Thursday, May 02, 2013
Baseball’s symphony of sounds
(espn.go.com)
Peavy smiles and says: “I try not to yell; I try not to swear. But at 7 o’clock every night, I turn into someone different. I’m out there trying to focus. I’m competing. I can’t control myself. But I have three little boys. I want them to be able to watch their daddy pitch without hearing all the yelling.
Read More...Dunn smiles and says: “I make fun of Jake. I mock him. I can’t even make the sound he makes when he’s out there; it will hurt my throat. We do an over/under on when he’s going to first yell at ...
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1. Guapo posted on October 20, 2012 at 08:45 AM # hit 0 | hit 0You go to Home Depot [ ]
You go to the Supermarket [ ]
You go to Bed Bath and Beyond [ ]
You go for a run [ ]
You go for a walk [ ]
You never leave your couch [ ]
You go out to brunch [ ]
You go out for coffee [ ]
You start the NYT crossword [ ]
You finish the NYT crossword [ ]
You think about cleaning out your car/shed/basement, but don't actually do it [ ]
You go into work for a while [ ]
While at work, all you do is check email and surf the internet [ ]
You ignore your kids [ ]
Your kids ignore you [ ]
You talk to someone of the opposite sex [ ]
Who isn't your wife [ ]
Or your mom [ ]
You think about doing some garden work, but don't actually do it [ ]
You watch some college football [ ]
You watch an entire college football game [ ]
You watch part of a crappy movie on cable [ ]
You watch "SNL" [ ]
You fall asleep watching "SNL" [ ]
Feel free to add others.
Does a laptop count?
Celebrate my birthday [ ]
Beer has fiber right?
You go to the Supermarket [ ]
You go to Bed Bath and Beyond [ ]
You go for a run [X]
You go for a walk [ ]
You never leave your couch [ ]
You go out to brunch [ ]
You go out for coffee [ ]
You start the NYT crossword [ ]
You finish the NYT crossword [ ]
You think about cleaning out your car/shed/basement, but don't actually do it [ ]
You go into work for a while [ ]
While at work, all you do is check email and surf the internet [ ]
You ignore your kids [ ]
Your kids ignore you [ ]
You talk to someone of the opposite sex [X] (Does a text count?)
Who isn't your wife [X]
Or your mom [X]
You think about doing some garden work, but don't actually do it [ ]
You watch some college football [ ]
You watch an entire college football game [ ]
You watch an EPL Game [X]
You watch part of a crappy movie on cable [X]
You watch "SNL" [ ]
You fall asleep watching "SNL" [ ]
My suggestion:
You clear out most of your DVR [X]
You get you're ass off the couch and go for a bike ride while your wife washes her hair [ ].
Seriously, she just informed me this could take upwards of 2.5 hours. There are lots of chemicals involved....
Ok, one more
You check that you're fire extinguisher is within reach and full [ ].
It's super foggy, but considering all the walking I'm fine with the cool weather.
The whole city seems hunkered down between baseball games - of the few people out, seems like half are wearing some kind of Gigantes gear.
Tomorrow will probably be bonkers.
You go for a walk [X]
Conradian Error [X] (Walked to the supermarket. On way home decided to take direct route by descending a muddy hill instead of taking the indirect but paved route. Slipped and fell ass-first into the mud, which got on my grocery bags, jacket, shirt, jeans, belt, shoes, and (most distressingly) up the headphone jack of my iPod. (it appears to be working fine post-reboot.) Spill was witnessed by two young women who were walking on the paved route and asked if I was alright. E-4, 2 unearned runs allowed.)
You get you're ass off the couch and go for a bike ride while your wife washes her hair [x].
Nice ride in the fog over the GG bridge. Fred is correct.. Seems oddly deserted out there except for all the young women in North Beach getting early morning cabs.
To be fair, I work Saturdays and have Mondays off.
You talk to someone of the opposite sex [X]
Who isn't your wife [X]
Or your mom [X]
Or a female coworker [ ]
You take advantage of the first non-baseball day in three months by... entering a bunch of baseball data in a spreadsheet [ ]
To be updated later, of course.
Now we know why the headphone jack on the iPhone 5 is on the bottom (Boom!) :-)
Which reminds me - gotta get up & get out early next weekend... the Halloween Party Walk of Shame Day is one of my favorite mornings of the year.
Me too...wait, what?
You go to the Supermarket [X]
You go to Bed Bath and Beyond [ ]
You go for a run [ ]
You go for a walk [X]
You never leave your couch [ ]
You go out to brunch [X]
You go out for coffee [X]
You start the NYT crossword [ ]
You finish the NYT crossword [ ]
You think about cleaning out your car/shed/basement, but don't actually do it [X]
You go into work for a while [X]
While at work, all you do is check email and surf the internet [X]
You ignore your kids [ ]
Your kids ignore you [ ]
You talk to someone of the opposite sex [X] (Does a text count?)
Who isn't your wife [X]
Or your mom [X]
You think about doing some garden work, but don't actually do it [X]
You watch some college football [X]
You watch an entire college football game [ ]
You watch an EPL Game [X]
You watch part of a crappy movie on cable [X]
You watch "SNL" [ ]
You fall asleep watching "SNL" [ ]
Color me impressed. That list pretty well nails my Saturday.
I trust that none of them were taken to the cabbie's home & killed. There was a lot of that in Chained.
tell kidz you mean RIGHT NOW OR ELSE [x]
tell kidz they would not LIKE me when i'm angry [x]
hear kidz whine over cleaning up [X]
telling kidz that their using the washing machine will NOT turn them into homosexuals, or worse, GRRRRLS [X]
go to the kroger [x]
spend all day cooking [x]
spend all day telling males that NO they can NOT have it right now it's going into the freezer [x]
spend all day telling males that NO they can NOT "have just a taste" [X]
get up set when i remember that there are no baseball games, or even DH games on the tv today [X]
get even more up set when i remember that there are no astros in the playoffs [X]
try to get un-up set reminding myself that i am no longer an astros fan [X]
checking blood pressure [X]
Watching reruns of this years Tour de France [x].
The Brits did quite well this year. Not so much for certain Americans.
This now gets a [X], at least depending on the definition of "a bunch;" do all the postseason gamelogs of almost every non-pitcher who played in a World Series game between 1905-1912 count?
Results: Home Run Baker, Eddie Collins, and Tris Speaker - really good. Art Fletcher - shockingly awful (in the Series, anyway, he was perfectly decent in the regular season).
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