It's nice to see that Koho has finally found out about the "internets" and has decided to join the discussion on my blog. Unfortunately the average iq just went down about 20 points. Thanks Koho, thanks. Just so Koho knows, so he can avoid me when I get back to Ct, I'll be back for Malone's bachelor party in September and also for the wedding in October. That'll be about it. I don't think I'll be back for the rest of the year.
But anyways, one year ago ladies, I moved out of Ct and to the lovely city of Columbus, Ohio. I travelled up through NY and then down past Cleveland and into Columbus finally. And since then I've had two jobs and lived in two places(well three if you count the gf's place). I went to 4 Blue Jacket games, 0 osu football or basketball games, 1 osu hockey games, 2 reds games, saw Pedro's first game back last year and Joey Votto hit 3 home runs. Lets just say it's been an interesting year. Now, Rob came up with a good idea, to rate Ct versus Oh so here it goes. Now, I'm only going to limit this to Columbus because I haven't really seen the rest of Ohio besides the Great American Ballpark and some outlet center. Not too extensive. If I was going to rate the whole state of Ohio versus Ct they'd probably be about the same. But, Columbus blows away the horrible state of Ct. Now, as everyone knows I have a biased opinion of Ct. I've lived there most of my life and I really wanted to get out. Honestly, I was willing to move to NJ. NJ people!! That's saying a lot. There are some things that I will miss about CT and that's just basically my family and friends, which is also the one drawback with Columbus, seeing as I'm 9 hours away from everyone, but that in no way makes up for the bad things about CT. I think the worst thing about CT is the fact that the place is boring. There's really not that much to do and not that many places to go. If you want to go anywhere you have to drive at least 20 minutes to get there. The biggest city in Ct is Hartford, and well, it's not much of a city. There aren't that many bars there and the bars suck because all it is is a high school reunion. I'm sorry, but I really don't want to hang out with people from high school that I didn't hang out with before. There are no major sports teams in the state, unless you count the Uconn women's b-ball team. Yeah, that's about it. There are some minor league teams, but who cares? I don't. If you want to see a real team you have to drive either 90 minutes to Boston or 2 hours to NYC. Honestly, Ct should just be split into two and have the southern half be apart of NY and the northern half be apart of mass. Just a thought. Now, with Columbus there's just soooooo much to do. And, they're all around you. If I want to I can walk to a two sports bars, 5 regular bars, a 3 chinese restaurants, 1 inidan, 1 mexican, 3 pizza shops, 1 wings place, a movie theater, 2 ice cream shops, a grocery store, wal-mart, cvs, 4 gas stations, 3 barber shops, I can stay on my street for a city feel or I can walk one block down and be in the suburbs, there's a park and a softball field also. And that's just walking to the places right by you. If I felt like it I could drive 5 minutes and triple everything. You really can't get that in Ct. And the city, it's not like NYC or Boston where the streets feel all grosse and when you get back to your apartment you feel like you need to take a 20 minute shower to clean yourself. It has a sort of old city feeling to it. but don't get me wrong, you can drive to downtown Columbus and get that NYC feeling(not soo much dirty more like the skyscrapers all around you, no grass, no trees, just buildings and pavement all around you). That's what I really like about Columbus, you can run into any type of atmosphere around you. If you want a college atmosphere you can live by OSU. If you want the city atmosphere you can live downtown, if you a suburban atmosphere you can live in Dublin(which is right on the edge of Columbus) and if you want the rural atmosphere with farms and cows and tractors and stuff like that you can drive 10 minutes outside Columbus. That's it. Sometimes its just sensory overload. There's just nothing in Ct that really compares to it. You would honestly just have to come and visit and if you guys ever want to, all you have to do is let me know. Also, it cheaper to live here. He he. And, if you feel you want to go to another city, cincinatti is just over an hour away and so is Cleveland. Pittsburg is about 2 and a half hours away. Chicago is 4. Not too bad.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Who would have expected this?
So, I must admit it, but I've had a really good experience with Sony in regards to my ps3. As people know, my ps3 died a while ago. Well, I was trying to figure out if I wanted to send my ps3 back to Sony or to bring it to Best Buy. With Sony I had to send my ps3 back to them and then wait for them to send one back to me, which I figured would take, you know, forever. I could have taken it to Best Buy and exchanging it, but they didn't have mine in. I was told they might get some in in a couple weeks, but they didn't. I waited a week to see if Best Buy would get one in and they didn't so I ended up sending my ps3 back to Sony this past Friday. Well, they got my ps3 on Monday and surprisingly they shipped me a new one on Wednesday. It's going to be delivered today, which is great. It's been an all around great experience with Sony and I actually wish I had sent mine back right away instead of waiting. Oh well, you live and learn.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The best things about being a kid
So, to make Rob happy I'm going to write a column that doesn't talk about my favorite baseball team. Plus, I'll probably pull out the rest of my hair if I do, he he. For some reason a couple days ago I started thinking about what it was like being a kid and how great it was. I started to laugh thinking about it so I decided that maybe I should make a post about it. So, here it is. My favorite things about being a kid:
#1. No responsibilities - Your clothes are dirty and you need clean ones, no problem, your parents will do it. You're hungry and want something to eat. No problem, someone else does it for you. It's the summer and its nice out, do you have to worry about going to work? Not at all. You wake up when you want, get dressed, eat, go outside and play all day long. Jeez, now that's the life. Out of food? Yo Ma, we're out of food, go get us some(okay, I never said that at all, but you get the point). In fact, you don't have to worry about remembering to set up a dentist, doctor, or eye appointment. You just have to worry about going to them. You have your parents to do that for you. Soooo not fair.
#2. Don't have to go to work - By far the worst thing about being an adult. Life was soooo easy when you're young. You don't have to get up and go to work to make money to support yourself. Uggghhhhh.
#3. You're not into chicks - Life was sooo nice when you didn't have to worry about impressing some chick or trying to go up and talk to them when they were around their friends. In fact, you didn't even like girls because they had koodies. Lots and lots of Koodies. You didn't care how you dressed, how you smelled, what you listened to, who you were friends with. You weren't out there trying to get some chick to like you. You just wanted to have fun. That's it.
#4. No school during the summer - I miss this. I really do. That's why teacher's have it made. Right now my mom's up at our cabin, relaxing and sitting out in the sun. Sooo unfair. But kids, they got it made, too. No need to worry about lesson plans for next year, or making sure you wake up in time for work, or about the morning traffic(stupid slow drivers in the left lane. Get over will you???), or your boss coming over and yelling at you for doing a bad job. I wish I could just take a 2 month vacation. That would be sweet.
#5. You can watch cartoons and not have people think you're weird - What? What's wrong with the fact that I still like cartoons? So, maybe my sense of humor hasn't changed since the fart jokes that I would hear in the second grade. Is that sooo bad? Hmmm... okay, maybe it is, but it's just cause I'm jealous of kids 'cause they have it soooooo easy(and yes, I may have peter pan envy).
#1. No responsibilities - Your clothes are dirty and you need clean ones, no problem, your parents will do it. You're hungry and want something to eat. No problem, someone else does it for you. It's the summer and its nice out, do you have to worry about going to work? Not at all. You wake up when you want, get dressed, eat, go outside and play all day long. Jeez, now that's the life. Out of food? Yo Ma, we're out of food, go get us some(okay, I never said that at all, but you get the point). In fact, you don't have to worry about remembering to set up a dentist, doctor, or eye appointment. You just have to worry about going to them. You have your parents to do that for you. Soooo not fair.
#2. Don't have to go to work - By far the worst thing about being an adult. Life was soooo easy when you're young. You don't have to get up and go to work to make money to support yourself. Uggghhhhh.
#3. You're not into chicks - Life was sooo nice when you didn't have to worry about impressing some chick or trying to go up and talk to them when they were around their friends. In fact, you didn't even like girls because they had koodies. Lots and lots of Koodies. You didn't care how you dressed, how you smelled, what you listened to, who you were friends with. You weren't out there trying to get some chick to like you. You just wanted to have fun. That's it.
#4. No school during the summer - I miss this. I really do. That's why teacher's have it made. Right now my mom's up at our cabin, relaxing and sitting out in the sun. Sooo unfair. But kids, they got it made, too. No need to worry about lesson plans for next year, or making sure you wake up in time for work, or about the morning traffic(stupid slow drivers in the left lane. Get over will you???), or your boss coming over and yelling at you for doing a bad job. I wish I could just take a 2 month vacation. That would be sweet.
#5. You can watch cartoons and not have people think you're weird - What? What's wrong with the fact that I still like cartoons? So, maybe my sense of humor hasn't changed since the fart jokes that I would hear in the second grade. Is that sooo bad? Hmmm... okay, maybe it is, but it's just cause I'm jealous of kids 'cause they have it soooooo easy(and yes, I may have peter pan envy).
Monday, June 23, 2008
Yeah, this is really quick, so sue me
Okay, I started out writing a response to what Perrotti said about the Mets not having enough money for both of them. Yeah, no. You're wrong Perrotti. In fact, the Mets could have up to $47 mil coming off the books. Yup, that's a lot. Now, here's a link to the potential free agents for next year: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/12/2009-mlb-free-a.html. Now, with this the Mets will be losing Alou, Delgado, Pedro, El Duke and Oliver Perez. Now, I think the Mets will resign Perez, but I don't think he'll get more than what he's making this year, which is $6mil, so the Mets will have around $41mil to spend. Now, this is the fun thing that I like to do, lets see who the Mets can sign(yeah!). My three favorite starters in this are 1. CC Sabathia, 2. Ryan Dempster, 3. Ben Sheetz and I think the Mets should go after those pitchers in that order. Dempster could be a really good, cheaper option than CC, but this is his first season as a starter, so who knows what will happen next year. Sheetz is a gamble because I think it's more likely he'll resign with the Brewers and also he's a huge injury risk. Now, right now Texiera is the best option at 1b. I don't really care about any of those other players that are free agents. Giambi would have been interesting if he wasn't sooo old and if the Mets had a DH spot. But, they don't and he's not young. Ha ha. Now, the outfield could be interesting. Milton Bradley has been playing really well. I wouldn't mind the Mets going out and signing him, not to a big long term contract, but to something small, like a two year deal. There's also Rocco Baldelli who's on there. I think the Rays will probably be done with him. He's the biggest injury risk out of everyone on the list, but he could be interesting. So, this offseason will be really interesting and I'll be waiting, and hoping the Mets do something to improve the team.
A case of the Mondays
Errrr.... yeah, I haven't written on here in a while. I've just been busy, surprisingly. but, besides that, it looks like the Mets are doing okay. We've won our last three series, just the way they should. All they need to do is win two out of three. that's all I ask. We've trimmed 4 games off the Phillies lead, so that's good. Now we have the Mariners coming in, so that should be easy. They do have the worst record in the league. Also, what's going on with KC? They've been on fire. They've won like 7 or 8 in a row or something like 7 out of 8 or 8 out of 9. I hope they do well because I like the young guys on their team. It would be cool to see them in the playoffs, taking the wild card from the Yankees. He he.
Mike, I think you need to check your stats about CC. Just so you know, in his last nine starts he's gone at least 6 innings in each start and struck out at least 8 in 6 of those starts. Plus, he's taken 3 runs off of his era. Not too shabby. Hopefully he'll test the free agent market. I wouldn't mind having a pitching rotation of Santanta, Sabathia, Maine, Perez, and Pelfrey. Plus, maybe we'll sign Texiera. I don't think he'll re-sign with the Braves and he wouldn't be a bad option at first(but you all know that I'd prefer we re-trade for Jacobs!). I can't remember, but is Wagner's contract up this year or next year? I don't think we'll resign him because he's sooo old. I'm actually surprised at how well he's pitched because he was suppose to have a suspect shoulder. I thought he was going to be like Pedro and on the DL all the time. I just think it's time for us to go younger. Maybe we'll put Duaner as the closer? who knows.
Mike, I think you need to check your stats about CC. Just so you know, in his last nine starts he's gone at least 6 innings in each start and struck out at least 8 in 6 of those starts. Plus, he's taken 3 runs off of his era. Not too shabby. Hopefully he'll test the free agent market. I wouldn't mind having a pitching rotation of Santanta, Sabathia, Maine, Perez, and Pelfrey. Plus, maybe we'll sign Texiera. I don't think he'll re-sign with the Braves and he wouldn't be a bad option at first(but you all know that I'd prefer we re-trade for Jacobs!). I can't remember, but is Wagner's contract up this year or next year? I don't think we'll resign him because he's sooo old. I'm actually surprised at how well he's pitched because he was suppose to have a suspect shoulder. I thought he was going to be like Pedro and on the DL all the time. I just think it's time for us to go younger. Maybe we'll put Duaner as the closer? who knows.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
ESPN
Well, Willie is gone. Today I was looking for a cup to drink milk from and I saw my Willie Cup that I got from subway on the way to game 1 of the NLCS. Malone, do you still have yours? Oh well. The Mets are now 1-1 since the firing. I was impressed by the win yesterday as the Mets came from behind in the ninth to tie it off of F-Rod with David coming through with his second hit in the ninth inning(pretty sad). Then we win it in the 10th with a 2 out hr. Not too shabby of a win and we've now won our last two series. Lets hope it continues.
Well, I've got some time to waste because I'm doing my laundry so I thought I'd go over my favorite people from ESPN. I'll eventually get around to writing my least 5 favorite people from espn. It's just hard to get that top 5 because there are sooooooo many people who suck over there, ha ha. So, here we go.
#1. Erin Andrews - Please, is anyone surprised? Really? Have you seen her? He he. But, the thing with Erin is that she's not just all looks. She's actually really easy to listen to. It seems like she knows what she's talking about and she has a pleasant voice to listen to. I'm just wondering when the WWL is going to call her up to Sportscenter? She's a good sideline reporter, but I think she'd be really good doing a Sportscenter or two a week. I saw her last night doing Sportscenter from the College World Series with Robin Ventura(where's he been?) and she was actually really really good. We'll see what happens from here.
#2. Barry Melrose - I think it's the hair. No one keeps the hockey mullet tradition going stronger than Melrose. But, besides that he's actually nice to listen to. He doesn't over talk anything, gets right to the point and has some good insights into the game. There's a rumor he might be a coach again and if so ESPN will have a hard time replacing him. He's said that he's really happy at ESPN so maybe he won't go. We'll see.
#3. John Buccigross - Yeah, I looked this up and I actually spelled his last name right for once(woo!!!). I really like Bucci's schtick that he uses when he's doing highlights. He's pretty interesting, plus he always references bands that I like that I wouldn't think that he would know. I miss NHL Tonight because he did a great job on that show. Maybe the NHL will get rid of Bettman and then be back on ESPN. Probably not, but I can dream.
#4. Scott Van Pelt - Not as good at sports as the rest of the members of his family, but at least he'll have a long lasting career. SVP is by far my favorite ESPN anchor. Plus, the message he left on that random chick's vm is priceless. It's nice to know that he's just a regular guy. That's the way that he comes off on Sportscenter and it's nice that he backed it up. Apparently he even made fun of himself at a graduation speech.
#5. Buster Olney - Not only does he have an awesome blog on ESPN but he's pretty good on Baseball Tonight. He has a really good insight into what's going on in the game and he's easy to listen too when he's talking on BT. Hopefully ESPN doesn't screw this up and do something stupid, like let him go. Ha ha.
So what do you guys think?
Well, I've got some time to waste because I'm doing my laundry so I thought I'd go over my favorite people from ESPN. I'll eventually get around to writing my least 5 favorite people from espn. It's just hard to get that top 5 because there are sooooooo many people who suck over there, ha ha. So, here we go.
#1. Erin Andrews - Please, is anyone surprised? Really? Have you seen her? He he. But, the thing with Erin is that she's not just all looks. She's actually really easy to listen to. It seems like she knows what she's talking about and she has a pleasant voice to listen to. I'm just wondering when the WWL is going to call her up to Sportscenter? She's a good sideline reporter, but I think she'd be really good doing a Sportscenter or two a week. I saw her last night doing Sportscenter from the College World Series with Robin Ventura(where's he been?) and she was actually really really good. We'll see what happens from here.
#2. Barry Melrose - I think it's the hair. No one keeps the hockey mullet tradition going stronger than Melrose. But, besides that he's actually nice to listen to. He doesn't over talk anything, gets right to the point and has some good insights into the game. There's a rumor he might be a coach again and if so ESPN will have a hard time replacing him. He's said that he's really happy at ESPN so maybe he won't go. We'll see.
#3. John Buccigross - Yeah, I looked this up and I actually spelled his last name right for once(woo!!!). I really like Bucci's schtick that he uses when he's doing highlights. He's pretty interesting, plus he always references bands that I like that I wouldn't think that he would know. I miss NHL Tonight because he did a great job on that show. Maybe the NHL will get rid of Bettman and then be back on ESPN. Probably not, but I can dream.
#4. Scott Van Pelt - Not as good at sports as the rest of the members of his family, but at least he'll have a long lasting career. SVP is by far my favorite ESPN anchor. Plus, the message he left on that random chick's vm is priceless. It's nice to know that he's just a regular guy. That's the way that he comes off on Sportscenter and it's nice that he backed it up. Apparently he even made fun of himself at a graduation speech.
#5. Buster Olney - Not only does he have an awesome blog on ESPN but he's pretty good on Baseball Tonight. He has a really good insight into what's going on in the game and he's easy to listen too when he's talking on BT. Hopefully ESPN doesn't screw this up and do something stupid, like let him go. Ha ha.
So what do you guys think?
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Guest Post
Mike Guest Post - I Win
Poor Willie. As happy as I am to have officially won the Randolph/Cashman debate, I hate the way the Mets handled this. I mean come on. They've been undermining his authority for weeks, then they make him fly out to Anaheim, he wins the game, has to do his post game interviews, then they drop the bomb in the middle of the night? Are you kidding me? No class. It's like the Mets brass sat around and tried to figure out the worst possible way to handle this. While it's unlikely that Willie will do this now, I really wish he would accept his invitation to be on Clint Hurdle's coaching staff for the All Star Game. He'd get the ovation he deserves in Yankee Stadium. I think he'll get another chance to manage. If you look at his overall record with the Mets, and the fact that he had them just a few outs from the World Series, You have to admit he did some things right. It's amazing when you think about out. Had they won that game against the Cardinals, and managed to make the playoffs last year, we are not having this conversation. I really think it has way more to do with the lack of leadership amongst the players than it does with Willie. A guy like Mike Piazza wouldn't have put up with all the crap going on in that clubhouse. And it's not like Jerry Manuel is going to fix anything. That guy makes Willie look like Larry Bowa.
By the way, Billy Wagner does a guest spot every Thursday at 5:20 on the Michael Kay show on 1050 ESPN Radio - NY. If any of you who can't pick it up on the radio get a chance, you should go to 1050espnradio.com and listen. Billy just says whatever comes into his head, and pulls no punches. He'll throw himself and other guys under the bus, and usually refers to himself in the 3rd person at least once per interview. I would imagine that this weeks appearance will be a good one. I'll be listening.
Anyways, I have more important things to worry about, like who's going to fill the void left by Chien Ming Wang. It kills me the way pitchers just seem to always find new ways to hurt themselves... I'm ready for football to start!
- I have to admit I totally agree with what Mike said. It was complete BS the way the Mets handled it. I wish there was some way for me to defend my team, but I can't. I really can't. Plus, they fired the wrong person. Omar should have been gone. In fact, Omar should have been gone after the 2005 season. He's made one wrong move after another. In fact, I'm trying to think and I really can't think of anything that really went well that he did. I understand the Pedro signing, we needed to get a big name in NY and everyone knew Pedro was going to get injured and probably often. I also don't blame him for the Beltran signing because, well, Beltran's one of my favorite players. We'll still have to see what happens with the Santana trade. But he failed to trade for Dan Haren when he would have only given up Lastings and Heilman, which right now would have been a steal. The Delgado trade was bad. He had one good season but sucked after that. We could have gotten that kind of production from Mike Jacobs(I refuse to ever, EVER let this go) and for the fraction of the price. In fact, we'd have like $15/mil a year we could have spent on another pitcher and hitter. Ugghhh. The Lo Duca trade was worthless because we gave up nothing and we got 1 good year and 1 horrible year out of him. Then, in 2006 it seemed we were stocked with really good young pitchers so he trade Bannister to the Royals for Ambioux, who sucks. This team could be sooooo much different and sooooooo much better if he had done things the right way. Just think(because you know how much I like to think about this stuff), we could have a pitching staff right now of Johan Santana, Dan Haren, Pedro, Maine, Perez. Then, once Pedro's gone we replace him with Pelfrey. Or, now that we have $40 mil coming off the books after this season, maybe we could get someone like CC to come in? Oh well. As for Cashman, because of Wang, I could see him being gone at the end of the season because the Yankees are in real trouble now. Could he end up in Seattle after this season? It could be interesting.
Poor Willie. As happy as I am to have officially won the Randolph/Cashman debate, I hate the way the Mets handled this. I mean come on. They've been undermining his authority for weeks, then they make him fly out to Anaheim, he wins the game, has to do his post game interviews, then they drop the bomb in the middle of the night? Are you kidding me? No class. It's like the Mets brass sat around and tried to figure out the worst possible way to handle this. While it's unlikely that Willie will do this now, I really wish he would accept his invitation to be on Clint Hurdle's coaching staff for the All Star Game. He'd get the ovation he deserves in Yankee Stadium. I think he'll get another chance to manage. If you look at his overall record with the Mets, and the fact that he had them just a few outs from the World Series, You have to admit he did some things right. It's amazing when you think about out. Had they won that game against the Cardinals, and managed to make the playoffs last year, we are not having this conversation. I really think it has way more to do with the lack of leadership amongst the players than it does with Willie. A guy like Mike Piazza wouldn't have put up with all the crap going on in that clubhouse. And it's not like Jerry Manuel is going to fix anything. That guy makes Willie look like Larry Bowa.
By the way, Billy Wagner does a guest spot every Thursday at 5:20 on the Michael Kay show on 1050 ESPN Radio - NY. If any of you who can't pick it up on the radio get a chance, you should go to 1050espnradio.com and listen. Billy just says whatever comes into his head, and pulls no punches. He'll throw himself and other guys under the bus, and usually refers to himself in the 3rd person at least once per interview. I would imagine that this weeks appearance will be a good one. I'll be listening.
Anyways, I have more important things to worry about, like who's going to fill the void left by Chien Ming Wang. It kills me the way pitchers just seem to always find new ways to hurt themselves... I'm ready for football to start!
- I have to admit I totally agree with what Mike said. It was complete BS the way the Mets handled it. I wish there was some way for me to defend my team, but I can't. I really can't. Plus, they fired the wrong person. Omar should have been gone. In fact, Omar should have been gone after the 2005 season. He's made one wrong move after another. In fact, I'm trying to think and I really can't think of anything that really went well that he did. I understand the Pedro signing, we needed to get a big name in NY and everyone knew Pedro was going to get injured and probably often. I also don't blame him for the Beltran signing because, well, Beltran's one of my favorite players. We'll still have to see what happens with the Santana trade. But he failed to trade for Dan Haren when he would have only given up Lastings and Heilman, which right now would have been a steal. The Delgado trade was bad. He had one good season but sucked after that. We could have gotten that kind of production from Mike Jacobs(I refuse to ever, EVER let this go) and for the fraction of the price. In fact, we'd have like $15/mil a year we could have spent on another pitcher and hitter. Ugghhh. The Lo Duca trade was worthless because we gave up nothing and we got 1 good year and 1 horrible year out of him. Then, in 2006 it seemed we were stocked with really good young pitchers so he trade Bannister to the Royals for Ambioux, who sucks. This team could be sooooo much different and sooooooo much better if he had done things the right way. Just think(because you know how much I like to think about this stuff), we could have a pitching staff right now of Johan Santana, Dan Haren, Pedro, Maine, Perez. Then, once Pedro's gone we replace him with Pelfrey. Or, now that we have $40 mil coming off the books after this season, maybe we could get someone like CC to come in? Oh well. As for Cashman, because of Wang, I could see him being gone at the end of the season because the Yankees are in real trouble now. Could he end up in Seattle after this season? It could be interesting.
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