Ahhhhh, I think I might have come up with a good idea now. Maybe at the end of every month I'll write about what happened this past month. Actually I'm going to start that next month. This month was wayyyy to depressing(except for Notre Dame looking pretty good this season) so I decided I'd give Shea it's fair fairwell. I'll miss the stadium, even if people think it's a dump. (Before I start, does anyone know what happened to cowbellman? I watched a bunch of Mets games on tv this year and I don't think I heard him at any of the games? He's just as much part of Shea Stadium as Mr. Met, Mrs. Met, and losing heartwrenchingly.) I decided to talk about the 5 best games that I went to at Shea. Here we go kids!
#1. Game 1 NLCS 2006. I went to this game with Malone, his dad and Malone's gf. That was probably the greatest season that I remember of the Mets. Sooo many clutch games, sooo many amazing wins, Wright, Reyes, Beltran, Delgado all going insane during the season. So, the day before the NLCS started I was at work and Malone and I found out that there were plenty of leftover tickets that TicketNetwork was trying to sell. Well, as usual there were tickets left over so Malone and I talked to Jeff, one of the upper management guys and he said that he'd sell us the tickets around face price. We were happy, but I had to see if I could get a half day so we could leave on time. Well, then Don the owner came by, and he knew we were both Mets fans and said instead of around face price, he'd give them to us at half price. Can you really beat that? Game 1 NLCS for half price? Well, I quickly called my boss and was able to have him give me a half day so I could go to the game. It was actually a pretty good pitching duel. I can't for the life of me remember who pitched for the Cardinals, I think maybe it was Jeff Weaver(remember him Yankee fans?) against Tom Glavine(before I knew him as Benedict Arnold). Tied at 0-0 going into the bottom of the 6th and one man on, Beltran crushed a pitch for a 2 run homer and the Mets ended up winning 2-0. What an amazing game. I think that season I went to 8 games and the Mets ended up going 7-1 in those game. By far the most games I've been to in one season.
2. Mets-Gaints 2007 - This one just gets into the #2 spot over #3 & 4. There were a bunch of us who went. Me, Malone, his dad, koho, perrotti, my gf, and 3 of her friends. I took the day off from work(and I think I bought Madden that day, too) and we made it down so we could tailgate. It was a great day out. We played home run derby with the wiffleball(Koho finished last of course) and then we went in for a great game. Timmy L was pitching for the Giants, he was a rookie that was suppose to be amazing but we didn't really know too much about him. He was pitching against Oliver Perez, who was streaky like he's always been. Randy Win lead off the game with a hr and they added another hr in the first to take a 2-0 lead. That didn't last too long as Delgado hit a 2 run homer to tie it. Then later Beltran smacked a double to drive in Reyes to take a 3-2 lead. As usual the Mets gave that lead up with a solo shot to tie the game. Into the 12th it went and Joe Smith ended up giving up a run so the Giants took a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the 12th though, Armando Benitez came in to "save" the game. Reyes ended up walking to lead off the inning, was balked to second, took third on a grounder and then was balked home to tie the game. Delgado followed that with his second home run to win the game. Just amazing. Sadly the last win I ever saw at Shea.
#3. Yankees-Mets May 2006 - This was a weird weekend Subway Series at Shea. In game 1 the Mets won 7-6 with a David Wright walk off single off of Mo Rivera. Game 2 the Mets were up big but blew it when Wagner had a melt down going into a non save situation. I went to game 3. Sunday night on ESPN. I actually had Mono at this time. I had also just graduated from college with a second BA. Much fun. As a birthday present to my little sis I bought 4 tickets to this game so I went with both of my sisters and my younger sister's friend, who is a die hard yankee's fan. I had to look this up because I couldn't remember who pitched for the Yankees but it was Aaron "You're killing me" Smalls. The Yankees had taken a 2-0 lead into the 5th when Smalls went to work. With two on and Delgado up he gave up a huge shot to Delgado for the Mets to take a 3-2 lead and gave up a second hr to Wright, the next batter. Glavine pitched that game and go the win. Funny, I went to a Mets Yanks game the year before and Glavine pitched and won that one. Well, the Mets hung on the win that game and the best part about it, besides thew in, was the fact that Arod went 0-4 in the game, each at bat being critical and leaving 7 on base. At the end of the game my sis's friend realized that Yes, Arod is not clutch.
#4. Cardinals-Mets August 2006 - By far the best seats I've ever had. I sat in the Metropolitan section where you had a waiter come over and take your order for food and drinks. I went to the game, once again, with Malone, his dad, Koho, and Perrotti. This was the craziest game I've ever been to. Delgado had just hit his 400th home run the day before. The Mets took an early 1-0 lead before Pujols decided to put on a show hitting 2 home runs, a three run bomb and then a grand slam as the Cardinals took a 7-1 lead off of John Maine after 4 1/2 innings. Well, that didn't stop the Mets. Delgado hit a grand slam of his own and the Mets were able to cut it to 7-6 going into the bottom of the ninth. Issy was pitching and with Lo Duca on Beltran hit a game winning 2 run bomb for the 8-7 Mets win. Just an awesome game. It's just one of the best feelings leaving Shea after a win and they're blasting "Taking care of business everyday!" as you leave the ballpark.
#5. Phillies - Mets August 2006 - I went to this game in the beginning of the Month. The woman was doing a rotation in NYC so I went down on the first weekend to hang out with her. On Saturday we decided to go to the Mets game and look for a scalper... broker and buy two tickets. We got pretty decent seats and made it just in time. In the first inning Ryan Howard hit an oppo shot to give the Phils a 3-0 lead, but in the bottom of the first Lastings drove in Reyes to get the Mets on board. In the bottom of the sixth Wright hit a single to drive in Beltran to cut the lead to 1 and then Endy followed with a double into the gap to drive in Delgado and Wright to give the Mets the lead. In the top of the ninth with runners on the corner Wright made a diving catch with two outs to preserve the win. Just an amazing game. Sadly most of these games came in 2006. Sad because of how the season ended. Oh well. I'll see you guys soon back in CT. Malone, I want my money for the Home Run league and if I get any money for the other TND league(see Rob you can't make fun of my fantasy baseball teams).
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
R.I.P. Shea Stadium
So, here's the weekend recap, uggghhhh. So, Friday sucked. The Mets lost, the brewers won, the Phillies won and clinched a playoff spot. Then came Saturday. I was at work so I didn't get to see the Mets game but when I got back home I got a call from Malone letting me know that Santana is the best pitcher in baseball. Well, it's either him or C.C. Mike, you sure you still don't want him on the Spankees? Yeah, I'm gonna go with I'd like him on my team. Anywho, Santana was awesome, complete game shutout and somehow the Mets offense was able to score 2 runs and we won the game. I was able to watch the end of the Cubs - Brewers game and watched the Cubs pull it out. Even though they didn't play any of their starters. Sadly once again I had hope. Hope that maybe Oliver Perez could come through with another big game, come through in the clutch like he has in the past, like he was playing the Yankees. I'm not asking for too much, am I? I wasn't. Perez had a good game. Only two runs given up, that should have been enough to win the game. I was only able to watch the 7th inning and on. And of course, that's when the Marlins took over and quickly closed their hands around the Mets throat or was that the Mets putting their own hands around their throat? Who knows. Nothing better than our achillies heel, our bullpen and watching them give up back to back home runs for the Mets to lose. Joy.
Here's my question. You're Omar, you've just signed a four year extension and you've watched your team blow a lead in the last games of the division, both times being eliminated by the Marlins. What do you do this offseason? We've cleared up some cap room(well, like there really is a salary cap) with Pedro gone, Alou gone, El Duke gone. We'll probably re-sign Delgado & Oliver Perez. We have no idea what's going to happen with John Maine since he's going to have surgery this offseason. The bullpen is crap. Wagner will never be a Met again so there's no closer. The offense is set. We don't need to go after anyone. I don't want Dunn on this team. There's no need to go after Teixera in the offseason. We just need to focus on pitching. Now, I can't yell this loud enough to Omar, Do Not Go After Ben Sheets! If you thought Pedro was always injured, just wait to see what happens if you sign Sheets! It'll make Pedro look like Cal Ripken, Jr. I'd say take a shot at C.C. Offer him Santana type money(I'm pretty sure that would cover Pedro, Alou, & El Duke's salaries). He's said that he would like to stay in the NL. He likes to hit. He's also pitched amazingly so far in the NL. I'd love to have a 1-2-3-4-5 of Santana, CC, Maine, Perez, Pelfrey. That's a rotation the Mets can have for at least 4-5 years and would be the best in baseball. Will it happen? Probably not, but I can always dream. Secondly, we need a closer. And more help in the bullpen. Call the Padres up. See if we can get Heath Bell back. Go ahead and sign either K-Rod or Fuentes to close. Trade Heilman to some team who's looking for a starter(he'd like to start and might be better at that) for some more bullpen help and also make sure they're not 35 and about to break down. Please. Then trade the rest of the bullpen for a bunch of baseball and a welcome mat for citifield. Then we can call up guys from the minors to replace them. So, we'll see what happens.
On a good note I was really really impressed with Notre Dame on Saturday. By far their most complete game of the season. I'm not sure if it means much because we beat Purdue, but it was nice to see Jimmy Clausen have by far his best game at ND. We could also by far have the best young receiver core in college football. Golden Tate is amazing and so is Michael Floyd. I like Duval Kamara even though they don't throw to him much. He's just a big dude and he's hard to cover. Kyle Rudolph will be a great TE for the Irish. And the best part about this? They're all Freshman and Sophmores. Can't go wrong with that. I knew Golden Tate was going to be great, but I'm really surprised the most with Michael Floyd. Lets just hope they keep it up.
Lastly, has anyone watched the new Knight Rider tv show? I watched the tv movie and it was pretty decent but I missed the first episode and I don't know if I want to get into another tv show. Time will tell.
Here's my question. You're Omar, you've just signed a four year extension and you've watched your team blow a lead in the last games of the division, both times being eliminated by the Marlins. What do you do this offseason? We've cleared up some cap room(well, like there really is a salary cap) with Pedro gone, Alou gone, El Duke gone. We'll probably re-sign Delgado & Oliver Perez. We have no idea what's going to happen with John Maine since he's going to have surgery this offseason. The bullpen is crap. Wagner will never be a Met again so there's no closer. The offense is set. We don't need to go after anyone. I don't want Dunn on this team. There's no need to go after Teixera in the offseason. We just need to focus on pitching. Now, I can't yell this loud enough to Omar, Do Not Go After Ben Sheets! If you thought Pedro was always injured, just wait to see what happens if you sign Sheets! It'll make Pedro look like Cal Ripken, Jr. I'd say take a shot at C.C. Offer him Santana type money(I'm pretty sure that would cover Pedro, Alou, & El Duke's salaries). He's said that he would like to stay in the NL. He likes to hit. He's also pitched amazingly so far in the NL. I'd love to have a 1-2-3-4-5 of Santana, CC, Maine, Perez, Pelfrey. That's a rotation the Mets can have for at least 4-5 years and would be the best in baseball. Will it happen? Probably not, but I can always dream. Secondly, we need a closer. And more help in the bullpen. Call the Padres up. See if we can get Heath Bell back. Go ahead and sign either K-Rod or Fuentes to close. Trade Heilman to some team who's looking for a starter(he'd like to start and might be better at that) for some more bullpen help and also make sure they're not 35 and about to break down. Please. Then trade the rest of the bullpen for a bunch of baseball and a welcome mat for citifield. Then we can call up guys from the minors to replace them. So, we'll see what happens.
On a good note I was really really impressed with Notre Dame on Saturday. By far their most complete game of the season. I'm not sure if it means much because we beat Purdue, but it was nice to see Jimmy Clausen have by far his best game at ND. We could also by far have the best young receiver core in college football. Golden Tate is amazing and so is Michael Floyd. I like Duval Kamara even though they don't throw to him much. He's just a big dude and he's hard to cover. Kyle Rudolph will be a great TE for the Irish. And the best part about this? They're all Freshman and Sophmores. Can't go wrong with that. I knew Golden Tate was going to be great, but I'm really surprised the most with Michael Floyd. Lets just hope they keep it up.
Lastly, has anyone watched the new Knight Rider tv show? I watched the tv movie and it was pretty decent but I missed the first episode and I don't know if I want to get into another tv show. Time will tell.
Friday, September 26, 2008
What a night!!
What a night it was last night. I just can't believe what went down. First off, I'm glad Malone smacked Rob down. You can't say the Mets would have lost because at worst the Mets would have tied it with Delgado on Second, Beltran on first and Church up who already had 3 rbi's on the night. Who's saying he doesn't come through and win it? But anyways, that was a great slide by Church and then an even bigger hit by Beltran. I couldn't believe it and I watched both plays on mlb.com like 10 times each. That was a classic Mets win to come after a classic Mets loss. Now we're down to the final 3 games with Pelfrey & Santana pitching two of those games. Also, I think the Brewers are going to play the Cubs in the last 3 games, so that'll be difficult for them. It's going to be very interesting. Also, the brewers win was insane with a walk off grand slam to win it. Stupid Pirates.
Also just as big last night was USC losing to Oregon State. I love whenever USC loses. It's just great. It also messed up the national championship, which is just as great because maybe people will realize that we need a playoff system finally.
Rob, wouldn't march madness be a worse time for you guys than this time? I just remember it sucking because peoples tickets would go into the wrong category because in the first two rounds you could buy tickets for the first game or the second game or both games and the tickets would always go in the wrong area. Ha ha, I'm glad I don't have to mess with that anymore!!
Also just as big last night was USC losing to Oregon State. I love whenever USC loses. It's just great. It also messed up the national championship, which is just as great because maybe people will realize that we need a playoff system finally.
Rob, wouldn't march madness be a worse time for you guys than this time? I just remember it sucking because peoples tickets would go into the wrong category because in the first two rounds you could buy tickets for the first game or the second game or both games and the tickets would always go in the wrong area. Ha ha, I'm glad I don't have to mess with that anymore!!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Okay I'm Back
Okay, sorry about not really responding much this week, its been such an up and down week that's its distracted me a little bit. So lets get on with what's going on.
First off, Rob there is no way in Hell I'd ever root for the Red Sox again. I actually rooted for them against the Yankees in 2003 and they let me down. Then came 2004 and all of the bandwagon fans and now I actually hate the Sox more than the Yankees. If, unfortunately, the Mets do not make it to the playoffs then I'm cheering for the Rays to win it all. That's who I'm going for.
Last night I had softball. It was okay. We mercied the other team in the first game but in the second game we lost. I'm not even sure how we lost that second game. Well, actually I do. We did the dumb thing and threw the ball around when they had people on base and they ended up scoring like 7 unearned runs because of this and we lost by 6 so there you go. I actually played well this week and for the first time ever I batted lefty and I actually hit a pretty good single. It was a hard shot straight up the middle. I think I'm going to keep on trying to bat lefty and see how it goes.
Now onto the mess that is the Mets. That was an absolutely horrible, horrible loss. I only got to watch until the Mets gave away their 5-1 lead. When I got back from softball was when the bottom of the 10th started so I was happy that I missed most of the crap. Once again I'm really starting to hate this team. I don't hate them like I hated them last year. This team actually looks like they want to play where as last year it seemed like they didn't really care. Delgado's grand slam was awesome but then they just sucked the rest of the time. I don't get it. Oh well.
Lets hope that Harden gets hurt early on and we can get to their bullpen tonight and maybe Pedro can come through. I doubt it, but oh well. Malone, we need a new bullpen. Release all of them and sign new players. I can't wait to see the free agent list and see who the Mets should get and who Omar won't get. I don't get the 4 year extension? Why didn't they wait until after the season?
Rob, I don't think there are a lot more Pats fans than Giants fans in Ct. I think it's pretty even and also when you get to southern ct there area more Giants fans than Pats fans. But, it doesn't really matter because the pats will be horrible this year, Randy Moss will take the season off, and the Giants will have a good year. It's kinda scary that the 3 best teams in the NFL are in the NFC East. Where did this come from?
First off, Rob there is no way in Hell I'd ever root for the Red Sox again. I actually rooted for them against the Yankees in 2003 and they let me down. Then came 2004 and all of the bandwagon fans and now I actually hate the Sox more than the Yankees. If, unfortunately, the Mets do not make it to the playoffs then I'm cheering for the Rays to win it all. That's who I'm going for.
Last night I had softball. It was okay. We mercied the other team in the first game but in the second game we lost. I'm not even sure how we lost that second game. Well, actually I do. We did the dumb thing and threw the ball around when they had people on base and they ended up scoring like 7 unearned runs because of this and we lost by 6 so there you go. I actually played well this week and for the first time ever I batted lefty and I actually hit a pretty good single. It was a hard shot straight up the middle. I think I'm going to keep on trying to bat lefty and see how it goes.
Now onto the mess that is the Mets. That was an absolutely horrible, horrible loss. I only got to watch until the Mets gave away their 5-1 lead. When I got back from softball was when the bottom of the 10th started so I was happy that I missed most of the crap. Once again I'm really starting to hate this team. I don't hate them like I hated them last year. This team actually looks like they want to play where as last year it seemed like they didn't really care. Delgado's grand slam was awesome but then they just sucked the rest of the time. I don't get it. Oh well.
Lets hope that Harden gets hurt early on and we can get to their bullpen tonight and maybe Pedro can come through. I doubt it, but oh well. Malone, we need a new bullpen. Release all of them and sign new players. I can't wait to see the free agent list and see who the Mets should get and who Omar won't get. I don't get the 4 year extension? Why didn't they wait until after the season?
Rob, I don't think there are a lot more Pats fans than Giants fans in Ct. I think it's pretty even and also when you get to southern ct there area more Giants fans than Pats fans. But, it doesn't really matter because the pats will be horrible this year, Randy Moss will take the season off, and the Giants will have a good year. It's kinda scary that the 3 best teams in the NFL are in the NFC East. Where did this come from?
Monday, September 22, 2008
Monday, uggghhhh
Well, it's Monday night after a pretty crappy weekend, ha ha. It really all started Friday when I noticed my car was making a funny noise when I would turn to the right. Well, that lead to Saturday when the Irish lost. The annoying thing was the fact that I knew they should have won that game. They had two turnovers in the red zone and missed two field goals and that was really the difference. Besides that, I really liked the passing game and Michael Floyd and Golden Tate will be known as two of the greatest wide receivers ever at Notre Dame. Well, that lead to Sunday where the Giants played down to the Bengals and barely beat them in O.T. Add onto that the Mets going down in flames at the end of the season once again and that's just a great weekend/Monday. Well, after work today I took my car to get repaired and now I get to pay $500+ for it. Just a great 3 days, ha ha. Oh yeah, Rob I forgot to say my last tat is on my left arm just above my elbow inbetween my tricept & bicept. After all the crappy sports stuff, I just don't have it in me today to write a big post. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Here's the long story
So Rob, here's the story to make you happy. It's starts a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Just kidding. On a side note I looked for the Dave Dravecky breaking his arm both times on youtube and it's not there. Oh well. So here we go:
The Beginning: Yeah, I'm going to be cheesy and break things up into pieces so here we go. I've wanted a tattoo ever since I was about 16 or 17. I'm not really sure what made me want to get them, maybe it was because of the music I listened to(punk/hardcore/ska music) but alot of the groups that I listened to had tats. I can remember around the time of my 17th birthday asking my mom if I could get a tat for next year. She calmly said no. And I'm actually glad she said no. I was going to make one of the biggest mistakes you can do when getting a tattoo. I wanted to get a Rage Against The Machine logo(the only other bigger mistake would be to get a gf'/bf's name tattooed on you) on my chest. I wanted to get the E they had on their Evil Empire cd. It's pretty cool looking but shortly after they would break up. So, I was saved from making a huge mistake but the idea of getting a tattoo was in my head and I knew sooner or later I would get one.
Other People: Well high school ended and I headed off to college. During my sophmore year a friend of mine went and got a tat done across his back. He was the first friend that I knew who got one. It didn't seem that bad but I remember that he could shower for 3 days(and thus smelled during that time, ha ha). That's when I realized that there were a lot more people that I knew who had them or ended up getting them. College ended and I entered the work force. I moved back home after college and it wasn't too bad. How can you go wrong when you don't have to pay rent, utilities, or for food? My only expenses were my cell phone and my car insurance, which was really little because I didn't have any speeding tickets or accidents. I can remember that I would have 2 or 3 pay checks on my floor because I didn't need to cash them and I didn't have direct deposit. Now that I think back to it it's crazy that I was lucky to live that way. Maybe I should have stayed living at home?(There was really no point in telling this part I just thought I'd make this story really too long) Maybe not. Well, after a year of living at home my parents decided to charge me for rent. Well, this didn't sit overwell with me so I decided to move out. I had two friends from my high school who had just rented out a condo and they had an extra room(it was a loft) and they wanted to reduce their bills so I decided to move in with them. Well about 6 or 7 months after living with them one of my roommates Adam and another friend from High School John decided to get tats at the same time. So, they setup their appointments and got their tats. Hmmmm... those seemed cool and I knew I wanted to get at least one but I didn't know what. So I waited for the right inspiration.
A Young Roger In Love: Everyone knows that you can't have a great story without involving love in it. So, after about a year of living in the condo one of my roommates decided to move home(he was going through law school and was working for his dad, a financial planner, and it would just be better for him) so my other roommate Adam and I decided to move to Manchester and live in the Pavillions. Well, at this time I was still working for the company I had been working for since after college, IPT. Well, after about 3 months of living in Manchester and being single for a while a friend of mine had suggested that I meant a friend of his gf's up at Uconn(his gf was still up at Uconn going through her pharmacy studies with Malone's soon to be wife). Well, at the same time at IPT we had hired a new secretary who actually lived in Glastonbury for a little bit and now lived in Portland. So, a date was setup for my friends and I to have a group outing with my friend's gf's friends and for me to meet this lady. She had no idea we were being setup but still a good time was had by all(I think we went to Ted's, but I could be wrong). Well, at the same time I had started talking to the secretary from work and we seemed to be getting along together. Well, the Thursday after meeting from friend's gf's friend Maddy(short for Madeline) I ended up going to the Uconn-Pitt football game with the girl from work, Kelly. You see kids I'm not the best decision maker out there. I know, shocking! Ha ha. And another thing that seems to happen to me is that when I'm looking for something, may it be a new job or a girlfriend I'll go a long time without any success and then all of a sudden it'll seem like I've hit a jackpot and will have a lot of options. Well, this was one of those times. You see I could either go after Maddy or I could go after Kelly. I'm not one of those types who wants to date two or more girls at the same time. It's hard enough dating one! And seeing as how I'm soooo good at making the right decision I decided to date Kelly because, well, she lived closer. Yup, that's right. Because she lived closer. Well, as you can tell I made the wrong decision, not that dating Maddy would have been a better decision and frankly I think I'm glad I didn't because I got really lucky later on, but what I ended up going through with Kelly nearly destroyed me. I wasn't ready for a girl like Kelly. Have you ever dated someone who you knew wasn't right for you but you didn't want to hear it? Well, Kelly was that girl for me. I think I stayed in the relationship because I had never been in one for more than a month before, which is sad but true. And Kelly had tattooes, she had a bunch of them. Both of her feet had ink on them, one on her stomach and I can't remember where else. But, after 6 months I knew I couldn't date her anymore so we broke up and I was devistated.
The Aftermath: Well, for some reason it took me forever to get over Kelly. It was bad. Really bad. I ended up going out a lot and getting drunk at bars and then driving myself home. I'm surprised I never ever got a DUI or pulled over at all. There were soooo many times something could have happened but I was lucky and got away from it. I'm not happy about what I did and I wish I could take it back but it is what it is. I got lucky and I've learned from those decisions. Well, after we broke up I started a new job at TicketNetwork. Back then there were 20 employees. I really liked the job and I was making a lot of money there because I was selling tickets and back then we got commission for the tickets we sold. It was unfair. Really, after all of the heads of departments I was probably the highest paid employee there. I was making over $1,000/week. I'd never made that much before. Well, something about the breakup triggered what I like to call a mid 20's crisis. And I've actually heard other people going through them too. I just felt like I needed to do something to prove myself to Kelly, even though we were dating and I hadn't talked to her since we did(for some reason I'm the type of guy who once we're over, we're over. I won't call you back). It was strange but for some reason I felt that I wasn't man enough for her and I had to prove myself, even though I didn't. So, I made some changes. I decided I wanted to get a motorcycle and I started looking into getting my license. I dyed my hair jet black(I've done this twice before in college. The first time I didn't leave the dye in long enough and my hair turned a black/blueish color. The second time I got it right, ha ha) and I decided I wanted at least two tattooes. But what to get?
The First One: There's one thing that my friends from high school know me for, besides my love for the Mets, Notre Dame, The Giants, The Blues and weird music is my love of movies. I love going to the movies. I love watching movies on tv. I love buying movies. I don't know what it is but I love movies. Heck, on my days off I would go to the movies alone. Actually I still go to the movies alone. Well, there's one movie that has stuck to me, that has made a great impact on my life, and surprisingly I was thinking about Star Wars, ha ha. It's the movie the Boondock Saints. I don't know what it is but I just love the movie. Wel, there's always been a rumor of a sequel so I would checkout the website from time to time to see what was going on. Wel, on the website there's pictures of people who love the movie also and there were a lot of people who who have gotten things from the movie tattooed on them. Aha! I had an idea of what I wanted to get! Also, my roommate and I, when we had moved to Manchester decided to buy a bunch of posters and one of them that we got was a Boondock Saints poster. On it you can see what the brothers have tattooed on their hands. One brother has a tat on his left index finger and the other a tat on his right index finger. The brother with the left hand has "VERITAS" and the right has "AEQUITAS". Well, I couldn't exactly get that tattooed down my finger so I came up with a better idea. Get it down the back of my arms! So, I setup my first appointment. I decided to go with VERITAS first. For those of you who don't know it is latin for truth. And so, on a friday I went and got my first tat done. My roommate drove and his gf(now wife) came along. I went to Green Man Tattoo in West Hartford. Afterwards we went to the movies with some friends and I showed them the new tat.
The Second One: Well, after I got my first one I knew I was now addicted to it. I'm not sure what it was about it, but I knew I wanted more. I knew I was going to get at least one more but I wanted more than that. I also wanted to expand on them. But things around them. Well, the Monday after I got my first one I setup an appointment to get my second one done. I went with the same guy and went the next Friday. This time I went alone. So, after 8 days I now I had two tattooes. Also, for those of you who don't know, AEQUITAS is latin for Equality or Justice.
The Third One: So the addiction grew. I wanted another one and I wanted it bad. But what to get? What did I want? I couldn't really decide? There were some ideas that I had but none of them really stuck with me. I know that eventually I'd like to have a Star Wars tattoo but I wasn't sure what I wanted. I started to look different things up. Here are some ideas that I had: A Yin/Yang symbol but with either a half Decepticonz, half Autobots symbols instead of with a half Empire, half Rebellion from Star Wars, I thought about getting a cross going over VERITAS, or getting the Irish mascot with holding a Guiness in one hand. In the end I decided to go with something that would represent my family. Well, the nationality that I associate with the most is being Norwegian. When I was younger, like back in elementary school or middle school my grandmother researched my family line all the way back to a Norwegian King. It was King Olaf who was King of Norway for about a whole 3-4 years before being killed in battle. Probably the thing that Olaf is known for the most is sending Leif Erickson to explore the West, and as people know, Leif ended up finding North America. So I decided that I wanted to get a shield with the Norwegian flag in it. I ended up getting my last tattoo about 3 or 4 months after my first two. In fact I think I used my tax return to pay for it. Ha ha.
The Hidden Reason: I also think probably the strongest reason for me to get them is because I've always felt just like an average person. There's nothing special about me, nothing that makes me stand out from the next guy. I've never done anything great, nothing that would make people, and by people I really mean women, to notice me. I think I've had this sort of complex since high school when I started to be interested in girls. I guess I've wanted to stand out in some way but since I've never been really great at anything I had to do something else. And well, having tattooes is definitely a way to stand out, especially when you see some random dude walking away and there's something tattooed down his arms. I've had a bunch of people ask me what I have and what it means. Actually the funniest story I have with someone asking about them was I was at Hooters one day with my old roommate(who has at least 6 of them) and another friend our waitress came over and saw my AEQUITAS tat and asked if that was my last name? AEQUITAS? Last Name? Ha ha. It was also funny because my old roommate has a lot more than I do and she noticed mine. See how it works? Now, all I have to do is convince the wife to allow me to get more. I don't think it'll happen, but whatever. I still have the urge to get more and some day I'd like to get some. We'll see what happens.
The Beginning: Yeah, I'm going to be cheesy and break things up into pieces so here we go. I've wanted a tattoo ever since I was about 16 or 17. I'm not really sure what made me want to get them, maybe it was because of the music I listened to(punk/hardcore/ska music) but alot of the groups that I listened to had tats. I can remember around the time of my 17th birthday asking my mom if I could get a tat for next year. She calmly said no. And I'm actually glad she said no. I was going to make one of the biggest mistakes you can do when getting a tattoo. I wanted to get a Rage Against The Machine logo(the only other bigger mistake would be to get a gf'/bf's name tattooed on you) on my chest. I wanted to get the E they had on their Evil Empire cd. It's pretty cool looking but shortly after they would break up. So, I was saved from making a huge mistake but the idea of getting a tattoo was in my head and I knew sooner or later I would get one.
Other People: Well high school ended and I headed off to college. During my sophmore year a friend of mine went and got a tat done across his back. He was the first friend that I knew who got one. It didn't seem that bad but I remember that he could shower for 3 days(and thus smelled during that time, ha ha). That's when I realized that there were a lot more people that I knew who had them or ended up getting them. College ended and I entered the work force. I moved back home after college and it wasn't too bad. How can you go wrong when you don't have to pay rent, utilities, or for food? My only expenses were my cell phone and my car insurance, which was really little because I didn't have any speeding tickets or accidents. I can remember that I would have 2 or 3 pay checks on my floor because I didn't need to cash them and I didn't have direct deposit. Now that I think back to it it's crazy that I was lucky to live that way. Maybe I should have stayed living at home?(There was really no point in telling this part I just thought I'd make this story really too long) Maybe not. Well, after a year of living at home my parents decided to charge me for rent. Well, this didn't sit overwell with me so I decided to move out. I had two friends from my high school who had just rented out a condo and they had an extra room(it was a loft) and they wanted to reduce their bills so I decided to move in with them. Well about 6 or 7 months after living with them one of my roommates Adam and another friend from High School John decided to get tats at the same time. So, they setup their appointments and got their tats. Hmmmm... those seemed cool and I knew I wanted to get at least one but I didn't know what. So I waited for the right inspiration.
A Young Roger In Love: Everyone knows that you can't have a great story without involving love in it. So, after about a year of living in the condo one of my roommates decided to move home(he was going through law school and was working for his dad, a financial planner, and it would just be better for him) so my other roommate Adam and I decided to move to Manchester and live in the Pavillions. Well, at this time I was still working for the company I had been working for since after college, IPT. Well, after about 3 months of living in Manchester and being single for a while a friend of mine had suggested that I meant a friend of his gf's up at Uconn(his gf was still up at Uconn going through her pharmacy studies with Malone's soon to be wife). Well, at the same time at IPT we had hired a new secretary who actually lived in Glastonbury for a little bit and now lived in Portland. So, a date was setup for my friends and I to have a group outing with my friend's gf's friends and for me to meet this lady. She had no idea we were being setup but still a good time was had by all(I think we went to Ted's, but I could be wrong). Well, at the same time I had started talking to the secretary from work and we seemed to be getting along together. Well, the Thursday after meeting from friend's gf's friend Maddy(short for Madeline) I ended up going to the Uconn-Pitt football game with the girl from work, Kelly. You see kids I'm not the best decision maker out there. I know, shocking! Ha ha. And another thing that seems to happen to me is that when I'm looking for something, may it be a new job or a girlfriend I'll go a long time without any success and then all of a sudden it'll seem like I've hit a jackpot and will have a lot of options. Well, this was one of those times. You see I could either go after Maddy or I could go after Kelly. I'm not one of those types who wants to date two or more girls at the same time. It's hard enough dating one! And seeing as how I'm soooo good at making the right decision I decided to date Kelly because, well, she lived closer. Yup, that's right. Because she lived closer. Well, as you can tell I made the wrong decision, not that dating Maddy would have been a better decision and frankly I think I'm glad I didn't because I got really lucky later on, but what I ended up going through with Kelly nearly destroyed me. I wasn't ready for a girl like Kelly. Have you ever dated someone who you knew wasn't right for you but you didn't want to hear it? Well, Kelly was that girl for me. I think I stayed in the relationship because I had never been in one for more than a month before, which is sad but true. And Kelly had tattooes, she had a bunch of them. Both of her feet had ink on them, one on her stomach and I can't remember where else. But, after 6 months I knew I couldn't date her anymore so we broke up and I was devistated.
The Aftermath: Well, for some reason it took me forever to get over Kelly. It was bad. Really bad. I ended up going out a lot and getting drunk at bars and then driving myself home. I'm surprised I never ever got a DUI or pulled over at all. There were soooo many times something could have happened but I was lucky and got away from it. I'm not happy about what I did and I wish I could take it back but it is what it is. I got lucky and I've learned from those decisions. Well, after we broke up I started a new job at TicketNetwork. Back then there were 20 employees. I really liked the job and I was making a lot of money there because I was selling tickets and back then we got commission for the tickets we sold. It was unfair. Really, after all of the heads of departments I was probably the highest paid employee there. I was making over $1,000/week. I'd never made that much before. Well, something about the breakup triggered what I like to call a mid 20's crisis. And I've actually heard other people going through them too. I just felt like I needed to do something to prove myself to Kelly, even though we were dating and I hadn't talked to her since we did(for some reason I'm the type of guy who once we're over, we're over. I won't call you back). It was strange but for some reason I felt that I wasn't man enough for her and I had to prove myself, even though I didn't. So, I made some changes. I decided I wanted to get a motorcycle and I started looking into getting my license. I dyed my hair jet black(I've done this twice before in college. The first time I didn't leave the dye in long enough and my hair turned a black/blueish color. The second time I got it right, ha ha) and I decided I wanted at least two tattooes. But what to get?
The First One: There's one thing that my friends from high school know me for, besides my love for the Mets, Notre Dame, The Giants, The Blues and weird music is my love of movies. I love going to the movies. I love watching movies on tv. I love buying movies. I don't know what it is but I love movies. Heck, on my days off I would go to the movies alone. Actually I still go to the movies alone. Well, there's one movie that has stuck to me, that has made a great impact on my life, and surprisingly I was thinking about Star Wars, ha ha. It's the movie the Boondock Saints. I don't know what it is but I just love the movie. Wel, there's always been a rumor of a sequel so I would checkout the website from time to time to see what was going on. Wel, on the website there's pictures of people who love the movie also and there were a lot of people who who have gotten things from the movie tattooed on them. Aha! I had an idea of what I wanted to get! Also, my roommate and I, when we had moved to Manchester decided to buy a bunch of posters and one of them that we got was a Boondock Saints poster. On it you can see what the brothers have tattooed on their hands. One brother has a tat on his left index finger and the other a tat on his right index finger. The brother with the left hand has "VERITAS" and the right has "AEQUITAS". Well, I couldn't exactly get that tattooed down my finger so I came up with a better idea. Get it down the back of my arms! So, I setup my first appointment. I decided to go with VERITAS first. For those of you who don't know it is latin for truth. And so, on a friday I went and got my first tat done. My roommate drove and his gf(now wife) came along. I went to Green Man Tattoo in West Hartford. Afterwards we went to the movies with some friends and I showed them the new tat.
The Second One: Well, after I got my first one I knew I was now addicted to it. I'm not sure what it was about it, but I knew I wanted more. I knew I was going to get at least one more but I wanted more than that. I also wanted to expand on them. But things around them. Well, the Monday after I got my first one I setup an appointment to get my second one done. I went with the same guy and went the next Friday. This time I went alone. So, after 8 days I now I had two tattooes. Also, for those of you who don't know, AEQUITAS is latin for Equality or Justice.
The Third One: So the addiction grew. I wanted another one and I wanted it bad. But what to get? What did I want? I couldn't really decide? There were some ideas that I had but none of them really stuck with me. I know that eventually I'd like to have a Star Wars tattoo but I wasn't sure what I wanted. I started to look different things up. Here are some ideas that I had: A Yin/Yang symbol but with either a half Decepticonz, half Autobots symbols instead of with a half Empire, half Rebellion from Star Wars, I thought about getting a cross going over VERITAS, or getting the Irish mascot with holding a Guiness in one hand. In the end I decided to go with something that would represent my family. Well, the nationality that I associate with the most is being Norwegian. When I was younger, like back in elementary school or middle school my grandmother researched my family line all the way back to a Norwegian King. It was King Olaf who was King of Norway for about a whole 3-4 years before being killed in battle. Probably the thing that Olaf is known for the most is sending Leif Erickson to explore the West, and as people know, Leif ended up finding North America. So I decided that I wanted to get a shield with the Norwegian flag in it. I ended up getting my last tattoo about 3 or 4 months after my first two. In fact I think I used my tax return to pay for it. Ha ha.
The Hidden Reason: I also think probably the strongest reason for me to get them is because I've always felt just like an average person. There's nothing special about me, nothing that makes me stand out from the next guy. I've never done anything great, nothing that would make people, and by people I really mean women, to notice me. I think I've had this sort of complex since high school when I started to be interested in girls. I guess I've wanted to stand out in some way but since I've never been really great at anything I had to do something else. And well, having tattooes is definitely a way to stand out, especially when you see some random dude walking away and there's something tattooed down his arms. I've had a bunch of people ask me what I have and what it means. Actually the funniest story I have with someone asking about them was I was at Hooters one day with my old roommate(who has at least 6 of them) and another friend our waitress came over and saw my AEQUITAS tat and asked if that was my last name? AEQUITAS? Last Name? Ha ha. It was also funny because my old roommate has a lot more than I do and she noticed mine. See how it works? Now, all I have to do is convince the wife to allow me to get more. I don't think it'll happen, but whatever. I still have the urge to get more and some day I'd like to get some. We'll see what happens.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
I'm Back
Okay so I'm back now. So I'm going to try and make this a long one because there's a bunch of stuff to talk about now, and I'm sorry Koho, but I will be talking about baseball. Ha ha. Here we go. I'll leave the recap of Friday and Saturday alone since I got such a negative reaction. Perrotti, the guys name is Dave Dravecky(spell?). I read his book when I was younger. Here's what it says about him in wikipedia "The following season, a cancerous desmoid tumor was found in Dravecky's pitching arm. He underwent surgery on October 7, 1988, removing half of the deltoid muscle in his pitching arm and freezing the humerus bone in an effort to eliminate all of the cancerous cells. By July 1989, he was pitching in the minors, and on August 10, he made a highly publicized return to the major leagues, pitching 8 innings and defeating Cincinnati 4-3. In his following start five days later against the Expos, Dravecky pitched three no-hit innings, but in the fifth inning, he felt a tingling sensation in his arm. In the sixth inning he started off shaky, allowing a home run to the lead off batter and then hitting the second batter. Then, on his first pitch to Tim Raines, his humerus bone snapped, ending his career.
To see a pitcher break his arm with a loud cracking sound while doing something as ordinary as throwing a pitch, then fall to the ground rolling in agonizing pain, was shocking, unusual, and upsetting, especially for those who had followed his touching story. The pitch was replayed on television repeatedly over the following days.
The Giants won the National League pennant in 1989 (defeating the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS in five games), and in the post-game celebration, Dravecky's arm was broken a second time by Kevin Mitchell and Kelly Downs. A doctor examining Dravecky's x-rays noticed a mass in his arm. Cancer had returned. Eighteen days later, Dravecky retired from baseball, leaving a 64-57 record with 558 strikeouts and a 3.13 ERA in 1,062.2 innings. He won the 1989 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership."
Next onto some positive things. I was really impressed with the Notre Dame win this past Saturday. I watched it when I got back from Malone's house(which I might add on the side is an awesome place. I was really impressed by it, it's huge, has a basement, which needs to be finished ASAP, and has a nice back yard. Good buy there Malone) I watched the game in about 30 minutes before falling asleep. I already knew that they won because I was texting during the Mets shame of a game on Saturday but it was different to see the way they won. 6 turnovers and some of them at crucial times. I like this defense. It reminds me of the '05 defense but better and faster. It's always great to beat Michigan, even when they're rebuilding. Everybody better watch out for Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, and my favorite freshman Michael Floyd. This offsense will be a lot better than last year and I think the defense will be too.
Now onto the Giants. Too be honest, I'm really surprised at how good they are this year. I knew Eli was going to be confident(how can you blame him after last season?) but I thought maybe the defense would be not as good. Yup, I'm wrong. The defense is still insane and the offsense has been rolling, even if we beat up on St. Louis which Jim Rome is betting could be the first 0-16 season. Also, I need to order a Justin Tuck jersey. I was happy when the Giants drafted him(he's Notre Dame's all time sacks leader) but I wasn't sure how good he'd be in the pros. Yeah, don't have to worry about that anymore, ha ha. What's great is the fact that in Columbus I can happily say that Notre Dame's best pro player is better than any of Ohio State's pro players and there really isn't an argument. Actually I'm trying to think of the best OSU player and I can't really come up of one. Maybe Chris Gamble? Anthony Gonzalez? Eh, whatever.
So, now onto the bad. Nothing better than you're last Mets game at Shea being a classic Mets let down. Just great. You could just tell the bullpen was going to blow it. You know, Santana should be 20-7 right now and should have the Cy Young locked up. But no, the bullpen's blown 7 wins(could be 8 I can't remember) and he's really just an afterthought. Lets hope something good happens tonight when he pitches. I'm not toooooo concerned with the Mets losing the NL East lead. First off it's only 1/2 game and we're tied in the loss column. That's the most important thing. Secondly there's also the Brewers who have fallen harder than the Mets. Even if the Mets don't win the NL East I think they'll take the Wild Card. Either way when they make the Post Season I'm going to like either match up. I really hope the Dodgers don't blow it and make it. If the Mets win the NL East it'll be a great series between the two teams. Manny back in NY for the NLDS? How great would that be? Or, will the Cubs throw away another great season? Should be great. I also think in the offseason the Mets will go after either Brian Fuentes or K-Rod. It would make sense since we need sooooooooo much help. We'll see.
Rob, I promise tomorrow I will post the story about my tats. And it won't be the short version, it'll be the really really long version.
To see a pitcher break his arm with a loud cracking sound while doing something as ordinary as throwing a pitch, then fall to the ground rolling in agonizing pain, was shocking, unusual, and upsetting, especially for those who had followed his touching story. The pitch was replayed on television repeatedly over the following days.
The Giants won the National League pennant in 1989 (defeating the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS in five games), and in the post-game celebration, Dravecky's arm was broken a second time by Kevin Mitchell and Kelly Downs. A doctor examining Dravecky's x-rays noticed a mass in his arm. Cancer had returned. Eighteen days later, Dravecky retired from baseball, leaving a 64-57 record with 558 strikeouts and a 3.13 ERA in 1,062.2 innings. He won the 1989 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership."
Next onto some positive things. I was really impressed with the Notre Dame win this past Saturday. I watched it when I got back from Malone's house(which I might add on the side is an awesome place. I was really impressed by it, it's huge, has a basement, which needs to be finished ASAP, and has a nice back yard. Good buy there Malone) I watched the game in about 30 minutes before falling asleep. I already knew that they won because I was texting during the Mets shame of a game on Saturday but it was different to see the way they won. 6 turnovers and some of them at crucial times. I like this defense. It reminds me of the '05 defense but better and faster. It's always great to beat Michigan, even when they're rebuilding. Everybody better watch out for Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, and my favorite freshman Michael Floyd. This offsense will be a lot better than last year and I think the defense will be too.
Now onto the Giants. Too be honest, I'm really surprised at how good they are this year. I knew Eli was going to be confident(how can you blame him after last season?) but I thought maybe the defense would be not as good. Yup, I'm wrong. The defense is still insane and the offsense has been rolling, even if we beat up on St. Louis which Jim Rome is betting could be the first 0-16 season. Also, I need to order a Justin Tuck jersey. I was happy when the Giants drafted him(he's Notre Dame's all time sacks leader) but I wasn't sure how good he'd be in the pros. Yeah, don't have to worry about that anymore, ha ha. What's great is the fact that in Columbus I can happily say that Notre Dame's best pro player is better than any of Ohio State's pro players and there really isn't an argument. Actually I'm trying to think of the best OSU player and I can't really come up of one. Maybe Chris Gamble? Anthony Gonzalez? Eh, whatever.
So, now onto the bad. Nothing better than you're last Mets game at Shea being a classic Mets let down. Just great. You could just tell the bullpen was going to blow it. You know, Santana should be 20-7 right now and should have the Cy Young locked up. But no, the bullpen's blown 7 wins(could be 8 I can't remember) and he's really just an afterthought. Lets hope something good happens tonight when he pitches. I'm not toooooo concerned with the Mets losing the NL East lead. First off it's only 1/2 game and we're tied in the loss column. That's the most important thing. Secondly there's also the Brewers who have fallen harder than the Mets. Even if the Mets don't win the NL East I think they'll take the Wild Card. Either way when they make the Post Season I'm going to like either match up. I really hope the Dodgers don't blow it and make it. If the Mets win the NL East it'll be a great series between the two teams. Manny back in NY for the NLDS? How great would that be? Or, will the Cubs throw away another great season? Should be great. I also think in the offseason the Mets will go after either Brian Fuentes or K-Rod. It would make sense since we need sooooooooo much help. We'll see.
Rob, I promise tomorrow I will post the story about my tats. And it won't be the short version, it'll be the really really long version.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Really short
Okay, I have one minute left before my break's over but here's a link to what's going on here. And no Jim, Columbus does not suck. Connecticut does! Ha ha, I win
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/09/16/stormfollow.ART_ART_09-16-08_A1_KPBBBMU.html?sid=101
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/09/16/stormfollow.ART_ART_09-16-08_A1_KPBBBMU.html?sid=101
Monday, September 15, 2008
Really quick
Hey, I wrote that last blog about 5 minutes before I left so if I was late it's because I'm trying to keep my readers informed. I'm going to save the recap of the whole weekend til later because I don't have any power because of Ike. But of course my work has power even 300,000+ people in Columbus are without power. It was one of the crappiest things to see that work still had power, ha ha. Oh well. When the power is back on I'll give a better recap of the whole weekend. And I won't smell while typing it.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Blah, Blah, Blah
Okay, so after spending 14 hours in a car yesterday I'd ready for another four hours today before I spend another 12 hours tomorrow. You'd think I was dating my car. Okay, that was dumb. Anywho Malone, you need to remember never to post drunk. It's just not a good thing. Well, last night was Jimmy Boy's Bachelor party. It was pretty fun and it was good to hang out with my friends from ticketnetwork..... oh yeah and Perrotti & Koho. I forgot about them. Actually I didn't because we're about to go to the Mets game! I think the highlight of the night was when Koho got to announce the winners of the raffel and everyone gave him crap for it. Ha ha, it was pretty funny. My second favorite part at the stag was playing blackjack and not really caring if I won or lost because I had decided just to lose my money because it goes to Malone(we all know he needs it, j/k). In fact at one point I was playing 3 hands and one of them I got nine's, and I split them, then I my first nine got another nine and I split that, then I got a 2 and doubled down and got 19. I think on my 5 hands I had 19,19, 20, 18, 21 and the dealer hit 21(we were playing that if it's a push the dealer wins). The dealer was pretty cool and let me keep my money from the 21, ha ha. Overall it was a good time, unlike my drive to Ct. I won't write about it because it just gets me angry. After the Stag a bunch of us went out to a bar. I was vetoed about going to Hartford or going to Murphy's. If you think I'm not bitter about that, you have another thing coming to you. Actually I'm not because we had a lot of fun at the bar. Of course the bad thing about going to a bar is the fact that it's really loud and I almost lost my voice. It's still a little sore but should be okay for me to yell at the Braves today. Should be fun. Well, it's time for me to shower and then head over to Malone's place to egg it. I mean go to the Mets game.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Hola
Well, well well. Thanks to everyone for the comments. It's nice to see posts that have 10, 12, 15, 17 comments on them. I was going to post this yesterday but I was tired so I'm writing it today, plus I'm going to add a couple things so this should be pretty long, which should make Rob happy. See, look, I'm trying to make my readers happy. Don't let anyone say I don't try!
Anywho, I just got back from the dentist, which always sucks because I grind my teeth and they're really really worn out(I do wear a mouth guard) so it sucks going there. So, that was fun. I'm playing in a fall softball co-ed league. The weird thing is I'm actually playing with girls who know how to play. That's never happened before, usually I play with one girl who knows what she's doing and the rest just suck. The guys on the team are pretty good too. Funny thing is last night we had one guy who actually started the inning and ended the inning striking out. It's a one pitch league, but still. The first time he was looking and the second time swinging. I thought Koho was out there. We won our first three games but last night we got killed. It's okay, we're 3-1 and probably one of the better teams in the league. I was sucking at hitting in our first week but I hit a little better last night. In our two games I was 3-5, 2 doubles, 2 walks, 3 runs, 3 rbi's. I'm also playing the outfield, which I played for the first time last year. I'd like to pitch but the coach has this one girl pitching, she's pretty good but she got pounded in the last game. Personally I think I would have done a little better just because I've learned how to pitch inside and outside to hitters. Of course knowing me I would have given up 40 runs(sadly wouldn't have been the first time), but still. I'd be nice to go out and pitch a game or two.
Work hasn't been too bad. I think I said this before, but it's like being an account manager at TicketNetwork only no Logmein (sniff, sniff). I'm still going to look for a new job but only if the job pays more than the one I have now. Or, if I can get a human resources position. I wouldn't mind going into HR. Maybe I'll get lucky and another HR position will open up at work. Doubt it, but we'll see.
Just like Malone said, I knew that Wright had struggled in the 9th inning. I remember watching the game right after Willie was fired and Wright had 1 hit in the 9th inning. Then he went out and got the game winning hit. I think another reason why people don't pay as much attention is the fact that Arod makes $20 million more than Wright. Also Mike, remember how you made fun of me for saying that the Yankees should have gotten Miguel Cabrera and how Arod was such a better player than him. Well, let's compair stats again, because well, I find it fun. Miguel's stats first: 291 average, 33 hr, 116 rbis, 74 runs, 32 doubles, .353 obp, .535 slug. Arod's stats: 308 average, 33 hrs, 95 rbis, 99 runs, 32 doubles, .398 obp, .588 slug. Arod has him in a couple categories but not by much. Plus Cabrera is like 7 years younger and has won a world series. Just thought I'd put that out there. Also, you guys have the highest payroll and you're in 4th in the AL East. I really don't know if Cashman will have his job past this year because of what the team has done, the players that he's signed and not trading for Santana. Andy P had a great start to the season but he's struggled lately. Depending on Mr Kennedy, Kennedy & Phil "Howard" Hughes failed, miserably. Giving Arod way to much money for way too long, I just don't see how you can keep him.
Now, here's the Notre Dame portion of the blog. Last week's game was horrendous, but you know what I'm still feeling positive about this season. I think they can still win 10 games and hopefully will go to a decent bowl game. The offense was horrible for the first 3 quarters but they picked it up in the fourth. Hopefully they can take that and run with it for the rest of the season. I really like Jimmy Clausen. I think he'll be the best qb to ever play at ND by the time he leaves to go to the NFL. I remember when Brady Quinn was at ND for his freshman & sophmore years and he played well but I think that Clausen is just more advanced, more confident than Quinn. Now, if Brady had had Charlie Weis as his coach his first two years I think both him and Jimmy would probably be in the same stages. Unfortunately Brady had to deal with Willingham. I don't know why people think the Irish will lose to Michigan because they played close to SD State. Look what Michigan's done. They lost at home to Utah and then barely beat Miami of Ohio. Not exactly a hard team to beat. Now they have to go to South Bend and they're suppose to win that one? I don't think so. So, we'll see what happens. Or, at least I'll find out after I get back from the Mets game on Saturday.
Back to baseball for a minute. I forgot to put this in the past paragraph and I don't feel like scrolling up to it so here it is. That was a HUGE series by the Rays. The last two games were crazy and I think they'll win the division and I can see them going to the World Series. When Carlos Pena got up in the 14th I knew he was going to hit a hr to win the game. Timlin wasn't pitching well and he was keeping his pitches up. What was Francona thinking or was he asleep again? My vote is he was asleep. Now the Rays struggled for a little bit but remember they do have Evan Longoria-Parker & Crazy Carl Crawford coming back. This will be the boost they need to help them get to the World Series. Just you wait and see. Also, Malone is wrong about not needing a closer. Can someone tell me the last time a team won the World Series by going with a closer by committee?
Now lastly for the first time since the Pats won their last super bowl I'm going to be cheering for the Eagles in a game. That's because they're playing the Cowboys and I can't stand Jessica Simpson trying to talk trash about something she doesn't understand. I can't wait for her and Tony RoNo break up.
Anywho, I just got back from the dentist, which always sucks because I grind my teeth and they're really really worn out(I do wear a mouth guard) so it sucks going there. So, that was fun. I'm playing in a fall softball co-ed league. The weird thing is I'm actually playing with girls who know how to play. That's never happened before, usually I play with one girl who knows what she's doing and the rest just suck. The guys on the team are pretty good too. Funny thing is last night we had one guy who actually started the inning and ended the inning striking out. It's a one pitch league, but still. The first time he was looking and the second time swinging. I thought Koho was out there. We won our first three games but last night we got killed. It's okay, we're 3-1 and probably one of the better teams in the league. I was sucking at hitting in our first week but I hit a little better last night. In our two games I was 3-5, 2 doubles, 2 walks, 3 runs, 3 rbi's. I'm also playing the outfield, which I played for the first time last year. I'd like to pitch but the coach has this one girl pitching, she's pretty good but she got pounded in the last game. Personally I think I would have done a little better just because I've learned how to pitch inside and outside to hitters. Of course knowing me I would have given up 40 runs(sadly wouldn't have been the first time), but still. I'd be nice to go out and pitch a game or two.
Work hasn't been too bad. I think I said this before, but it's like being an account manager at TicketNetwork only no Logmein (sniff, sniff). I'm still going to look for a new job but only if the job pays more than the one I have now. Or, if I can get a human resources position. I wouldn't mind going into HR. Maybe I'll get lucky and another HR position will open up at work. Doubt it, but we'll see.
Just like Malone said, I knew that Wright had struggled in the 9th inning. I remember watching the game right after Willie was fired and Wright had 1 hit in the 9th inning. Then he went out and got the game winning hit. I think another reason why people don't pay as much attention is the fact that Arod makes $20 million more than Wright. Also Mike, remember how you made fun of me for saying that the Yankees should have gotten Miguel Cabrera and how Arod was such a better player than him. Well, let's compair stats again, because well, I find it fun. Miguel's stats first: 291 average, 33 hr, 116 rbis, 74 runs, 32 doubles, .353 obp, .535 slug. Arod's stats: 308 average, 33 hrs, 95 rbis, 99 runs, 32 doubles, .398 obp, .588 slug. Arod has him in a couple categories but not by much. Plus Cabrera is like 7 years younger and has won a world series. Just thought I'd put that out there. Also, you guys have the highest payroll and you're in 4th in the AL East. I really don't know if Cashman will have his job past this year because of what the team has done, the players that he's signed and not trading for Santana. Andy P had a great start to the season but he's struggled lately. Depending on Mr Kennedy, Kennedy & Phil "Howard" Hughes failed, miserably. Giving Arod way to much money for way too long, I just don't see how you can keep him.
Now, here's the Notre Dame portion of the blog. Last week's game was horrendous, but you know what I'm still feeling positive about this season. I think they can still win 10 games and hopefully will go to a decent bowl game. The offense was horrible for the first 3 quarters but they picked it up in the fourth. Hopefully they can take that and run with it for the rest of the season. I really like Jimmy Clausen. I think he'll be the best qb to ever play at ND by the time he leaves to go to the NFL. I remember when Brady Quinn was at ND for his freshman & sophmore years and he played well but I think that Clausen is just more advanced, more confident than Quinn. Now, if Brady had had Charlie Weis as his coach his first two years I think both him and Jimmy would probably be in the same stages. Unfortunately Brady had to deal with Willingham. I don't know why people think the Irish will lose to Michigan because they played close to SD State. Look what Michigan's done. They lost at home to Utah and then barely beat Miami of Ohio. Not exactly a hard team to beat. Now they have to go to South Bend and they're suppose to win that one? I don't think so. So, we'll see what happens. Or, at least I'll find out after I get back from the Mets game on Saturday.
Back to baseball for a minute. I forgot to put this in the past paragraph and I don't feel like scrolling up to it so here it is. That was a HUGE series by the Rays. The last two games were crazy and I think they'll win the division and I can see them going to the World Series. When Carlos Pena got up in the 14th I knew he was going to hit a hr to win the game. Timlin wasn't pitching well and he was keeping his pitches up. What was Francona thinking or was he asleep again? My vote is he was asleep. Now the Rays struggled for a little bit but remember they do have Evan Longoria-Parker & Crazy Carl Crawford coming back. This will be the boost they need to help them get to the World Series. Just you wait and see. Also, Malone is wrong about not needing a closer. Can someone tell me the last time a team won the World Series by going with a closer by committee?
Now lastly for the first time since the Pats won their last super bowl I'm going to be cheering for the Eagles in a game. That's because they're playing the Cowboys and I can't stand Jessica Simpson trying to talk trash about something she doesn't understand. I can't wait for her and Tony RoNo break up.
Monday, September 8, 2008
It's late
Okay, so this post won't be as indepth as I would want it to be, but that's because it's late and I'm tired so whatever, ha ha. I'm ready for bed.
Anywho, in regards to the Brady injury it is definitely karma working. I didn't think it was a cheap shot and I thought it was funny when Belichech compared it to Wilfork's cheapshot against JP Losman of the Bills I think last season. When you look at the replays for both plays, Wilfork lead with his elbow directly into the knee of Losman. He could have gotten out of the way or not lead with his elbow, but the Pats are a cheap & dirty team. Everyone knows it so I'm not sad Brady got injured. Here's my question to you guys, which injury is a bigger blow to their team, Osi going down for the Giants or Brady going down for the Pats. Right now, of course because I'm biased, I'm saying that Osi's injury is a bigger blow just because the Giants had already lost Strahan to retirement and it caused the Giants to move players around and change their entire defensive scheme where with the Pats they can still run the same offense and they still have the Randy Moss. What do you think?
Okay Malone, it's a good thing the Mets didn't trade for Brian Fuentez because Wagner's coming back.... oh wait, he's not. Now Omar, you need to get on the phone and get a closer and fast. I'm sorry, but we need someone to anchor the bullpen and do it fast. Also Wagner's out for next year. Personally I think he should just retire because by the time he comes back he's going to be 39 and won't be anywhere near as good as he was before. Now, when the Mets had originally signed Wagner I was sure we were going to get the same injuries and as often as we got with Pedro. Surprisingly he lasted this long before having any real damage. It's unfortunate because he's been our best closer since John Franco. Now, here's one thing we could do, we could just not trade for a closer and then sign F-Rod in the offseason. He's already said he's going to test the free agent market, so I'm pretty sure we'll have a chance at getting him and we'll have money to spend, so let's do it. We'll see what happens.
Anywho, in regards to the Brady injury it is definitely karma working. I didn't think it was a cheap shot and I thought it was funny when Belichech compared it to Wilfork's cheapshot against JP Losman of the Bills I think last season. When you look at the replays for both plays, Wilfork lead with his elbow directly into the knee of Losman. He could have gotten out of the way or not lead with his elbow, but the Pats are a cheap & dirty team. Everyone knows it so I'm not sad Brady got injured. Here's my question to you guys, which injury is a bigger blow to their team, Osi going down for the Giants or Brady going down for the Pats. Right now, of course because I'm biased, I'm saying that Osi's injury is a bigger blow just because the Giants had already lost Strahan to retirement and it caused the Giants to move players around and change their entire defensive scheme where with the Pats they can still run the same offense and they still have the Randy Moss. What do you think?
Okay Malone, it's a good thing the Mets didn't trade for Brian Fuentez because Wagner's coming back.... oh wait, he's not. Now Omar, you need to get on the phone and get a closer and fast. I'm sorry, but we need someone to anchor the bullpen and do it fast. Also Wagner's out for next year. Personally I think he should just retire because by the time he comes back he's going to be 39 and won't be anywhere near as good as he was before. Now, when the Mets had originally signed Wagner I was sure we were going to get the same injuries and as often as we got with Pedro. Surprisingly he lasted this long before having any real damage. It's unfortunate because he's been our best closer since John Franco. Now, here's one thing we could do, we could just not trade for a closer and then sign F-Rod in the offseason. He's already said he's going to test the free agent market, so I'm pretty sure we'll have a chance at getting him and we'll have money to spend, so let's do it. We'll see what happens.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Let's Get Ready for Some Football!!!
Holla!
Okay, I've been a bit slow this month so far, but it's okay. I'm going to pick it up. Koho, I like the idea of a live blog from Malone's stag party. I think what I might do is bring a notebook with me and write down notes and the times that they happened and then post them on Saturday after the Mets game. We're still going to the game, right? How much do I owe and who do I pay for the tickets? Can I use my winnings from the home run league to pay for it? You all know I'm going to win, so you might as well pay me now, biotches!
This seems like a big sports weekend. We have Mets-Phillies, ND's first game, the Giants first game last night. Can it get any better? We'll see. Now onto the important stuff.
Giants Football preview - Here is the rule about winning the Super Bowl, you're not allowed to complain for the next five years. With the way the Giants won this past SB it should be 10 years. That was the greatest game I've watched so far in my life, better than when the Gmen beat the Bills. Better than when App State beat Michigan. Better than ND over Florida State. Better than watching the SEC stomp all over Ohio State. Even better than the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees. Now that's saying alot, ha ha. So, I really don't know what to expect this season. Last night's game was a snoozefest. You could have stopped watching after the Giants 4th possession because neither team did anything. I really really like the Giants defense and I hate to think what they'd be like with Osi out there. I don't think a team could score on us if Osi was out there. Of course this was a really bad Redskins team out there. They didn't have it together and looked bad all night. We'll know how good this defense is against the Cowboys when we play them. I liked the offense, I just think they're a little rusty. I was frustrated all night because we should have scored at least 35 points against that defense. The first four times we had the ball should have ended with a td but we just couldn't do it. At least we got the win. After last season, it really doesn't matter who wins the division, it just matters if you make it or not. I think the giants have a great chance of making the playoffs again but I also wouldn't be surprised if we went 7-9, so we'll see what happens. I like what Eli's done, but I think he needs to settle down a little bit. Also, where was Bradshaw last night? I watched the first half at a bar so I don't know if he was hurt or not, but come on. That guy was money last year! One thing that's really nice about the Giants is the fact that we have 1 great rb and 2 really good rb's. That should be our strongest position all season.
Now, onto Notre Dame football. Watch out guys, I'll probably write more about Notre Dame than the Giants. As everyone knows last year was bad. I thought it was going to be bad, but not that bad. And this year a lot of people think we'll be just average, most saying we'll win 6 or 7 games. But I'm here to say, the Irish will win at least 10 games, maybe 11 or 12. Now, the reason for that is the fact that the schedule is sooooooooooooo bad and most of the teams that beat us last year are worse this season. Honestly, we should have had this schedule last season, not this season. The only team that I think should be favored overed the Irish will be USC, the rest of the teams shouldn't be. I'm looking for Jimmy Clausen to have a HUGE season this year. Also watch out for Golden Tate, Duval Kamara & Curt Floyd at wide receiver. I really like our group of guys and think they'll put up big numbers. I also really like Kyle Rudolph at TE. He was the #1 ranked TE recruit in the nation last year and he'll be starting so we'll see what happens. I'm just wondering which running back will come through this year. We've yet to see one show that they will be the #1 back, but I have my money on Robert Hughes. I liked him at the end of the season last year. Now, I can also see the defense coming up big this year. I really really like our linebackers, with sophmores Brian Smith and Kerry Neal leading the way. Smith is a start and I think later in the season Neal will be. Also we have Maurice Crum coming back, which is big. Our secondary is really solid as they were in the top 5 ranked secondaries last year, which I was actually surprised about. I can see big things this year and lets hope the Irish will win a bowl game this year. Malone, are you ready for Irish football again???? I am!!
Okay, I've been a bit slow this month so far, but it's okay. I'm going to pick it up. Koho, I like the idea of a live blog from Malone's stag party. I think what I might do is bring a notebook with me and write down notes and the times that they happened and then post them on Saturday after the Mets game. We're still going to the game, right? How much do I owe and who do I pay for the tickets? Can I use my winnings from the home run league to pay for it? You all know I'm going to win, so you might as well pay me now, biotches!
This seems like a big sports weekend. We have Mets-Phillies, ND's first game, the Giants first game last night. Can it get any better? We'll see. Now onto the important stuff.
Giants Football preview - Here is the rule about winning the Super Bowl, you're not allowed to complain for the next five years. With the way the Giants won this past SB it should be 10 years. That was the greatest game I've watched so far in my life, better than when the Gmen beat the Bills. Better than when App State beat Michigan. Better than ND over Florida State. Better than watching the SEC stomp all over Ohio State. Even better than the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees. Now that's saying alot, ha ha. So, I really don't know what to expect this season. Last night's game was a snoozefest. You could have stopped watching after the Giants 4th possession because neither team did anything. I really really like the Giants defense and I hate to think what they'd be like with Osi out there. I don't think a team could score on us if Osi was out there. Of course this was a really bad Redskins team out there. They didn't have it together and looked bad all night. We'll know how good this defense is against the Cowboys when we play them. I liked the offense, I just think they're a little rusty. I was frustrated all night because we should have scored at least 35 points against that defense. The first four times we had the ball should have ended with a td but we just couldn't do it. At least we got the win. After last season, it really doesn't matter who wins the division, it just matters if you make it or not. I think the giants have a great chance of making the playoffs again but I also wouldn't be surprised if we went 7-9, so we'll see what happens. I like what Eli's done, but I think he needs to settle down a little bit. Also, where was Bradshaw last night? I watched the first half at a bar so I don't know if he was hurt or not, but come on. That guy was money last year! One thing that's really nice about the Giants is the fact that we have 1 great rb and 2 really good rb's. That should be our strongest position all season.
Now, onto Notre Dame football. Watch out guys, I'll probably write more about Notre Dame than the Giants. As everyone knows last year was bad. I thought it was going to be bad, but not that bad. And this year a lot of people think we'll be just average, most saying we'll win 6 or 7 games. But I'm here to say, the Irish will win at least 10 games, maybe 11 or 12. Now, the reason for that is the fact that the schedule is sooooooooooooo bad and most of the teams that beat us last year are worse this season. Honestly, we should have had this schedule last season, not this season. The only team that I think should be favored overed the Irish will be USC, the rest of the teams shouldn't be. I'm looking for Jimmy Clausen to have a HUGE season this year. Also watch out for Golden Tate, Duval Kamara & Curt Floyd at wide receiver. I really like our group of guys and think they'll put up big numbers. I also really like Kyle Rudolph at TE. He was the #1 ranked TE recruit in the nation last year and he'll be starting so we'll see what happens. I'm just wondering which running back will come through this year. We've yet to see one show that they will be the #1 back, but I have my money on Robert Hughes. I liked him at the end of the season last year. Now, I can also see the defense coming up big this year. I really really like our linebackers, with sophmores Brian Smith and Kerry Neal leading the way. Smith is a start and I think later in the season Neal will be. Also we have Maurice Crum coming back, which is big. Our secondary is really solid as they were in the top 5 ranked secondaries last year, which I was actually surprised about. I can see big things this year and lets hope the Irish will win a bowl game this year. Malone, are you ready for Irish football again???? I am!!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Oh yeahhhhhhhh
Okay Rob, I'll try and get longer blogs now. Also, if you do go down to La I hope you're safe. It didn't look like it was too bad, hopefully. Also, did anyone else laugh when they heard that the vpilf's 17 year old daughter is pregnant? You know, 50 years ago people would have been married at that age & having kids.
I've watched this show on the SciFi channel called Jeremiah. It stars Luke Perry, Malcolm Jamaal-Warner & Sean Astin. I've only seen two episodes and I'm not sure if its an ongoing show or if it was a miniseries but it's based on a comic book where a strange virus took out all of the adults and left only the kids. Now the kids have grown up and are trying to put the world back together but there's a lot of fighting going on. It's pretty interesting.
Now, here's my very biased picks for the mlb playoffs.
Rays over Twins (5 games) - I think this will be the best series of the playoffs. I really like both teams because they both have a great collection of young players & veterans. I just think the Rays have just a little bit more than the Twins and will prevail in game 5 with a walk off 2 runs homer by either Carlos Pena or Evan Longoria. But, this might change because I like what the Twins are doing now and have a huge Tiki Barber theory going on here.
Angels over Red Sox (3 games) - This series won't be close, sorry Rob. The Angels just have too much starting pitching for the Red Sox to handle. And the Red Sox are very low on good starting pitching. With Beckett hurt and not really himself this year & Shilling out for the season I just don't think the Red Sox have it this year. I also think a HUGE factor is the fact that Manny isn't around. I like Jason Bay, but the problem is is that he's played in Pittsburgh his whole career and hasn't had to deal with the pressure of the playoffs. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he'll do bad, I'm just not sure if he'll do good. There's no telling what will happen, but the one thing we do know is that Manny is Manny, especially in the playoffs. That's just one loss the Red Sox won't be able to overcome. Also, I could see the White Sox playing the Angels instead.
Cubs over Diamondbacks (3 games) - Once again a squash series. The Cubs are loaded from top to bottom. Hitting & Pitching. Starting pitching, bullpen, hitters off the bench. I think the most key person on this team that could help the Cubs get far will be Jeff Samardzija(hey, I said it wasn't going to be unbiased). The one thing I remember about the Mets playoff run in 2006 was Darren Oliver coming out of the bullpen and pitching amazingly. I can see #83 doing the same thing for the Cubs. He's pitched really really well since he's been called up and he's the perfect weapon for them. Especially when Rich Harden goes down with an injury, you have someone who can step into his spot and pitch as well.
Mets over Brewers (4 games) - Remember, very biased picks. Yes, the Brewers went out and got CC. And CC's been amazing for them. They also have Ben Sheetz. But here's the problem, Sheetz is hurt. We also don't know how the rest of their starting staff will react in the playoffs. Also, I can remember CC in the playoffs last year. He was great last year during the regular season but he struggled big time in the playoffs. And the problem is, the Brewers can only pitch him twice in the series. They will have to depend on their other pitchers and it won't be enough. Plus, this team is young. Really young to almost a fault. I think this will do them in.
Rays over Angels (6 games) - This will be a great series. I like the Rays in this series because I think they've proved themselves this season. There's just something about this team and I like it. It'll be a close series, I don't think any game will be decided by more than 2 or 3 runs.
Mets over the Cubs (6 games) - I think this time the Mets pull it off. They have the scars from the last two seasons on them and they can remember how they feel. I think this year we can pull it together and do some good. Plus, I think the one bad thing for the Cubs is, well, they're the Cubs. You just know that something, some mistake, some fluke, something terrible is going to happen to them and the Mets will prevail and go on. Plus, even though the bullpen isn't great, or even good, the starting pitching is, and they can move some of the starters to the bullpen. We could easily go with a rotation of Santana, Pedro, Pelfrey and put Maine in the bullpen. It could be interesting.
Mets over the Rays (7 games) - Another great World Series. This one will go back and forth, but I think the one thing the Mets have in their favor is the fact that they've been to the playoffs before, they know what they're playing for, they know the pressure and how to deal with it. Plus, I really like the players they've brought up. So there, you go. I think the Mets can win it all and what I think is completely biased and probably wrong, but i like what the Mets have and what they can do.
I've watched this show on the SciFi channel called Jeremiah. It stars Luke Perry, Malcolm Jamaal-Warner & Sean Astin. I've only seen two episodes and I'm not sure if its an ongoing show or if it was a miniseries but it's based on a comic book where a strange virus took out all of the adults and left only the kids. Now the kids have grown up and are trying to put the world back together but there's a lot of fighting going on. It's pretty interesting.
Now, here's my very biased picks for the mlb playoffs.
Rays over Twins (5 games) - I think this will be the best series of the playoffs. I really like both teams because they both have a great collection of young players & veterans. I just think the Rays have just a little bit more than the Twins and will prevail in game 5 with a walk off 2 runs homer by either Carlos Pena or Evan Longoria. But, this might change because I like what the Twins are doing now and have a huge Tiki Barber theory going on here.
Angels over Red Sox (3 games) - This series won't be close, sorry Rob. The Angels just have too much starting pitching for the Red Sox to handle. And the Red Sox are very low on good starting pitching. With Beckett hurt and not really himself this year & Shilling out for the season I just don't think the Red Sox have it this year. I also think a HUGE factor is the fact that Manny isn't around. I like Jason Bay, but the problem is is that he's played in Pittsburgh his whole career and hasn't had to deal with the pressure of the playoffs. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he'll do bad, I'm just not sure if he'll do good. There's no telling what will happen, but the one thing we do know is that Manny is Manny, especially in the playoffs. That's just one loss the Red Sox won't be able to overcome. Also, I could see the White Sox playing the Angels instead.
Cubs over Diamondbacks (3 games) - Once again a squash series. The Cubs are loaded from top to bottom. Hitting & Pitching. Starting pitching, bullpen, hitters off the bench. I think the most key person on this team that could help the Cubs get far will be Jeff Samardzija(hey, I said it wasn't going to be unbiased). The one thing I remember about the Mets playoff run in 2006 was Darren Oliver coming out of the bullpen and pitching amazingly. I can see #83 doing the same thing for the Cubs. He's pitched really really well since he's been called up and he's the perfect weapon for them. Especially when Rich Harden goes down with an injury, you have someone who can step into his spot and pitch as well.
Mets over Brewers (4 games) - Remember, very biased picks. Yes, the Brewers went out and got CC. And CC's been amazing for them. They also have Ben Sheetz. But here's the problem, Sheetz is hurt. We also don't know how the rest of their starting staff will react in the playoffs. Also, I can remember CC in the playoffs last year. He was great last year during the regular season but he struggled big time in the playoffs. And the problem is, the Brewers can only pitch him twice in the series. They will have to depend on their other pitchers and it won't be enough. Plus, this team is young. Really young to almost a fault. I think this will do them in.
Rays over Angels (6 games) - This will be a great series. I like the Rays in this series because I think they've proved themselves this season. There's just something about this team and I like it. It'll be a close series, I don't think any game will be decided by more than 2 or 3 runs.
Mets over the Cubs (6 games) - I think this time the Mets pull it off. They have the scars from the last two seasons on them and they can remember how they feel. I think this year we can pull it together and do some good. Plus, I think the one bad thing for the Cubs is, well, they're the Cubs. You just know that something, some mistake, some fluke, something terrible is going to happen to them and the Mets will prevail and go on. Plus, even though the bullpen isn't great, or even good, the starting pitching is, and they can move some of the starters to the bullpen. We could easily go with a rotation of Santana, Pedro, Pelfrey and put Maine in the bullpen. It could be interesting.
Mets over the Rays (7 games) - Another great World Series. This one will go back and forth, but I think the one thing the Mets have in their favor is the fact that they've been to the playoffs before, they know what they're playing for, they know the pressure and how to deal with it. Plus, I really like the players they've brought up. So there, you go. I think the Mets can win it all and what I think is completely biased and probably wrong, but i like what the Mets have and what they can do.
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