Friday, April 08, 2005

Grrr

Maybe one day I'll learn to write my posts in Word, then copy & paste them into this field? I doubt it, more likely I'll have to try recalling what I intended to write and it's never as funny/good. Anyways here is the closest approximation to what I originally wrote:

Talking baseball...

It's 1 AM and I'm up watching the game. Wait, the game? 1 AM? How can it be? There's no way a 7:05 start should last this long. And the Sox aren't even playing tonight. What gives? Well you see that's because I'm watching the Fox Sports West feed of the Dodgers game. And when there's a break in play I switch over to the (Anaheim) Angels. Earlier on in the night my buddy Alex mentioned that for the first week of the season MLB is offering a free trial of its Extra Innings package.
That's 60 games a week! 60!

I wish I knew about this sooner, I would have never left the couch. Besides all the Sox games on nesn, I'll actually be able to watch Carl Crawford's 30x30 potential down in TB, Joe Mauer behind the plate in the Twin Cities. I'll be cheering as my boy Ichiro goes for .400. And when the bottom of the 9th rolls around in LA I'll have my Game Over shirt on, pounding my chest. Heck on a nice sunny day, I might even have to skip work, fire up the grill, grab a beer, put on my Nomar Cubbies jersey and take in the Friendly Confines.

Sure it's extra money, but it's worth it. 60 games a week remember. And if I order before Sunday I save $20. That breaks down to about a dollar per week. Man I better start hocking my Big Mac bobblehead collection soon, either that or renting my roommates' beds out per hour.

7 Comments:

At 4:26 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mike, I'm right there with you. One, I'll get to see my beloved Dodgers and not have to suffer the Padres all season. And, perhaps most importantly, the Angels are from Anaheim! Big points there, Quan. And I'm considering the extra innings, but can i really afford 130 bucks? Can I?

--Tennyson

 
At 6:50 PM, Blogger Quan Solo said...

Just go with the Double Double instead of the Triple Triple for two months and you're golden. Baseball is worth it, but barely... In-N-Out is the dope bomb fishizzle.

 
At 1:52 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I DID IT! Baseball orgasm on my TV! And for the record, it's called a 3x3, not a triple-triple. Get it straight, rook!

 
At 5:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi there!I've just came across to your web page. I've been using the nickname QuAn for the last 8-10 years when I first heard abou this word fromthe movie Jerry Manguire! it is interesting to know that this word means something for other people as well! Good luck to Dodgers! I am not from USA so I cannot share your pation about the team:)

 
At 8:13 AM, Blogger Quan Solo said...

Welcome to my site fellow Quan and thank you for taking such a keen interest. I believe that you are the first person to post internationally, so congratulations. And for future references make sure if/when you do watch any American baseball you are rooting for the Boston Red Sox.

 
At 2:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why, you salting my game, Quan?!? This bright, intelligent, and all-around-awesome international visitor has professed an affininty for the Dodgers. Red Sox, fine, but it's like Tommy Lasorda said, if you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into Heaven!
Go Dodgers!

-Tennyson

 
At 4:01 PM, Blogger Quan Solo said...

Duly noted buddy. The Dodgers are my West Coast/NL affiliate; I was just letting my team affinity be known to my interantional namesake. As long as there aren't any Mets fans reading I think we can both sleep at night.

Oh, how is the MLB package? Is it more detrimental to school work than a new PS II circa '00.

 

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