Monday, August 18, 2003
Somebody Please...
Never let Ozzy Osbourne into a baseball game again. Ever. I beg this.
The I-Saw-You-Doggin'-It Award: We have our second-ever winner of the award handed out to an athlete who displayed less-than-100% effort during a game. And it's me. Yes, me. I was playing in a softball game yesterday and hit a lazy pop fly to shallow left field. Frustrated, I jogged halfway to first base, and then I realized that the shortstop dropped it. It got far enough away from him that I would have reached second had I been sprinting all the way. But instead I had to retreat to first. Bad me. I deserve it. Especially since the next batter grounded into a force play at second, which would not have happened if I had been on second to begin with.
The Southpaw: I want to give a shout out to a fellow Giants fan at The Southpaw. Thanks for the link, and I hope my link to your site, which I just added, boosts your attendance. Although probably not for a while; this site hasn't had much advertising or word-of-mouth yet. But I'm tryin'!
What a Long, Horrible Trip It Was: Can't wait to see the Giants make their way back home after that terrible roadie. Six losses in a row; I can't take it. I was checking up on yesterday's loss to Montreal on ESPN's Game Update feature. I knew the Giants were in trouble when the ESPN page took a while to refresh once it was 3-and-2 on Brad Wilkerson with two outs in the ninth. I could just picture the guy updating that page typing all those words, figuring that was what took so long. I fully expected to see a big fat "4" suddenly appear in the Expos' ninth-inning score box, and sure enough. Three this week with Atlanta--Barry's coming back, not a moment too soon--and then three with the Fish. Let's turn it around. I don't want that lead getting any smaller.
The I-Saw-You-Doggin'-It Award: We have our second-ever winner of the award handed out to an athlete who displayed less-than-100% effort during a game. And it's me. Yes, me. I was playing in a softball game yesterday and hit a lazy pop fly to shallow left field. Frustrated, I jogged halfway to first base, and then I realized that the shortstop dropped it. It got far enough away from him that I would have reached second had I been sprinting all the way. But instead I had to retreat to first. Bad me. I deserve it. Especially since the next batter grounded into a force play at second, which would not have happened if I had been on second to begin with.
The Southpaw: I want to give a shout out to a fellow Giants fan at The Southpaw. Thanks for the link, and I hope my link to your site, which I just added, boosts your attendance. Although probably not for a while; this site hasn't had much advertising or word-of-mouth yet. But I'm tryin'!
What a Long, Horrible Trip It Was: Can't wait to see the Giants make their way back home after that terrible roadie. Six losses in a row; I can't take it. I was checking up on yesterday's loss to Montreal on ESPN's Game Update feature. I knew the Giants were in trouble when the ESPN page took a while to refresh once it was 3-and-2 on Brad Wilkerson with two outs in the ninth. I could just picture the guy updating that page typing all those words, figuring that was what took so long. I fully expected to see a big fat "4" suddenly appear in the Expos' ninth-inning score box, and sure enough. Three this week with Atlanta--Barry's coming back, not a moment too soon--and then three with the Fish. Let's turn it around. I don't want that lead getting any smaller.
