BoSox Live Another Day and Rockies in World Series

I have had admitted that I don’t pay attention to baseball until the playoffs. 

On the National League side, it’s about time the Rockies made it in.  With 2 of the 4 professional teams winning their respective championships (Avs winning the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001; Broncos winning the Super Bowl), it would be great adding a baseball championship in the trophy case.  But, still, the team doesn’t deserve the respect of the fans because Denver will forever be known as Broncos country.

On the American League side, I thank the Indians for ridding the Yanks out of another postseason continuance.  But, I thank God for giving the BoSox another night to live.  What really bothered me was how Manny Ramirez played during the first inning.  He just practically gave up when he passed third going home.  I mean, really, what the ???  Oh well.  Go BoSox! 

Speaking about the Yanks, Andy Pettitte is up for free agency again.  Will Roger Clements follow?!  (Yeah, I know.  Low blow.  But, I couldn’t help it.)

Oh Jolly Good!

The NHL season has now started!  But, it sort of didn’t go according to plan.

The game between the L.A. Kings and the defending Stanley Cup champs, Anaheim Ducks was played at the O2 Arena in London, England.  According to the newswire, after the Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen were sung, the arena house lights didn’t come on.  

But, after a 15 minute delay it was game on.   

The Kings won last night’s game 4-1 while the Ducks won with the same score in tonight’s game. 

This is the fourth time that the NHL has opened its season outside North America.  The last three times were in Japan: 1997, 1998 and 2000.  I’m still surprised that Japan let us back in their country in 2000 considering that our Men’s Olympic Hockey Team wrecked one of their hotel rooms during their Nagano stay.   

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A little digression:

Aggies re-grouped from their Miami loss and won against Baylor.

t.u. got their butts kicked by Kansas St.  Ha, ha!

Good golly!  Notre Dame is 0-5!

Colorado upsets O.U.!   Sort of the same deal that Rutgers won over Louisville last year: a last second field goal. 

And lastly, a game that I watched and enjoyed, even though my team didn’t win, USC over Washington, 27-24.  If only the onside kick during the last minutes would’ve worked…. 

No intro to the past weekend’s football, so here we go…

Texas A&M 54, UL-Monroe 14

I still don’t know who agreed to the Aggies scheduled, but I’m happy that Old Army won decisively against a team that they should win over.

t.u. 35, UCF 32

Central Florida should have won this game!  Enough said.

Michigan 38, Notre Dame 0

In the battle of the 0 and 2s, Big Blue came up on top over the overrated.  Woo-hoo!

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In other football news, the H-town Texans have achieved the one of the ultimate goals–winning two regular season games in a row.

I’m that another, “Woo-hoo!”

Apparently Goliath Didn’t Listen Last Week

Here we go again! 

Aggies 47, Fresno St. Bulldogs 45 (3 OT)

I say it again that even the Ags won, they blew a 19-point halftime lead!  They do know that there are 2 more quarters to play, right?

Next up in the Ags schedule is UL-Monroe.  I swear, who agreed to this schedule?!

t.u. 34, TCU Horned Frogs 13

The Frogs played the game like it was a bowl game.  It took t.u. at least the first 2 halves to noticed that.  Frogs could’ve, no, should’ve won that game, but the sleeping giant awoke. 

Michigan Wolverines 7, Oregon Ducks 39

This game was just pathetic.  Big Blue had a week to recover from the nightmare of a 1-AA team kicking their ass!  This team…argh! 

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Lastly, once again, I will put up the overrated Notre Dame score.  Because I like it when they loose.  *evil laugh*

Notre Dame 10, Penn St. 31

Is Papa Joe still coaching the Nitty Lions?  The man is older than dirt, but I love it when his Nitty Lions beat the overrated Fighting Irish.  insert evil laugh here

And guess who coming to dine with the Irish next week?  Michigan.  *sigh*  Go Blue!

Never Underestimate David, Goliath

Ah, college football season is once again upon us.

Here’s 3 games (and their results) that mattered to me:

Texas A&M 38 / Montana St. 7

Yes, my beloved Aggies won, but they gave up a total of 403 yards towards Montana State.  Montana State maybe a member of a smaller division ( NCAA Division I-AA), but they played with a full tank and determination.

t.u. 21 / Arkansas St. 13

Once again, another small division school versus big brother.  I guess no one was paying attention in the meeting.  It would’ve better to see Arkansas St. win.  *evil grin* 

Appalachian St. 34 / Michigan 32

The grandaddy of them all!  My Big Blue losing out to a division I-AA school. 

Didn’t y’all hear that this team was the 2-time defending champions? 

Oh, and by the way, Appalachian St. is located in Boone, NC.   

There’s a snipit in today’s paper how this is compared to a game that took place on Nov. 27, 1926.  Notre Dame was against Carnegie Tech (the school is now known as Carnegie Mellon and is playing division III football).  Was it important?  I don’t think so because their coach, Knute Rockne, decided to attend th Army-Navy game.  And besides, the Irish have defeated them before.  So, the final score?  Carnegie Tech 19 / Notre Dame 0.  

Speaking about Notre Dame (I know I said 3 games, but this could not been helped)….

Georgia Tech 33 / Notre Dame 3

I put that down because I just like to see that overated team lose. 

*evil laugh* BWA-A-A-A!

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

The Grand Prix of Houston has decended upon us this weekend. 

How do I know?  I was awaken by the annoying sounds of bees buzzing in the air.  That’s what it sounds like if your living within a 5 mile radius of the Dome.

Also, as part of the festivities, they had a concert last night featuring Paul Rodgers of Free, Bad Company, The Firm, and recently, Queen.  I can hear him from our house.  I knew almost every song he sang (“All Right Now,” “Bad Company,” etc.).  Was it really necessary Mr.  Rodgers to start EVERY song with “Yeah-h-h-h-h”? 

Excercise, Baby!

It was hard just trying to stay on the bike for 30 minutes today, but I made it.  No resistance exercises, though.  That’s actually reserved for tomorrow. 

We got a new “toy” at the gym yesterday.  It’s called a versaclimber.  The boss tried it out today.  He said that he hated it.  Cheeky, cheeky.  I’m thinking of trying it tomorrow.  Let’s see if I can last at 5 minutes on that thing. 😉  Anyway, we have something called the Hi-Tri.  It’s kinda funny looking ’cause if you wrap it up it looks like a teepee.

Anyway, I admit that I’m a wimp when it comes to exercising outdoors during the winter.  Unlike my cousin (whom I am damn proud of).  He’s getting back to exercising after a long break.  He doesn’t like gyms.  Me, I work at a gym.  So basically the equipment is staring at me for 8-9 hours. 

So, my exercise agenda for tomorrow is cardio on versaclimber for at least 10 minutes and finish it out on the treadmill.  And then resistance training focusing on the chest muscles.  I think I add the ab muscles with it. 

Woo-hoo!

And the Winner is…

Emmet Smith’s Super Bowl TV Ad for HEB Grocers

The Dancing with the Stars champ hoofed it up with other shoppers while shopping at the local HEB in Addison, TX.

Apple

Apple Inc and The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd entered into a new agreement where Apple Inc would own all trademarks related to “Apple” and would license certain trademarks to back to Apple Corps for their continued use.  Read Apple Inc’s press release here.

Baltimore  Indianapolis Colts

Even though I was rooting for Da Bears, the best team won.  Okay, whom am I kidding?  I should’ve known that Rex Grossman’s dumbass twin decided to show up.  Geez mon!

From Last Saturday to Today

I got my hair cut last Saturday after a month’s long of hair bangs playing.  (There comes to a point where my bangs grow so long that I can make myself look like a cupie doll.  Or one of the villagers of Whoville.) 

I also have this gash on my left palm from yesterday.  I was inflating a volleyball via an electric air pump and forgotten that there’s no back cover on it.  So, yeah, I put my palm on it for about a second and y’all get the picture.  Luckily, the gash isn’t as deep as I thought.  Mark that as dumbass move of the day. 

Lastly, since I don’t really care about the Super Bowl game itself nowadays, the memories of Super Bowl commercials come to play.  My top 3 are the Xerox commercial with the monks, Apple’s introduction of the Macintosh and Coca-Cola’s commercial with Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Mean” Joe Green and the kid.

The latter is still so vivid in my mind ’cause back then, to quote our illustrious football coach: “The road to the Super Bowl passes throught Pittsburgh.”  Man, I hated the “Steel Curtain”! 

Anyway, I still love this commercial.

Back On the Saddle Again

I’ve gotten back to exercising after taking a break for the holidays. 

But, just as John Lennon sang, it really is just like starting over. 

Before the break, I would get on the bike for 30 minutes.  Now, it’s just 20 minutes.   I still, though, work out on the weight machines for 15 minutes.  I’m planning to go to the rec center tomorrow just to play catch up ’cause I didn’t workout today.  This time I’ll gradually step up to 25 minutes on the bike.  I need to since my glucose count was at 103 yesterday. 

Plus, I need to stop eating at a late time (i.e., 8:00pm).  😉