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Sox Win! Sox Win!

27 Oct


Oh wait … wrong Sox. Oh well.

Now it’s officially, really winter. How long until Spring Training starts?

I Love L.A. (mostly)

11 Oct


Congrats to the L.A. Angels of Anaheim for knocking the Yankees out of the playoffs last night and wiping the smug demeanor off the faces of A-Rod, Randy Johnson, slimy Giambi and especially Hideki Matsui, who I was happy to see make the last out. Never has there been a bunch of ballplayers who acted like they were entitled to greatness, and I am so happy that their season is now over.

(Yes, the Sox are also out of it, and yes we got swept, but we were happy just to be in the playoffs this year. The Yankees thought they had actually earned a place in the playoffs, when they just got lucky in the end. And, at least the Sox look like they enjoy playing the game. I don’t know how anyone can enjoy watching the Yankees play when they never smile.)

Anyway … so here are my fearless predictions for the rest of the post-season, based on nothing more than who I like and who I know and who I’d enjoy rooting for:
Angels over the White Sox in 6 games
Houston over St. Louis in 6 games
Houston over the Angels in 6 games

I’m not putting any money on any of those picks and I hope the people who actually care about this stuff (hello, Todd) will take them with a grain of salt. But I think I would actually enjoy watching the World Series if it was the Astros and the Angels. Jeez, there’d be a lot of red in the stands in both parks … It might actually be like the Sox were still in it. (What? A guy can dream, can’t he?)

Thanks for the Memories …

8 Oct


How times change. Three games, three losses and that’s it. Game over. Season over. It went by so fast that it almost seems like it didn’t happen. And amazingly, as soon as Game Three was over, folks I saw on Boylston St. were walking around — is it possible? — looking relieved.

Alright, we’ve had our fun. The euphoria, the high, the celebratory tone lasted just about the entire year. And now we can all move on and get back to our lives. Don’t get me wrong, I am truly bummed that the Sox lost. But we had it good for a long while, and maybe that’s why it doesn’t hurt that much. Papi and Manny brought the dramatic hits and home runs, Millar made us scream and laugh, JV inspired confidence, Damon kept us all relaxed, everyone else pitched in, and we all enjoyed the ride.

It certainly was fun while it lasted. But now it’s time for me to get some sleep and enjoy a long winter (sigh, a very long winter). At least I have my memories — and my 12-disc DVD box set of last year’s post-season to keep me busy until Spring Training starts.

I’ll see you in February, Papi … For now, let’s go Angels!!

Why Can’t We Be Friends?

1 Oct


Boston’s gone baseball crazy this weekend. And some are saying the editors of the Weekly Dig — one of the free publications you’ll find all over Boston — are just plain crazy. You be the judge.

Let’s Go Red Sox !

30 Sep


Even the youngest fans know who to root for this weekend …

(And no, I don’t know who these kids are. I just found the picture on the web.)

Could You Smell the Wood Burning?

26 Sep

It’s been three days since I’ve posted something here, but nothing’s been all that posting-worthy, so here are a couple of days’ worth of random thoughts …

* I stayed in the office late on Friday night (until 9 p.m.), mostly to square some stuff away, clean up my desk, and get organized after a couple of crazy days. One facet of getting organized was coming up with a to-do list for Monday. Of course, by doing that, I now know all the work I have waiting for me. Talk about a catch-22. So maybe getting organized wasn’t such a good idea …

* Saturday was one of those impulsive shopping days at Newbury Comics. Walked in to get a free pint glass and the new Maroon 5 live CD, walked out a half hour later with those things and five other CDs. I shouldn’t tell you which ones, but maybe by confessing it’ll make me feel better: The 40-Year-Old Virgin soundtrack; Genius and Friends, a sub-par “sequel” to Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company; All-Time Top 100 TV Themes, a 2-CD set of stuff from Six Feet Under to The Lone Ranger; the Desperate Housewives soundtrack (no comments, please); and the Elizabethtown soundtrack.

* Went to an ice cream tasting get-together for Marie’s birthday on Sunday. We all had to bring a favorite flavor so of course, I brought Hydrox (i.e.: Cookies and Cream) from Rancatore’s. (mmmm…Ranc’s.) But when tasted alongside Ben & Jerry’s Fossil Fuel or Caramel Sutra, somehow the Hydrox just couldn’t compare. Does Ben & Jerry’s make bad flavors? Because I’ve never had one …

* Got caught up on some TV this weekend. Thought the Martha Stewart version of The Apprentice wasn’t all that bad. I’ll probably continue to watch it, since it comes on right before Lost and doesn’t compete with anything else. Everybody Hates Chris, on the other hand, was not as good as the hype would imply. (Good thing, since it’s on opposite Alias and The OC.) Didn’t really enjoy How I Met Your Mother either. Neil Patrick Harris was just trying too hard, and the show seemed like it couldn’t sustain itself for very long unless new women are introduced every week. Wanted to get back into Prison Break, but I’m three episodes behind now (four including the one that’ll be on tomorrow), so at this point, I think I just have to call it and say I won’t be watching that show. I know it’s great, but I can’t watch ’em all. The second episode of Reunion was alright. Nothing great, but not awful either. I feel like by not telling you who’s dead yet, the show is just being an annoying tease and frankly, I don’t like any of the characters enough to care. It is, however, fun to figure out just what Bedford, NY the show is taking place in. Not the one I grew up in, that’s for sure.

* I don’t know about the rest of the country, but here in Boston — as I’m sure it does in New York — it feels like the baseball playoffs have already begun. If things remain this close, it’s going to be a long week. (And bummer I’m leaving town early for Rosh Hashannah.) My prediction? The Sox will end up 2 games ahead of the Yankees, who won’t make the playoffs. (Thank you, Cleveland.)

* One bad thing about Blogger is that it doesn’t allow you to track the traffic your blog is getting. (Or at least if it does, I don’t know how to do it.) But it seems like I have a lot of readers. And it seems like friends are telling old friends who I haven’t heard from in years to read the site. Case in point: got two emails from people last week who had heard about the blog from other people. Hadn’t heard from one of them in, oh, I don’t know, 14 years. Small world this Internet is …

* As much as I’ve tried, Laguna Beach has drawn me in. Big Time. And I tried to resist, really I did. But now I can sit and watch the same episodes over and over for hours. So here’s a PSA for any other straight male Laguna Beach fans (and I know I’m not the only one): go check out the new issue of Rolling Stone, the one with Evangeline Lilly on the cover. Turn to page 80. Nice.

* What happened to summer? All of a sudden it’s chilly again.

Phew! Maybe I am better off being in the office, where I’ll have plenty of work to keep me busy …

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