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OK, we lost again. Sigh. We lost again against CC Sabathia. As I sit to write this, I’m more interested in writing about Sunday’s game. :)
It was really nice to see Todd Greene’s cousin Ronald Young, the former Iraqi POW out there to throw out the first pitch. That was a great moment.

Getting a bit tiring writing about games with short outings, and crappy pitching performances. I guess I could say that Esteban Yan didn’t give up 20 more runs after he came into the game, I guess that’s something.
My wife & I were watching from home, and she told me that she really did not want Raffy to get #500 on Friday night because I have tickets for Saturday & Sunday – she said if Raffy got it on a day I wasn’t there (I was there on Thu and saw #499), that I’d be moping around about it. She’s probably right. :)
I actually stopped watching the game once we got behind a lot, and just skipped forward on the TiVo to Raffy’s at bats. Hopefully he gets it today (Sat) or tomorrow. I’d like to be there for one of these things for a change. When Raffy got #400, I had tickets for Fri & Sun. He hit it Saturday. When Lynn & I were in Baltimore, we missed Cal Ripken’s 400th HR – he went foul by about 2 or 3 feet. :(

I have a short day today, so I need to get through this as quick as possible – no real commentary. Nice to see a win.
Raffy watch – He got #499 yesterday, and struck out in the bottom of 9th to end the game on possible #500. I was at the game, and took some pics, but I left them at home, I’ll have to update later.

The streak stops at 7 games. Why? We got to within one game of .500. That’s usually when we start losing again. :(
Actually John Thomson pitched well, it’s just at the end he had enough of a meltdown, and the bullpen (Todd Van Poppel) was total crap that we lost. I thought Thomson was great again.
Omar Daal looked surprisingly great – I followed him when he was in Philadelphia, and never thought he was that great of a pitcher.

That was one serious stink coming from the Ballpark. Don’t want to write about it, it was so bad. One thing though – Carlos Delgado’s second home run was some serious crap – it was hit into what looked like Section 251. That’s a SERIOUS distance – was something like 455 feet, if I remember Josh right. Here’s a pic of how far away home plate is looking in from that section.

I thought John Thomson pitched great this game, except for his minor meltdown which allowed 3 runs to score. But other than that, he was wonderful. Unfortunately, CC Sabathia was even better, not allowing an earned run.in his 8 innings (as opposed to the 3 that Thomson allowed in his complete game 8 inning loss). That pretty much was the entire game – CC Sabathia shut us down pretty good – not much else you can say about this one.
Raffy watch: He sat out the game, and only came in as a pinch hitter as the final batter of the game. He needs two, and I’m going to the game on Thursday, so I’m hopeful he can do it then. :)