random thoughts in my head quickly more thought things tomorrow or the next day

Blogging…what an interesting event it is..

Now mind you I am never going to be able to do this for money, or maybe never even do this and complete grammatically correct sentences. But I am doing this right now….so pat stops bugging me…….

Now that is pat is all wrapped in the upcoming baseball season…not much else is happening in our room…well almost nothing else…zing!

Well as he gears up for baseball this is a very exciting time for myself as well, not only it is time for another baseball season where my heart can be broken, but it is almost time for hockeys second season.

Yes that’s right im going to talk some hockey on this blog before I get to the phillies….suck it fligs…

Ok flash back to last year…the flyers sucked….its like they ripped out my heart stabbed it and then replaced it with a pig heart so I could survive…but not love…having the worst team in the league is nothing new to us Philadelphia fan yet it does not make it any easier

I had to stop watching hockey and just walk away, it was too hard to watch a team that didn’t even have a chance every night…pat imagine the red sox soo bad you couldn’t even watch them, I know its hard but just imagine its too painful to watch, that was the spring of my freshman year. Growing up I had a hockey team that was good enough that I have always expirenced playoff hockey in my memory. Yes I know im spoiled but get over it.

Anyway come summer Mr. Gm made some amazing moves that had me excited about hockey again. And let me tell you I have enjoyed the season even with the 10 game losing streak, every game seems to bring something different. Now I don’t expect a Stanley cup this year but I hope for one in the near future……please….

Ok now onto what pat will probably skip down to first….BASEBALL

The phillies on paper are just as good as they are last year, I do not think the rowand subtraction can hurt this team that much in the long run, however there are a few things that scare me about this team.

1. Pitching- Our starting rotation all have their problems. Hamels-Health, Myers-Consistency, Moyer-Age, Kendrick- can he do it again? I guess the best scenario at this point is for I guess eaton to give us 3-4 quality starts in April have a horrible one leading to Kris Benson coming back healthy. I think if Benson can come back healthy and effectively they will be a ok in my book
2. Pitching the bullpen edition- A lot right now relies on the knee and brain of brad lidge, I think the phillies made the right move in acquiring him, however I still have mixed thoughts. I think the combo of him Gordon and Romero could be if all clicking a highly effective end of the bullpen.
3. Pat Burrell- The phillies hopes could rest on which pat burrell we see, the one from the end of the seasons, or the one from the first half. Due to t-shirt rules I must cheer for him in the opening week of the season. I think he might be on track this year and if the theory of adrain beltre holds through in this pat burrell contract year anything can happen….

Well that’s all for now hopefully I will still be alive after the concert and I will blog again I must formulate more thoughts I was unprepared

Until next time

POOOOP

No Worries

It's become a dead and beaten horse that the Red Sox have stood pat this offseason. We didn't make any real big moves except to resign some key parts to last year's team. Now, in most cases that would be a problem, a la White Sox of 2006. No big moves, no big trophies. But I'm not worried about us for a bunch of reasons.

Reason Number One: Our young guys. Last year we did not get a full season's worth of production out of Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, or Clay Bucholz. With the loss of Curt Schilling, it opens up room in the rotation for Lester and Bucholz to make an impact. With the emergence of Ellsbury, it creates a position battle (something a team can only benefit from) in CF. We've also got a young IF, Jed Lowrie knocking on the door ready to make an impact at the big league level. He's a shortstop, and that brings me to my next point.

Reason Number Two: Drew and Lugo can't really get any worse. Both had pretty crappy seasons by anybody's standards, but both also picked it up big time in the second half. Lugo batted close to .300 after the break, and Drew went on quite a streak the last month and a half, and into the playoffs (see October 26th). This year, if Lugo continues to suck it up, Lowrie should be ready to make the leap, and we've also got Kielty all season long (i'm assuming he makes it out of camp due to a Coco trade) to spell the injury prone Drew (don't look at my hammies for too long! they might be strained from reflecting all that light into your retinas!!)

Reason Number Three: Theo does all the little things. What GM is better at making little moves that pan out real big. David Ortiz off of wavers, Bill Mueller signed as a free agent, Bobby Kielty given a minor league deal. This year, Theo picks up Sean Casey, a career .300+ hitter to spell Youk and Lowell. He grabs Bartolo Colon off the scrap heap to help us out sans Schilling. Apparently we might get Freddy Garcia for the same reason. And Coco might even land us an arm out of (reportedly) Chicago for the back end of the rotation. I think Theo has finally learned his lesson from the Whiffy Mo Pena trade that you can never have too much pitching. Hopefully, Schilling is able to come back around August so he's ready for domination in October.

Reason Number Four: The Yankees didn't do Jack Squat either. This is probably the most comforting thing in my mind. The Yankees did even less than we did. They're pinning their hopes on a rotation with three guys in it that have never pitched 200 major league innings, let alone 200 innings in a season at any level. They've got two left-fielders and no first basemen. Bobby Abreu is afraid of walls. Derek Jeter has been statistically proven to be just about the worst defensive shortstop ever. And there's no way that Jorge has a year like last year. Then there's that one other thing. Mr. Mitchell sure did put a huge old elephant in the corner of the Yankees clubhouse. Although I do have to say that Andy Pettite couldn't have handled this situation with more class or poise. But still, may the fallout from the Mitchell report have precipitous effects on the Yankees records.

Finally, can I just say that I love watching local announcers? I've got the YES network on, watching the Yanks and Phils. So far, they've talked about the Iron Pigs ("Why do they call them pigs? I can' understand the Iron part, I think."), loud Philly fans ("Just listen to him! Stretching his larnyx like that. It's amazing."), and now they just zoomed in on the concession stand menu checking out the prices. The only way this could get better is if John Madden hops into the booth. Wait, it just did get a little better. As the game ends in a tie the announcer says "It's been an afternoon of kissing your sister!"

And as a parting word, I'd just like to say welcome to our newest nation member. I think you'll enjoy us, Hank. Please use those Monster seat tickets, we'd LOVE to see you there!

A Triumphant Return

That's right sports fans welcome back to everyone's favorite sports blog, At least we're not oranges. In case you were wondering why it's taken so long I'd like to explain. As you know, the TV writers were on strike for several weeks. What is not widely known is that our own bloggers union, "Writers who reference obscure citrus jokes - local 141" walked away from the table months ago. We've made our piece now, and I won't bore you with the details but let's just say we're glad Senator Mitchell didn't have subpoena power over us either. (And I will have you know it only took me two tries to spell the word subpoena.)

Speaking of all this steroid mess, I think it's time we started laughing about it. Like this case: Jack Cust was named in the Mitchell Report. Jack Cust denied what was said. Jack Cust is 2-2, both dingers and one being a grand salami. It's the little things in life that count.

But on a more serious note, I'd like us all to sit back and consider the feelings of the Clemens children right now. Not only is their dad being investigated by the entire federal government, but their mom got a boob job. As a guy who went through middle school, I can only imagine what awkward, juvenile, and yet incredibly hilarious jokes must have been made. No wonder Roger keeps getting a tired groin.

And I think through all of this, if you listen closely, you can hear Barry Bonds laughing.

But now onto happier things. My World Champion Boston Red Sox are looking good in early ST action. That's right, they're the world champions. Again. These words aren't meant to be cocky, they're just fun to say. This time of year is such a tease. I'm sitting in the winter wonderland of PA while my favorite team is hundreds of miles away in a sub tropical climate golfing and playing baseball. Soon, they'll be taking their pony show to the Far East and can I just say that unleashing Manny Ramirez on the Japanese may cause them to fall into socio-economic chaos. I'm talking Godzilla-type panics. And this won't only hurt the Japanese, but there's no way Manny comes out of there unharmed! He's going to think he's on a different planet. Or maybe he just won't show up. I truly believe that it was a democratic conspiracy keeping Manny away from the Red Sox trip to the White House. They didn't want anyone around who could make Dubya look like a fricken genius.

So as ST doesn't give me much to write about, and my blogging skills are quite obviously a little rusty, I'm going to wrap this up here. I have to get up early tomorrow to secure the ever elusive Iron Pigs tickets. That is, if I can find the stadium.