Tuesday, 14 October, 2003

Drums along the Mohawk, Headhunters out on the back-bay Fens. The American League Championship series is tied again at two games apiece. The sight of Don Zimmer charging at Pedro Martinez , and trying to take a swing at him (he did really take a swing at Martinez, but I'll stick with 'trying' none-the-less). Martinez grabbing him by the head and throwing him to the ground. Zimmer rolling on the ground with that confused look on his face. That's going to stick with me for a long time, and not in a good way. That just ain't right. I was thinking why do they keep showing this over and over again in slow motion, then I realized 'oh thats not slow motion that's just Zimmer running.' One thing I liked about Earl Weaver is that he didn't think you needed to play headhunter games to to play competitive Baseball. He usually kept the Orioles out of such jv squad mind games. I read that Martinez will be fined $50,000 for doing that - throwing Don Zimmer down That's twice what I make in a year. Hey, is this a great country or what? I'm still looking for the Red Sox to win this thing, but I find myself now in the position of hoping that something about the contest and eventual outcome serves to redeem this unfortunate moment in some way. But I often feel that way. 10:01:56 AM    comment [];trackback [];

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