I made it to YouTube!

I can be seen in this video.

5/6: Diamondbacks 6, Phils 4

I want to believe in Adam Eaton. I really do. I'm rooting for him. I want to believe that 2007 was just extra horrible, that he's, while not an ace or an all-star, a perfectly serviceable fifth or even fourth starter who can help this team. And so far this season he was unspectacular, but not terrible either. He was keeping us in games. But after last night, I don't know what to think. I just don't know if I can take a pitcher seriously if he walks Randy Johnson - Randy Johnson! - on four pitches - four! - with the bases loaded - bases loaded! - and a one run lead. Randy Johnson! He's a pitcher! And not a very good hitting pitcher either! Plus, Randy Johnson is 6'10". He's like the tallest player in the history of baseball. He therefore probably has the largest strike zone in history. Adam, seriously, it's a gargantuan strike zone! It's this enormous rectangle! Just throw strikes through it! What, Randy Johnson's going to hit one of them? So what? You've got good fielders behind you. Maybe it'll even be a double play. But don't, for the love of god, just walk him one four pitches. Randy Johnson! Bases loaded! Pitches! Bases! Randy! Adam Eaton! That was only Johnson's 15th walk in his 21 year career. I'm flabbergasted, is what I am.

Jayson Werth's missed catch a few batters before that didn't help, either. But you just literally can't do what Eaton did there. It was the absolute last thing we needed. No good. I'm just, yeah, I don't like it. I need to think about something else for a while.

Sort of a Flyers preview (actually, just something I feel like mentioning)

My Bar Mitzvah theme was "penguins". That's it. I'm not sure why. Penguins were my favorite animal growing up, but I can't recall why I thought they would make a good Bar Mitzvah theme. Was I so bereft of a personality that I just picked my favorite animal as a theme? That's kind of stupid, now that I think about it. I mean, couldn't I have used something I was actually really into? Like Star Wars? Baseball cards? Books? Lego? Lego, that would have been really cool. Anything but penguins. What a weird kid I must have been.

Anyway, I bring this up because I have a history of liking penguins but I do not like, especially this week of all week, the Pittsburgh Penguins. I don't have a healthy hatred of them like I do for the Rangers and Devils, but I'm a fast learner.

So this week, we hate penguins, the little flightless bastards. I certainly don't advocate cruelty to animals (except for the fact that I eat meat, because it's friggin' delicious), but, well, I'm just saying, the Philadelphia Zoo has plenty of penguins. If they were missing one - one measly little penguin - because a hockey team had kidnapped it and kept it imprisoned in a cage in their arena during a playoff game, who would notice?

Yes, now I am officially babbling, so I'll cut it short. Just remember to boo this guy!

5/5: Phillies 11, DBacks 4

Remember yesterday when I said the Phillies should start hitting more? What I meant to say was, "This is the greatest collection of hitters ever assembled, and they're starting to heat up, and this season is shaping up to be awesome." Obviously, it's very early, and I'm trying to temper my enjoyment of the Phils' wins (and the Mets' losses) as much as possible, but on the other hand, they're in first place, and that's a nice feeling no matter what the date is. Life is about enjoying these kinds of things when you can.