Tuesday, August 17, 2004
No more Neifi
So we come back from a week on Lake Shasta to find out that Neifi had been released.. Aww, boo-hoo.
We pulled our magnificent three-story houseboat up to the marina mid-week to refuel, and there it was, just over the hill, a moderate plume of brown smoke rising. Never fear, though: The fire did not disrupt our trip in any way, and we able to consume the thousand dollars' worth of liquor we bought.
Right now, we here at E.K. Nation are enjoying the wild-card lead again. It's strange to say, given our feelings about the wild-card system and how it absolutely sucks, but considering that the last four times the Giants have made the playoffs, they have been eliminated by a wild card team (although once being a wild card themselves), we are no longer going to be picky about how we get into the playoffs.
One reason the wild card system sucks is that the wild card only needs to beat the best team three out of five times to advance. However, we don't mind that right now; with Jason Schmidt a good bet to start Games 1 and 5 of any five-game series, the Giants have a realistic shot at a guaranteed two victories in those two games, thus needing just one more win in three in a series likely against the Cardinals. And we took two of three in St. Louis recently.
• We were going to take a look at how Barry Bonds' numbers compare to other MVP "candidates" in the National League, but we found that Josh at The New Giant Thrill had already done so, and the result speaks volumes. There is no way anyone other than Bonds deserves the MVP award. Sorry, folks.
• We'll be making our first trip to Wrigley Field next month, for two of the three Cubs' games against Pittsburgh. And we are stoked.
We pulled our magnificent three-story houseboat up to the marina mid-week to refuel, and there it was, just over the hill, a moderate plume of brown smoke rising. Never fear, though: The fire did not disrupt our trip in any way, and we able to consume the thousand dollars' worth of liquor we bought.
Right now, we here at E.K. Nation are enjoying the wild-card lead again. It's strange to say, given our feelings about the wild-card system and how it absolutely sucks, but considering that the last four times the Giants have made the playoffs, they have been eliminated by a wild card team (although once being a wild card themselves), we are no longer going to be picky about how we get into the playoffs.
One reason the wild card system sucks is that the wild card only needs to beat the best team three out of five times to advance. However, we don't mind that right now; with Jason Schmidt a good bet to start Games 1 and 5 of any five-game series, the Giants have a realistic shot at a guaranteed two victories in those two games, thus needing just one more win in three in a series likely against the Cardinals. And we took two of three in St. Louis recently.
• We were going to take a look at how Barry Bonds' numbers compare to other MVP "candidates" in the National League, but we found that Josh at The New Giant Thrill had already done so, and the result speaks volumes. There is no way anyone other than Bonds deserves the MVP award. Sorry, folks.
• We'll be making our first trip to Wrigley Field next month, for two of the three Cubs' games against Pittsburgh. And we are stoked.
