Crap That I'm Sick of....
Because there's crap...then there's crap that I'm sick of
Special Wedding/Baseball Playoff edition
I am scheduled to be saying those magic words "I do" sometime after 4PM today. Verbal Jazz will be on hiatus until October 28, 2003, at which point I will refuse to write about baseball until I do.
1. Drama. Rest assured, that there will be lots of drama surrounding a wedding, mostly from people making your day more about themselves than about you. Trust me.
2. Petey starts the eighth...and keeps pitching. Part of me thinks Grady Little was actually trying to lose this game because the word from management is that the Red Sox "Curse" is better from a marketing standpoint, kind of like how people still remember the Alamo. Think about it, would there be any Alamo memories if the massacre had gone the other way? If the Sox win the ALCS against the Yankees, then there is no more Curse and the Sox become just another baseball team. With the curse they are the classic underdogs. Really, any idiot could have seen that Pedro had lost gas in the seventh. Why was he allowed to pitch the eighth and keep on pitching.
3. Fox Announcers: I don't know that I would have the energy to watch the World Series this year. I watch every year, but I couldn't watch this year. Thankfully, I will be away. Thankfully. That said, those Fox announcers are terrible. I know I bang the drum for this, but really. They stink, they really do. It is a relief to not care about the Series and have to listen to them.
4. Cowboy Up: I took to saying this phrase with an ironic wink in my eye because, as we say in the Northeast, it's "wicked re-tah-did." The only cowboys in Boston are those that put their chaps on to rustle up partners for the evening. What did they do in Game 7, cowboy sideways? Are we going to have to listen to pop music masquerading as country next year?
5. Consolation prize/Silver Lining: The line to me has been: "At least you won't have to suffer with the Sox in the Series since you will be away on your honeymoon." Look, I would gladly switch my honeymoon to a two week tour of Baghdad, Tikrit and Kabul just to know the Sox won the series.
6. The mad rush in the few days before the wedding. AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!
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Because there's crap...then there's crap that I'm sick of
Special Wedding/Baseball Playoff edition
I am scheduled to be saying those magic words "I do" sometime after 4PM today. Verbal Jazz will be on hiatus until October 28, 2003, at which point I will refuse to write about baseball until I do.
1. Drama. Rest assured, that there will be lots of drama surrounding a wedding, mostly from people making your day more about themselves than about you. Trust me.
2. Petey starts the eighth...and keeps pitching. Part of me thinks Grady Little was actually trying to lose this game because the word from management is that the Red Sox "Curse" is better from a marketing standpoint, kind of like how people still remember the Alamo. Think about it, would there be any Alamo memories if the massacre had gone the other way? If the Sox win the ALCS against the Yankees, then there is no more Curse and the Sox become just another baseball team. With the curse they are the classic underdogs. Really, any idiot could have seen that Pedro had lost gas in the seventh. Why was he allowed to pitch the eighth and keep on pitching.
3. Fox Announcers: I don't know that I would have the energy to watch the World Series this year. I watch every year, but I couldn't watch this year. Thankfully, I will be away. Thankfully. That said, those Fox announcers are terrible. I know I bang the drum for this, but really. They stink, they really do. It is a relief to not care about the Series and have to listen to them.
4. Cowboy Up: I took to saying this phrase with an ironic wink in my eye because, as we say in the Northeast, it's "wicked re-tah-did." The only cowboys in Boston are those that put their chaps on to rustle up partners for the evening. What did they do in Game 7, cowboy sideways? Are we going to have to listen to pop music masquerading as country next year?
5. Consolation prize/Silver Lining: The line to me has been: "At least you won't have to suffer with the Sox in the Series since you will be away on your honeymoon." Look, I would gladly switch my honeymoon to a two week tour of Baghdad, Tikrit and Kabul just to know the Sox won the series.
6. The mad rush in the few days before the wedding. AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!
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