Poop

We lose.......again. Minnesota's finest team came up one run short tonight, and I listened to it on the radio. Yep, it was me, in the kitchen, doing dishes as Brian Anderson made a fine diving catch to end our season (I saw it on replay). It's just as well, as I was about to "borrow" 20 bucks from my daughter (I would have paid it back!) Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoy listening to ball games on the radio. It's a terrific radio sport, and our local guys do a decent enough job. I just would have liked to seen this beauty, and it apparently it was a dandy as John Gordan repeated the phrase, "WHAT A BALLgame!" about a 272 times from the 5th inning on. GOD it was just sickening. I GET IT GORDO; IT'S AN O.K. BALL GAME. I DON'T NEED TO BE REMINDED AFTER EVERY AT-BAT!!!!!!!!!

What bothered me the most was you could tell it was more of a: "It's ok if we lose, Twins-fans, because we are watching a GREAT FUCKING BALL GAME!!!" AAAAAAAAAAAH!

And does this guy, Gordon,LOVE hyperbole. After the game, he commented that the contest would be remembered as the greatest elimination game, everrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ummmm, good game? Yes. More memorable than Bucky Dent's 3 run blast at Fenway? NO WAY.

However, there are some things I like about the radio broadcast. Firstly, you can hear the fans. Sometimes, they're moronic, which is fun, and other times, but rarely, they actually have intelligent insight. Tonight's example of this was during one of the rare times when we had a guy on 1st base--it was 2-2 count and some guy yelled: "C'mon, you gotta get 'em here, we don't wanna go 3 and 2!!" Well said novel South Sider. Furthermore, the announcers often provide insightful details of the game. Things you never hear on the Tube. For example, Span was on first and was going to steal 2nd, but, as Dan Gladden pointed out, Span noticed that Danks used a quick slide step to home, on the pitch, so he came to a quick stop after taking a couple strides towards 2nd. Good stuff.

Season's over.....GO CUBS!!!!

Game On!!

Sadly, it isn't ON my Computer. As I write, I am moments from walking down to a local establishment--one of the perks of not having cable is that I get to leave home and watch the game at the pub.

SOUNDS like a good game so far. Terrible luck in the 1st inning, for the Twins, as Span was stealing on a 2 strike pitch when Casilla crushed a line drive RIGHT AT the 3rd Baseman....double play.

Bottom of the 3rd coming up, no score. WHERE THE HELL IS BRAMSCHER?! He's supposed to meet me at Neuman's....Dadgummit!!! (what can I say? it's catchy) He's stuck at work. So now I have no one to hang out at Neuman's with.....no cable......no friends.....no money......go twins?

Big Game

I'm upset that the Twins blew it against the Royals this past weekend, and that the Tigers decided that 162 games was just one game too many. BUT, a one game playoff is pretty cool and unprecedented for us Twins fans, and lets face it: Neither the Twins nor Chi-Sox are going ANYWHERE!!! So, we get to have a little, one might even say "Little League," championship game.

Another note of interest, is that this might the only time in MLB history that a team had to play 3 different teams in 3 consecutive days. Pretty cool.

I'll be blogging as much as possible, either during, or immediately after the game. Possibly from a pub--hopefully not drowning in my sorrows.
(the pictures to the right are tonight's starting pictures: Nick Blackburn & John Danks)

'Till then.

WHITE SOX TIGERS BLOG

Well, well, well!!!! It's a rainy day in my 2nd favorite city (sorry Yosh), and thus the game has been delayed. So, the only question is, where will I watch this pretend playoff game? Probably at home: cheaper beer, not in St. Paul's East Side... OOOH, and I did just pick up a six pack of Bell's Oktoberfest... a most excellent brew.

Bottom of 1st inn.Freddy looks like absolute shit for the first 2 batters. Thanks, Fred-Dog, for walking the first 2 guys up. This is not a very good start.

Bottom of 2nd.
Clearly the Tigers have warmer climes on their minds. They are playing like they can’t wait for this one to be over. I guess you can’t blame them. BUT WAIT, what’s this? Inge just made a spectacular catch, going 2-3 rows into the stands to make a FANTASTIC catch. Maybe this can inspire his lethargic teammates. Then again, maybe it shows just how badly Le Tigres want this one to end. Chi-Sox 1-0

Middle of the 5th.
Forced to eat supper with my family, and thus forced to put down the laptop, I missed a couple innings. Mary made a really nice stir fry, btw, most delicious. So I turned the game on and it was still 1-0 with Le Tigres coming to bat. A couple hits, including a double by the gutty Inge, and Le Tigres had a runner in with guys on 1+3 with nobody out. Then, K,K, weak ground out. OPPORTUNITY WASTED!!!!!!!!!!! But at least we have a ball game. In fairness, the 2nd K was about a 13 pitch AB for Granderson. I thought for sure that Chicago's native son would come through. Next time, Curtis!!!
Tigres, Sox 1-1 as Fred Sanford is starting to look like Freddy Garcia, and we go to the 6th!!

Bottom of the 6th.
My stupid lap top got tied up by stupider mcafee securtiy thingy, causing my computer to operate at the speed of Matt Nokes. So I missed the Les Tigres run in the 6th. Maybe I'm bad luck for the visiting club. Freddy's given up a hit here in the 6th so they've brought in the pitching form of Galaraga. Although, it appears that Garcia got hurt because they're giving the guy about 89 warm up pitches. In fact, that must be it 'cause the count is 1-1.
Tigres 2, Sox 1

Apparently, they didn't give 'em enough warm ups because he just threw 2 pitches that landed somewhere near Clark & Addison. So after a stolen base, and 2 wild pitches, it is now 2-2. LARGE KUDOS to Jim Leyland as the old chain smoker is playing to win, and doing all Twinky fans a favor, by removing Galaraga.

THIS CATCHER SUCKS!!! Another one goes to the backstop. My heartburn is worsening.

CRAP!!! Griffey's up, 2-0 count, runners on 1+2, with 1 out. ground ball?

THIS UMP SUCKS BULLS BALLS!!!! Seay, the pitcher, just grooved one, the ump called it a ball. He walked him. Bases loaded. Here comes Leyland. New pitcher. I've noticed that the most homer announcer in the history of all sports announcing, ken "the hawk" harrelson, likes to say "He Gone," whenever he gets a chance. Like when there's a pitching change: "He's gone." When the announcer leaves the booth to take a leak....SHUT UP!!! This guy loves his Chi-Sox, but that's no excuse for over-using the same lame-ass expression.

You can't groove 'em any more than that. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!
Nothing like an 85mph, cock-high curveball to force our Twins to visit the south side. Grand Slam for a guy who is thinner than Paris Hilton: Alexi Ramirez. Ramirez now has the record for most Grand Slams in a year by a rookie--4.

It's gonna be real hard for the Tigers to care now. Sox 6, Tigers 2. (Maybe the Tigers could ask the Feds for a bail-out.)

DID HE JUST SAY "DAD-GUMMIT?!!!" Wow, I was about ready to wrap it up when the Chi-Sox made an error, which prompted the announcer, Harrelson, to blurt out something that was a cuss-word in 1828. Surly he is the only human on the planet which uses that expression. Any thoughts? 6-2 top of 7th.

It's 7-2 now, bottom of the 8th. It's over, and probably over for the Twins as they are throwing Blackburn tomorrow, and, as of late, he has been less than spectacular; AND, we suck on the road. But you never know.

Tomorrow night's game, which is at 6:30 Central, will be blogged. Maybe someone, whose last name is not Zamacona, will read it.

South Park Studios Clip of the Day

This website is fantastic (the link is to your right). Here's a nice little ditty with a couple of the boys hanging out with Magic J.

GO Tigers!!!!

Today's the big game which determines the fate of our beloved Twins. Unfortunately it's at 1:00, which means it'll be a struggle to teach for the last hour of the school day. So, at 2:00 and 10 seconds, I will be on my way to a nearby drinking establishment. Stay tuned as I will try to Blog this game. Have I mentioned what fine outstanding pitcher, and gentleman, Freddy Garcia is? I think I love him.

Garcia, the former White Sox Pitcher, was dumped by Ozzie Guillen, and will be pitching today, for the Tigers, against his former boss.... REVENGE, BIATCH!!!!

Back?

O.k., this is where I pretend that people are going to read this blog....

This Blog needs a focus, so here goes: Comedy, some sports stuff, music, links to comedy and sports stuff and music, and the occasional observations of life. The last of these items is what has been most prevalent in my blogistry (new word?), and what I am most proud of. But these can become tiresome to write on a day-to-day basis.

Firstly, the Twins are absolutely infuriating....'nuff said. Even more frustrating is knowing that if the Twins would have won the first two games with K.C. this weekend, we'd be division champs. The Joke is on the Twins AND the White Sox, as neither is deserving of the title......the league should overrule both and send the Royals. Aside from Gomez, no one has been hitting the ball on a consistent basis. Morneau the "MVP" has been god-awful. With bases loaded today, with one out in the 7th, he had a 2-1 count and promptly hit into a double play. In another at bat Morneau looked like my wife trying to hit whiffle balls......not good.

Today was the first time, in a long time, that I was up, out of my chair, and yelling and swearing at our beloved Twins. Luckily, the kids were outside terrorizing the neighbor girl's birthday party.