Going WIth Your Best

SoulSlam does not profess to be a genius in all things...but in some I am. Take baseball. I definitely am a genius in that.

OSSS's varsity team was in the county tournament over the last week. Seed #15. Played in round 1 vs. #18 and got the W. That was last (last) Saturday. Played 3 games over the week. Best pitcher threw Monday in a win. Setting him up to pitch in MCT vs. #2 seed in round 2. In talking to OSSS, he mentioned they may not use #1 pitcher, because he 'throws a little harder and the other team will be used to that'. I thought that was odd, but maybe it was just coach talk.

We get to away field in Mo-Town on Saturday afternoon and set up on rise past OF fence. I notice a soph LHP warming up. Good kid, good pitcher. Not #1 starter though. That also means OSSS probably not playing since #1 pitcher (a senior) also plays 1B. OK, no problem. It's about the team you see. Anyway, Soph LHP (who is very good, but lacks experience) gets lit up for 5 runs in 1st inning. Ouch.

Second inning rolls around and LHP is out, #1 is now on mound, OSSS is at 1B. And for the rest of the game, it is 1-1. Bulldogs lose 6-1. I think there was a little too much coaching strategy and thinking going on, instead of seeing things for what they were. Season is still very much intact though. Teams is at 7-7 (last year they were 6-18) so they have some time to make some noise.

Like I said, it's about the team. And OSSS is a soph with a bright future ahead with this team. So I am enjoying it while I can.

Silence is Riddled with Bullets

What the F does that mean?

Anyhoo...SoulSlam hasn't been hanging out here, I've been hanging out here. That doesn't mean I've abandoned the townsfolk, just was on a sabbatical of epic proportions.
SoulSlam was in Vegas last week for the J-O-B. Working 16 hour days, so I like when people say "did you have fun"? Lots. I did get to wake up every day around 3:30AM (my internal clock is like a fine swiss instrument), walk around...just me, hookers, drunks and cops at that time. Saw Penn Jillette in McCarron while I was waiting for the redeye. He's big. No male model either.

Baseball season upon us. The Sons of SoulSlam are playing, OSSS is on HS Varsity, playing well. Get's in about half the games as a soph. His summer team starts up with a Memorial Day tournament, so that is around the corner.
YSSS is on our travel team and the MS team. Less I say about the MS team the better. He's struggling a bit so SoulSlam is gonna work a little harder with him so he can be in a better place to succeed. All you can ask for.

Dogs got skunked the other night. Always a party when that happens. Thanks to Reuben Kincaid for the remedy.
Been cool around these parts, though we get the occasional 75+ degree day. Right now it's sitting in mid-40's on a late April day. Not much precip either. So the April showers may not result in May flowers.

I've been hitting the gym lately. Joined right after New Year's and I've been faithful in going. Looking to explode. Big like house. I feel awesome. But that's a given.

Fantasy BB Begins!

We have a team called...wait for it, wait for it....SoulSlam. We are very in love with this name. It is run by SoulSlam himself and OSSS.

Season begins in earnest today. Well, I have Kenley Jansen but Brian Wilson derialed my save opportunity last night.
Here's my better position players:

Miguel Cabrera

Andrew McCutcheon

Freddie Freeman

Josh Hamilton (I know)

And my pitchers:

Chris Sale

Zack Wheeler

Trevor Rosenthal

Kenley Jansen

Clay Bucholtz

12 team league, lots of ball-busting within a select group. As it should be. Fantasy sports are self-deprecating by nature.

Opening Day! (Sorta)

Let's forget about the games down under,
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover"

Oh, sorry.....

Finally here! Awesome!

This Gets An...

The point of this blog is to blog...to rant...to make fun of...to laugh at life's little absurdities. So imagine my surprise when the literary world of the small country of Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 citizens according to the WWW, contacted me to let me know I am everyone's favorite writer. I was floored.

Perhaps one day I can visit my fans. All 34,000 of them.

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BTW, this is my 1000th Post!!! YOU'RE WELCOME!!!

Actually a Nice a Day!!!!

Sitting at OSSS' HS, waiting to p/u after baseball practice. And I'm marveling at what a nice day it is. Outside temp is a sunny 54, and it looks like the snow is going to finally get beat. 

Excitement!!!

Missing You

There. I said it. I am missing one Alex Rodriguez, #13.

Everyday I pick up the NY Daily News and NY Post, and the stories are the same. And they don't include A-Rod. And that is sad. Because A-Rod was always an awesome read. Minotaurs! Hookers! Cameron Diaz! Sunning himself! Jeter jealousy! The list goes on and on.

And out of deference to the man, I decided not to use a picture that is condescending, like the one below.

Ohhhh...my bad, A-Rod.