World Series 2009 – Let’s Hear it for New York

This world series sucks.  It really couldn’t be worse.  At least for me.  A Mets fan (womp).

I love the Mets.  I love the Mets too much.  I put too much faith in them.  I live and die with them, which is usually in a slow, painful matter that really can only be relatable to a dying deer on the interstate or some poor fuck in the Saw series (what are we up to now? Saw fifteen? when will enough be enough? i haven’t seen one since Saw III, which was terrible, no good very bad (also, when is this dude going to die?  is he already dead? I’m asking way too many questions for someone who claims to hate this series and have no interest. well, there is always wikipedia.  Thank you, America) but I digress).

The shitty part about this World Series is that I really want to watch it, even though it means that one of the teams I hate the most is going to win.  There is a few options.  I can choose a side and live with it for now, or just not care at all about the Series.  I like baseball too much, and I really think this Series is going to be good…so I went with option one (the red pill, Neo) and the choice was clear.

The New York Yankees.

I spent a lot of time thinking about this, and began to realize things that may make others angry.  I don’t hate the New York Yankees.  I don’t at all.  Sometimes I hate they way they run their organization, the way that they throw money at anything and everything they can.  Sometimes I really really hate that.

Sometimes I really hate their players.  I don’t really like Melky Cabrera and Robby Cano.  I think they are assholes.  Moreso Melky.  He seems like a dick.  Jorge Posada is also getting on my nerves.  The way he bitched and moaned about not being able to catch AJ Burnett in the playoffs.  Grow up dude.  You’re old and decrepit.  If they Yankees want a sure-fire double play, they’ll have you pinch hit.  Grow up.

A-Rod is a different story.  I’ve already documented some of my thoughts regarding the big dude.  You can read them here. I’m too tired and lazy to write more about him, since some of my opinions and thoughts have definitely changed.  Oh well.  Maybe some other time.

But I like the winning mentality.  It sucks to hear it from Yankees fans, don’t get me wrong, but in a way it is cool to always be expected to be that good.  Could that be a cause of their payroll? Or an effect of it?  Is it their storied history?  Again…too tired to dig deeper.

I’m rooting for the Yankees because at least at this point, they are fun to watch.  I LOVE Nick Swisher, always have, always will. Loved him on the A’s, the Sox, and now the Yanks.  How can you not love to watch him?  The kid LOVES to play the game.  He has fun.  That’s what baseball is all about.  I mean, shit, it’s a fucking game.  I love Teixiera too.  Even when he was on the Braves I like this guy.  He’s a class act that can swing the shit out of a bat, and field the shit out of a ball.  I would have liked to seen him in Flushing everyday (fucking Delgado ugh).

Maybe it’s because I’m from New York.  I love this state, I love the city.  I’m always going to hate on (not hate…just hate on) the Yankees, and their fans are obnoxious and stupid.  But I can’t bring myself to root for the Phillies.  I just can’t.  I don’t like the city of Philadelphia, I hate their fans probably more, and I don’t like any Philly.  Maybe Jimmy Rollins due to his commercial for Dick’s.

I feel like other Mets fans (CJ) would give me shit for rooting for the Yankees.  But I’m sticking to my guns.  I was brought up in a pro-NY household.  My dad roots for both the Mets and Yankees, both the Giants and Jets.  Would some call him a bad fan?  Maybe.  But the guy just loves his NY sports.  That’s it.  I didn’t grow up hating the Yankees.  I’ve always had a little bit of them inside me, but I chose the NY Mets because as much as there is to lose with the Mets, there is that much more to gain.  Almost like LeBron staying with the Cavaliers (I’m making a bold assumption).  It’s the difference between being with something at the beginning and knowing you were there the whole way through rather than jumping on the bandwagon.

I’m sure that’s how Phillies fans feel.  But I don’t want any of that.  I don’t want them to win the World Series two years in a row.  The Mets are always going to be playing second fiddle in New York.  That’s how it is always going to be unless for some reason the Mets shift ownership in a positive direction and the Yankees have an epic spiral of disaster.

I don’t want to always play second fiddle in our division.  We spent too many years behind the Braves.  This is our chance now to come out and show the world who we are.  And I don’t want the Phillies standing in our way.

Don’t expect me to stand up and cheer for the Yankees (unless I’m drunk) but in all seriousness….these streets will make you feel brand new, these lights will inspire you.

Let’s hear it for New York.

Softball Stats

Corporate Softball Stats Update:

Soda Jerks lost their first game since I’ve been playing.  I went 2-2 with two singles, no runs and no RBI.  Raising my lifetime batting average to .667 and OBP to .636.  But there is no I in Team.  We lost.  I am devastated.  While we clinched a playoff spot, if we win our two games next week we clinch 1st place.  Until next time…

Corporate Softball Stats Update

Yesterday, Dennis C Dowd went 3-4 with 2B, 3B and 2R and 2RBI lifting his season AVG to .571 and OBP to .555.  I need to get lifted John Legend style and go yaya.  I don’t have much, but at least I got my corporate softball stats.

Prince Fielder

At 5’11″ and 270 lbs, ladies and gentlemen please meet the world’s largest vegetarian, Prince Fielder.

Prince Fielder

Yep. This guy preferrs tofu over red meat.  Over any meat in fact.  And he really is that big.  I love America.  Congrats to Prince for swinging out of his shoes to win the Home Run Derby the other night.  He was legit golfing balls over 500 feet.  Out of control.  Gotta love it.

Goodnight little warriors, time for DennyBear to start with season 1 of Entourage and catch up.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

Love.

Corporate Softball Stats

Just in case you all were wondering, Dennis C Dowd went 1-3 with an RBI last night, helping to drive his team to their 5th consecutive win.  Dowd’s lifetime stats are (in two games): AVG = .200, OBP = .400, 1 Run, 1RBI.

(I rule.)

A-Rod: A-Fraud or A-Flawed?

Heroic Pose

Before I begin…what an AWESOME picture.  You can’t make this shit up folks.

So I just watched Alex Rodriguez’s interview with Peter Gammons–one of the most respect baseball writers of all time.  Clearly he went to Gammons because of his enormous credibility and wanted to deal with ESPN and not Sports Illustrated because he SHAT so hard on SI’s Selena Roberts.  [she really sounds like she sucks.  sounds like she is a barnacle or a vampire that just wants to suck the life out of A-Plod.]  Anyway, during the interview I felt really awful for A-Shod [i'm going to try and call him a different A-[--] name every time I can].  He looked like he was about to cry and I just wanted to hug him.

I hope he is telling the truth.  If he is, I’m completely on his side.  If he used steroids, oh well.  Who didn’t?  Anybody who could use steroids during the early 2000s could and did.  Those early 00s will be forever known as the steroid era in baseball.  That’s what happened.  That’s history.  Yes, he was supposedly the “Golden Child” who would erase Barry Bonds’ asterik-ridden accomplishments.  That is somewhat disappointing.  I’m a huge baseball fan, but I can come to grips with the fact that pretty much everyone used steroids during that era.  It sucks, but–it happened.

If he is telling the truth and has been clean since 2004–then I’m ok with that.  At least he understood the errors in his ways and stopped doing that.  Or did he just stop because now MLB was going to test everyone.  I don’t know.

I’m an eternal optimist and I trust people.  Sometimes too much.  Maybe I shouldn’t trust him, he did lie right to Katie Couric’s face.  But he did say he was lying to himself.  I believe we all deserve a second chance.  If he has been clean since 2004 I’m ready and willing to forgive him.  Let’s see what he can do over the next 9 years he’s under contract.  If he continues to put up numbers and wins a championship then he should still be in the Hall Of Fame.  However, only time will tell for him.

I just realized I only called A-Shod two different names [four including the title of the post].  BOROPHYLL.  So here goes.  A-Broad, A-Cod, A-Jihad, A-Hurrahed, A-Quad, A-Ramrod, A-Wad.  A-Jihad is my favorite.  That’s funny.

PS.  I just posted the link to this blog on my Facebook.  I don’t know if that will increase the traffic or readership of this site, but to anyone who reads this on a semi-regular basis–Thanks.  And please, if you have any sort of comment/reaction/hate and/or love mail, please feel free to leave it.

Love Always.

BASEBALL 2008…predictions sure to be wrong

Spring has arrived, summer is on the way.  baseball is back.  i’m so pumped.  here are my predictions for the year.  we’ll address my progess at the all-star break to see how terrible my choices were. 

 NATIONAL LEAGUE

East

1. New York Mets
2. Atlanta Braves – Wildcard
3. Philidelphia Shitfuckers
4. Washington Nationals
5. Florida Marlins

Central

1. Chicago Cubs
2. Milwaukee Brewers
3. Cincinatti Reds
4. St. Louis Cardinals
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Ass Pirates

 West

1. Arizona D-backs
2. San Diego Whale Vagina Padres
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Colorado Rockies
5. San Francisco Giants

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EAST

1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox – Wildcard
3. Toronto Blue Jays
4. Tampa Bay Rays (no longer the devil rays…fuck satan and all his works)
5. Baltimore Orioles

Central

1. Cleveland Indians
2. Detroit Tigers
3. Minnesota Twins
4. Chicago White Sox
5. Kansas City Royals

West

1. Seattle Mariners
2. Los Angeles Angels at Aneheim
3. Oakland A’s
4. Texas Rangers

I am awesome.

[edit.] i realize i didn’t include my world series prediction…so here it is

Mets vs. Indians.  Mets win in 6.

currently listening to:

panic at the disco – pretty. odd.