My Arizona/San Diego trip was lovely! Thanks for asking. I was able to survive the 30 degree weather in the Grand Canyon, the hot-air balloon ride and the off-road jeep tour in Sedona, and even the 7.2 earthquake in San Diego area. Overall I'd say that was a productive trip. I just don't understand why the weather was nicer here in the NYC area than it was in San Diego. Usually you take a vacation to a warmer destination... but not me!
The earthquake out in San Diego on Easter Sunday was an experience. My girl friend and I both thought we were getting dizzy and about to pass out, but then we realized that the earth was just moving beneath us. It only last about ten seconds where we were, but it was enough to allow me to remember it for the rest of my life! I also won't forget learning about how the US Navy uses dolphins for specific military operations. Why does Flipper have more military credentials than me?!
Brad Stevens, the young looking Butler men's basketball coach, just received a 12-year contract extension. I guess that seems about right for leading a "mid-major" within a final shot of the NCAA Championship. I only wonder if he will look old enough to order a beer once this new contract runs out.
The Red Sox dropped two of their first three games of the season to the hated New York Yankees. Normally this would get me riled up, but then I remembered that there were still like 200 games left in the MLB season. April baseball is about as relevant as the NBA season in November.
I thought it was interesting that a MLB Umpire called out the Sox and Yanks for playing way too slowly. It makes sense though, because every time those two teams square off against each other you know that you won't be getting much sleep that night (regardless if it is a 1 p.m. start or not). I propose having a "pitch-clock" which would be similar to basketball's "shot clock". This way pitchers can't take forever on the mound and batters will be forced to stay in the box. Luckily I don't have to watch that jerk Nomar Garciaparra's batting routine anymore, but Big Papi is beginning to really irritate me with his batting superstitions. You can only spit into your batting gloves and slap your hands together so much! Not to mention it seems like he has lost all of his hitting ability. In the words of my former college basketball coach, "GET HIM OUT.... GET HIM THE F%$# OUT!"
I want to know how the NY Yankee logo ended up on the Boston Prudential building? I used to live a few blocks from there and that Boston landmark was reserved for cheering for the home team.... not the arch rival. Someone is going to get his or her ass handed to them for this prank! I think a suitable punishment would be to tie them up and force them to watch the last four games of the 2004 ALCS while blasting Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" and the Dropkick Murphy's "Tessie".
Does that new NIKE Tiger Woods commercial make anyone else want to put their fist through the television? Using an audio clip from Tiger's dead father for the purpose of re-making Tiger's image is kind of disgusting to me. I know there have been many parodies of this commercial already, but I'd like to hear one that has digitally changed Tiger's father's comment into.... "Did you have fun banging all those whores? Are you going to do it again?"
Whoever flew the plane over the Masters with the trailing phrase, "Tiger did you mean Bootyism", deserves a star for the day. Not only is this hilarious, but it's a valid question. Tiger never revealed much about his past encounters with Buddhism, yet his past dealings with Bootyism became very very clear over the past several months. I feel that it was just a great journalistic question and I'm waiting on a response from Tiger.
Apparently the Rutgers men's basketball coach was fired because of his yelling at an opposing school's baseball team. What ever happened to school spirit and the First Amendment Right? It's hard enough to find passionate fans that give two craps about Rutgers sports, so when fans/faculty actually do show up to sporting events... let's not take the drastic step of firing them okay?
If you thought MLB was embarrassed after last year's debacle with the misspelling of the "Washington Natinals" on a couple uniforms, then they have to be extra pissed that a similar situation took place already this season. That's right, one of the members of the Giants represented "San Francicso" instead of "Francisco". I don't understand what is so hard about using "spellcheck" nowadays? What's next to be misspelled, the Boston "Red Sux"? If you leave it in the hands of a Yankee fan we may just see that sometime soon.
Did you hear about the six Slovenian hockey players who beat up their American coach after winning another league championship? Okay, so they were all drunk and the coach was originally from New Jersey... but that is still no excuse! This topic is so interesting that I think a "Top 10 List" is in order. Besides, I haven't really done one of these in awhile...
The Top 10 Reasons To Beat Up Your Coach After Winning A Title:
10. He really is from New Jersey.
9. You're retiring and you no longer have to worry about playing time.
8. He decided it would be funny to spray you with a bottle of his own piss instead of champagne during the celebration in the locker room.
7. He cursed you out one too many times during the season... especially in front of female fans.
6. You play on a Rugby team and beating up your coach after winning a title is the norm.
5. His pre-game and post-game speeches sucked.
4. You're not skilled enough to see any actual playing time so this is your one chance to have the media cover you.
3. He's so drunk that he won't remember anyway... and he didn't give you enough credit during wins.
2. Because beating your coach up after losing in the title game would just be too harsh.
1. He snuck one too many peeks at you while you were in the locker room shower.
And on a final note, the University of North Dakota has decided to dump the "Fighting Sioux" nickname. If you think of a good replacement name.... drop me a line here. Until then, I'll be thinking of a decent name on my own. I could be here for awhile.
Until next time.... (and I promise it won't be another 12 days because vacation time is over!)
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