Man, I've got a lot to catch up on. The various celebrations related to LuLu's 4th (and Golden) birthday, more of the house story, soccer pics and more.
I'll try to get to some of it this weekend.
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I took some time off work to watch MLB's 1st televised amateur player draft. Not the most exciting time I've ever had, but interesting and something I'll repeat. Since at least '04 I've drooled over Baseball America's annual draft preview issue, and I enjoyed following along with the magazine as name after name was called.
Not sure I agree with the Brewers pick of Matt Laporta, but whatda I know?
Later in the evening I had the distinct privilege of watching Alex Rodriguez hit a grand slam in the 9th at U.S. Cellular in Chicago.
I had the TV on mute, and tuned in just in time to see ARod dump one into the seats.
Followed immediately by shots of thousands of White Sox fans streaming for the exits, conscious that the game was now out of reach.
Of course, the announcers spent the bottom of the ninth praising . . . . Derek Jeter.
Man, I loved that guy. But all this Jeter-love at ARod's expense is muddying the waters. It's getting to the point where I don't even like hearing his name.
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Equally beautiful - watching A-Rod hit a 2 out, 2 strike pitch in the 9th to put the Yanks ahead of the Red Sox at Fenway.
Almost as beautiful - having him hit it off Jonathon Pappelon (sp?).
I find nothing more annoying/childish/asinine than the 'competitive' stare that yahoo displays on the mound. Makes me want to smack the schmuck.
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Might I point out that with all respect to the horrific tornadoes in other parts of the state, yesterday's "perfect storm -batten down the hatches - here comes the big one" drama was living proof of why I ignore TV meteorologists.
First there was the mayor of Milwaukee holding a press conference about preparing for the storm, then dire prediction after dire prediction from TV folk warning you to chain down your grills and put your lawn furniture in storage to avoid the high winds.
Here's what happened. At 11 o'clock we had some lightning, about 10 minutes of torrential rain, some wind, and that's all folks.
Come the AM everyone was alive and well and only a few twigs (not even branches) had been shaken loose up and down the block.
Whoo-hoo.
And you wonder why I question 'global warming' . . .
2 comments:
Boy you are lucky considering some parts of WI! We were told 90mph winds also & nothing. I don't think we even had rain but Rockford got hit hard.
You were lucky, accross the street by me the houses had no electric for 6 hours or so.....Also, tree branches all over the place in my yard front and back.yard...
I had no big damage but in the area there were some nice size branches that came down. And, the city was here all morning cleaning up the mess.
Scor0046
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