Baseball geekiness abounds!

I signed up for this.

I've already got the first game in my streak covered: Chipper Jones got a hit.

Tomorrow - Carlos Lee better get a hit.

Labels: Astros, baseball

I called this back then.

For the few days I'll be blogging on baseball in my little brain. I'll see if any makes it to the keyboard.

I still can't believe I paid the $15 for this. It's nice at work though.

Labels: baseball

So damn busy at work. I have so much to do, at times I just have to walk away, or I'd go crazy.

Following up to yesterday, last year I went to three Astros games. This year, I'll hit more. I already have tickets to a Yankees game and one of the home opening stand with the Cards. Going with a Russian friend I took last year.

Also on tap this year, my first trip to the rodeo in Reliant and the Rockets in the Toyota Center. Too much time downtown for me....

Labels: baseball, basketball, sport

My parents have been out of the country for a month and returned tonight.

Me: Y'all missed it, but it was sad to watch the Mets die like that. Poor Willie Randolph.

Dad: You grandfather must be turning over in his grave. Big Mets fan.

Me: Yeah, I was going to root for them, at least in the NL.

Dad: Well, you could always root for the Red Sox,

Me (not out loud, in my head): Dad, I love you and I know that you were a Red Sox fan as a kid in Boston. I would love to root for the same team as you. But you all had me in New Jersey. I was a Yankees fan until I was 11. There's no way I could root for the Red Sox. That's impossible.

Labels: baseball

I'm keeping a resolution and letting myself enjoy this last weekend of baseball. What a weekend it is!

I've picked up the MLB.tv premium package and am watching FLA-NYM and will watch WSH-PHI at the same time on the Mosaic. It's nice, but they blackout all Houston and Rangers games, as well as all Saturday day games.

The picture's ok, but best when you watch one game at a time.

Update: Now watching ARI-COL and SD-MIL in the wild card race on the computer. Astros on the TV for BGO's last game.

Labels: baseball, New Year's Resolutions

That's the way to run a league. Free baseball on the net. None of this blackout crap.

Labels: baseball

1. That's right, this is post number 2,500. Since I was surprised by that, I don't have any remarks planned. I guess this would be a good time for you to review the rules and the legal disclaimer.

2. The missus has named the feeling experienced when watching some show called The Hills and first seeing the cap-toothed blonde weasel: Spencer Reflux Disease. You throw up a little in the back of your mouth when you see him.

3. At least he proved himself an asshat in front of the world when he was talking to Brody about the secret cell phone.

4. Not that I was watching, I was watching the Astros snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Labels: baseball, Shows I don't watch

Trying to get back into a groove. I went to Lafayette on Monday and it's thrown my schedule off.

If you get out to Lafayette, check out The Boiling Point restaurant in Broussard. Some of my colleagues fessed up, and yep, them Louisiana folks keep all the big shrimp to themselves. They were as big as my hand, I guarantee.

For the Yankees who read this, be sure you don't order "boiled shrimp." They won't know what you're saying. Order "bald shrimp."

I worked out this morning for the first time in a while. Listened to Ashlee Simpson, The Dead Kennedys, The Replacements, and Bob Marley. Because I'm cool like that.

Here are some random thoughts:

1. I went to Yahoo Music and threw every song with "hobo" in the title to a play list.

Billy Bob Thornton's song Hobo sucks bad.

Otherwise it was a good idea.


2. We loved minor league baseball when we lived in California. Now we have it in Houston.

BAY AREA TOROS

3. I've found my new theme song!

link

Little Ole Wine Drinker Me

I'm praying for rain in California
So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine
And I'm sitting in a honky in Chicago
With a broken heart and a woman on my mind

I matched the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
And he asked who's the fool in the corner crying
I say a little ole wine drinker me

I came here last week from down in Nashville
'Cause my baby left for Florida on a train
I thought I'd get a job and just forget her
But in Chicago, the broken heartache's still the same

I matched the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask who's the fool in the corner crying
I say a little ole wine drinker me
I say a little ole wine drinker me

I found it on a Merle compilation. I'd never heard it before. I love it.

4. If LC and Heidi were out last week boozing and searching for Spencer, this week LC was gunning for Heidi. What a lying whore! Now LC knows it and she'll be out for blood I'm sure.

Labels: baseball, Shows I don't watch, Weirdness, wine, Yankees

I mentioned one resolution, here are the others:

-Be frugal, save money for the missus' and my dream vacation
-Stop procrastinating (you can tell I'm doing well with that one)
-Finish long-term work projects
-Clean third space in the garage, make room for the Triumph
-Workout, diet
-Follow baseball - I loved baseball, lost my love for it, and now I'm getting nostalgic in my old age for it. I'm watching the Ken Burns special on it right now (I own the tapes).

Labels: baseball, cars are freedom, New Year's Resolutions