Imagine the feeling of stepping up in front of 50,000 people and getting a standing ovation for having done something that those people appreciated so much that they would stand in your honor.
In particular I reference the ovations that the St. Louis Cardinal’s David Freese and Lance Berkman received for their heroics in game 6 of the 2011 World Series.
What a game that was. Both of those players faced a situation in which probably all pro baseball players have imagined before – being up at bat with the game on the line and delivering the big hit. That situation is one where a player most of the time will fail, statistically. Both players faced 2-out, 2-strike counts with their team losing and came through with game tying hits to keep their team alive.
Freese, of course, went on to top himself after his effort in the bottom of the 9th inning in that game to blast a monster homerun to win it in the 11th.
Then in game seven after spotting the Rangers two runs in the top of the first inning, Freese delivered another 2-out, 2-strike hit to tie the game. Perhaps not as dramatic, but it was as clutch as it gets nonetheless.
Game 7 was sort of a letdown after game 6 but I watched every pitch anyway. As someone who calls himself a baseball fan, I had to unless I was obligated to be some place else.
The games and the series have been covered in depth by those who are paid to do it. I had some other thoughts after watching it.
I wrote about Lance Berkman here back in the early days of this blog. He had a chance to play withTexas
My quote was, “The almost 35-year old, listed-at-230-pounds Berkman is coming off of a .248 season where his contribution to the Yankees included a home run. Ironically, his signing with the Cardinals just made his own new team worse.”
Ah, irony. Berkman ends up having to face that very same team in the World Series and then in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six was faced with the possibility of making the last out of the series against them and sending the Rangers into a cuddle puddle of athletes on theSt. Louis
He had a great year for the Cardinals bouncing back from that disaster of a year ago and in one way he was right…if Cliff Lee had signed with the Rangers, how would that series have gone? I think there is a small chance that Lee could have made a teenie bit of difference in a series that was stretched to the distance.
I also bashed the Milwaukee Brewers in that same post I see. But that wasn’t really about the team but more about the city.
So my preseason picks pretty much stunk Braves, Phillies (WC), Reds, Giants
Red Sox, Yankees (WC), Tigers, Angels.
This is clearly why playing the lottery is not wise for me even though at 200-some million today, I’m there, dude.
One of the coolest parts of the World Series was watching Alfred E. Neumann sing the National Anthem before game one.
One has to feel for the Rangers though losing for the second year in a row and being just one pitch away from winning it…twice, in fact.
If you have imagined the feeling from the standing ovation now imagine the feeling of being one pitch away from the world championship and then losing. You may have worked your entire life to reach the goal of winning like that. You have been injured, you have sacrificed, you have dreamed for maybe decades of finally having your dream come true and then someone else takes that from you in a split second, or because of a bad bounce or simply because it’s a game of inches. Ugh, that has to be hard.
Softened by the fact that they get paid millions of dollars to play a game, but still bad thoughts must run through their minds for a second.
I watch the MLB network religiously and I love watching old baseball games and highlight reels. If only the current technology was available since the beginning of baseball though. With super slow-motion, digital-high-definition, broadcast equipment the images of these games are captured in ways that are truly amazing.
We can see the stitches on the way to the plate as it travels over 90 miles an hour. We get multiple angles of shots to let us know if a ball was fair or foul, or if a runner was safe or out, or if, for example, the ball that Nelson Cruz hit last night that was caught by the Cardinals Allen Craig was going to be a homerun or not.
The best part of this technology is that since its digital that quality will remain pretty much forever, unlike material shot just not as far back as the 80’s.
I am glad that they are keeping some of the uber close-up shots out of the broadcast though. The shot that was really annoying to me for a couple of years was the centerfield camera shot of the ball inside the pitchers glove. Then the cameraman would slowly pull out and follow the ball toward the plate. It was just too close. Sometimes doing something just because you can isn’t such a great idea. There are so many other things that I prefer to see in an at-bat with the first being the actual batter.
The return of my favorite actor to TV the other night was quite exciting even though I was on the road when his show premiered. Beavis returned to Beavis & Butthead on the MTV network on Thursday night. Their new shows will replace the real Buttheads onJersey Shore
I find it funny that the 10 pm time slots on Thursdays on MTV have actually become more intellectual with Beavis and Butthead replacing Snookie and the Situation. Who could have seen that coming?
In particular I reference the ovations that the St. Louis Cardinal’s David Freese and Lance Berkman received for their heroics in game 6 of the 2011 World Series.
What a game that was. Both of those players faced a situation in which probably all pro baseball players have imagined before – being up at bat with the game on the line and delivering the big hit. That situation is one where a player most of the time will fail, statistically. Both players faced 2-out, 2-strike counts with their team losing and came through with game tying hits to keep their team alive.
Freese, of course, went on to top himself after his effort in the bottom of the 9th inning in that game to blast a monster homerun to win it in the 11th.
Then in game seven after spotting the Rangers two runs in the top of the first inning, Freese delivered another 2-out, 2-strike hit to tie the game. Perhaps not as dramatic, but it was as clutch as it gets nonetheless.
Game 7 was sort of a letdown after game 6 but I watched every pitch anyway. As someone who calls himself a baseball fan, I had to unless I was obligated to be some place else.
The games and the series have been covered in depth by those who are paid to do it. I had some other thoughts after watching it.
I wrote about Lance Berkman here back in the early days of this blog. He had a chance to play with
My quote was, “The almost 35-year old, listed-at-230-pounds Berkman is coming off of a .248 season where his contribution to the Yankees included a home run. Ironically, his signing with the Cardinals just made his own new team worse.”
Ah, irony. Berkman ends up having to face that very same team in the World Series and then in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six was faced with the possibility of making the last out of the series against them and sending the Rangers into a cuddle puddle of athletes on the
He had a great year for the Cardinals bouncing back from that disaster of a year ago and in one way he was right…if Cliff Lee had signed with the Rangers, how would that series have gone? I think there is a small chance that Lee could have made a teenie bit of difference in a series that was stretched to the distance.
I also bashed the Milwaukee Brewers in that same post I see. But that wasn’t really about the team but more about the city.
So my preseason picks pretty much stunk Braves, Phillies (WC), Reds, Giants
Red Sox, Yankees (WC), Tigers, Angels.
This is clearly why playing the lottery is not wise for me even though at 200-some million today, I’m there, dude.
One of the coolest parts of the World Series was watching Alfred E. Neumann sing the National Anthem before game one.
One has to feel for the Rangers though losing for the second year in a row and being just one pitch away from winning it…twice, in fact.
If you have imagined the feeling from the standing ovation now imagine the feeling of being one pitch away from the world championship and then losing. You may have worked your entire life to reach the goal of winning like that. You have been injured, you have sacrificed, you have dreamed for maybe decades of finally having your dream come true and then someone else takes that from you in a split second, or because of a bad bounce or simply because it’s a game of inches. Ugh, that has to be hard.
Softened by the fact that they get paid millions of dollars to play a game, but still bad thoughts must run through their minds for a second.
I watch the MLB network religiously and I love watching old baseball games and highlight reels. If only the current technology was available since the beginning of baseball though. With super slow-motion, digital-high-definition, broadcast equipment the images of these games are captured in ways that are truly amazing.
We can see the stitches on the way to the plate as it travels over 90 miles an hour. We get multiple angles of shots to let us know if a ball was fair or foul, or if a runner was safe or out, or if, for example, the ball that Nelson Cruz hit last night that was caught by the Cardinals Allen Craig was going to be a homerun or not.
The best part of this technology is that since its digital that quality will remain pretty much forever, unlike material shot just not as far back as the 80’s.
I am glad that they are keeping some of the uber close-up shots out of the broadcast though. The shot that was really annoying to me for a couple of years was the centerfield camera shot of the ball inside the pitchers glove. Then the cameraman would slowly pull out and follow the ball toward the plate. It was just too close. Sometimes doing something just because you can isn’t such a great idea. There are so many other things that I prefer to see in an at-bat with the first being the actual batter.
The return of my favorite actor to TV the other night was quite exciting even though I was on the road when his show premiered. Beavis returned to Beavis & Butthead on the MTV network on Thursday night. Their new shows will replace the real Buttheads on
I find it funny that the 10 pm time slots on Thursdays on MTV have actually become more intellectual with Beavis and Butthead replacing Snookie and the Situation. Who could have seen that coming?
American Horror Story revolves around the Harmons, a family of three who moved from
The house which they purchase is a “murder house,” where pretty much everyone who ever lived there was murdered and their spirits live on to terrorize all the subsequent residents and their guests. There have been three episodes so far and they have all been great.
I know that FX is a cable channel so they don’t have the same language guidelines for it. But I have been surprised to hear language on there so far that would have made us in the Dungeon of Manlove show blush a little bit.
This is the same network which aired The Shield, which was fairly raw like that. I haven’t seen Sons of Anarchy on that same station but imagine that it might be a little rough too.
I’m ok with all of that, I guess. I don’t have kids so curse away and show lots of boobs for I care. But I guess that’s a pain in the neck to have to monitor that stuff all the time if you’re someone trying to keep your kids vocabulary from sounding like mine on a daily basis.
Jessica Lange in great in this show so far and I like Connie Britton in it who is pretty hot. Her bio says she was in the series “24” but I can’t recall when that would have been.
Anyway, if you’re into “horror” shows, this one is for you.
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| Beavis, my favorie actor |
I did watch the new show late last night after the baseball game. Sadly, it wasn’t as good as I hoped, but anything with Beavis in it will have me glued to the TV.
I have also been watching American Horror Story on the FX network. Here is the official description of the show:
Speaking of horror shows, I had a potential for one of my recent shows to be just that as I traveled to Franklin , VA
Now generally these parties for older people are tougher right from the beginning. We get more and more jaded and suspicious as we get older so it can be tricky getting volunteers to participate in such a show. I normally have to spend extra time prepared the audience and easing any of their concerns. In shows with younger crowds people are more likely to be more open to the thought or being on stage in a situation where they have no idea of what is about to happen.
My host for the birthday party told me when she hired me that this was an “all black folk crowd.” Why she made mention of that, I’m not totally sure. Maybe because I’m an all-white dude or something. This has never been a concern for me. I’ve done historically black colleges, shows in inner-cities where I was the only white dude, shows where everyone was all White, all Asian, all Jewish, all Catholic, all Indian and all Lawyers, for some examples. I don’t care. Just volunteer for my show, I’ll hypnotize you, you’ll be funny and I’ll get to eat for the next week.
So I get toFranklin , VA
There was one other white dude there. He was the town’s real estate attorney and friend of the guest of honor.
I wouldn’t say that I was uncomfortable at all. Everyone was very nice. After all, it is the south and southerners are just generally nicer and I stand by that opinion.
But the show just didn’t go as well as I would have hoped. I had volunteers right from the beginning, but it just wasn’t my usual chaotic experience. I ended up with about 5 people sort of hypnotized. One of them was kind of funny. I kept wondering if history had any role to play in the quality of the show that night. Was it possible that this group, overall, just didn’t trust me in that type of position where I was “in control” of their minds?
That thought ran through my head for sure. How could it not?
I have found it interesting to learn that I have readers of this nonsense from 18 different countries. It’s because of my hypnosis career and not the sheer brilliance that I pen from time to time here. There is an interesting…let’s say…sub culture of people who are fanatics of hypnosis. So I have fans out there that will follow what I do because I am a hypnotist and only because I am a hypnotist. They are searching to find out what my secret messages are in my writing and on the podcast. (xaxlxlxmxyxfxaxnxsxpxlxexaxsxexsxexnxdxmxexmxoxnxexyxsxoxIxcxaxnxexaxtx)
I think that’s funny. It’s cool though and it is partly why my podcast, the Dungeon of Manlove, is closing in on 1000 subscribers now (that’s subscribers, not listeners) and has reached into 52 countries. It just needs to pay for me at some point. I have to eat!
Now generally these parties for older people are tougher right from the beginning. We get more and more jaded and suspicious as we get older so it can be tricky getting volunteers to participate in such a show. I normally have to spend extra time prepared the audience and easing any of their concerns. In shows with younger crowds people are more likely to be more open to the thought or being on stage in a situation where they have no idea of what is about to happen.
My host for the birthday party told me when she hired me that this was an “all black folk crowd.” Why she made mention of that, I’m not totally sure. Maybe because I’m an all-white dude or something. This has never been a concern for me. I’ve done historically black colleges, shows in inner-cities where I was the only white dude, shows where everyone was all White, all Asian, all Jewish, all Catholic, all Indian and all Lawyers, for some examples. I don’t care. Just volunteer for my show, I’ll hypnotize you, you’ll be funny and I’ll get to eat for the next week.
So I get to
There was one other white dude there. He was the town’s real estate attorney and friend of the guest of honor.
I wouldn’t say that I was uncomfortable at all. Everyone was very nice. After all, it is the south and southerners are just generally nicer and I stand by that opinion.
But the show just didn’t go as well as I would have hoped. I had volunteers right from the beginning, but it just wasn’t my usual chaotic experience. I ended up with about 5 people sort of hypnotized. One of them was kind of funny. I kept wondering if history had any role to play in the quality of the show that night. Was it possible that this group, overall, just didn’t trust me in that type of position where I was “in control” of their minds?
That thought ran through my head for sure. How could it not?
I have found it interesting to learn that I have readers of this nonsense from 18 different countries. It’s because of my hypnosis career and not the sheer brilliance that I pen from time to time here. There is an interesting…let’s say…sub culture of people who are fanatics of hypnosis. So I have fans out there that will follow what I do because I am a hypnotist and only because I am a hypnotist. They are searching to find out what my secret messages are in my writing and on the podcast. (xaxlxlxmxyxfxaxnxsxpxlxexaxsxexsxexnxdxmxexmxoxnxexyxsxoxIxcxaxnxexaxtx)
I think that’s funny. It’s cool though and it is partly why my podcast, the Dungeon of Manlove, is closing in on 1000 subscribers now (that’s subscribers, not listeners) and has reached into 52 countries. It just needs to pay for me at some point. I have to eat!
Done.
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