A Little Whine Please

To all who like to b*tch and moan about the way sports that are run by 100% volunteers (who go way above and beyond) - STFU!

Wow.

It's Over Johnny

Got a haircut.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Won 35-23.

Take that. Now go back to the hole you came from.

Proud of my boys.

Best Served Cold

Don't think I ever got into this, but a few weeks ago my 4th Grade team went to play a town team sponsored by a church. We lost, but the game was exceptionally rough (3 of my boys got hurt), the two old-guy refs couldn't be bothered to take control (or keep up on the court) and the home team parents serenaded my team at the end with the infamous "nah nah nah hey hey" song. Classy.

So now that same team come to our little slice of heaven today. I am just coaching, but I'm pretty sure we will draw a big crowd. Gonna see if we can get a little revenge. In a nice way.

First Win

So my 4th Graders got their first win of the season last night, coach being very happy for them. We played for the full 3-2; and the other team wasn't very good, but a win is a win. When you're 9 or 10, none of the other stuff matters.

Anyhoo - I went up by 20 late in the 3Q, so at that point it was 5 passes before anybody gets off a shot. I wasn't there to embarrass anybody, or out the throttle to a bunch of kids, even though it's been done to me. Here's a tip for all you budding Coach Ks (in youth hoops) - you may think that the beatings you lay on lesser teams is fun, but basketball is a cruel sport. You will get housed by somebody else; karma is a bitch.

bad weather this weekend with a lot of rain. Miserable.

Goodnight, Andy

So today is the day...Andy Pettitte retires.

You know the accolades; 16 years MLB pitcher, clutch performer, winning-est pitcher in playoff history, etc., etc., etc.

But let's not forget - admitted PED user with a taste for HGH, unhappy camper all the time about his contract and how much dough he was getting paid, ship-jumper to Houston when the money called, and losing-est pitcher in playoff history as well.

Adios.

So now I hear all the Yankee fans crying about their rotation (Sabathia, Hughes, Burnett, Nova, Mitre) - and how they should go out and get King Felix, since they are the Yankees and deserve him; and how they can give Seattle nada in return.

Welcome to reality, Yankee fans.

Old Man Winter

Is really kicking it up a notch today. We have snow piles that are like mountains due to all the white stuff, and now we are in the midst of an ice storm. There's a warning in effect until tomorrow afternoon!

At this rate, outdoor baseball practices will commence around mid-May (that is a "whistling in the dark" joke).

So I will go home in about 90 minutes and see what I can do to push the ice around my driveway. I can already tell this is gonna be fun.