Red Sox Meet Santana

ME: today i showed up at work early and got a lot of things done that i needed to. but it's still never enough and the phone will not stop ringing. i answer the phone, type, answer the phone, talk to my boss and his wife, type, answer phone, search for old resumes, &c...but, busy is good. i'm still looking for the time i can focus on my own art and music again. i miss it so much and am going nuts not creating anything. not even a silly video skit or something. got home from work, went to see my landlord's lawyer. he was the dude i went to when i first found this place all them years ago...here in the booming park slope. we sit down and discuss gov. spitzer and his thing for hookers and how crazy it was and hypocritical. then we talk about my landlords. there are more than one. they're in fact a family from far away. i've had a love hate relationship with them and is presently in the love stage. they sent someone over to fix a leak in the kitchen (from the far window). no one noticed the broken window from the indoor catch the other night! go figure. maybe teh handyman saw but didn't say anything? anyways, i had to see the lawyer guy, who happens to be a nice fella, a broker and landlord himself, he's made his way, is middle-aged and seems like a nice guy. he's been around the block. he asks me how everyone is in the building. i tell him as much as i know. then we get down to brass tax and discuss the new lease. the landlords told me to speak with him today about a new lease. but he knew nothing about it. so we talked some more about hillary and obama (he voted for hillary) and i requested the lease be for two years. he said he would do his best. i also requested the increase not be so high...he said it probably wouldn't be. i hope that's right. hung out on the computer. was tired. my hip really hurts quite a bit. odd...well, not really being that i have arthritis under my knees...stuff is probably spreading. i need to diet...i feel bloated and crappy. made the dumbest mistake of having mcdonald's...what the hell was i thinking. messed me up...played becky some playstation 1 wheel of fortune, watched in treatment and high school confidential (which is kinda cool in theory but executed with poor production values) and went to bed mad late. the game was televised today but i saw none of it.

METS: today the Mets played the Boston Red Sox and both Delgado and Beltran returned to the lineup, although together they went 0-5, it was still a pleasure to see them back. Santana went four innings, struck our four and gave up two hits; no walks. it was, thus far, his best spring outing as he gave up no runs! the game ended in a 1-1 tie. the Sox' Lester was equally as impressive going four as well, striking out five and also allowed two hits and no runs. some say Jon Lester may prove to be the Red Sox ace this year. the "World Champions," huh? well, we'll certainly see about that this year! Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit off Santana in his effort to get the starting CF job. Pagan went 1-3 with a run scored. Pedro will not start tomorrow against the Red Sox, but will instead stay at home for another simulated game. i just found out that he seems to be against traveling games in spring training! who knew?!

Reserves Do It Again Delgado Feeling Okay

ME: woke up dumb late. like...1:00. woke in the middle of the night, sweaty--the heat was too much and i was too bundled. i felt like an old hobo or something. stayed up way too late, despite being so tired, just listening to music and reading about the people making it. i wanted to watch a movie but never got around to it. it's embarrassing but i've had the same 3 netflix movies for over a month now. so lame. but i read a bit about this lady, barbara dickson, who was in a production in the 60's, in the UK, called "John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Bert"! she sings beatles songs in the show and takes them to another level. great stuff. sweet voice. she apparently was a well known brit folk singer in liverpool. i also read about robin peter smith, better known as crispian st. peters. he was a folk singer as well, also a brit. well, he played with a few groups before doing things on his own; recording. he received a lot of attention then got tired of it and annoyed that people were just finding out about him. he went on record as saying that he had about 80 songs better than lennon and mccartney and was a better singer than elvis. he became a bit of a recluse. but his songs are great and his voice is something unworldly really. went out tonight with some friends to a "secret" lounge in lower manhattan. it fronts as a hot dog place but there's a whole other world behind this phone booth! amazing. i'm pretty tired still. headed home, moved around a few things, fed the cats then came over to becky's mom's house to cat sit, watch tele and eat chicken! that sounds like a chill sunday to me!

METS: today, the Mets did it again! beating the Dodgers two straight--both times with reserves starting. the runs didn't come until late though. in the ninth, rookie Angel Pagan (you gotta love that name!) drove in two runs with a single; he had three hits on the day. word has it that the only batter to touch the Dodgers' Derek Lowe was Ruben Gotay, who is putting his bid in for a roster spot. on the other side, Torre's Dodgers, a mix of youth and old vets, all had a hit except for former Met, Jeff Kent. Andruw Jones is continuing to have a nice first week as a Dodger. Oliver Perez, who i am assuming worked things out with Mets brass regarding $$$ (reports were the Mets didn't offer what he was asking for earlier), gave up three runs in the first. Mike Pelfrey, who had a less than thrilling '07, has had a nice start already and is looking to make a mess of the Braves tomorrow. i can't stand the Braves...nor the Phillies for that matter. although, when i was growing up, i remember the Cards being the one to hate. rivalries, as Willie Randolph will tell ya, are healthy and missing from baseball. sure, you got the Yanks vs Red Sox, but there used to be a bunch of "dirty," trash-talking games. i think they tried to get more of that when they introduced interleague play (see Cubs fans vs White Sox fans! oy...). in other news, Delgado made a special appearance at the game and seems better than everyone had thought, though he may still miss a few games.

Valentin at First?