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Today’s Game

8. May 2008 by Crys.

I had to leave the office early for an emergency at home that began with “Orioles” and ended with “vs. Oakland.” Today’s game was pretty good. We came from behind and took the lead, in the seventh, I think it was. (I’m feeling too lazy to look it up.) Then the rest of the game was…, and here, I’ve been struggling most of the night to find the right word to describe it, but it rhymes with “SCHMOD” and “SCHMAMMIT!!!!!”

Yes, Oakland won again in the bottom of the 10th. I was really bummed too because I wanted to know if Roberts would have to bat again. My husband often asks me to explain the rules. (I never realized there are so many.) Today I figured out one rule I don’t know. Roberts was in the middle of his at bat when Hernandez was thrown out at first base (schmammit!). It was the third out. Would Roberts come up to bat in the 11th, starting with the same count? I’m racking my brain, but I don’t know the answer. It’s such a rare thing or I really don’t pay very close attention. How do I not know that?

Anyway, the game ended with some Oakland schmain in the schmass (not bothering to look it up) hitting a homerun to left field. The first camera angle didn’t show the ball bouncing off the foul pole, only it landing to the left side of it in the stands. I couldn’t figure out how it could be a homerun and thought I was really losing it, like there was some other really obscure rule that I know nothing about, or that everyone on the field was drugged up or crazy. I have to be honest, I often feel like the rest of the world is crazy and acts in a bizarre manner, so it wasn’t really that disconcerting. I’m kind of used to it.

We had our way with Oakland last year. I suppose I shouldn’t have assumed this series would be the same. Tomorrow is a fresh start, hopefully one that includes more RBIs when we have men on base!

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