so, the planets must have been perfectly aligned yesterday. i mean, everything that i wanted to happen yesterday happened, and it ranks right up there in my top 10 sports days of all time. seriously. last night the gators showed their (multi-sport) dominance with ncaa tourney repeat, keeping the game out of reach despite the huge freshmen oden who kept trying to wrestle it away from the gators.
and, of course, the yankees won their home opener, despite some subpar pitching and three errors. jeter came through with a clutch hit, and giambi came up big as well. i took the afternoon off and watched the game, and it was absolutely wonderful. now, those are the big two events for me. but everday during baseball season i hope for three things to happen. first, i want the yankees to win. check.
second, i want the pirates to win. lest you think i have abandoned my first baseball love, you are wrong. it is hard to follow a terrible team from a distance. i only get to see a handful of their games each year, and it gets monotonous reading each day about the variety of ways they find to lose. but, i try to stick with them, and i always root for them. so, my second hope each day is that pirates win. and they won their opener yesterday against the astros in dramatic, extra-inning fashion. check.
finally, i always hope the red sox lose. as you may know, i have developed quite the distaste for that organization, and would only be really content if they finished the year 0-162. so, i always hope the socks lose. and yesterday they lost to the royals. check.so the planets must have been aligned for me yesterday. it was a good start to the baseball season, a good finish to the ncaa tournament, and a fun day to continue to live out my child-like love of sports and competition.
always a kid,
greg.
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he also won his ncaa bracket (the TV had ncaa on the other night and pirates on his mlb radio subscription)
if you guys are ever in State College, the Spikes are a Pirates team now - we'll be going to many, many games this summer!
that would be awesome. i love minor league baseball games. isn't the altoona team also a pirates team?
the pirates won again!
pete:
you, too, are a great person and a great friend, but you are, after all, a fallen man. as am i. and if my worse sin is that i beg the baseball gods that the red sox lose every game for the rest of their pathetic existence, then i'll live with that.
how about you? who do you want to lose? probably the yankees. oh well. if that's the case that makes you and millions of others.
based on the weather here in the nyc area, i don't think there will be a game today for you to root against them.
I too, was glad to see the Gators win because that meant I came in second at my bracket at work and actually won some money. shhh... don't let the word get out; some consider that gambling.
Also, i think i may actually follow the pirates this year, as they have some young blood. I haven't followed the Pirates since the days of the Killer B's. But, then, i really don't like the game of baseball that much in general. Too slow. Yawn. I'm sure you find that terribly offensive! :)
i can't believe you are a part of red sox nation. and to think i actually respected you...
okay, after typing that i thought i better make sure that you know i'm joking. i can still respect you. but i can also pray for your soul.
sorry for the misunderstanding.
and as we've discussed earlier, i am a bit jaded and i see the city of boston through these very dark lenses. boston? did you say boston? nothing good comes from boston...
yanks vs. twins tonight.
sidney (fatty) ponson vs. carl (the always hurt) pavano. should be fun.
greg.