The Week After

As I write this, the Yanks are up 8-3 in the bottom of the 6th. It's looking like they may avoid the sweep. As for the Mets, they had an off-day today.

Generally speaking, the past week has gone about as well as you could have hoped, baseball-wise. That was nice given that the preceding two weeks were just about as bad as two weeks of baseball are ever going to get (god willing).

Honestly, the thought of the Phillies winning the World Series made me physically ill, so their three-game sweep at the hands of the New Rox was easily the highlight of my week.

As for the other series', I feel for the poor Cubbies, but how could I seriously root against Sip's New D-Backs? This one was a win-win for me; I wish the Cubs had made a series of it, but I can't get too bent out of shape about it.

Like many Mets fans, the Red Sox are one of my horses in the American League, so cheers to them. I'd be in a real bind if we saw a Red Sox-Indians ALCS, but I think I'd have to root for the Tribe.

The point is I'm actually watching the postseason this year, and I actually kind of care. I probably don't care as much as Dane Cook does, but I care more than I have in other Mets-less postseasons that I can recall.

It hasn't all been gravy though. There are some things that have been bugging me, like...

The Commercials

Honestly, some of these commercials are even pretty good, I just can't stand them anymore. Those Frank TV adds had me laughing out loud (LOLing, if you will) the first time or two, by this point though I don't think I can take it. It's like, you do a beast of a George Bush impressions -- I GET IT!

That Avis commercial with that song they played in Old School? Same thing. One too many times.

And christ almighty, by this point I would kill a man for an Ambien, I shit you not.

Meanwhile, Kaz Matsui is the first image they show in their promos for the NLCS. Did NOT see that one coming.

There's Something (Seriously Fucking Annoying) About Joba

Don't get me wrong, a significant portion of this is rooted in a seething jealousy, but I am so sick of hearing about Joba Chamberlain.

Joba rules! Cute!

The guy's nasty, he's fun to watch, he'll devastate me time and again over the next 20 years, -- I accept all that. But the "Joba rules" thing stopped being funny at least two months ago. I want to think Yankee fans know that on some level, but I really don't know for sure.

My House Cleaner Threw Out My Playoff Clinching Keepsake

One bottle of Korbel, now floating around a dump heap aimlessly. I hope at least that it got recycled.

The Mets Are At Home

And they never had a chance.

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Just looked over my shoulder at the muted television screen. Ambien commercial. So it goes.

- A.F.O.M.G.