Insane Random Ramblings

It was just awful. Almost every game that I watched, the team that I was rooting for lost. There were a couple of games that I didn’t really care about but I watched them just because. I have to admit this past weekend was nice. There was football on all day Saturday and then basketball on all day Sunday.

Now we’re on to Monday and I don’t want to see either team that’s playing football tonight. There are a ton of basketball games but I don’t think any of them are coming on regular tv. I refuse to pay for a league pass for any of the major sports so I don’t get to see the games that they show.

I’m sure I’ll find something on television tonight to occupy my time. At least until I hit the casino so I don’t have to go out tomorrow.

Instead of watching football. The Steelers won so that was cool. There were some pretty good games involving our division (the Ravens lost, yeah!) but I didn’t get to watch those. The Pats played the Chargers but I wasn’t interested in that game.

Then the game I waited all day for, the Eagles vs the Falcons. It was a pretty good game but there were a lot of turnovers/mistakes. In the end, the Falcons won so I was pretty bummed about that. My coworker was happy because her cousin plays for the Falcons but other than that, she wasn’t interested in that game.

Meanwhile, I put off doing laundry so I could watch the game. I should have done the laundry.

I’m so happy for a friend. Not really her, but her cousin. He plays football and he was just signed to a NFL team! He’s packing because he leaves tomorrow to start camp etc.

He’s such a nice and humble guy and it’s really good to see something positive happen to him. I really wish him the best of luck!

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.

Awesome moments:

Mark Cuban requesting that David Stern present the Larry O’Brien trophy to the original owner of the Mavericks, Donald Carter and his wife, Linda Jo.

Jason Kidd being the oldest player to start and win a Finals game.

That hug between Dirk and Jason T. minutes before the game ended.

LeBron not winning!!!

Bill Russell presenting the Finals MVP trophy to Dirk.

***Edited to add*** I almost forgot the best moment of all…

Dirk’s coach, mentor, father figure Holger Geschwindner looking on with tears in his eyes and a look of pride when it was evident that the Mavs were going to win…Truly awesome moment.

***End of Edit***

Quotes:

Dirk Nowitzki on LeBron and D Wade mocking his cough: I thought it was a little childish…a little ignorant.

Jason Terry: I don’t think LeBron James can guard me for 7 games. (and he didn’t!!!!)

Dan Gilbert - owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers via Twitter: Old Lesson For All. There are NO SHORTCUTS. NONE.

LeBron James: Does the ball always go in the basket? No (Ha…so true!!)

Mark Cuban: Miami is not a happy place right now..but we don’t care…We are the champs!!

Wow the Mavs really did well on Tuesday and I can’t wait for tonight’s game. I’m hoping they can win tonight and take a 3-2 lead into Miami where they’ve already won a game. I was online looking for info on the team and I found a lot of other information. I found a ton of san antonio jobs and it’s making me think I should move there since they have way more jobs than I’ve seen locally.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it or not but I’m not really a basketball fan at all so it’s pretty odd that I’m enjoying this series as much as I am.

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.