sunday

ME: today was a weird emotional day for me. easter sunday. every easter sunday, when i was growing up, my parents, without fail, seemed to always get into some sorta nasty nonsense. such a drag. a day of jesus, egg hunting, dying eggs and chilling--always somehow interrupted by my parents' battles over this, that and the other. so i spent the day worrying about both of them; hoping they were okay. then i would speak with them, or miss their call, and get annoyed. the day was a anxiety-ridden wash. had a nice dinner though with friends; came home and watched In Treatment.

METS: poor Orlando. the guy tries his hardest to get to this point and in his first spring start, gives up five runs in only three innings. his fasest fastball was clocked at 85mph as the Cards beat the Mets, by an ass-smacking 14-4! the Cards got 21 hits on the day including Ankiel's 4th home run of the spring and Rasmus' blast (his third). Ankiel went 2-3 with two runs and two RBI. but the story of the day was the ineffectiveness of Orlando and the lack of support our o the bullpen. Pelfrey was brought into the game and got hit hardest, giving up eight runs off 13 hits in only 4.1 innings of work! god damn! both El Duque and Pelfrey are fighting for the 5th spot in the rotation. i hope Willie sticks with a four-man for now and see what happens. because...well, neither pitcher is impressing anyone...maybe Pelfrey for a little bit there to start...but, that was perhaps in the end, a fluke?