Fan Appreciation Day is on Sunday, September 21st @ 1:10PM against the Giants.
It'll be $25/person. Seats are in Right Pavilion (NOTE: no alcohol is served in the Pavilion).
I'm posting now so that I know how many tickets to order. Let me know.
Mark Sonia and myself down on the lineup card for June 25th. She can add to the fun, and I'll try to contribute to the most glorious moment in sports history.
Both the men and the women who got married did more housework than those who stayed single, the analysis showed. "Marriage is no longer a man's path to less housework," said Stafford, a professor in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.The press release I've linked to is a bit confusing because it seems to contradict itself but this chart doesn't lie. Now I suppose that the increase in housework has more to do with the addition of children in a marriage but the press release wasn't clear on how that was taken into account. Anyway, Marriage = More Work.
So getting a preview of how things are going to go down in our "C" league, Louis, Jason, Brian, and myself basically came to the conclusion that if we're going to have our asses handed to us on a weekly basis we are at least going to enjoy ourselves.
Yes, we're going to still play hard and try to make all the right plays and try to get better at this game as a team. But above all we're going to have fun with this, as originally planned, and not take the games as seriously as those sandbagging douchebags. We'll let the others team do what they do and we'll have fun with it.
As Brian pointed out, we've got a good group of people who know how to enjoy themselves and I don't want us getting too caught up in the other teams' competitive natures to lose sight of the fact that we got in this to begin with to hang out and have some fun playing ball.
So however the games are going and whatever the outcomes, let's not get down on each other or on ourselves and let's remember to have a good time by making each other laugh and smile out there. If we're not going to be the team that has the most runs we may as well be the team has the most fun.
And if we should happen to win one game, just ONE game, we're going to celebrate that one game like madmen who just won a World Series with a dogpile on the mound and as Jason suggested a singing of We Are The Champions.
Now for the game sweeping the nation, go over to Austin's and guess in the comments which of the photos is a photo of his whiteboard and win a fabulous no prize.
Finally, a post from Austin worthy of linking.
Skill Levels
B+ Exceptional Players/Expert Abilities
B Good /Very Good Abilities
C+ Average/Good, Competitive/Recreational
C Recreational, Entry Level Abilities
So says the Spring/Summer 2008 fact sheet for the LA Parks and Recreation softball leagues. Now everyone check their schedules when they have time and check what skill level we've been assigned.
Now tell me this how does a team that's been doing this together for six years qualify itself as having entry level abilities? Doesn't entry level imply (fuck implied, it's explicit in and of itself) mean by its very nature beginner/novice and not someone who has been doing it for six years in a row? Like when a job is listed as entry level isn't it assumed that all applicants would have little to no experience for that job? Also, they weren't very good. But weren't they at least average? Is it even possible to do something six years in a row together and not acquire a skill level above entry level?
And what the fuck about recreational? Last I heard, the word "recreation" meant something fun and relaxing. Now what kind of recreational attitude has a team take every pitch until they have two strikes against them? And what kind of recreational attitude has a team continue doing that with an insurmountable lead? And what kind of recreational attitude has one of their players trying to run through one of our own to reach base with that insurmountable lead? Simply put, the team we were playing was not there to play recreational softball.
And it's not just the team we played. Looking at the other teams that played after us, it doesn't look good for us. One of the teams may have had girls on their team like we did but they're nothing like the girls we have on our team. Their girls definitely played varsity high school softball and may have even played college ball.
Now there's nothing wrong with being average to good at softball or even wanting to play it competitively. But there's a league specifically designed for those type of players. And that's not the type of league we signed up for and were supposedly assigned.
So who the fuck is to blame here? Is it the douchebag teams that are sandbagging - and really why would a team sandbag into a entry-level/recreational league, other than that they're obviously douchebags - or is it the LA Parks and Rec for not properly classifying teams according to skill level? Both probably.
Rant over, continue your day or vent along.
PS - What the fuck was up with the ump rushing us to start the game before the scheduled start time? And what the fuck was he looking at? I thought when the ball hits any part of the extended home plate it was a strike. Annette and Brian said he missed at least 3 called strikeouts and it wasn't just our game but in the game afterwards a pitcher was rightly complaining about balls and strikes.
PSS - If my bitching didn't make it clear, we got our asses handed to us and the mercy rule came in full effect.
The day has finally arrived.
7:30
BALCO Company Team
The Red Hots
Last year, The Red Hots went 4-6-2 to finish 3rd. They scored 120 runs and gave up 134.
As for our team here's the batting order for tonight,
Sara
Jason
Louis
Brian
Jade
Mehran
Austin
EJ
Annette
Faye
Wayne
Remember to show up about 15 minutes early to warm-up or even a little earlier than that if you want to practice some fielding or get some batting practice in. See you all there.
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It's Meka's 6th birthday party today! I'd be there myself but I've got a slightly more pressing engagement.
Just wanted to let everyone know I booked the place but he gave it to me for a week. So if anyone is interested in staying longer I have the place booked May 23rd to the 30th. FYI we are leaving on the Thursday the 22nd so let me know when you guys plan on arriving in Vegas.
You may or may not have already seen the following Lebron James' commercial making incredible but fake shots.
Well if you want to see those shots made for real...
Amazing.
What's more important, that your significant other is liked by your family or that your significant other likes your family?
Answer, discuss, or in most likelihood completely ignore.
I heard a list of celebrity birthdays today on the radio during my drive to work. I briefly wondered why neither Austin Fonacier nor Moses was mentioned hahahaha.
So I did some "research" and Mama and Austin share a birthday with the following notable celebrities (feel free to add more):
Christopher Walken (March 31, 1943)
Ewan McGregor (March 31, 1971)
And of course my favorite member of G G G G-Unit, Tony Yayo (March 31, 1978)!
Undoubtedly, ugly men such as myself came up with the following study.
HERE'S SOME ADVICE for women: think twice about marrying that good-looking guy. A team of psychologists recruited 82 newlywed couples and rated each spouse's physical attractiveness and satisfaction with the marriage. They then observed how the two interacted with each other while discussing personal issues. It turns out that couples where the wife was more attractive were characterized by more supportive interaction on the part of both spouses; but, if the husband was more attractive, he was less satisfied and both spouses exhibited less supportive interaction.Why would that be the case? Why would a marriage be more satisfactory to BOTH parties when the woman is hotter than the man? I would expect that a marriage would be satisfactory to only one party when that is the case (probably the uglier one). And why would a hotter husband be unhappy with an uglier spouse whereas a hotter wife is happy when married to an uglier spouse? The suggestion that women are less concerned about looks and attractive men have more extramarital options causing him to be less supportive of his wife seem to be answers based on stereotypes and are left wanting.
What you've all been waiting for...
the latest and greatest mix from DJ Tropical Goodies!!
Playlist available upon request. Other mixes on my google page. Enjoy!
P.S. Thanks to austins-web.com for kindly hosting the track. It's a little over 60 mb and about an hour long.
Or as I like to put it, yet another thing Lindsey probably cannot attend.
Meka will celebrate his 6th time circling the sun at The Jump Around. Here are the details:
Saturday, April 5
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
21515 Parthenia St.
Canoga Park
MUST wear socks
RSVP by March 29
Went to see The Hammer last night mostly because I'm a fan of Adam Carolla. I'm not usually the movie reviewer type but this is a good movie that is easily better than most of the crap out there and it happens to be a low budget independent movie that is out in limited release. So the success of this film and thus the possibility of future movies made by Adam Carolla depends on word of mouth and a big showing of people at the 20 screens it is currently being played.
The film is part semi-autobiographical, comedy, romantic-comedy, and inspirational sports movie. The Hammer is based largely on the life experiences of Adam Carolla and here's the story:
Jerry Ferro's 40th birthday has brought his life into sharp relief and it's not a pretty picture. A once-promising amateur boxer -- who quit so he wouldn't risk his perfect record of underachievement -- Jerry has been knocking around from one construction job to another and spinning his wheels in an unsatisfying relationship, all the while with an eye toward eventually getting his shit together. His last connection to the fight game is the evening boxing class he teaches to middle-aged, middle class, middle management types at a gym in Pasadena, where he also works as a handyman. When venerable boxing coach Eddie Bell asks Jerry if he'd like to spar a couple of rounds with Malice Blake, an up-and-coming pro, Jerry reluctantly steps into the ring. Despite the ass-kicking Jerry otherwise receives, a one-punch knockdown of Blake convinces Jerry that it¹s time to make his return to competitive boxing. Thus ends a 20-year layoff and begins a hilarious fish-out-water quest for Olympic gold.The movie features funny observational humor without any pretentiousness, the kind of humor you would find in an episode of Seinfeld; the romance is very sweet without overly doing it; kind of like the romance between Jim and Pam in The Office; and the boxing part of the story is inspirational that keeps itself from becoming too cliché with its humor. Overall, a really good movie that you can go watch with the guys or take a date to.
I believe Melanie and Annette are planning an Easter egg hunt at Mama's house in the early afternoon probably with lunch around 1ish. So come one, come all.
Our games are as follows:
4/09 7:30 - The Red Hots
4/16 9:00 - MGA Entertainment
4/23 9:00 - The Sluggers
4/30 7:30 - Nuts & Bolts
5/07 BYE
5/14 7:30 - The Red Hots
5/21 9:00 - MGA Entertainment
5/28 9:00 - The Sluggers
6/04 7:30 - Nuts & Bolts
6/11 BYE
6/18 7:30 - The Red Hots
6/25 9:00 - MGA Entertainment
7/02 9:00 - The Sluggers
7/09 7:30 - Nuts & Bolts
7/16 BYE
