Took my family to the Northernmost Southern City, Baltimore - for a long weekend thing. Object of the trip was to see the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim play the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. First time to the park that Cal made famous for me and in a word - WOW. Great place to see a ballgame.
Now growing up where I am, I have been to Shea and Yankee Stadiums dozens of times. Too many to count. I know that YS has all the mystique (I don't buy it) but it's old. Shea is a dump. So we go to the Inner Harbor and Oriole Park at Camden Yards and I am nearly in BB Heaven. Got to shake hands (and the kids got autographs) with Boog Powell, who makes a mean BBQ (Boog's Barbecue), got some foul balls, sat in some great seats, saw a good game. The experience of the whole place was like magic.
Other things we did - National Aquarium, walked the Inner Harbor and ate some food. Odd thing - we stopped at an "Irish Pub" to eat on the water. I ordered a Corned Beef Sandwich. Great meat, but served cold. Never had a cold CB sammy before. Strange. I'll have to investigate. Crabcakes were great as well.
7.28.2008
7.25.2008
The Empire vs. The Nation
Big weekend in Beantown - the hated (to Boston fans) Yankees vs. the Red Sox in a 3gamer at Fenway.
Here's my predictions:
Friday Night
Joba vs. Beckett
Red Sox Win Big
Saturday Afternoon
Pettite vs. Wakefield
Yankees Win a Squeaker
Sunday Night
Ponson vs. Lester
Red Sox Win
I'll watch at least 2 out of 3.
Heading to the Inner Harbor tomorrow to catch the Angels-Orioles game. First time to Camden Yards, so I'm excited. Hoping to have some of Boog's Barbecue.
Here's my predictions:
Friday Night
Joba vs. Beckett
Red Sox Win Big
Saturday Afternoon
Pettite vs. Wakefield
Yankees Win a Squeaker
Sunday Night
Ponson vs. Lester
Red Sox Win
I'll watch at least 2 out of 3.
Heading to the Inner Harbor tomorrow to catch the Angels-Orioles game. First time to Camden Yards, so I'm excited. Hoping to have some of Boog's Barbecue.
7.23.2008
7.19.2008
Parental Role Models
So I attended a Youth Baseball Game tonight - the 10U team from the same program was playing in a neighboring town. Sat in the visitor side stands, which means I root for the visiting team. Simple.
About 15-20 feet away were parents of the home team boys - and beside being absolute buffoons by 'assisting' their teams 3rd base coach - who listened to this group and subsequently got a boy thrown out at home (dumb) - were quite apparently drinking alcoholic beverages out of very large blue plastic cups. They had a car illegally parked, a cooler visible in the open trunk and they proceeded to have a few during a 90 minute ballgame featuring 10 year olds.
Now, where I come from, that is called HAVING A PROBLEM. You mean to tell me you can't go a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon and watch your kid play ball and be satisfied? What a bunch of losers. And the coach of the team has absolutely no balls for telling them it is unacceptable. Like it or not, if a player got in a car with a drunk parent and was involved in an accident, isn't that coach somehow responsible? Just a thought.
About 15-20 feet away were parents of the home team boys - and beside being absolute buffoons by 'assisting' their teams 3rd base coach - who listened to this group and subsequently got a boy thrown out at home (dumb) - were quite apparently drinking alcoholic beverages out of very large blue plastic cups. They had a car illegally parked, a cooler visible in the open trunk and they proceeded to have a few during a 90 minute ballgame featuring 10 year olds.
Now, where I come from, that is called HAVING A PROBLEM. You mean to tell me you can't go a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon and watch your kid play ball and be satisfied? What a bunch of losers. And the coach of the team has absolutely no balls for telling them it is unacceptable. Like it or not, if a player got in a car with a drunk parent and was involved in an accident, isn't that coach somehow responsible? Just a thought.
7.15.2008
28 Bombs
Did you see the show that Josh Hamilton put on last night at Yankee Stadium?
Last man up in the HR Derby launched pitch after pitch into the night and came up with a HRD record 28 dingers, eclipsing Mr. Bobby Abreu's total of 24 when he was still with the Phillies.
But the real highlight was his BP Pitcher, 71 year old Clay Counsil. Hamilton has become the feel-good story of the season, and I admire his return from the depths he was in to become a fine person first and a good ballplayer second. Time will tell if he can be classified as great. I am rooting for him.
Last man up in the HR Derby launched pitch after pitch into the night and came up with a HRD record 28 dingers, eclipsing Mr. Bobby Abreu's total of 24 when he was still with the Phillies.
But the real highlight was his BP Pitcher, 71 year old Clay Counsil. Hamilton has become the feel-good story of the season, and I admire his return from the depths he was in to become a fine person first and a good ballplayer second. Time will tell if he can be classified as great. I am rooting for him.
7.12.2008
More Thoughts on the S.B.C.
That's a Sideways Baseball Cap!
Remember "Trucker Hats" - they were all the rage about 3-4 years ago. All the celebs and disaffected youth were wearing them. Mostly gone now. Now we have the fitted cap of some (most likely MLB) team or some skate co., and they often wear them off to the side, in a fashion statement that makes little sense. What ever happened to individuality? Even the Motley Crue lookin' kids (all 8 of them) are wearing the S.B.C.
Click on the link below for a very funny take on it, amidst an incredibly funny back and forth between two of the greatest characters ever from TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0e5zNRhSo&feature=related
Remember "Trucker Hats" - they were all the rage about 3-4 years ago. All the celebs and disaffected youth were wearing them. Mostly gone now. Now we have the fitted cap of some (most likely MLB) team or some skate co., and they often wear them off to the side, in a fashion statement that makes little sense. What ever happened to individuality? Even the Motley Crue lookin' kids (all 8 of them) are wearing the S.B.C.
Click on the link below for a very funny take on it, amidst an incredibly funny back and forth between two of the greatest characters ever from TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0e5zNRhSo&feature=related
7.10.2008
Driving Stupid with your Sideways Baseball Cap
Picture this - New Era BB Cap (probably one of the Yankee Thug Collection), in your low-riding Hyundai (nice car fella!) - and you try to pass me in a parking lot! Listen here Fitty Cent wannabe - I know your most likely from a broken home, with little or no hope of ever landing a job that pays beyond minimum wage - but passing a car in a parking lot, in a lane, smack-dab in the middle of two parking lanes is pretty dumb.
Now go get yourself a cool pair of rims to go on that piece of sh-----ugar you're rollin'!
Blog My Cap Sideways, Stupid!
Now go get yourself a cool pair of rims to go on that piece of sh-----ugar you're rollin'!
Blog My Cap Sideways, Stupid!
7.08.2008
The Halfway Point
Terrible summer weather has basically put us behind the 8-ball as far as scheduling, so right now we are halfway through summer season. Record stands at 2-4. With a little luck, we are more like 4-2 or better, but them's the breaks.
Last night my team played a team we have lost to three times this year - twice in Spring and once in Summer. Funny - it's not that they are that good, but they capitalized on our mistakes for the most part. And I'm sure they expected to beat us last night, probably by a mercy.
But for six wonderful innings my boys made the plays they had to. On defense we pitched well, got the outs and never gave up extra bases or let them have extra outs. Great job. At the plate and on the bases, we were smart, went up looking to hit, drive the ball and move the runners over. And they executed. It was a marvelous site to behold. It makes it all worthwhile.
Last night my team played a team we have lost to three times this year - twice in Spring and once in Summer. Funny - it's not that they are that good, but they capitalized on our mistakes for the most part. And I'm sure they expected to beat us last night, probably by a mercy.
But for six wonderful innings my boys made the plays they had to. On defense we pitched well, got the outs and never gave up extra bases or let them have extra outs. Great job. At the plate and on the bases, we were smart, went up looking to hit, drive the ball and move the runners over. And they executed. It was a marvelous site to behold. It makes it all worthwhile.
7.04.2008
Big MLB Weekend
Here in the greater metropolitan area!
Let's start with Red Sox @ Yankees. The greatest rivalry in baseball, and the Sox drew first blood last night with a 7-0 Jon Lester complete game. Reports in the papers are that Joe G. had a loud, closed-door meeting after the game. NOT HAPPY!
Maybe they were asking A-Rod about Madonna. THE OTHER BIG YANKEE STORY IN TOWN!
As for the Good Guys - the Mets travel to the City of Brotherly Love for a series with the NL East leading Phillies. Mets are a game under .500, but only 4.5 games out of first, which is Amazin' considering how mediocre they have been through the first half of the season. Now they try to get some revenge for the drubbing the Phils gave them last year. It certainly would take the sting out of the recent past!
And just so we appear fair towards our AL compadres, here's THE BIG MET STORY IN TOWN!
Listening to R. Neer on the FAN this morning, he made some very good points about Mr. Hernandez not exactly being a Boy Scout when he played baseball. But Keith gets a pass from most Mets fans. Funny how a WS win does that!
To get some perspective, read The Bad Guys Won! (I left my first copy at customs in the Tokyo airport!)
Fireworks. On the 4th. Gonna be an interesting baseball weekend!
Blog Out.
Let's start with Red Sox @ Yankees. The greatest rivalry in baseball, and the Sox drew first blood last night with a 7-0 Jon Lester complete game. Reports in the papers are that Joe G. had a loud, closed-door meeting after the game. NOT HAPPY!
Maybe they were asking A-Rod about Madonna. THE OTHER BIG YANKEE STORY IN TOWN!
As for the Good Guys - the Mets travel to the City of Brotherly Love for a series with the NL East leading Phillies. Mets are a game under .500, but only 4.5 games out of first, which is Amazin' considering how mediocre they have been through the first half of the season. Now they try to get some revenge for the drubbing the Phils gave them last year. It certainly would take the sting out of the recent past!
And just so we appear fair towards our AL compadres, here's THE BIG MET STORY IN TOWN!
Listening to R. Neer on the FAN this morning, he made some very good points about Mr. Hernandez not exactly being a Boy Scout when he played baseball. But Keith gets a pass from most Mets fans. Funny how a WS win does that!
To get some perspective, read The Bad Guys Won! (I left my first copy at customs in the Tokyo airport!)
Fireworks. On the 4th. Gonna be an interesting baseball weekend!
Blog Out.
7.02.2008
The Great Indoors
Let me tell you - if you ever get a chance to hit Great Wolf Lodge with the kids, do it. We've been there about five times, and the kids always have a great time.
This time we took some of my oldest's friends - it was his 10th birthday, so we brought a bunch of goofballs (that's what I call them, I can because I am their coach) to the park for his present. Great time had by all.
Happy 4th!
This time we took some of my oldest's friends - it was his 10th birthday, so we brought a bunch of goofballs (that's what I call them, I can because I am their coach) to the park for his present. Great time had by all.
Happy 4th!
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