Negativity

I'm cranky today.

I think it has to do with the 10 AM game time on a Tuesday.

Because I'm cranky, I'm also filled with negative thoughts. The best thing for me to do is purge these thoughts.

• Zito vs. Santana. Well, that game goes to the Twins. Johan Santana will be perfect and Zito will sputter out in three innings and Macha has to trot out the entire bullpen just to make it through the rest of the game. It's going to be a disaster.
• Zito vs. Santana. Sounds like a great match-up, huh? WRONG! Anytime we think we're going to see a great pitchers' duel, we set ourselves up for disappointment. The score will be something like 10-6, Twins. You'll see.
• No one is going to watch this game in Minnesota. Who's going to take time off work for Game 1 of the ALDS between the A's and the Twins? I was foolish enough to do that back in 2002 and there was only me and 11,000 other people at the Coliseum for a 4 PM game start.
• Nobody cares about baseball. They're all watching football. Baseball players watch football, but football players do not watch baseball. And all those teams that were eliminated and started their off-season today? You think they're going to watch the playoffs? Heck, no. They're out fishing and golfing.
• If the A's lose the ALDS in Game 5, I'm going to start selling green and gold necklaces. Specifically chokers.

I don't mean what I say, but I have to say it and be mean about it. Now I feel a little better.

Bring on the Twins!