I just posted the Sweet Lou photo with the hair cap on my site, too. I grew up watching him play and go berserk, watiting to see if the veins in his neck would actually burst during his tirades. I loved that guy and thought he was cute. But the blonde hair ... and all because his team won *3* whole games in a row? Oy!

I don't wanna talk about Lou Pinella. Let's talk about Bucky Dent.
yummy.

my fave lou tirade from this year was against the Yanks about a week ago. The relief pitcher couldnt throw a strike for the life of him, Pinella goes to the dugout steps and you can read his lips as he screams at his catcher "Toby, go out there and tell him to throw FUCKIN strikes"... this guy is gonna have a heart attack before his 4yr contract is over.. Oh lou how we loved you in the bronx in the 70's and 80's

Re: The Players poll... I couldn't believe Larry Bowa won "worst manager" in a landslide. His team is currently leading in the wildcard race and have the third best record in the NL. Of course, a majority of the votes came from AL East teams which contain players that hate Larry Bowa (like Marlon Anderson, Travis Lee, Cliff Politte, Jeremy Giambi, etc.).

Yo Katch:

Paul Frankenstein and I were both at that July 4 massacre (I actually root against both the Yanks and Red Sox, so it wasn't that exciting), and I wanted to ask you: what in the hell is up with all the out, loud, and public Boston fans at the game?!?! After every homer (especially that monster Manny blast) they were up and screaming, taunting even. It sure as hell didn't used to be like that (or is that just for the bleachers?).

Ken, you sat in the bleachers? With the rest of society's outcasts? When the Yankees refuse to sell beer to people, you know they're mutants. I wouldn't sit in the bleachers for Game 7 of the World Series, and I am not kidding.

Sox fans can cheer all they want at Yankee Stadium, especially when they're in second place and trailing us 26 world championships to zero in the last 85 years.

I actually didn't sit in the bleachers this time, but did for the last two Yankee playoff games I went to, and it was fantastic. Sure, there was no beer, but there was incredible energy, people who knew their shit, and when somebody was stupid enough to wear an oakland hat, that hat was snatched off his head before the first pitch and returned in tatters two innings later.

So, in other words, it's mob rule in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium. How cool. You don't think someone would have the balls to cut up a fan's hat if it were one-on-three instead of 100-on-three, do you? I can't condone that as being a good fan. People like that are thugs and it is their decision to act that way and mine to rail on them.