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seriously? NFL exhibition games haven't been cancelled yet? I heard the Braves announcers comment tonight on the radio that the games have been cancelled for tomorrow and Sunday. Very smart.

Not sure where you (Peter) and Andy live but be safe this weekend fellas.

Jints/Jets games has been postponed - so there's some sanity being demonstrated.

On a completely different topic: I have decided that I will no longer watch, in real time, AJ pitch a baseball game as doing so only ruins dinner for me. I will check the score after his game and then decide if I want to watch the archive.

On the topic of AJ, what would y'all suggest is the best way to fix AJ?

1) Consume large quantities of Valium before a game?

2) Lithium?

3) having his aura cleansed?

4) pitching while (slightly) drunk - this is known as Boomer/Wells therapy, by the way.

5) running into a 2x4 located at forehead height?

6) Pre-game Yoga/meditation?

7) spending the night with Madonna and learning more about Kaballah?

8) get a new tattoo?

Well? What do YOU think would cure this guy?

:-)

BL

I'm living in Brooklyn, NY, thankfully in Zone B and not Zone A which has a mandatory evacuation order. It doesn't sound very good for us, but I am hopeful they are wrong about it like they have been in the past.

Thanks for the good wishes.

Mitchell

I'm going with #5. My wife asked me why I was yelling at the TV tonight. I made her watch some of the game and she started yelling.

Here's my question. We're both old enough to have seen Eddie Whitson pitch for the Yankees. So, gun to your head, which one do you put on the mound if you had to? AJ or Eddie Lee? I think I pick AJ on the theory that his stuff could somehow translate into a win, but it is very, very debatable in my mind.

Peter -

See? See? Watching AJ pitch is really bad for you. Don't believe me? Just ask your wife - she'll tell you. By the way, it was my wife who suggested option 6 for AJ. She's fascinated by how erratic he is. For her, it's sort of like watching a train wreck - she knows it's awful but she can't stop watching. (sigh)

About Brooklyn? It's good you don't live in my old neighborhood, Manhattan Beach. I can remember watching cars floating past my front door during the hurricanes of the 50s before they (ahem) "repaired" the seawall along the shoreline. I truly hope you and yout family weather this storm safely ...

AJ or Whitson? Jeez, Peter, how about asking me an easy question for a change? I'd have to go with Whitson as he started out awful then found his stuff and turned things around for a long stretch. In other words, he sucked for a while then he shined for a while. AJ, on the other hand, seems to shine for a few pitches or innings then he implodes with no warning at all - and consistent inconsistency drives me nuts.

More random thoughts - I think that if Hughes is healthy (which I doubt, by the way, from watching his last performance and his grimace on the mound), then it's AJ who has to be odd man out - except that Colon seems to be fading from fatigue. I think we have a real problem at this point with our rotation.

Mitchell

Yup, glad neither of us is in Manhattan Beach right now. Thanks for the good wishes. We are a block from the Gowanus in Carroll Gardens, hopefully that's far enough to keep us dry, but we shall see. I hope you and your family are safe behind the iron curtain.

I'm on board with the "boycott AJ" movement, we would all be better off not watching. It is just too damaging to our psyches.

Sorry for the Whitson question, but that is what AJ has become in my mind. It would be amazing to watch Billy Martin manage AJ. Martin would be 83 right now, but I bet he would have fought AJ on the mound if he had been the manager last Saturday.

Peter,

Wouldn't you know -- had bought tickets for Sunday's game at Camden. I had told my wife I wanted to see the ballpark, and catching the Yankees there would be a opportunity to do so. We didn't exactly pick a winning weekend.

I was thinking the same thing the other day -- AJ is damn lucky the Yankees aren't in Billy XXVIII right now or he'd be getting his head chewed off (the same holds for Vazquez last year, too, BTW). I was also thinking the same thing that you were thinking about watching AJ being similar to watching a wreck unfolding (though I was thinking car wreck, not train wreck). It's sad, really. You know it's coming and in that sense, he doesn't fail to disappoint -- the walks, the wild pitches, the home runs. Ugh. At least I was in the gym and could burn off some of my frustration . . .

Mitchell,

I agree -- the rotation is very scary right now. Even CC is not quite right, either. This season has had its ups and downs for us, and I suspect we'll have a few more before all is said and done.

On a more "important" note, a heartfelt wish to all of you in the path of the storm that you and your loved ones and your homes emerge unscathed. Please be careful and tale the necessary precautions.

I live in NJ and I frankly think after our earthquake and and Irene, we've more than met our quota for natural disasters this year.

I'd rather watch this guy:
(from the RAB site)
Andrew Brackman, RHP: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K’s, 3-1 GO/FO – 29 of his 45 pitches were strikes. Since Brackman “reevaluated” his delivery, he has a 1.76 ERA, a 0.587 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, and a 7.5 K/BB in 15.1 IP. He’s making a case for a September call up.

Gonna be a wet and windy weekend here in NH - time to watch the trees dance from the mountaintop.

Greg

That's terrible luck. Make sure you get there at some point, it's a wonderful park. My wife and I usually go down each year for a game.

As for AJ, I'm going with Mitchell's plan and not watching his starts anymore. It's just not worth the aggravation, though I bet you had a great workout last night!

Stay safe and as dry as you can.

Mitchell

He really is Nuke Laloosh.

Peter - yeah, he really is, isn't he? Dumb as a bag of nails. His stuff is great one pitch then it turns to cookie dough and the guys at the plate just feast. If two pitching coaches and three different catchers can't drive some new ideas into his head, then the 2x4 to the head idea is a waste of good lumber. I think he's even past the point of garters at this point - regardless of which way the rose is supposed to face.
:-)

Hey Greg - stay dry and safe !