Month: May 2006

i love interleague play

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i dont see what people dislike interleague play. quit being such a snob. major league baseball is in such a state of disrepair that i dont think interleague play has/will save it (its almost 10 years old now) but it defintely adds some excitement. its better than making ballparks smaller.

its more than just the the local rivals, its about watching american league pitchers bat, and national league teams use the DH. its about the strategy, the coaches and teams out of their element. AL vs NL. power hitting vs sacrifice flies. i love it all.

extra special this year we get the one year old washington nationals starting a rivalry with the baltimore orioles. the implications are high. the addition of the washington team has had a significant impact on the breadth of orioles fans, attendance and $. if the orioles want to cull the exodus of fans they need to make a stand this weekend and remind the mid-atlantic region why the senators left 35 years ago: washington is not a baseball city.

then you get to see:

  • the subway series: mets vs yankees
  • the crosstown classic: cubs vs white sox
  • the freeway series: angels vs dodgers
  • the battle of the bay: giants vs athletics
  • the buckeye series: reds vs indians
  • the lonestar shootout (thats gay!): rangers vs astros
  • the citrus series (even gayer!!): devil rays vs marlins
  • the show-me series (gayest!!): cardinals vs royals

    • they have started calling the orioles vs nationals series the beltway series… nah, i dont like it. change it. BAL-WSH… The BAL-WASH Series! Its sounds sexy, lots of people will flock to get their balls washed.

    rivalries id like to see:

  • brewers vs padres: everyone knows beer was originally brewed by monks…seems natural
  • braves vs indians: a good old pow-wow
  • mariners vs pirates: a natural water battle
  • blue jays vs cardinals: an obvious match-up of crowned eastern North American birds that live in deciduous forests

    • Kristofer Astrom

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    Listening to Cowboys In Scandinavia compilation

    I found myself listening to the song “Oh Lord” by [tag]Kristofer Astrom[/tag] and the Hidden Truck on repeat non-stop…

    As always no lyrics on the webernet so as transcribed by me:

    And it all comes down
    To being hard
    And I won’t ever find
    What lies behind
    And the lord won’t give me slumber
    And I can’t forget you under

    Don’t you worry
    The lord will rise again
    Don’t feel sorry
    The lord will ease my pain

    If the/a Church played songs like this I’d probably go again.

    There are mp3s on myspace.

    And more from the album at:
    Everything Is Fire

    Havre de Grace, MD

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    I visited Havre de Grace’s 25th Annual Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival this weekend.
    The Chesapeake Bay is a very awkward place. It’s a weird amalgamation of the privileged and the redneck. The beauty of the bay overcomes class…sorta… I guess it can’t decide whether you live in a shanty or a estate.

    John Water’s Pecker introduced my friends and I to the pit beef sandwich. This weekend was my first taste. Simply put its a smoked beef sandwich maybe of lesser quality than a traditional roast beef sandwich. The brisket looking slap of beef is sliced and smoked (probably in a pit at one point, but now modern smokers abound) with a secret seasoning only know to the Chesapeakeans or maybe they’re Chesapeakers… I prefer the first because it rhymes with Puerto Rican. It was pricey at $5… but I think we were taken advantage of because of its convenience.

    I tell my lady friends…”Give a man a pit beef sandwich… and he’ll be back for seconds”…. All Baltimore loves a pit beef sandwich! – Memama

    Havre de Grace
    Here are some pictures:













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    Havre de Grace Decoy Museum

    Here is what pit beef sandwich looks like:

    Almost sexual isn’t?