Insane Random Ramblings

I haven’t decided if I’m going to a local game or if I’m going out of town for a game. Both Cleveland and Cincinnati aren’t that far from me. I can also do a Washington, Baltimore or even a Phillies game without having to miss a day off of work. I love watching baseball games whether it’s time to raise the feather flags for the national anthem, watching the concession workers or even the opposing teams fans. I do have to admit that I’m not fond of the 7th inning stretch and “take me out to the ballgame”. Other than that, I love going to the games.

It’s just too bad that none of my friends really likes baseball.

I’m pretty happy because both the Mavs and the Pirates won their respective games. The Pirates are now 1 game under .500 and the Mavs tied up the series at 2-2. I’m happy for both teams because I want to see the Mavs win it all and I’m hoping the Pirates will finally have a winning season.

Unfortunately for the Yankees, Teixiera was hit on the knee and had to leave the game. The knee isn’t fractured and Tex is listed as day to day. I don’t really worry about the Yankees though, they may have lost last night but they’ll be ok.

With no football to look forward to in the foreseeable future, at least I have baseball and basketball to get my by. For the next week or two anyway.

Just a bunch of random thoughts today:

•  My niece’s birthday is coming up and I have no idea what to get her.
• I’m hoping for an invite to visit some relatives in Florida. That way I can take my niece and visit my other relatives at the same time.
• I’m kinda irked that the Mav’s lost last night. I so do not want to see the Heat win a championship.
• Why did I just decide that Dirk is a hottie.
• I think it’s the hair.
• The Pirates got shellacked yesterday. They had beat the Phillies by a large margin in the previous two games but yesterday was a hot mess.
• Their record isn’t too bad this year.
• Maybe this is the year they break the .500 mark.

That’s all.

This is the year the Pirates play the AL East for inter-league play. That’s a good thing, they don’t play the Yankees but they do play the Red Sox at home. I probably won’t go to that game but I really want to go when they play the Blue Jays in Canada. I have a few issues to work through though:

• My passport is expired and I probably won’t have the money to renew it until the middle of May. That means I’ll be pushing it to have it back by the end of June.
• I don’t want to make the 6 hour drive by myself since none of my friends really likes baseball.
• I’ll have to pay for at least one night in a hotel. Since it’s baseball season and my preferred hotel chain is the preferred chain of MLB, I may not be able to get a room and if I do, I’m sure it will cost a lot.
• I don’t want to pay that much in gas and tolls. I could take the new MegaBus but that’s something I’ll plan last minute.
• It’s the week before the 4th of July so I’m sure a lot of Americans will take that week off. The roads will be crowded and I’m wondering if a lot of people will flock to Canada for their time off.

Hopefully I can work something out because I would really like to go.

Boooo for losing on his birthday!!! But I saw the pictures he took with his friend and they had a great time at the game. They did a little tailgating before the game and had a few beers during the game. Afterward the game they went out for dinner. Since they still had their game gear on, they opted for something really casual.

All in all he had a really good time even if his team did lose. I’m just glad he enjoyed his birthday.

The free baseball preview is over already. I write a post about it every year. It irritates me to no end because most teams only play 5 normally scheduled games during the first week of the season. Most of the time, they play one or two day games and then a Fox or ESPN national game. It doesn’t hurt that I like one of the most popular teams around so I can almost always catch their games.

I’m really tempted to shell out the money for the subscription package. Then my better judgement takes over and I wonder what I was thinking. Oh well, there’s always the 2 or 3 days after the All Star Break to look forward to.

There were several games on but the game I really wanted to see came on at 1pm so I totally missed it. I don’t even know if the Giants got their high school rings, World Series rings or whatever they may get. I don’t like their team so it wasn’t important to me.

Hopefully there will be some good baseball games on starting this weekend. This is my favorite time of the year but I get pretty antsy when I can’t be home to watch the games. Fortunately baseball runs for the next 6 months so I’ll more than get my fill of games in the coming weeks and months.

Frowny face!!! The Yankees play at 1pm and I’ll still be at work. Technically I’ll be at lunch when the game starts but whatever. Then there’s a 4pm game, which I’ll miss a part of because I leave work at 4:30pm and I don’t get home until 5:30pm. Then there’s a 8pm game but it’s the Giants and Dodgers. I don’t care about either of those teams so I could care less about that game.

It just sucks that I couldn’t get the day off.

This is one of the worse parts of the year for me as far as sports goes. Football season has ended but baseball season hasn’t begun yet. Meanwhile I don’t like hockey and I’m not really a fan of basketball. It seems like it will be forever before baseball starts but it’s really a couple of weeks. The players have already started spring training and opening day is fast approaching.

I’m getting really anxious though.

And it’s all because of the baseball playoffs. Last week there were two games on until Wednesday so I missed both of my favorite shows. Luckily I am able to catch them on cable at any time but now I have 2 episodes to watch before I can watch the newest shows. I haven’t missed the commercials though. I think I’ve seen everyone out there right now. There is none for The best diet pill on the market right now but I have caught a few good ones.

I guess I shouldn’t complain about the playoffs too much. Once there over in another couple of weeks, there won’t be any more games until April. And that’s a long time away.