Tis The Season

That's right ladies and gentlemen, today is Opening Day for DC Potomac. After a year that saw the Pirates get robbed in the playoffs only to go and win the fall trophy we begin once again to finally capture our first spring crown. As a matter of fact, I forgot to give everyone the link to my pre-season GMOT that I put out last week. I highly suggest going to my column and watching my video, one that will change each week with a different homage. For Week One I have given much thought about who to do and I think I might have to do some thinkin thinkin thinkin and go back to the top of the mountain...yeah...

Excuse me for a moment...customer on the phone, she's broken something far away...sigh...

Yeah, that was fun now where was I, oh yes politics politics politics. Wait, no, I got that from History of the World Part One that introduced Anita to over this weekend. Speaking of this last weekend and movies, I highly recommend Hot Fuzz to everyone who enjoyed Shaun of the Dead. I love the fact that their parodies are merely homages to certain films and not straight parodies. Hollywood forgot how to do parodies around the time they stopped making the Airplane movies. I personally have a deep love for Point Break in for my stupid movie to love category and it was hilarious to see it in this movie.

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are as always beautiful together with Pegg being even more of a straight man in this movie. I can assume that these three (with director Edgar Wright) could make movies until we all are dust and they would never bore or cease to amuse me. Wow...Cate Blanchette and Peter Jackson made uncredited cameos, which you would never know because their faces were covered. I figured the lady Cate played was the GF from Shaun, wow I was WAY off.

Sorry updates have been sporadic, been dealing with being engaged and everything that is involved since we live in a very busy community in the sense that we have to book the place NOW for this time next year, pure insanity. Not sure if more will come today or not but who knows, we'll see.

Baseball Has Begun

I organized a very large group last night for some tailgating and baseball over at RFK stadium to watch the Marlins beat up on the Nationals per usual. They beat the Nats 9-2 on Monday and we witnessed the 9-3 embarrassment last night. I mean the first run they Nats got was when Scott Olsen walked a guy with the bases loaded. We however had a blast, ripping on Austin Kearns below us, attempting to start a wave (which was quite successful when you consider how many folks were there) that made it halfway around the stadium. Though some claim it would have been more successful if I wasn't wearing my Oakland A's Rickey Henderson jersey, but hey not my problem if they can't recognize greatness.

We usually sit in the 460s, so we're always above Kearns. We loved sitting above Guillen, but now this jackass is out there. I think I need to go get a sign made that says Kearns Hate Club. I know you're planning on doing more once you have a new stadium and all, but the least you could have done is get some pitching of some fashion that DOESN'T belong in double-a ball. Maybe just ONE bat, just one who could do something then constantly fly out in foul territory. I don't know if Guzman and Logan are hurt, they may just be embarrassed to play for the Nats this season.

Of course my A's are not doing so well to begin the season, having dropped our first two to the Seattle Mariners. I don't worry so much about that, we always have an extended spring break and usually begin playing in mid-May or so. Of course Bobby Crosby has played two straight games, which would be a plus if it not for the fact that the sucka has forgotten how to play the shortstop position, let alone how to make a throw to first base.

In spirit of the baseball season beginning, I give to you some baseball related clips. The first may very well go down as the worst opening pitch in the history of opening days. I'm pretty sure Stephen Hawking could have made a better pitch then the Mayor of Cincinnati. The second is the opinion of Noodle as, "the greatest first pitch ever".