THE DODGERS ARE CURRENTLY RANKED AS THE #1 TEAM IN ALL OF BASEBALL, ACCORDING TO SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, YAHOO.COM, AND VARIOUS OTHER LEGITIMATE SOURCES.
THIS FEELS WEIRD.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Paul McCartney is a PIMP!
Here are some of my highlights from this year's Coachella music festival.
Sir Paul McCartney doing Georgie Boy's "Something"
Sir Paul McCartney doing Georgie Boy's "Something"
Paul singing "A Day in the Life/Give Peace A Chance"
M.I.A., inciting a bat-shit stage invasion during "Bird Flu"
TV on the Radio being brilliant as usual
And to think, I've always been a Lennon man...
Paul probably gave me the best concert of my life.
The desert calls for us all.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
I Had Lost My Mind
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Harmony in waiting
Five games in, and we're all still waiting for this vaunted 2009 offense to come alive. Or to at least score more than five runs in nine innings. Everyone is waiting for it to click. To run on all cylinders. To be as good as every cliche I can think of.
But when will it happen?
Today, Hiroki Kuroda, the Dodgers #1 starter, is on the disabled list and career minor-leaguer, Eric Stults, will go for his fifth MLB win.
Uh-oh?
Maybe the Dodgers can dream a little dream and get back on track by listening to the masters of harmony, The Mamas & the Papas. Here's a song for the nostalgic.
But when will it happen?
Today, Hiroki Kuroda, the Dodgers #1 starter, is on the disabled list and career minor-leaguer, Eric Stults, will go for his fifth MLB win.
Uh-oh?
Maybe the Dodgers can dream a little dream and get back on track by listening to the masters of harmony, The Mamas & the Papas. Here's a song for the nostalgic.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
American Beauty
It really annoys me when people tell me that baseball is boring.
I watch my sports on TV mostly with my two buddies, Ponch and Justin. We loaf around, have some brews, and watch football and basketball like delirious maniacs for two-thirds of the year. But when that last third makes its way to springtime, the games are watched alone by me.
Mostly I feel bad for people like Ponch and Justin, so ignorant and resistant of the beauty of baseball.
Baseball is so comforting to true fans because the true fans are more than likely watching the majority of the games in solitude. Over those 162 games, you quickly realize that it will be only you and your team for most of the way.
People like Ponch and Justin don't know what that kind of comfort means though, so I discount them as nothing but talking heads who are recycling the same uninformed diatribes they learned while growing up with other people who didn't know anything about baseball.
I can recommend only one thing for Ponch and Justin, and that is to stay with what they know. Because people like them will never understand our nation's pastime.
I watch my sports on TV mostly with my two buddies, Ponch and Justin. We loaf around, have some brews, and watch football and basketball like delirious maniacs for two-thirds of the year. But when that last third makes its way to springtime, the games are watched alone by me.
Mostly I feel bad for people like Ponch and Justin, so ignorant and resistant of the beauty of baseball.
Baseball is so comforting to true fans because the true fans are more than likely watching the majority of the games in solitude. Over those 162 games, you quickly realize that it will be only you and your team for most of the way.
People like Ponch and Justin don't know what that kind of comfort means though, so I discount them as nothing but talking heads who are recycling the same uninformed diatribes they learned while growing up with other people who didn't know anything about baseball.
I can recommend only one thing for Ponch and Justin, and that is to stay with what they know. Because people like them will never understand our nation's pastime.
Monday, April 6, 2009
GAME ON!
The Dodgers feel different.
They're obviously more agile. Younger. Faster. More powerful. It was only the first game of the season, but today, as a gelled and confident team, they beat Jake Peavy.
Blah blah YES, it was against the Padres...but I haven't seen a Dodger squad pick itself up like that on defense in a long time. Last year is gone, shed completely by 2009's first victory.
2009 Snap Judgement #1
The Dodgers have WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY better chemistry this year and it seems like they're really trying to push each other forward now. Awesomeness.
And with Jonathon Broxton's last 100 m.p.h. fastball, the Dodgers are undefeated.
They're obviously more agile. Younger. Faster. More powerful. It was only the first game of the season, but today, as a gelled and confident team, they beat Jake Peavy.
Blah blah YES, it was against the Padres...but I haven't seen a Dodger squad pick itself up like that on defense in a long time. Last year is gone, shed completely by 2009's first victory.
2009 Snap Judgement #1
The Dodgers have WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY better chemistry this year and it seems like they're really trying to push each other forward now. Awesomeness.
And with Jonathon Broxton's last 100 m.p.h. fastball, the Dodgers are undefeated.
Tiny: Wayne. How you doin'?
Wayne Campbell: Hey, Tiny, who's playing today?
Tiny: Jolly Green Giants and the Shitty Beatles.
Wayne Campbell: Shitty Beatles? Are they any good?
Tiny: They suck.
Wayne Campbell: Then it's not just a clever name.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
