Quit it!

Heard (and I could be wrong) that last night in the Yankee game, Derek Jeter had to actually scold 2 players for spitting water on each other in the dugout!  My goodness, these are grown-a**-men!  Can you believe that?  How embarrassing.  I wouldn’t want to be those 2 when Hankenstein hears of this offense.  And that’s just it with these Yanks too, isn’t it?  Jeter is such a presence; such a captain, that only he dares to enforce the tough dugout laws, like no water spitting.  They wouldn’t be spitting the water under Casey, or Billy, or Torre.

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Arron Heilman just gave up 3 or 4 runs after getting 2 men out.  The first was Vargas’ BB, I’ll grant you, but what the heck is going on with this guy?  I will have to venture to say “tipping his pitches”.  I mean, he has major league stuff, right?  So it must be tipping.

Tipping, to Willie Randolph, is tipping a cabbie or a waiter.  Have you ever seen a big league skipper (with 4 years experience, no less) look more uncomfortable in a press conference than Willy?  If the Mets don’t blow out the other team, Willie can make any question, an excercise in uncomfortable defensiveness.  Pull the plug on Willy and Omar, please!  Bring in a top GM like Jockety and let him bring in his own staff.  Do it yesterday.

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In the Stop and Shop tonight, trying to find a firm toothbrush under 4 dollars.  None, and none, of course.  Check out your toothbrush aisle, people, and ask yourself why we are forced to pay 4 dollars for a little piece of plastic that probably costs 10 cents!  What?  You think the purple bristles at the end that are a little bit longer are so high tech that they can charge 4 dollars?  It’s a joke.  What about the consumer?  And why can’t I have a firm toothbrush?  Why?  Are they protecting me?  Are they worried about my gums?  Kolchak wouldn’t stand for this, I’ll tell you.  He would find out what the deal was.