Miscellaneous Thoughts

Morning observations while having my second cup of coffee...

Looks like Yankees rookie pitcher Jorge DePaula will need ligament replacement surgery on his pitching elbow. This is obviously bad news for DePaula and the Yankees but Red Sox fans quickly note that the loss of DePaula takes one of the Yankees major bargaining chips off the table for when they go shopping for a mid-season addition to their aging before your eyes starting rotation... Curt Schilling got drilled last night to the tune of 7 earned runs. This actually may be a blessing in disguise since now maybe the talk of "Schilling's the Ace not Pedro" or "why doesn't Francona let Schilling finish his games" will go on the shelf for a little while (I'm too realistic to think that it would stop completely)... Where did all the people allergic to peanuts come from?... John Kerry got Googlebombed. Now when you google "John Kerry" - most of the sites that come up are for "waffles" - that's pretty funny (and yes I also thought it was funny when Bush was Googlebombed - you have to admit that something like this hurts nobody and takes imagination)... Speaking of Kerry - he needs to release his full military record now. He has used his Vietnam experience as the cornerstone of his campaign. If he just releases dribs and drabs then reporters will clamor for the rest with the idea that he must be hiding something. If he is hiding something then its over for him if he tries to draw it out or cover it up. If he's not hiding anything then talk about his military records will prevent Kerry from getting his message out to the undecided voters who will decide the next election... My theory of why Francona left Schilling in so long last night (123 pitches) is that yesterday was Francona's birthday and Schilling told him before the game that he was going to give him a complete game as a present (and yes - I'm serious)... Interesting stuff from Mark Cuban (as always)... I think the best chant fans can do to get into an opposing pitcher's head is "You're tipping pitches...you're tipping pitches"... In New York two men climbed a 55-foot tree in Central Park, had oral sex and stayed up there for 4-hours in some sort of protest. You can't make stuff like this up...