Happy Happy Joy Joy

You might think that title is about the SF Giants winning the World Series (Dynasty!). But it is not.

It's because...

A-ROD IS OFF THE SUSPENSION LIST AND NOW AN ACTIVE ROSTER PLAYER FOR THE 2015 NY YANKEES!!!!

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!

Winner. Take. All.

Game 7. The end of the dream for one team. SF Giants vs. KC Royals. Here we go.

Best of Three

That's what this year's WS is down to. Been pretty exciting. And even though I'm rooting for the Giants somewhat, the Royals winning it all would be cool too. Since you rarely see the Royals on national TV (up until now) I didn't realize how many studs they have.

And a note to you Met fans: if you think those penny-pinching and butt=clinching owners and GM are going to make a run at Joe Maddon (the Pride of Hazleton!) you are vastly stupid.

Ebola

Now I don't want to sound the alarm, but this whole Ebola thing isn't going to put us in The Walking Dead or The Strain territory, is it?

The Team

Two actually...

First, we had them tryouts for 8th grade boys. I have nine (9) on the roster. Good to see most of the boys have grown, we were a little challenged in height last season. Better days.

Second, we had fantasy basketball draft the other night. I had pick #4. My starting team:

Chris Paul

John Wall

Dwight Howard

Andre Drummond

Kemba Walker

DeAndre Jordan

Got some others like JJ Redick and Lance Stephenson on the pine. First year of fantasy basketball. My fantasy football team has hit the skids (thanks AP) so I'm looking to bring it with the roundball!

WIllpower

It has taken nearly all of it not to demonstrate with great violence how much I dislike some of my co-workers, specifically the ones who do virtually nothing but like to take credit from my guys.

We Got Hoops!

Travel basketball tryouts this weekend. Due to some youth football snafu, SoulSlam has to try out a bunch this afternoon, then the remainder on Sunday. All good I guess, though I also have to coach two 18U Baseball Games wrapped around the tryouts. Busy I am.

This is last season in our travel program for these boys as 8th graders. From what I've seen we got some good size after being small in 7th grade.

I'm determined to limit the roster to 10...we had 13 last year (mostly because we were a two-time league champion and I didn't have the heart to cut kids from a championship team). We had a couple of (botton of rotation) boys no-show a lot of practices so they most likely get cut if they come down. It's all in the tryout y'see.

You Need A Bigger Shovel

To dig a deeper hole.

That's deep, metaphorically speaking.

Postseason Giddyness

Watching Royals-Orioles on the screen...there some really great baseball being played here. Playoff baseball. And Giants-Cardinals start it up in a few. 

Playoff baseball. Maybe some day the team I root for since I was a freakin' little kid will return. I dream. 

So my picks have basically been blown to smithereens. Except for Baltimore. Right now I'm enjoying the game. I have no favorites. So good luck. 

THREE DAY WEEKEND!

You know, on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, they had a segment about why Columbus Day is still a thing...I'll tell you why: SO I CAN HAVE A THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!

But they had some good points; SoulSlam is not of Italian heritage, so celebrating a man who got lost and "discovered" America in this day and age seems a little loose. Listen Paisan, the vikings and the celts had all been here before. Probably as much as 500 years before your expedition reached ground. SMACK!

But I'll enjoy my extra day off from the J-O-B...

Wrong, Boyo!

Except for the Charm City club, SoulSlam was wrong, wrong, wrong.

So O's-Royals and Giants-Cardinals. And for you non-Irish folk, here's the def of Boyo...

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Some are nice surprises...and that's what this is. The KC Royals have made it to the ALCS!!!

Out and about since 5:45AM yesterday, arriving at mi casa around 7:30PM. So mostly listening to radio. But I did see a couple inings including a Billy Butler steal of 2B!!!

Now they go on to play the O's - that's gonna be good!