It's The Worst Day Of The Year

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Hey papi...get out of the doldrums and into the spirit!






Hurry down to Makati City and open that wallet!

But only 105 days till my son's first college game... the glass is half-full.

Yes, Hokieone...but that is still OVER THREE LONG COLD DREARY NBA-HIGHLIGHTED FILLED MONTHS.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
Rogers Hornsby

I have to think of it this way.....


The Pittsburgh Pirates are tied for First place!! at least until opening day....

Baseball is never over in Cali...

Bullwinkle Jr has a 12 inning game on Sat
Bullwinkle JR II has a 7 inning game on Sat

Darn you Bullwinkle, I'm so jealous.

You don't happen to have a job in SoCal for me do you?

Grandepapi: Weather outside to day is 80 degrees with humidity at 24%...home prices in SoCal are dropping faster than Paris Hilton’s panties on a Saturday night…We have an Austrian weight lifter for Governor…and a USC running back that gets away with murder. We are the Land of Fruits and Nuts….most of the fruits are in city by the bay and city of angels, and the nuts, well….we sell them as blue diamonds. I hear more Espanola and Vietnamese than the kings English, we can’t smoke tobacco, but mary jane is ok….but….and here’s the Bigger Bullwinkle Butt….we can play baseball twelve months out of the year….life is sweet.

What we have now:

NBA... No Baseball Around
NFL... No Fungos Lofted (to a waiting glove)
NHL... Nobody Hitting Linedrives

Somebody get me a black armband please.

While all this may be true...

Junior picks up a baseball on Monday for the first time since July surgery and will attempt to throw it 45 feet a total of 60 times. With fingers crossed the anticipation hasn't been this high since I watched the arc of soft tossed tennis balls come towards the little shaver, intently watching, whiffle bat in hand, wondering if contact would be made. Anticipation that has a timeline that stretches out months and has a culmination date of 2/21/09...the second day of the college baseball season. Hoping that over that timeframe, all the news will be of the kind that warms a father from the inside during the frigid Chicago nights. Hoping there's a trip to The Davidson Tournament in NC that opening weekend in February to cheer juniors return to the hill.

A winter of hoping........

Wow, that's scary CPLZ! Good luck with the rehab.

Yes Papi I agree in this regard..
However aswe know...
Champions are made in the off season

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However as we know...
Champions are made in the off season.

Indeed indeed!

Bullmoose..

Southpaw Son and I were having this discussion just yesterday.

The MLB season is over ... but we will survie the winter reliving the August night, when we had flown from VA to CA for a PG tournament, when we went to Angels stadium only to have Brian Roberts of the O's foul the second pitch of the game right to my son. A great catch with his lefty Catcher's mitt.

(don't worry ... it's the one I use to catch him)

That, and winter workouts, will keep baseball alive while the grass is dead ... and very soon, Southpaw Son will be competing to earn a spot on the Varsity roster of his new HS.

Only 135 Day to opening day.

It may be the worst day of the year,....but FREE candy tomorrow night!!!!!!!!

Whooo hooo! HaPpY BoO Day to all!

Mom, are you bringing candy for me? I have some Twix in the mini-fridge, but that ain't enough

Once football is over here in 4 weeks, I'll be ready for baseball. Until then, I don't have enough time to worry about the lack of baseball

Before you know it, all will be well-- it'll be baseball season once again.

CPLZ, hope your son has a fast recovery.

**Edited because I didn't like something else I had put**

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Free candy indeed shortstopmom. The costumed kiddies flock to our place from miles around just to hear one of our drops go thud in the bottom of their bag o' sugary delights!






"Let's all get over to gotwood's 'fore he runs out of those yummy horehound drops!"


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"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone."

-- Bart Giamatti

Orlando,

that is beautious. a little weepy here now.

use to be that we said in our house baseball begins the day after Christmas, now it is the day after the last game of the season.

I figure 107 days until Pitchers & Catchers, so about the same until the schools' seasons begin as well......(sigh)

In celebration of the baseball season I like AC/DC and QUEEN issuing new albums--it helps to take the edge off--AC/DC sold nearly 800,000 copies in the first week---be interesting to see what QUEEN does

Good old roock and roll is back just as a great baseball season comes to a close

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Originally posted by TRhit:
...be interesting to see what QUEEN does.

See for yourself TR...



Going to the prom with our president of course!

Can Queen top this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irp8CNj9qBI

LOL Gotwood! My grandmother use to buy that candy all the time... just for herself, no trick or treaters that I'm aware of.

We do have college basketball folks! All is not lost! Go Cats!!!!!

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My grandmother use to buy these all the time...just for herself. Nasty habit!

i always hated the candy cough,from the candy cigs.

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Well at least I had enough sense to wear shades to conceal my identity...



...my candy carelessness cost our klan clan quite a quantity of couches!

I know you meant clan with a "c" Woody. Just the same those flames on the front lawn are making us a little bit nervous.
I hope you're wearing your fire retardant shortes.

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No need to be nervous spizzle and thank you for catching my misspelling. You can see I made a correction.

The only sheets I use are on my bed...now be a friend and help me tuck these in. Thanks!



And as for my shorts...don't worry...they're much more than just fire retardant!

Lift with the legs Woody, not the back!

Hey, you know I do just about anything to help a friend, but right now I'm looking at some mighty tasty enchiladas on the table, and you know I'm a sucker for my wife's cooking.
Maybe this guy can help you out. I hear Mr. Sheets has a rubber arm...just the thing to handle those rubber sheets.

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You're lucky spizzle to have your wife making your enchiladas.

We often have to resort to using Don Miguel© and his scrumptious microwaveable offering...





I'm sorry...scrumptious doesn't quite describe the dinner...





...our dog Hoover usually ends up cleaning our plates!