Basegirl: Multitasking

You guys? Multitasking is hard. And I’m not talking about the kind of multitasking that involves writing memos to freelance copyeditors, proofchecking sample pages for the new instructor’s manual and mainlining Crossaint du Jour’s cinnamon hazelnut that I do every morning. I’m talking about the kind of multitasking that means the game is on, we’re scratching for runs, I need to cheer for the Sox and simultaneously berate the Tigers, Amy is IMing me, Emma is IMing me, I need to write a blog entry, must keep up with the game thread on SGMB, what’s this about Ingrid Bergman?, oh shit, the pizza is here, have to go pay for it, where’s my credit card?, Amy’s roommates are sleeping, stop screaming at Keith Foulke, oh fuck, fuck, fuck, Foulkie, oh, it’s okay, yay we won.

THAT’S the kind of multitasking I’m talking about.

Prior to the game, I informed Beth that she needed to have a talk with her boy because I was not at all comfortable putting him into a game in which we only had a one run lead. Despite the fact that that’s, you know, HIS JOB and all. I am delighted to see the talk worked.

My scattered thoughts (because while doing all of the above did you really think I had enough remaining mental capacity to keep a running game diary?) include:

Johnny Damon does not want me to be mad at him. He really, really doesn’t want it. He’s trying ever so hard to win me back. For instance, did y’all know that by the 4^th inning last night he’d already singled three times? Yeah, me neither because in my head, Johnny Damon is sucking. I don’t know when or why I came to this conclusion. Probably sometime around the time I first saw his Puma commercial and my jaw hit the floor and I decided that he needed to go away, right quick. So he knows I’m mad at him. And he’s trying to make it up to me. He’s hitting .371. I…don’t know what to say to this. Um, Johnny Damon, you suck!

Tim Wakefield continues to rock my socks off. Seriously, I know the man loses a game or two here and there but he’s just such a rock. He’s always there. You can always count on him. And the knuckleball is nothing if not inconsistent. In fact, when it’s on, Dougie has a hard time reigning it in. Emily, Amy’s roommate, watched Dougie flop around behind the plate like a hooked fish in an attempt to block a knuckler in the dirt and she said: “Does Mirabelli suck? What’s the deal?” I replied, “No, Dougie’s the man. I mean (disclaimer), he ain’t no Varitek, but the knuckler is dancing.” “Hmph,” Emily said, “I think he sucks.” I just laughed, “You’re so lucky I’m not my brother right now.”

Kevin Youkilis most definitively DOES NOT want to be sent back to the minors. He DOES NOT. The Paw Sox are smelly and they have cooties and Youk is hitting like his pants are on fire just to keep himself out of Pawtucket. Steve has a theory that the Sox are going to try to – deep breath – tradeBillMuellerandmakeYouktheeverydaythirdbaseman. And inhale. I dunno if that’s true. In fact, I’m going with the “LA LA LA, I can’t hear you!” tactic on this one. But anyway, Youk? Is the man. The game-winning-RBI kind of man, even. You get down with your clutch hitting self, Kevin Youkilis!

I think something is up with Manny. Something perhaps unrelated to baseball but he just doesn’t look as, I dunno, spaceshot happy as he did last year. He’s still a far cry from Malcontent Manny but there appear to be less goofy dugout antics. This could all be due to the absence of the O.C. and the 3-foot Pedro bobblehead doll. Or, you know, the actual Pedro, but it makes me sad. Or maybe he’s pouty because Millar has actual children to take care of now and can’t give Manuelito his undivided attention. At least he and Papi are still wearing each other’s wristbands.