Otter's Journal: Yankees - Red Sox; Coach K

That was a terrific game last night. Bases loaded jams, Jeter's dive into the seats, Ortiz' dive into third, A-Rod yelling at the umpire demanding a triple play and then laughing and apologizing when he realized he'd gotten Manny twice, home runs, ground rule doubles, a 13th inning comeback win...

The Boston media are treating it as a catastrophe but unlike the two previous horror show games, this was one was really superbly played. (Except for some wretched outfielding by both teams. When Jeter went after that pop-up, you could see him thinking "No way I'm letting Sierra pull up on another one!") I hope it'll enter the ESPN Classic rotation. Sort of the antithesis of the Worst Baseball Game Ever, Cal Ripken's last game at Yankee Stadium, where they called it a 14 inning tie, essentially on the grounds of sucking too much.

Meanwhile, are the Lakers nuts? I know nothing about basketball, but even I realize that Mike Krzykewski (or whatever it is) is _the_ worst possible fit for an NBA coaching job. His niche is recriting good, nice, talented kids, coaching them to a championship and then watching them flop in the NBA. Who would think mixing that with Kobe Bryant is a good idea?

Kobe

[FortKnox]

Kobe is a free agent as of yesterday(?).

Coach K

[Nidhogg]

Nuts isn't it?

I mean just look at all the success Pitino and Denny Crum had.

Oh no there's nothing that can go wrong here.

Easily..

[Deamos]

...the best baseball game I have EVER watched.

I hung out with a friend watching the game till the 9th..

It was getting late so I went home, heard the almost triple play in the car and almost lost my shit, just as the announcers did till they realized that there was a double tag.

Got home kept watching, and called my friend after Jeter's leap. He answered the phone with exactly what I was going to say, "He's out of his fucking mind." Ya think Jeter was comitted to winning the game? ;)

But god damn that wa

Re:Easily..

[molo]

anyone got a copy to download?

-molo

Don't do it, K

[DesScorp]

If Coach K goes to the NBA, it'll be terrible end to a great career. He's not a pro coach. He's a shining example of what a college coach should be, and what a college athletics program should be: academic AND athletic excellence. Such a rare thing today.....don't waste that legacy going to the National Buffoons Association, Coach.