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observations from a weekend where everything was put on hold for sports:
fantasy baseball draft weeekend has replaced Christmas as the one time per year i get so excited that it's hard to fall asleep.
i've gotta stop going to early season games in outdoor parks in the northeast. sunday night's RedSox-Orioles game was in the high 20s with a whole lotta wind. just completely uncomfortable. the pretzels we bought outside the stadium were rock hard by the time we sat down to eat them. the grease from my cheesesteak congealed so fast that i almost couldn't finish it. after sitting for 6 innings, Dan and i were both amazed at how stiff our knees were when we got up to meet some other friends. Dan's grandmother kiddingly told him before the game to brink some whiskey - he really should have. still, it was nice to be at the opening game, but the temps at Shea next Monday better be a little more hospitable.
this might be the best time of year for sports. you've got a new baseball season, the men's and women's Final Four, the Frozen Four (NCAA Hockey finals for the uninitiated), the NHL playoffs (much more exciting than the regular season), the NBA playoffs coming up soon, a new MLS season (worth checking out Freddy Adu), the Masters, etc. my eyes are already glazing over.
i don't often win money betting on sports (still owe you that night at the Brick, Matt!), but i did pretty well with the NCAA tourney this year winning our local Brooklyn pick pool picking UConn, plus having the most overall victories, and finished 3rd out of 75 people - good for $75 - in another pick pool that i might have won if Kansas could have beat Georgia Tech last weekend. hooray for me.
the Smithereens' "Blow Up" was a really terrible album.
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BLOW OUT with john travolta is pretty terrific.
and now that i'm a sporting kind of guy, count me in for following this year's Frozen Four.
Posted by: marc | April 6, 2004 06:08 PM
marc you're probably kidding but the semifinals (Denver vs. Minnesota-Duluth and Maine vs. Boston College) are tomorrow during the day. the final is Saturday at 7pm, though. i don't know who to root for yet, but the game should be a good one (5 of the past 8 have gone to overtime).
Posted by: jamie | April 7, 2004 12:35 PM
Watching the rebirth of Jaime Moreno and DC United on Saturday stirred a deep desire to be at RFK, drinking Iron City and saying hello to Tariq. The fact that I was at Doug's, doing the same things we used to do in the stands, while watching Jaime, Ben Olsen et al winning a nationally televised game was extremely satisfying.
Larry, it's time to Open Wide for Some Soccer!
Posted by: jake | April 7, 2004 05:53 PM
yeah, it's time to end the San Jose Earthquakes reign of terror!
Posted by: jamie | April 7, 2004 05:58 PM
I hate Landon Donovan so much I could spit.
Posted by: David | April 7, 2004 06:20 PM