The Grand, Statesmanlike Move

As you know, The House suspended poker activities earlier this month to allow itself to get directly involved in resolving the great crisis recently facing these United States.  The House refers, of course, to the looming possibility that the Yankees might not make it to the playoffs for the first time since the early Clinton Administration.

Now, a whole lot of people who know a whole lot more than The House about the Yanks were, in fact, working on the crisis.  But The House felt its presence was necessary to resolve this threat to our Way of Life.  The House’s slogan, after all, is:  “Think of something larger than a king-high flush.”

So, in a grand, statesmanlike move, The House suspended all poker activities and traveled to Our Nation’s Baseball Capital a couple of Saturdays ago.  The House went armed with nothing more than an open mind, good common sense, a sackful of D batteries, an M24 sniper rifle, a dozen Ninja throwing stars, and Alex Rogriguez’s “Lucky Number 13″ tattooed on The House’s brainpan.

“Mr. April, ” alas, did not appear for the game.  And the Yanks lost.  And they got screwed out of the playoffs.  And Mo Rivera is getting shoulder surgery.  And Derek missed at least three balls he would have fielded cleanly three years ago.  And they still had Giambi at first.  And they are tearing down the whole damn Cathedral, pretty much as we speak.

Having thus succeeded in resolving this crisis (at least as well as any showboating presidential candidate), The House has resumed normal poker activities.  To wit, the Poker Debate this Friday, Oct. 3, at 8 PM.  The theme will be the economic disaster (your personal one Friday night, not the nation’s).

See you here, at The House That Ruthlessness Built.

Best,

The House

P.S. – The Sox fans sprinkled among you might appreciate this photo from the 10th-Last Game Ever Played at Yankee Stadium: