Salary cap time?

This is really starting to get old. I know everyone knows that the Yankees are one of the worst spending teams in the league and it just isn't fair to some of the other teams out there who can't even compete with them (I know, I should take into consideration the Red Sox too but NYY is way worse). This is definitely something that is always brought up but I figure I'd take my shot at it too. NYY has just spent 243 MILLION on two players and now theres talk about going after Manny Ramirez or Mark Teixeira...that'd probably put it at over $400 million for 3 players. That's just absolutely ridiculous! So yea, I know it'll probably never happen, but I think that some sort of cap needs to be implemented in order to balance out the league. Granted it may hurt the Sox a bit, but it'll hurt the Yankees more and it'll balance out the league greatly.

CC Sabathia-7 years/$161 million
AJ Burnett- 5 years/$82.5 million
Manny Ramirez or Mark Teixeira-who knows, but it'll probably be some crazy amount

/rant

Crazy past few days!

Now playing: Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
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Thursday we actually up picked out the wood pellet stove that we're having installed (having it done in October which is the soonest they can do it!!!) It was actually just starting to get busy there too and we went there right when it opened. After we ended up doing that, we went down to Falmouth which is a town on the southern part of the Cape ( Map). So we basically hung around the town, went to the beach, did some shopping and then ate at a lil Irish pub/restaurant. Wasn't too shabby.

Friday we ended up going to the Museum of Science. They got this baseball exhibit-link, which I think is a travelling exhibit that goes throughout the whole country on a tour more or less with all this memorabilia from the 1800's-present. More or less a mini Cooperstown. I was like a lil like a little kid going from exhibit to exhibit, taking it all in. They had lil interactive things too, which I did most of. They have one where you can pitch from the 60' 6" mark at a target (needless to say I'm a lil rusty HA!) They had a thing to test reaction time (didn't do that), a radar to see how fast you throw (I didn't crack 60mph lmao!) and they had this one where you stand behind some glass and this machine pitches you a 90mph fastball and you test your reaction time by pressing a button when you think you need to swing. First pitch I was a tad early, second I looked like a fool! So that was mighty fun! :-D Went throughout the rest of the museum too for awhile and that was might fun as well.

So by this time we were pretty famished and decided we needed to get some grub before sitting on the train for the next 45 minutes. So we walk by the Gah-den and are walking along and we see Boston Beer Works. If you click on Canal Street and then the Outdoor Patio, that's where we ate. Amy ended up ordering a Watermelon Ale which had this slice of watermelon that added a lil additional flavor to her beer while I had a Boston Common which was more or less like a Sam Adams. For grub, Amy got this Pesto chicken thing stuffed in a roll called a "Dreaded Monster" meanwhile I had a "Nor'easter Chicken Sandwich" which essentially was grilled chicken, cheddar cheese and Canadian Bacon.

So we're probably halfway through our meal when another couple comes and sits down in the table right next to us. I did a triple take, and being the lil kid that I am, I go to Amy, "OMG, that's Patrice Bergeron from the Boston Bruins!" So meanwhile I'm trying to control my giddiness and Amy apparently was getting embarrassed lol. The girl he was with was an identical twin to Jessica Simpson if I've ever seen one but I highly doubt that it was her because Patrice was speaking French the whole time and I highly doubt Jessica knows French lol! So at some point, I go to Amy, I'm gonna get a scrap piece of paper from the bar and have him sign it! Needless to say I was so nervous the whole time and as I go up to him, I politely ask for his autograph and he obliges. I thankfully had my digicam with me so I then asked for a picture with him!! So ya, that sure made my day and was on cloud 9 for the rest of the day. I'd imagine it probably felt good to be recognized outside your profession and it was even kinda funnier cuz after I did the auto/pic people became really curious and I don't think anyone had any clue as to who he was!

Me and Patrice


Then Saturday I dragged Amy to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Dropkick Murphys concert. It was so much fun I think Amy probably got embarrassed by my sheer goofyness!! :-D

Jam Packed

Thursday-Falmouth/Beach
Friday-Museum of Science-Baseball Exhibit
Saturday-Dropkick Murphys/Mighty Mighty Bosstones

So yea, needless to say, I'm quite busy these next few days. Amy's taking a couple days off and we're working on our "Summer List" Basically a bunch of things that we've compiled that we wanna get done during the summer. So far we're actually doing a decent job on it and we'll be crossing a couple more things off after Friday!

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Now playing: The Youngbloods - Get Together
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Baseball, bowling etc

So lets see here, just started doing a picture of the day thing where I take a picture for 365 days. Hopefully I can keep up with it lol. Here's a link to it 365. Then tomorrow, Amy, her brother and friend and myself are all going Mystic Bowling...oughta be interesting since, like Amy, haven't bowled in YEARS. Then gonna go hang out by the visitors tunnel at the Brockton Rox game! Woo baseball! Maybe Amy will win the diamond ring they're giving away! And I'm sure she's thrilled that a Bon Jovi tribute band will be playing afterwards! On Sunday, it's gonna be our relaxation day where I don't think that we're gonna do ANYTHING but veg...probably indoors cuz as Ollie the Weatherman in his Black-U-Weather forecast would say "It's gonna rain!"