BAY AREA BASEBALL: TORTURE!!!
1 Especially for our opponents.
2 The baseball gods smiled down on us all yesterday, and I LOVED it!
3 I almost died when I saw that Goofy Aubrey Huff lumbering up to the plate after sitting all year getting splinters in his partying ass.
4 Weirdest move of the season, by far. It was like watching some cartoon Frankenstein come in and tell our best playoff pitcher so far that he was coming out.
5 And for the A’s, you gotta love Coco’s Catch last night.
6 But JAY-zuss. How’s the old ticker this morning?
7 How come the A’s towel wavers didn’t seem intimidating to me? Maybe it’s the laid back cowbell mentality from the early days, but they just didn’t look threatening. Don’t get me wrong: they looked enthused, but not as intimidating as all the newshounds are saying.
8 Contrast to the Black Hole when the Raiders would get in the playoffs. I used to work out there and THAT was pretty intimidating.
9 Oh, well. I’m glad I copped that pic of Miguel Cabrera kicking his helmet. It brings back that great pic of Ryan Howard in 2010 looking like the ice cream fell off his cone.
10 Moving on, Part the First: Someone pulled a GREAT practical joke on me last night. I see to it that I get to bed early these days so that I don’t go into work looking like something the cat drug in.
11 I knew I would have to get up at around four to write this fluff, but I’m well trained in being able to accomplish that. I have insomnia down to a science.
12 The challenge with breaking news is that you have to search the web for re-caps so that you don’t depend on using your noodle while groggy.
13 I also wanted pictures, which isn’t always easy during playoffs. Some websites won’t let you steal.
14 I got the Giants’ pictures pretty easily, and LOVED the shot of Romo. That guy pitched his worst game yet and still did it with so much heart that it worked. That was the first picture I saw this morning, and it made me burst into a huge smile. The Merc News had the same picture, but I stole it first!
15 When I searched for A’s pictures, about three different websites reported that the A’s had LOST. I did that little hesitation like you do and stupidly went on that website.
16 My computer immediately froze.
17 I lifted my hands and immediately asked myself, “Are you nuts? You WATCHED the game.”
18 But early in the morning after the week I had last week?
19 Last week was the most exhausting week I have put in perhaps ever. I had meetings, fire drills, lockdown practices, grades due, and blah, blah, blah.
20 It’s tough enough to go through playoff baseball without all that.
21 It’s a great challenge to go through.
22 If exhaustion is my problem, then I got no problems. But for one millisecond, I thought I might have dreamed about the A’s winning. The joke worked. I don’t know how practical it is, but it worked.
23 Moving on, Part the Second: I must confess, I suckered for that story, if only for a second. I thought to myself, “Did I just dream about the Tigers looking nervous and being put down all night?”
24 I swear to you.
25 I’m not alone being dazed and confused these days.
26 My entire school walked around like zombies this week. This includes the students, who were totally off-the-charts nutsy yesterday.
27 I just ride those waves. Surf’s up. When the kids get a little loony, I mess with them. I will prolong a lesson just enough that they start to get bored, and then I’ll throw some music and fun into the second half of the lesson. They WILL get giddy and ridiculous, but it’s going to happen way later in the period.
28 Seasoned vet over here.
29 Crash Davis.
30 Who?
31 Seasoned vet smile over here.
32 Moving on, Part the Thoid: So that’s about it for this nonsense today.
33 I got a saloon to run.
34 Have a GREAT day, and let’s keep WINNING!
35 We got the bastids right where we want them.
36 Aight then, I’m out.
37 Catch you on the reebz.
38 Peace.
~H~
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