Thursday, March 31, 2011

Happy Opening Day!

Well the first round of auditions for my new show went well last night. Pretty much everything was recorded so I’ll be able to turn them into my first show or two provided that the equipment worked properly and I can hear what was actually recorded.

It looks like I have a couple more people to bring over to meet and audition. Two were supposed to come last night but both mysteriously had their mother’s in the emergency room.

I’m not buying it either.

So we have a close encounter with a Ghost last night. Taibhse (Ghost) Foundling is now a new member of my on-air team. This is her…




What an amazing character this 22-year old is. First she is an artist with great talent. She will be involved with creating graphics for us (if she doesn’t disappear after her Earthly tasks are completed.)
Ghost says that she is not human. She is a Faerie. To elaborate - euphemistically wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, etc.) a type of mythical being or legendary creature.

After about an hour or so with her, I don’t doubt this whatsoever.

I'm taking bets to see how long she remains in human form...I mean, sticks around the show.

Ghost is also a Medium and a Massage Therapist (which may come in handy) and runs in a crowd of the same.

The cast will grow quickly.

Also on board now is my personal friend Alex Storm. Alex is a lowlife gutter snipe who makes me laugh and makes young women cringe which makes me laugh more.

And then there is Foul Mouth Al who promptly lived up to his name not even two minutes into recording with a gratuitous spewing of bad words. He is a Realtor, a former musician, and a videographer in real life who also does children’s parties.

When our shows become available they will be found at http://www.marshcast.com/. The construction shell for the site is not there. No need to rush over there right now; you’ve all seen the picture before anyway. There is no telling how long it will take me to get something pieced together and posted, but it’s next on my list. I would hope a couple of days and not as long as a week, but it depends on how well everything recorded.

There are still opportunities to join with me to create some magic along with our team. Now that the first few people are on board it might make some people more comfortable giving me a call.

Happy Opening Day everyone!

I’m picking the Mets to win it all. HAHAHAHA. That’s my team and I don’t care what you think! I pick them to win every year. It’s day one; everyone has the same chance right now.

They will play the Red Sox in the World Series. They are the team to beat in the AL. Not the Yankees, not the Rangers…the Red Sox. This is the most solid lineup in baseball and their pitching rotation is better than the Phillies since they are six deep and not four with a Joe Blanton tossed in like the Phillies have. They also have two closers on the squad with Jon Papelbon and Bobby Jenks, if Papelbon goes down with injury.

In reality I like the Braves to win the NL East with the Phillies taking the Wild Card in the end. It’s just a hunch more than anything, particularly with the retirement of Bobby Cox, but without Chase Utley in that lineup, Ben Francisco starting in RF, Raul Ibanez now over the hill, and Ryan Howard aging and still whiffing 180 times a year, more weight falls on the shoulders of “Chico” Ruiz behind the plate and he just can’t bear that load!
The Phillies will still probably win 95 games with just their starting pitching alone. Success breeds success and with those quality starters in their rotation (excepting Joe Blanton) the competition amongst them will create a fearsome foursome. I look for Cole Hamels to truly have a breakout year.

I hate the Phillies but since I live near them, I know much more about them and have to suffer watching them the most on TV which makes me want to chum.

In the NL Central I like the Cincinnati Reds. They have the reigning MVP with Joey Votto and he is well supported in the lineup by Brandon Phillips, Drew Stubbs, Jay Bruce and Scott Rolen. Edinson Volquez is slated to be the #1 pitcher, and that’s not real good news for Red’s fans, but this rotation will be interesting to watch when Johny Cueto returns to it from the DL.

In the NL West I have to stick with the Giants. The Dodgers may experience some rough patches with their new manager Don Mattingly at first. Once everyone gets in a groove in LA they’ll make their run.
I also like the Rockies and they will be fun to watch. Their issues have always been in that home park a mile in the sky where anything can happen once a ball leaves the bat.
Ubaldo Jimenez strikes out enough hitters to keep that anything from happening which is why he won so many games last year. But the rest of the staff is suspect, to say the least.

In the AL East, the Red Sox as mentioned. How can anyone bet against this team right now? The additions of Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford were blockbuster. These are two amazingly talented players who are also real decent guys and jam that lineup with speed and power to supplement the healthy Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, and Big Papi himself. I can’t wait to watch Yankee-Red Sox games this year.

In the AL Central I’m sticking with the Tigers as long as Miguel Cabrera lays off the sauce. Their pitching staff is the most solid in the Central with Justin Verlander the ace of the group. Former Dodger Brad Penny is slated as the 4th starter with former Yankee Phil Coke the 5th. So they’ll get enough offense with Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez and Victor Martinez to support that staff win over 90 games.

In the 4-team AL West I like the Angels. They currently don’t have a 5th pitcher slated on their depth chart. (I’d like to see teams go back to 4-man rotations though.) But the rotation features Scott Kazmir as the #4 guy. Although he has been injury plagued he is apparently on the mend and ready to anchor this staff. Rookie Mark Trumbo, who I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, did make the trip west and will start at firstbase. This kids supplies some real power to this lineup that already features newly acquired Vernon Wells and Torii Hunter. Bobby Abreu will split time in RF and DH and sophomore Peter Bourjos replaced Hunter in CF. He hit .364 this spring with 6 steals in 6 attempts so there is a lot of speed in the lineup also.

That’s the quick pitch folks.
Mets win it all, but if not then…

Braves, Phillies (WC), Reds, Giants
Red Sox, Yankees (WC), Tigers, Angels.

No real shockers there unless the Mets actually do make my fanatically based prediction come true.

Done.

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