Random thoughts of other series.

A few thoughts as I let my blood pressure drop on this off-day for the Cards.

Nice job today by the Oakland Athletics. While all of productive America worked, two teams we’ve never actually been able to confirm the existence of played. Oakland swept the Twins, propmting Karl Ravich to say it was an outcome “few could have predicted.” Nevermind that a sweep by Oakland was one of only 6 possible outcomes. No way to see that coming.

Oakland played all three games at noon on a weekday. The Cards will get a weekend game tomorrow and on Football Sunday. Unless the series goes five games, it will be a rumor to most of America.

So if the A’s meet the Cards or the Padres in the Series, will anyone notice? Do you think Bud watched any of the A’s? I think a reporter should corner Bud as ask him to spell Scutaro. Then fire him if he can’t. Invoke the “best interest of baseball” clause.

We’re watching history tonight, as Detroit has postseason baseball for the first time since the Reagan administration. Good times.

Some random thoughts as I enjoy the possibility of a Yankee loss to the Tigers.

Randy Johnson has a herniated disc in his back, just had an epidural injection, which they give women to make childbirth bearable, and now he’s pitching.

It’s worth mentioning that his nickname is, of course, the Big Unit. It’s what you call tall people with the last name Johnson in puritanical America. Anyway, the Unit looks like he can’t bend over and touch his toes. Not that you need to when you pitch. Look at David Wells. I doubt Boomer can even confirm he has toes.

But Johnson doesn’t look right to me. We’re about two innings from someone making the comment to the effect that the Unit looks a bit stiff. My money's on Jeanne Zelasko. Welcome to puritanical America.

I suppose Big Unit is better than what my mother-in-law always thought he was called. She thought it was the Big Eunich. For some years, she thought this.

Don Mattingly has replaced Don Zimmer in the Yankee dugout as the guy that sits next to Torre. The scary thing is, Mattingly’s face is starting to look like Zimmer’s. Take the hair away, and he looks like a young Zimmer. (Look at the size of that man's Cranium...it's got it's own weather system.) Assuming Zimmer was ever young.

If the Yankees drive A-Rod out of town, will anyone ever want to sign with them again? If the Yanks lose this offseason, especially to Detroit, New York may well go insane. That much, I think, A-Rod could survive.

The real question is, will Jeter say something. A-Rod is hitting .111 in the series. Must be because he’s so damn handsome. Jeter is hitting .636 this series. One of these things is not like the other.

We’re one well placed Jeter comment away from the Yanks trading A-Rod. It’s so much fun to think about, you can’t help but hope for it.

The postseason commercials have been memorable. At least, they look memorable as I fast-forward them with my TiVo. In three times speed, the commercials are far more amusing.

I haven’t heard a word, but, apparently, Domino’s is now selling small cubes of a poo-like substance that rubs off on kids shirts.

Welcome to puritanical America.