Are you like me, walking around like a zombie, with your head in a fog, waiting for Game Six of the World Series to begin? Here’s something, in case you need a laugh to settle your nerves, before tonight’s game…

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Haven’t thought about this song in about a thousand years…

Let’s kill an off day before the World Series and go back 20 years for a moment or two…

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I’ve seen the new ABC show “Modern Family” three times now. I saw the one with the bike and the hot neighbor. I’ve seen the one Shelley Long. And, this week, I caught the one where Gloria was called a coal digger.

While watching it this week, I said to my wife “This is just like ‘Arrested Development.’”

And, doing a quick google on it today, I see I’m not alone with that feeling:

• I’m the Cool Dad’ and Other Debatable Dispatches From the Home Front
• I Want To Have This Show’s Traditional Vietnamese Gay Baby
• Test Pilot: Modern Family

If you haven’t checked out the show, you may want to…soon. It’s just off-beat and funny enough that it’s a sure bet to get the hook way too soon….like “Arrested Development” did…

Hey, it could have been worse…it could have been Kate Hudson this month…

I enjoy watching the show Fringe on FOX. I say “enjoy” because I enjoy it – but, I wouldn’t say that I’m addicted to it, the way I was with “Prison Break.” In any event, the thing that I like most about the show is the character of Agent Olivia Dunham. I love the real-feel to her character. And, there’s a sense of strength that resonates in actress Anna Torv’s portrayal of Dunham that I find very admirable. But, it wasn’t until I saw her on the Emmys that I knew she was Australian. Now, that’s acting skill – since there is no trace of an accent in Dunham, etc., and she sure passes, in character, as being American. (Sort of like Hugh Laurie in “House” – hiding his British accident.)

Where this show goes, from here, I dunno…but, chalk me up as a fan of Anna Torv, from now, for sure…

…we can play our own game until then.

This is a little time-killing game that I came up with back in 2002. (See this and this for more on what was done back at that time.) Here’s how it works…

This is a fictional baseball game. When you leave a comment to this entry, you must:

- – state the inning and score at the moment (based on the previous comment)
- – give the runners on base and the outs (also based on the previous comment)
- – provide what your batter will do
- – and, if it’s the end of the 1/2 inning, give the score and the inning at the close of the inning.

I’ll do the first two batters to give an example.

Play Ball!

Man, I cannot believe that they missed this one when “covering” all this? Shame.

Well, this should get you through the next 15 minutes…

Jillian’s reaction after Tracey’s weigh-in was priceless. But, if you saw it, you already know that. And, if you didn’t, then you have no idea what this is about…

I woke up this morning with the hooks from both these songs, blended, in my head. No idea what that means…but, it’s a fair excuse to share some clips and help kill some time before today’s game…

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…you don’t know about me.

Various people, throughout my life, have told me that “I’m walking too fast” when we’re walking together. And, a few months back, it finally got to me and I decided to test it.

I do like to walk. And, when I can fit it in, I do take a walk whenever I can. Call me Eddie Yost, if you must. Further, at times, I have considered the Jules Winnfield retirement plan as well.

So, I timed myself over a series of walks – none being less than 2.5 miles and many longer than that. And, the results were the same, consistently, every time.

I walk at a speed of 4.05 miles per hour.

Is that too fast? I dunno – guess it depends on who you’re walking with…

So, anyone else pumped for season premiere of CYE tomorrow? Can you believe the last time we saw a new episode of the show was on November 11, 2007?

This one was too funny to pass up…YouTube at its best…

Nope, it’s not video. Just a little optical illusion to help pass the time until A.J. Burnett takes the bump tonight for the Bombers…in case you don’t have a Yaqui shaman like Don Juan Matus on speed-dial for when you need him…

Ever hear the song Paparazzi by Lady Gaga?

Well, I’ve got the hook stuck in my head…

But, instead of hearing:

Baby you’ll be famous, chase you down until you love me, pa-pa, pa-pa-razzi…

I hear:

Baby you’ll be famous, chase you down until you love me, wow-wow, wow-wow, Wubbzy…

Gotta stop watching T.V. with the kids!

Oh, this is too much fun: Click here for my question for you. (Via Let Them Sing It For You)

Pine on, you crazy Zander…

…there was “The Big W.”

Legend has it, for the one by me, that it was a rat found in the root beer barrel that did them in…

Where did you once eat that’s now looooong since gone?

Has another year gone by? That was quick. I know the Yankees have something planned for today. And, others have a way to mark the day.

It’s interesting…of the current Yankees, only Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera were with the team back in 2001. None of the other current Yankees know what it was like to be here back on 9/11. In fact, present day Yankees Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Francisco Cervelli were not yet 16-years old when the planes hit the World Trade Center. (Although Joba was only days away from being sixteen.) When you look at it this way, it seems like September 11th, 2001, was a very long time ago…

Heck, Zachary Slade Heathcott, the Yankees #1 pick in the draft this year, turned 11-years old 17 days after the attack on the World Trade Center…and you have to wonder if someone that age even remembers, clearly, what happened that day?

The Staten Island Yankees are making it a point to try and remember. Good for them. After all, their ballpark is so close to Ground Zero…

Much of the focus in Yankeeland will be on the number 2,722 today. But, in the backs of our minds, we’ll be thinking about what happened 2,922 days ago too…at least those who are old enough to remember it. Very strange to say that…as it seems like it was just yesterday…but, it has been a while.

Time is a tricky beast, ain’t it?

…errr…I mean…date.

I had a chance to view the Prison Break: The Final Break DVD this evening. Going into it, I was afraid that it was going to be a bit slapdash. However, having now seen it, I can say that’s not the case. As it began, I got the feeling that it was more in the mode of seasons three and four of the series rather than seasons one and two. But, then, there were moments in the storyline that were filled with tension – somewhat near what the viewer got in seasons one and two. There were not as many shocking twists and turns in this one as expected from a Prison Break episode. Yet, I’m very happy to have watched it. In fact, if you are a fan of the series, you owe it to yourself to view this one. There’s something in there that you didn’t get in the series finale that’s now a huge part of the overall Prison Break story.

This one is…oh…so…nineteen eighty eight to me…

…how about you?

Most who read this blog know that I’m a big fan of the series Prison Break that ran on FOX. Related, I have to confess that I’ve yet to see “Prison Break: The Final Break” on DVD. But, in case you’ve missed the skinny on this one, here are some reviews:

DVD Review: Prison Break – The Final Break – Blogcritics Video

‘Prison Break: The Final Break’ review @ Examiner.com

The DVD Lounge | Prison Break: The Final Break – Blu-ray Review

When I get a chance to see this DVD, I will share my thoughts on it. In the interim, have you seen it? What did you think of it?

It doesn’t take Ron Burgundy to figure this out.  Since May 25th, Melky Cabrera has fashioned the following slash rates: .234/.305/.373. This is over a span of 78 games, and 284 plate appearances. During this stretch, Melky has 6 homers and just 28 RBI. In the field, he hasn’t been any better either. His UZR/150 currently stands at -7.9 for the season at CF,  -4.3 overall.  We’ve also seen him have brain farts out there in center, throwing the ball to the wrong base.

But, if you look at the numbers from the beginning of the year till May 24th, Melky looks like the hitter we’ve been hoping he’d turn into.  In 42 games, spanning 141 plate appearances, Melky had the following slash rates: .328/.374/.492 with 5 homers and 20 RBI. 20 RBI in 141 PA, for a bottom of the order hitter, is pretty damn good. This is also the time when Melky seemed to be getting walk off hits on a daily basis.

What is it about this guy that he decides to stop playing after April/May?

- Posted By Corey

Have you been watching the Little League World Series? Since I was born and lived on Staten Island, for 37 years, I’m somewhat interested in seeing what the S.I. team does in the Series. But, to be candid, I’ve only seen a little of one of the games so far on ESPN…

However, in the game that I did see, I saw that pitcher from Chula Vista Park View – Luke Ramirez. Have you seen him yet?

Luke Ramirez is 6-foot-2 and weighs 205 pounds. Man, that’s crazy!

How is a kid, 11- or 12-years old, supposed to step into a batter’s box, with Ramirez hulking on the mound, just 46 feet away?

Here’s a picture of Luke taking a throw at first, if you need a visual:

Photo via: Terry Pierson / The Press-Enterprise

Forget Chad Gaudin and Sergio Mitre…maybe the Yankees can pick up this Raimrez kid and let him help fill out their rotation between now and October?

There have been some good baseball movies featuring excellent character actors…

Seeing Michael Gaston in Sugar the other day got me thinking about this…

J.K. Simmons was in For Love of the Game. Peter Jacobson was in 61*. James Gammon and Chelcie Ross were in Major League. Shoot, you can pick a bunch of them from Eight Men Out.

Who is your all-time favorite character actor to appear in a baseball movie?

Two sounds that I never get tired of hearing: The popping of a mitt and the crack of the bat.

I know that many like to use the sound of a bubbling fountain, falling rain, crashing surf, chirping birds, and such, for relaxation and stress relief. But, me…gimmie the sound of a popping of a mitt and the crack of the bat…every time. How about you?

I first saw this one in 1998. Or, maybe it was early 1999? Still makes me chuckle. Are these types of jokes truly a common denominator? Maybe…