Hey, “You’re With Me, Leather” has a Wikipedia page all to itself. Ah, Chris Berman’s penchant for catchphrases comes back to bite him.
Oh, I’m supposed to talk about the game now? Frankly, in between working the weekend and watching England-Paraguay in football and trying to figure out when in the world ANY game would get in, I’m surprised I even caught the last few innings. So - Lester’s outing - okay, not a hotshot debut, but control’s always been one of his issues.
And the game notes said it was “Free Dog Night”. Is that a reference to Three Dog Night?
Manny Ramirez with home run #450. I was looking at the 1991 draft - oh for a year where the Yankees drafted first! - and the 12 players selected before him were such a parade of mediocrity - Brien Taylor, of course, was one of the two #1 draft picks never to reach the majors (“One… is the loneliest number”), and then Mike Kelly and Dave McCarty at #2 and #3… man.