In the clouds...

Literally.

We were seated beyond nosebleed seats in the park tonight. My friend lost feeling in his toes tonight as we sat back and watched the fog roll in from all angles. Surreal.

I arrived early to catch some batting practice. But something caught my attention down the first base line, at the visiting bullpen. Just beyond Nomar Garciaparra signing autographs and shaking hands, was something vaguely familiar. I could recognize that pitching stance and follow-through from across the park. Yup, it was my Schmidttie... in Dodger Blue. Nearly broke my heart. He's still #29 and boy was he still bringin' it. Unfortunately, for my G-Men, he's still got it.

He maintained his cool despite the brutal heckling from up above in the Arcade section. But, every once in a while, you'd hear a small voice squeak through - "We still love you Schmidttie," and "We miss you Schmidttie."

The wounds are still too fresh for me. He's a Dodger for goodness sake. He looks horrible in blue. And the back of his neck does not look good with a sunburn/tan! He is, officially, the enemy. Sigh...

Brad Penny. Takahashi Saito. Ouch. We need Ortiz and Zito to be on top of their game this weekend.

Saturday: Lowe vs. Ortiz
Sunday: Wolf vs. Zito

Oakland A's @ LAA: Vlad Guerrero unleashed a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 7th. That was the difference in tonight's final score, 5-2 Angels.