No posts in a while. I tool around with this blog and if you’re reading it – you’re either lost or your me – and I use this really as a test bed for…well…stuff. One day it’ll be MY blog…but for now it’s just a blog.
Anyway – I realized I have another Stadium to add to my list. Last September I went to Angels Stadium in Anaheim.
It’s my goal to visit every Major League Baseball stadium in the US & Canada in my lifetime. I’m more than half way there despite having to revisit the newer ones (i.e. Busch Stadium). I figured I’d keep the list here and update it as I go. With the 2008 season about to start, outside of the NY stadiums, I am definitely going to Fenway in May this season. And for new ballparks to visit – my loose travel plans might get me to Florida, Tampa, and Arlington…but we’ll see.
Where I’ve been…
Major League Baseball
- Shea Stadium, NY Mets
- Yankee Stadium, NY Yankees
- The Skydome,
- Olympic Stadium,
- Wrigley Field,
- Turner Field,
- RFK Stadium,
- Safeco Field,
- Busch Stadium,
Other stadiums visited…
Spring Training
- Tradition Field,
- Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter,
International
- Jingu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan (Yakult Swallows) — I actually saw one of the Japanese All Star Games here!
With the 2008 Major League Baseball season about to start, I hope to update this list frequently.
I recently did a bit of traveling and had to do 3 one way flights. Jet Blue to Florida. Delta to Vegas. Continental back to Newark. 3 airlines, 4 days, 5 airports.
From the whole experience, I have to say the Delta flight was the worst. The Fort Lauderdale airport is a hole. Maybe my expectations are too high considering it isn’t NY, Chicago, or San Francisco.
But the flight itself was just too packed, too tight, and I really felt like I was in a cattle car. Maybe they should come up with a way to get passengers height/weight and strategically seat people. Granted, I’m a bit spoiled from always getting the Exit Row on American since I have Gold status – but this was just horrible. Jet Blue had leg room, Continental I got to the airport early enough to get the Exit Row — but Delta…F minus. I had also heard that the planes were all equipped with TVs like the old Song planes – but as luck would have it there was an “equipment change” and it was, what appeared to be, an older plane.
And while I’m griping – this goes for all airlines… what’s with showing horrible movies lately? Why would you show Sydney White – a teen/kids movie on a flight to Vegas? I have a 16 month old and never get to watch movies. I look forward to plane flights to maybe see a decent flick – and this is what I get?
A little late, I know. But the Giants did win the Super Bowl and I’m still on an emotional high from the win. It was the greatest game I think I’ve ever seen played.
When Eli rolled off of those 3 or 4 tackles with 59 seconds left and threw that miracle to Tyree — well, I almost wet myself. That might’ve been the single greatest play in football history. Seriously.
The Pats finished 18-1 and well…it’s the 1 that mattered. Sorry, Bahstan. We win!!!
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…and by “Greatest”, I mean names that would make a 32 year old man with the mentality of a 12 year old laugh.
Every year as the fantasy baseball season trudges along, my friends and I spend hours of time reading Rotoworld, ESPN, and a million other online baseball news sources. Thru the course of thousands of player ‘news and notes’ blurbs – we come across some names that just give a group of guys who never really grew up a good laugh.
This is the list my friends and I have been compiling for a while now via e-mails, fantasy baseball message board posts, and over drunken conversations at bars drinking cheap beer out of dirty glasses. So, I guess my blog is the perfect place to start sharing this with the world.
Future Porn Stars
Makes Us Laugh
Common Now, But Funny When We First Heard It
Braden Looper – Probably one of the worst closers the Mets ever had and for that I will never forgive him for sucking so bad.
And The Rest…
Boof Bonser – wasn’t Boof the girlfriend in Teen Wolf?
Did I forget anyone? PLEASE leave a Comment or send an e-mail as this list will get continuously updated for no other reason than to simply amuse myself and Randy.
Here’s another nice list for your reference. And one more – here. And a very good one – here.
Rock Cartwright – this is a pretty bad ass name. As a Giants fan, I hate the Redskins, but I gotta give respect to a guy named Rock.
Mack Strong – as far as I’m concerned, this is the baddest name ever. Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good. Further, this guy was a fullback – and he was great. Knocking people over making way for Shawn Alexander. Notice Alexander’s production decreasing is in direct correlation with Mack Strong not playing FB this year. They say he got hurt and retired. But in my book, guys named Mack Strong don’t get hurt. He probably just didn’t feel like playing anymore.
Jeremy Trueblood – a lineman with Blood in his name just seems appropriate. There was also an old school player named Johnny Blood.
Dirt Winston – this guy doesn’t play anymore, but damn…being named Dirt is AWESOME. I thought Jeremy Shockey was cool because he ate dirt…but this guy IS Dirt.
Who’d want to go up against a Defensive Lineman named Cedric Killings? That’s pretty hard core. But his stats look like he sucks, so now I’m not as scared. But he does have a good name for a football player, so he’ll stay on the list.
It always starts with Hello World! Welcome. Over time, things may change, they may stay the same. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. So nothing may change…you figure it out.
This used to be a poor attempt at a personal homepage, but I decided that was so 2002. So I’m trying something new and we’ll see where it take us…
