two-twenty

karma's a bitch | alex

Sports have been blessedly absent from this forum for some time, what with everyone focusing on something called the "Superbowl", which as far as we are concerned serves merely as a backdrop for the new Britney / Pink / Beyonce Pepsi commercial. For two-twenty sports begin and end with baseball, and in true, myopically East Coast fashion, our purview barely extends beyond the Red Sox - Yankees rivalry.

To wit: the gods are mighty and just. Aaron Boone, the imp who hit the pennant-clinching homer off Derek Lowe in last season's epic finale, will probably miss most if not all of next season due to injury. Quite literally adding insult to said injury, it occured while he was playing basketball, an activity that is banned by his contract with the Yankees. This means that Boone is likely to forfeit most of his $5.75M salary and be cut loose from the team. See ya, buddy. Go kick someone else's dreams in the gut.

Yanks Lose Boone to Basketball Injury, Possibly for Year | NY Times