World Series

It must be nice to be a fan of a team that wins.

I've never felt that satisfaction. It's always disappointment. Maybe that's why I'm so pessimistic nowadays. I always look or see the negative in most things. It's not something I necessarily like, but something I have no control over really. I hate to relate real life things with sports, but when you're as big a sports fan as I am it all seems to relate. Teams I'm a fan of and even teams I've been a part of have always had something go wrong. I'm a Purdue, Bears and Cubs fan. That should be enough explanation. Actually, being a Cubs fan should be enough. Anyway, I just want to be able to feel whatever it is that fans of winning teams feel. I'm not talking about Laker fans or Angel fans or anyone else who is a bandwagon fan of teams who win. I'm talking about the Boston/New England, Philly, St Louis, Indy, Green Bay...fans like that who wait and wait and finally get it done. Being a fan of the teams I am, you just come to expect failure. It's sad, but true...I should write a song called that...but that's just the reality. Maybe I'm making too much of this but I don't think so.
On another note...I just found a place that sells Whatchamacallits by the case...Best place ever!

BYE!!

Same 'ol Cubs!

Well Eddie Vedder once said..."some day we'll go all the way" speaking of the Cubs. Really? Will they? Don't think so. The best team in the entire National League and 2nd best team in all of baseball is now down 2-0 to the Dodgers. They freakin' Dodgers. The team that led the NL in runs scored and on base % and walks...they've scored 5 runs in 2 games! half of those in a meaningless 9th inning in a game 2 10-3 loss. Look, I don't believe in curses or any of that nonsense, but there HAS to be something going on. Tonight the Cubs made 4 errors by all 4 infielders! Ramirez, Theriot, DeRosa and Lee are 4 of the most sure-handed guys in the league and they all botched routine grounders! Seriously? This shit just doesn't happen to regular teams. Zambrano pitched a pretty spectacular game...if not for the errors; in fact Theriot should have had 2 but they ruled it a hit...I expected us not to hit and the possibility of Big Z having a bad game, but to not be able to field? I mean c'mon....it's always something. ALWAYS!!! Last night it's Dempster walking 7! and tonight we make 4 errors....
If Lou keeps Fukudome in the lineup for game 3 there's something seriously wrong. The guy has looked absolutely terrible the last 2 months of the season and even worse in these first 2 NLDS games. 2 called strike 3 looking tonight. Unacceptable. I want to see DeRosa in right and Fontenot(yes) at 2nd base....
On another note...it's not unexpected from Cubs fans to see this happen. We shut down every post-season. It's baffling how they lose their ability to hit anything when the 1st of October comes around. Anyway...WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR!!!!

"the cubs are like boys going to prom expecting to get laid...but alas..."

BYE!!!

We've seen this before...

Well what's new.  Best record in the National League.  Home field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.  Solid pitching.  Solid hitting.  Solid D.  Solid coaching.  So why wouldn't you go out and lose game one to the LA Dodgers 7-2 and look pathetic while doing so.  It's just something Cubs' fans have come to expect.  It's hopeless optimism followed close behind by realistic pessimism.  Wrigley was as quiet as ever on Wednesday night.  Cubs fans knew what was happening.  Ryan Dempster hadn't walked more than 3 batters in a game all year.  He went 14-3 at Wrigley.  So nobody was surprised when he lasted only 4 1/3 and walked 7!  Yes 7 batters.  The Dodgers, who couldn't score runs all year long even with Manny, were having their way with Dempster and the Cubs.  Losing game one is devastating for the home team.  I almost think it's better to start on the road, especially for the Cubs.  If you start on the road you don't have all the pressure of everyone thinking that you must win and have to win.  Also, if you happen to "steal" one on the road then you get to come home with a chance to close out the series.  We'll see what happens but it doesn't look good for the Cubs.  Zambrano on the mound tonight and I'm afraid we're going to see the bad Z.  He's gonna go out and try to do too much and get emotional.  The Cubs hitters are gonna be pressing also, and that leads to swinging and missing more times than not.  The only hope is that the Dodgers counter with Chad Billingsley who hasn't been very good the last few starts of the year giving up a lot of runs.  If the Cubs lose tonight they'll get swept in the 1st round for the 2nd season in a row by an NL West team.  If they win then we should have an exciting series the rest of the way, probably going all 5 games.  I'm not entirely optimistic about tonight's game, but I'm hoping for the best....

BYE!!!

Some more Random toughts...

700 billion $'s...WOW!  Look, I'm all for helping the economy just as much as the next person.  It's tough for everyone right now; well, almost everyone.  The banks and mortgage companies screwed up and were reckless.  I know if I screw up and am reckless nobody comes to bail me out so why should I help bail out these screwtards?  There's gotta be better way.  I wonder if these companies have tried having car washes on the weekends?  I did that back in '96 for student council and we cleared $500 easy in one day.  If each bank has one of these each weekend for a year we're lookin' at at least a couple million....Just sayin'

I live in L.A and this week the Dodgers play the Cubs.  I'm also a Cubs fan and in the last 3 days If I'd had a nickel for everyone who said "go Cubs" to me I'd have at least $4.  It's amazing how any Cubs fans there are everywhere.  It's understandable that I've gotten so many salutes because I'm sure half of the "dodger" fans don't even know their team is in the playoffs.  In fact, I wonder how many even know they moved from Brooklyn...GO CUBS!!

I think Sarah Palin is by far the most under-qualified person to ever run for any office ever!  But she is smokin' hot!

In other news, I just picked up my 4th sponsor in guitar hero, legends of rock, medium level.  No big deal...I leave for my Japan tour later tonight.

Of course the weekend I want to go camping it's supposed to rain.  Hasn't rained in Southern CA in 4 months so why not?  Funny thing is the last time I went camping it rained, no poured, for 3 full days in Phoenix.  It hadn't rained in Phoenix for 183 days before I got there.  I'm like Pigpen from Charlie Brown only with a rain cloud over me instead of dirt.

Have I mentioned how I'm nearly 100% sure that White Sox catcher A.J. Piersynski (sp?) is gay?  You know how I know you're gay? You dye your dumb ass hair bleach blonde and whine about everything.  You know how else I know you're gay?  He used to use the same restroom s Larry Craig...'nough said!

Filled up at $3.49 today...that's pretty good right?  I thought so.  When I moved to CA gas was $.89/gallon...in '02.  Goodness how times have changed...

Winerschnitzel came out with a new foot long chili cheese dog...I'll let you know on Monday how it is!!  Hip hip Hooray!!

Ostrich...that's not a burger, it's a bird!

BYE!!!