September 2nd, 2010 by sarah
How about the ball, Padres? Try swinging the stick at the ball!!! A week ago you won your 76th game, a number sometimes not reached in a full baseball season. Fast forward 7 days and that 76 wins is still up there, taunting Pads fans in a “knew they couldn’t pull it off” sort of way.
Ponder this: To Slide (into home) or To Slide (downward spiral); which one is more effective at winning? Split the ball ’til the seams pass the wall! August is over- forget inflated ERA’s and low OPS and other BS. Bring us back the freaking Commissioners Trophy for once. Other low salaried teams have come out of left field to pull it off- you’re up.
August 30th, 2010 by sarah
Verdict on my knee is in- no splice and dice right now, but two torn ligaments: MCL and MPFL. The last ligament tear the doc called “unusual.” Instead of surgery, I’m outfitted with the knee equivalent of a 1950’s scoliosis brace. It covers from my ankle to mid-thigh with a NASA-like control system. Call me a trendsetter- Spring shows will show emaciated models able to walk the runway with the help of this baby! This is the kind of brace that elicits pitying glances from bystanders and sends children hiding behind their mothers’ legs.
Better yet- my “normal” MRI 4 years ago showed a torn MCL then too. I probably could have been wearing stilettos 10 years ago. Those are great for heel-toe technique right?
Kids- don’t grow up to be athletes. My worst beer injury has been taken care of with a high carb breakfast and a few ibuprofens.
August 23rd, 2010 by sarah
Some baseball parks fans visit for the team (go Padres!), some for the Dodger dogs (duh) or Dogfish Head (Citizens Bank), and some for their history: Wrigley Field, Yankees Stadium (new and old), and Fenway. While in Boston last week for work, I finally got a chance to visit home to the Red Sox Nation. Holy crap- Red Sox gear from head to toe, hats to shirts, and if my X-ray glasses weren’t broken, I’m sure I’d be eyeing some Sox boxers (Soxers?) catching balls as well… The Angels were in town and while Boston came out swinging early, they fell behind and were down 5-4 through 6 innings. But the Sox have had the Angels number for some time and Boston came out ahead 7-5, winning their 9th straight against LAA. BTW, the next night they lost…
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August 12th, 2010 by sarah
With the sound of a 571hp Mercedes Benz SLS AMG going 180mph in a 75mph zone. Ok, so it was not Austria, but a Swiss motorway. And because this playboy is uber-rich, he’s looking at the maximum fine- $1.08M Swiss francs. And the exchange rate is not *that* favorable- just over $1M USD in cold, hard (tear-soaked) cash. Or a black Amex. Traffic fines are based on severity of offense and your income in both Switzerland and Finland. In all fairness, if I paid a couple hundred G’s for a car, I’d want to test it’s top speed (197mph claim) as well. Come on- gun it! That cop car looks to be a Volvo XC60 (turbo base 300hp with 130mph top speed), and we all know a greyhound will outrun a bassett hound anyday. At 180mph, he could have been over the German border in 20 minutes! And (besides 130kph “suggested” maximum speeds), there is no limit to wide open throttle on the Autobahn! Of course, at that speed you’re probably siphoning the gas tank faster than an alcoholic at last call.
August 5th, 2010 by sarah
Before yesterday, only 6 baseball players had ever hit 600 home runs. Three are among the best players to ever play the game: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Willie Mays. Ken Griffey Jr. is another well-respected one to land that title also. Then we move into the steroid era, and get Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, whose names will always implicitly be tainted by accusations of using performance enhancing drugs. And now we have A-Hole. Or Asterisk-Rod. Or whatever you’d like to call him. If you don’t normally follow baseball but do understand a sports milestone when it occurs, you may have thought the celebration seemed a little weak. Besides the fact that for days, NL West baseball games and the other fans of uninterested sporting events were being interrupted on the off-chance this idiot could hit one out of the park, there wasn’t an overwhelming amount of craziness once it finally happened. And it only took 46 at bats in 13 games and 104 specially marked balls used just for this occasion. Now life can move on.
