sox rule, yanks drool (whilst playing crummy baseball)

los angeles isn't the best place to watch the sox consistently (obvious) so i haven't been able to catch a single game against the phillies and watch the sox charge into first. i've had to settle for box scores and a few blogs out there that are updated daily. from everything i'm reading, it seems the sox are really rolling right now with both the offense 'whooping ass' (big papi) and the pitching staff doing a phenomenal job at the same time. this momentum is nice as we square up against teams who play well against us in the coming weeks (toronto, texas, the o's...).
i'd still like to know what the plans are for extra bullpen arms. it just occured to me though that with schilling returning one of our starters will be heading to the bullpen so that in itself should help, right?


i saw a clip of manny's 19th career grand slam and it reminded me of a conversation i had with k-rocka the other day. we were guessing at what a dugout chat with manny might be like...

'how's everything going manny, feelin' good?'
'jeah, i'n feel pretty goo these days, everything es alrigh, jou know?'
'that's good, you still creating your own destination?'
'oh jeah, everything will yus happen the way es suppose to, no problem'
'yeah, i hear ya', so that early season slump behind you?'
'well, for me, i don't belief en slump, i yus play how i play, feels good'
'right, right...say, listen, we're gonna need you to hit a homerun in your next at bat, ok tiger?'
'oh...alright (with accompanying slightly indifferent shoulder shrug)'


i have been able to catch games 1 and 3 of the subway series and can report that the yankees just look pathetic. their defense is absolutely terrible. i almost feel bad for them. womack as a cf looks absolutely lost, giambi has no business on the field at all and even the talented cano at 2nd looks a little uncomfortable as he misplayed what seemed to be a routine play. they were able to avoid the sweep by the mets but it wasn't pretty i can tell you that much. mets pretty much gave the game away in the 9th with terrible pitching by r. hernandez and looper. next up for the yanks are the o's and i'm hoping they just trade games while the sox continue to roll. i'd like to see a whole lot more games between us and any 2nd place team. there is no mercy in this dojo!