I have to admit, the 15-inning All Star Game marathon at the House (Almost) That Ruth Built was a classy affair.
The touching introduction of the Hall-of-Famers. The re-emergence of 'The Boss' in baseball's cathedral. Mariano Rivera's stirring jog from the bullpen to the mound.
Truly an avalanche of images that represent class, dignity, tradition and professionalism.
What do they call it? 'The Yankee Way'?
-- Dennehy
It's cute how Bean Dennehy took up the cause for his beloved BoSox and claimed that Papelbon deserves to close instead of Rivera.
The only good thing we can say about Paps is that he's smart enough to say that he needs a Pope-mobile for the All-Star parade. OK, that, and that he throws some serious cheese.
But as Dennehy took time out of his day to pump up his Beans, he failed to let people know what he was doing before he made it into the Bronx & Beans office.
P.S. This was Photoshopped by Bronx-in-training Dwyer. Look for more antics from him as he's expected to get the call-up to the major league blog level some time soon after the All-Star break.
Sunday night's Manny Ramirez vs. Mariano Rivera at-bat in the top of the ninth inning was what we watch baseball for: Their best against our best.
Our best won.
And he needed just three fastballs to do it. It was so one-sided that part of you wanted to feel bad for Manny Ramirez's right shoulder for the pain it must have been in by having to handle 30-plus ounces of wood for three straight pitches. Then you came to your senses and realized that Manny hits bomb after bomb against the Yankees.
Let's have a look at the strike three call, compliments of (in order) Getty Images, AP and Newsday's Paul J. Bereswill.
"Oh, he did throw it already?"
"Really? Wow, I must have missed that."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, what do we have here? Is that Manny Ramirez during batting practice this afternoon at Yankee Stadium sporting a thin Giambi mustache?
Is he conceding the series already and showing his support for Beans Whittle and Dennehy?
100 points to whoever can figure out what Bartolo Colon is thinking in this picture!
(50 bonus points if you can prove you knew it was Colon and not Rich Garces or Juan Berengeur without reading the headline!)
Red Sox almost pull off a win with a furious rally against the Twins. Meanwhile, the Yankees finally find a way to avoid a loss.
--Whittle
Eye black or really bad mustache? You make the call!
