July 2009
My life-long goal… er, 3-year-long-goal.
I don’t live in Detroit.
This is a problem. Due to the fact that i live 2.5 hours away (2 hours when I am driving….) I usually have to limit going to games about once a month. Which, i believe to be sinful. If baseball was around when Jesus walked the Earth, I’m sure he would’ve mentioned that once or twice. Told Paul to write about baseball, tell people going to games only once a month is not right. I think Jesus likes baseball……. let’s bring back my point…
My point is: Friday is my game for July. For the past 3 season, since 2006, I have counted every 5 days on my calender in hopes of seeing Justin Verlander start a game. This has failed miserably. I have seen Galarraga pitch 5 times in less than a year.
But, Friday, Oh sweet wonderful Friday, I will FINALLY see Justin Brooks Verlander pitch.
Then all I have left to hope for is meeting the man properly. No more of this leaving our autograph line 5 minutes early and giving me sass, No more telling me he needs to work out, NO MORE Dramatically reaching out towards me… NONE OF IT!
Because, It is my goal in life to have a picture with Justin Verlander that does NOT look like this:
Curse you, Flash!
The Epic Saga of Armando
One fantastically long name for you all:
Armando Antonio Barreto Galarraga.
How can you not love someone with a name as epic as that?!
And how could you hate a face like that?
Last night He pitched 7.1 innings, and only gave up one run!
ONE!
Friends, this is rather impressive seeing as we’ve just been through 2 months of suckage with sweet, tender Gala. Just about a month ago, Armando couldn’t even get out of the first inning with these same A’s, and last night he dominated them, only giving up 2 little hits! Forgive my sunny outlook kids, but Armanda Antonio Barreto Galarraga is BACK! Just forget about all those walks he had today….
Bran Dan has reached 52 RBI’s on the season, which is more than he had all season in 08. And there are still 3 plump-juicy months left to go!
Peanut-head Polanco had 3 RBI’s tonight… did you know he has the best BA against the A’s? Also, he provides us with the best interviews:
Mickey York: Not only do you play well against the A’s, you play well in this park!
Polly: Well every time we play in this park, we play the A’s.
He’s got a point.
I gotta say, I’m dreading this weekend’s series with the Twins. If we don’t take 2 of 3, our lead in the central could be sucked away. Sucked away like the power of a Oreck Vaccuum.
Did you know Oreck Vaccuum’s have “the sucking power of a catagory two hurricane”!?! I just learned that from the Television. That seems rather intense for a carpet, doesn’t it?
Another thing i dread about the playing the Twins is looking at their horrendous, hiedously ugly ballpark. From the astro turf, to the garbage-bag outfield, to the fact that FOOTBALL is played there, It’s awful. What ballpark do you guys hate the most?
To explain a bit on the name of the blog, I’m writing this Blog at 5:17 AM. I imagine that MOST of these blogs will be written in the wee small hours of the morning, thanks to my working 3rd shift, hence the name.
But at the crack of dawn, Justin Brooks Verlander will be pitching for us. I’ll have to set my alarm and wake at at the ungodly hour of 3:00 PM, you just don’t miss a Verlander start, because it’s a strong possibility he’s gonna throw another no hitter. TODAY. You heard it here first.
Super Fantastic Awesome Non-Related Baseball player of the day worthy of my SQUEE:
NOMAH!!!!
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