Well... Batting for Punto: A Salon is officially postponed yet again. The silver lining is that when it does happen -- and it will -- we won't be going off half-cocked, so there's that. November, if it's not snowing, seems a much better month to sit inside and hear people talk about baseball and apple pie; I don't know if there's really any good season to talk about Mom...

But speaking of baseball it was a good thing that I decided to forego HSBG this year as the music would have been in direct conflict with the Yankee post-season ALDS schedule. So I got to see Freddy Garcia have just enough to lose to the Tigers yesterday and the bats finally wake up against the Tiger bullpen in the 9th which turned out to be just about enough to lose interestingly. You can't complain too much when you're able to bring the tying run to the plate in the 9th in the big bat of Robinson Cano; interestingly enough, Detroit skipper Jim Leyland actually considered walking Cano, putting the tying runs in scoring position and taking their chances with A-Rod still in the clean-up spot.

But Cano grounded out to second to end the game.

The upside of Friday night's rain-out was getting the tough Verlander out of there setting up this crucial "re-match" tonight between he and CC Sabathia for the Yankees. And I'd bet that the big lefthander has the same thing on his mind that I do: the loss of the off-day for travel means that AJ Burnett gets the ball and the start in tomorrow's game 4. It's bad enough for the team, the fans and my liver that Burnett gets to pitch; if the Yanks are down 2-1 the season rests in AJ's rather unstable hands and head. I expect CC to stand up like the #1 he is and make things really tough on the Tigers. The Yankee bats need to continue what they started in the Bronx and make Verlander throw a lot of pitches and get into their pen. That is the formula.


In script news, at least I am getting some interest on a few projects. "Crawlspace Charlie" has been passed upstairs at one production company and just went out to another. I have a sample scene to submit for a horror movie work-for-hire that would be just what the doctor ordered should I get the gig. "Head On" also went out as a sample today in a attempt to secure another gig for a company with a decent sized upcoming slate. Keep 'em crossed for me...

Okay, go read a book and then watch some baseball.

Cheers,
Brian