My NL boys are going home for the winter.  It started to hit me around the 6th or 7th inning that this was really happening, and yes, I shed some tears along the way before just going numb.  One of the few bright spots tonight was Albert singling in Julio (who drew a walk as a pinch hitter and then stole second).  Too bad it was our only run.  Vicente Padilla shut our hitters down, and our pitchers didn't do the same to the Dodgers.  So that's that.

Now I have to wait 4-1/2 months to see my two favorite baseball boyfriends again.  Oh sure, I can dig around on line and find some updates on them, since they both do charity work.  Albert's stuff will be easy to find -- Julio's not so much, but hopefully his foundation's website will be updated during the offseason.  Unfortunately, it's not the same as seeing them out there on the field.  And 4-1/2 months is a long fucking time.   :::major sadface:::

Bah.

Meme from

horsecrazyliza

I'm not going to pretend that today was an easy one for me.
 

That's really about it for now.  I have more things to post about over the weekend; I've been saving them up because I've been busy over the last several days.  I also need to clean up my tags a bit, and will probably delete a couple more of my Julio icons, but not all of them, because I'm pretty attached to them.  So stay tuned.

P.S.  On a happier note, Albert hit two HR tonight, bringing his season total to 34 and his RBI total to 89.  I guess he had a slow time of it during the All-Star festivities because he was saving up to do that.  :::smile:::

I  couldn't resist...

Holy fucking shit...Albert has just hit his second HR of the night and so far has 3 RBIs.  This brings him to 30 HR and 77 RBIs on the season.

:::head explode:::

Attempting to break my string of failhattery where posting is concerned, I’m checking in from work during one of my office’s traditionally quiet Wednesday afternoons (quiet because most of our docs are in classes, and therefore the workload is diminished).

Well, I’ve rambled on long enough. Back to work here.

ETA: Doing some paperwork here, and we have a newborn baby in the practice named...Jacoby!  Now I'm wondering if his parents are Red Sox fans.   :D
 

Although everyone may have thought I'm dead, I'm still here.  It's just been a long and grueling week.  Not bad, just grueling.  Where I work, it's "that time of year."  It's a medical residency program, and our calendar runs July 1 to June 30, so at the moment we have a bunch of people graduating (with not one but TWO ceremonies), others coming in, with a welcome potluck and a "fun day" for all staff, faculty and residents, etc., etc., etc.  After being there several years I have become tired of all the hoopla, so mostly just keep to myself and say my goodbyes and hellos on my own schedule.  But that doesn't mean it's not a madhouse right now!  :-O

Anyway...as luck would have it I had to miss the meet-and-greet part of the welcome potluck (theme: traditional Southern food), which I actually wanted to attend.  My annual squishathon (AKA mammogram) was unfortunately scheduled at the very same time.  TMI, I know, but for you younger readers, it WILL eventually happen to you too!  I got back to the office in time to grab some leftovers and jump back into my work full blast.  Due to taking a long lunch, I wasn't off the clock until 7:00, and then had an unexpected but very nice gabfest with one of our graduating residents.  Didn't get home until what I *assumed* would be about the second inning...but to my surprise the game was in rain delay.  So here I am, ready to follow an entire game.  YAY!

I'm SO looking forward to seeing all the upcoming games on TV.  At latest count it looks like 4 of the next 5 will be on TV here (a rare treat), so that rain had jolly well better stay gone from Boston!  I'll be especially glad to see the Cardinals, as it's been awhile.  I watched them quite a bit last summer.  It won't be the same with Big Albert on the DL, though.  He's one of my favorites and I wish him a speedy recovery.

With a whole weekend to catch my breath (and do errands, and watch games), my next plan here on LJ is to post the meme that Piney and several others have been circulating lately.  And then...my first baseball abbey post.  See, all these things take time because I normally try to put some real effort into posts, the better to sound at least somewhat intelligent, LOL.  Tonight...I'm just posting on the fly.  So this is almost stream of consciousness.

And there you have it...game just started.  Back with more later.

Good morning!  I didn't go to bed directly after last night's (depressing) game as I planned, but managed to get adequate sleep and still wake up during the 9:00 hour.  Not bad for a Sunday morning for this night owl!  On tap today: Errands, several of them, and then of course I'll be joining the crowd at Texy's for the game.  Hoping for a better outcome today!

So one of my friends posted something in the last day or so that mentioned Albert Pujols (one of my faves around the league) and his kindness towards another player.  I admittedly don't always find time to read ALL the baseball news, so this morning I did a Google news search to find out what this was all about.  Very sweet of him to show that much concern for the opponent who he unintentionally injured!  Puts a thought in my head that I should be watch more Cardinals games (WGN Chicago is part of my cable package, so the Cubs-Cardinals games are generally televised here) so I can enjoy him a little more often.  Will have to check this week's TV schedule, seeing as how our boys are out West and I'll only be able to poke my head in on those games right before bed.  Anyway, kudos to Prince Albert for his big heart.

P.S. Oh heavens -- I read another couple of articles and learned after the fact that he put not one but TWO Padres on the DL in one game.  Poor Al.  I read that he only slept for one hour that night because he was so upset.  Can't say as I blame him.

Anyway, I'm off to get ready for those errands...