Land of the Leaf

Damn Yankees
Tuesday’s baseball game was awesome, last night not so much.  Andy Pettitte didn’t have his best stuff, but that didn’t matter.  The Blue Jay bats couldn’t get shit going against him.  That heavy-set left hander with all the money takes the mound today and we’re countering with Brian Tallet.  Here’s hoping that the pern-stache can top the Hamburglar.

I don’t like to make rash decisions based on one performance, but I’m kinda over Scott Richmond right now.  Regardless, great story on Richmond from Ian at The Blue Jay Hunter.

Rethinking the NBA Finals, Got A Love Buzz for Jay Triano
Took in what I could of the Nuggets-Mavs series and all I can say is that the Nuggies have a legitimate shot at making the finals.  The hell with a Kobe vs. Lebron NBA Finals match-up, Carmelo vs. Lebron has got a lot more intrigue.  Follow the Nuggets’ quest over at Dunking Nuggets with my man Bryan Douglass.  I’ll take any excuse I can get to post a throw-back Raptors picture:

Speaking of the Raptors, Raptors Republic has an overview of the players that have worked out for the team thus far.  None of the names immediately jump of the screen, but we still don’t know what our draft position will be so no reason to get worked up yet.

Yours truly talked about the Jay Triano signing with Mr. Douglass of Fanball.com and the “Statsman” Paul Bruno on last night’s Statsman Show.  I’ll post a link when the file is available, but I can tell you that we’re all happy with the move.  (Link is up.  You can download it here:  Statsman Podcast Archive.  We go Triano around the 1:40 mark.)

Toronto FC and the Lone Goal Complacency
Chad Barrett scored the lone TFC goal last night, and that’s all they needed to defeat the Montreal Impact 1-0.  Toronto FC is getting too comfortable with the 1-0 victories.

Obligatory East Coast Chest Pump
If you read my own Hockeyhead blog (and you fucking better), then you’d know that I’m a big Sidney Crosby supporter.  I’m sorry, Ovechkin is a great player too but he’s sorta greasy.  Simeon VarLAMov has got a wonky glove-hand and the Penguins exposed it.  My boy Eyebleaf is coming around on Sid the Kid, and pretty soon you will too.

New Yankee Stadium is so important that it requires special recognition on the player’s caps.

Well don’t we like to stroke ourselves.

I’m okay with a patch on a sleeve or some bullshit shaved into the outfield grass.  This just looks way stupid, and besides, the INAUGURAL SEASON will always be remembered as the year the Jays won the PENNANT.

Roy Halladay is so good he makes me wanna puke.

Burnett wasn’t bad, but he wasn’t great either.

I’ve seen a few good live sporting events over the years, but that was the most electric audience that I can say I was a part of.  Thank you Blue Jays’ fans for:

1. Booing Burnett
2. Giving it to A-Roid, and to the gentleman who tossed a foul-ball back at him
3. And most importantly: coming out and supporting the home team

From A-Roid’s purple lip to Mark Teixeira’s shitty average, the Yankees suck.

“It was like a playoff atmosphere…” - Johnny Damon

It should be interesting to watch A.J. Burnout pitch at the Rogers Centre this season, and I don’t imagine he’ll get away with tossing his mitt into the Yankees’ dugout quite like he did in Toronto.  It’s okay to be a little bit malicious with regards to your hopes for A.J.’s first season a Yankee.