning, we need to start watching all the stuff we could have watched during the summer of repeats! Ye gods! LOL!

Last night I watched three days’ worth of The Screen Savers. The show began its new season this past Tuesday from their new home in Los Angeles. Along with the new digs, there is a new co-host. You know, he’s okay so far. When he first started talking in that first show, I thought, “YIKES!” But he’ll grow on me.

I’m not the big gamer AT ALL, so a lot of the gaming stuff just doesn’t appeal to me. Many of the former viewers of TechTV lamented (and likely continue to lament) about the demise of the old network and the rise of the new hybrid G4TechTV. I admit, I lamented as well. But now I have accepted that I am watching something new with familiar faces. I only hope that they don’t totally turn the show into something only gamers will appreciate. I still want my tech stuff!!!

You can totally tell they’re in Hollywood though. On Thursday’s show, the audience representatve for the LAN party was one Jeff Timmons! It was GREAT seeing him. I love 98 Degrees and consequently love all the guys from the group. Anyhoo, it was also WEIRD seeing Jeff on The Screen Savers. Weird but nice. 😉 It reminded me that I need to pick up his new CD!

Baseball…

My A’s are pissing me off. Mark Mulder is making me mad! The boys are giving the Angels too much hope and lately Mulder has been playing un-Cy Young worthy. Know what I mean? If I didn’t adore him so much, I’d have to say that there are a couple of other AL pitchers out there who might deserve it more than him. Crap, does that make me a horrible Mulder fan? I don’t care! I can like him and still see he’s not playing well, right? (But really, still love the A’s very much!) I wish I could have watched the game last night. Mulder apparently did pitch better.

Rich Harden pitches today. And exactly a year ago he pitched. Isn’t that weird? (Two years ago I wasn’t keeping track the same way I do now, so I only know they lost.)

Screenshots from this week… Hudson, Zito, Foulke, Timmons on TSS…

Cleveland 4, Oakland 3 at Network Associates Coliseum
[12 innings]

Winning Pitcher – Rick White (5-5)
Losing Pitcher – Justin Duchscherer (5-6)
SV – Bob Wickman(8)

CLE Runs: 4, Hits: 10, Errors: 0
OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

HR: CLE: C. Crisp (14), R. Ludwick (1), C. Blake (26). OAK: E. Chavez (28).
Oakland Record: (81-59)

We didn’t get the game on tv out here in the Central Valley so I ended up watching three episodes of The Screen Savers. I love our TiVo. 😉

The A’s lost. Again. Alas. Squandering their opportunities. Frustrating!!!

I got to leave work early today. Woohoo! And this after taking a late lunch. Groovay!

Now I’m tired. Maybe tomorrow I’ll be more articulate. 😛