Insane Random Ramblings

I said in another post that I was rooting for Manny and the Dodgers to meet the Red Sox in the World Series.

I take it back. I can’t do it. I can’t root against the Phillies. I just can’t. I’ve been waiting for this for years and it’s finally here and I say I’m pulling for the Dodgers. That’s just craziness.

I’m a Phillies fan and I have to root for them. Maybe it’s in the water or something. Maybe I was brain-washed as a child but I can’t root against them. Not at this time of year.

Go Phillies!!!!!!!!!

The Phillies vs the Dodgers was set on Sunday. Yesterday the Rays vs the Red Sox series was set.

In the AL I’m rooting for the Red Sox. I know the Rays are the feel good story and they are a good team. However, Jason Bay finally knows what it’s like to play for a winning team and I would love to see him win a ring.

The NL is not so easy for me. I’m a Phillies fan and that’s who I should be rooting for. But I would love to see the potential for a Manny/Dodgers vs the Red Sox World Series. With all that Joe Torre has been through I would also love to see him back in the big game. Wouldn’t that just irk old Hankenstein to death?!?!?

It’s a hard choice, but for me it’s the Dodgers vs the Red Sox in the World Series.

I went to sleep at the bottom of the 11th inning of the Red Sox-Angels game. It was tied 4-4 at the time. I was too tired to stay up.

Of course the Angels scored a run in the top of the 12th inning and won the game. I’m not happy about that because I’m actually rooting for the Red Sox this year.

But it was only game 3 so the Sox have 2 more games to close out the series.

First the Steelers game seemed to go on forever. Now I’m watching the end of the Red Sox-Angels game. I don’t think this game would ever end. I love a good baseball game - I really do. I’m just tired and ready to go to bed. It got to the point that I was hoping that anyone would just go ahead and win. I don’t even care what team it was.

Now in the morning, I’ll be super tired and cranky at work because I stayed up to watch the end of the game. I’ll have to drink a lot of soda to wake up and give myself some caffeine. I don’t want to stumble around the office bumping into the office furniture like I’ve had something to drink that early in the morning. I may stop and grab a cup of coffee while I’m at it.

Oh man I just thought of the bags that I”m going to have! Not pretty.

I still haven’t even started my book yet. I know what the book is about but I need to read it to see exactly what the author is saying. I don’t know how much I’ll actually read though. Baseball comes on at 1pm then there’s a 4pm baseball and football game. Then the Steelers play Sunday night football at 8pm.

I have a feeling I’m going to start reading the book on Monday morning.

There are several blogs that I didn’t expect to be updated. It’s the weekend and I realize that people have other things to do. But one of the blogs is a sports blog. Ummm, all kinds of sports are on this weekend. The baseball playoffs are coming into view. You have NCAA and NFL football. NASCAR, golf and a bunch of other stuff if you’re into it.

I guess it’s time to branch out and read some new blogs. And drop some of the others. They’re really disappointing as of late. Especially since they only seem to be updating twice a week, if that.

Maybe I should just stick with ESPN. I know they’ve updated their pages.

This will be really quick. I’m really surprised at the number of “sports-bloggers” who haven’t said a peep about the last game at Yankee stadium. I know a lot of people are Yankee-haters so I’m not surprised about them. I am surprised by a blog that I read that usually takes the opportunity to make fun of anyone in the sports world, yet didn’t say anything about the 18 people arrested for theft.

I guess the love-hate relationship runs deeper than I thought.

I didn’t cry but I almost did. Not because of the game but because of the speeches and the end of the game. It was just really an emotional experience.

They introduced the players like the did during the All-Star game. They ended the introductions of past players and coaches with Bernie Williams. They still love Bernie in NY. Bernie got what seemed like a 5 minute ovation. It was definitely the longest ovation of the night. The Babe Ruth’s 92 year old daughter threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Jorge Posada. I was glad to see Jorge take part in the festivities although he’s hurt.

After the game, Derek Jeter gave a speech surrounded by all of his team-mates. Then they walked around the stadium waving to the fans. The players took pictures with each other, they took pictures of the fans and gave out autographs and souvenirs. It was awesome.

It’s something I wish I could have been a part of.

Here are the last memorable plays at Yankee Stadium:
Last hit Jason Giambi

Last Home Run Jose Molina

Last Winning Pitcher Andy Pettit

Last Winning Save Mariano Rivera (Of course!!!!!!!!!!)

I think even non-Yankee fans would have enjoyed the celebration. Except Yankee-haters…I’m sure they didn’t like it. It’s just too bad it’s over. It was such a great thing to watch. 

But I know I will. The Yankees are playing their final game at Yankee Stadium tonight. ESPN has basically been YankeesTV all day today. I’ve been watching football so I haven’t watched any of it.

I know I’ll cry tonight. Not because the Yankees are all but eliminated from the playoffs. Not because this will probably be the last time this season I get to see A-Rod play. But I’ll cry for sentimental reasons.

I cried when Cal Ripken broke the consecutive games streak.

I cried when the Steelers played their last game at Three Rivers Stadium.

I cried then Barry Bonds (Mr. *) broke the home run record.

Hell, I even cry at commercials. I know it’s coming.

Just as an aside, why is there no love for the Mets? This is the last season at their stadium too.

I got my homework done yesterday so I wouldn’t have to worry about it today. I’ll wait until tomorrow to wash clothes. That way I can watch sports all day long. I probably won’t watch the early football game. But I’ll watch the Steelers vs the Eagles at 4:15. Then I’ll watch the Yankees vs the Orioles at 8pm. I guess you know who I’ll be rooting for right?

The only thing I may do early in the day before the games come on is clean the bathroom. My sink, especially the Kohler faucets are kind of spotty. I’ll also mop the floor and clean the mirror. That shouldn’t take long at all.

Then I’ll od on sports for the rest of the day.