Want to hear something crazy? Whenever I clean my living room, the Yankees stage a comeback. I was doing so today, readying for my pre-birthday Bad Movie Night, when they were losing 9-0, and as soon as Fox cut away to Humber's perfect game bid (which I totally didn't mind at that point - history always trumps shelackings), I was like, "Watch, something big will happen." And when they cut back to the Yankees and it was 9-5 and they announced Swisher had hit a grand slam, I was like "This is gonna get good." Maybe it's some kind of cusp-of-35 psychic wisdom that is just hitting me now, or maybe it was a "no expectations means no pressure" sort of moment, but damn if I didn't squeal and clap delightedly when Thumper homered to make it 9-8. And then Swisher with the tying and go-head runs? Well, this made me smile so hard:
And then you get the following text message (not a Thumper homer, but an SMS, in this case) and it's even more delightful:
And then Erica, in Arizona to hang with the Braves and D'Backs, sends the following....
...which refers to the time in 2006 when Erica and I discovered our stud finder could summon the Yankees luck, and
thereby reminded me of this game - the last 9-0 comeback the Yanks had.
I don't know how the rest of the season will pan out, but I do know that that was one of the most fun games I've watched on TV in a long time.
And dudes, it was a FOX GAME.
