Tuesday, May 31, 2011

A Village Brought Back to Life

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.

Remember to take a moment to think about all the people who made it possible for you to enjoy freedom.

Anyway I spent my Memorial Day doing something I thought I would never do again. Two of my favorite childhood memories were going to Santa’s Village in East Dundee, and Kiddieland in Melrose Park. Santa closed its doors in 2006, while Kiddieland closed last year. Very sad. Being a father now, I couldn’t wait to take my children to these two placed as I loved them growing up. Well, this Memorial day, Santa’s Village reopened as an Azoosment Park, and I was ecstatic.

I will list seven things that are awesome about this and it will serve as an informational purpose to you dear reader. You can use this info and be forewarned what to expect at the classic park.

1-This park is gearing more towards little kids. Perhaps 2-12 year olds, which was perfect for Jersey and Avery. Jersey loved it! If you are looking for the bigger rides like the Galleon, Tarantula, Skyliner; don’t be disappointed when you don’t find them. . Three rides that they should seriously consider bringing back are the fire engine, the bumper cars, and the skyliner. We’ll see what happens. One of the employees says that the owner is trying to buy the Racing Rapids property and turning that into a bigger kids area.

2-For all you that want bigger rides, the Tilt a Whirl and the Balloons, two original favorites from Santa’s Village are back and in full swing. I almost tossed my cookies on the TAW because we went twice. They also are building not the Galleon, but a different pirate ship that they adults can enjoy. Plus, a small dragon roller coaster as well.

3-Old Mcdonald’s Farm is back for the most part, but it’s not called that. You can feed goats and lambs, plus ride the ponies. They also feature huge turtles outside of the farm. Plus, where the Skee Ball building was, is not an aviary with little parakeets you can feed. Jersey kept trying to pick up the birds so you will have to keep an eye on the little ones. It was pretty cool. They are also constructing a deer park when the Sleigh ride used to be, and they are working on a sleigh/carriage ride.

4-Kiddieland rides “The Whip” and “The Midge O Racers” are back, so you get a little taste of Kiddieland with this park. Jersey says the Whip is her favorite. They also have a little size Ferris wheel, as well as a mini swing ride. Plus, they have handcarts the kids can ride on in a small circle where the Snowball used to be. The Snowball if I’m correct is in Utica at Grizzly Bear’s Resort. I haven’t heard of any talk to bring it back, but you never know. I spoke to one of the employees there who said they might bring back more Kiddieland rides or similar to that.

5-Another Santa’s Village favorite, the Star Jets are back. The parents can ride on it with their kids, which is really cool. All the buildings are still there. No North Pool or Weather Rocks though which is kind of a bummer. They do not have a working arcade yet either. I am sure as the season goes on, they will try to find a way to fix these small problems.

6-When you come to the park, either plan to go outside or bring a picnic. The prices are reasonable but it took them a long time to bring food up, plus its amusement park food which usually isn’t the greatest. Speaking of price, $16.50 is not a great price to get into the park, so try to find anyway you can to save a couple bucks. For now, due to novelty reasons, it’s not a big deal. Everyone is excited about the park being opened, so we can live with the price for now. However, once they get done adding more rides, it will be well worth it, but they will most likely raise it.

7-They still have the game alley by the Polar Dome Ice Arena. It’s just a shame that pretty much all of Coney Island has been turned into a Paintball field. It looks like fun if you’re into Paintball.

All in all, it’s a good start to bringing back a staple in Chicagoland history. I was pleased by the experience and Jersey definitely loved it. I think Avery liked it too, but she couldn’t really tell me. She liked the animals, and seemed to like the Whip. While she was on the ride, she looked a little nervous, but when we tried to take her off of it, she cried.

I have seriously been contemplating doing a documentary on the park, where it is now, where it was, and breaking down the sale and what went wrong in 2006. If anyone has any film and video skills and would be interested in helping out with this, please contact me.

All in all, check it out if you get a chance. You’ll be glad you did.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Confessions From the Bandwagon: The Mood Has Changed

Well gee I feel much better now. Yeah I know last time I posted here, I was all angry. Hell I didn’t even remember what I wrote, but guess what? We can all laugh about that now. We can all say “remember when Taj Gibson dunked on D-Wade and all the Bulls fans thought they had this.”

Well now we can say, “have what?”

The revenge tour continues on. First the Boston Celtics lose after defeating us 3 times over the regular season, now the Chicago Bulls, who everyone felt the need to remind us that they beat us three times during the season. Everyone had to bring up “crygate.” Even that big dummy Charles Barkley said the Heat are whiners. Well as Dan Lebatard asked (and I can’t wait to see what this crazy bastard does for this past series) “stugotz Shaq Fu, how do you spell Fu?” Well F U you too Bulls fans. F U you too Barkley. And F U haters. However there is one more stop left on the revenge tour and more importantly, the title. Do you guys remember this crap…

"LeBron has every right to go wherever and do whatever, whatever team he wants to. Going to the Heat was his choice, those guys working together. I don't even have a problem with the three of them working together, as long as they follow all of the NBA rules, which I think they did.
"Where I think LeBron made a mistake, was in how he did it. I don't even have a problem that he had the TV show. But it turned out to be the largest public humiliation in the history of sports. He humiliated the organization, he humiliated the state of Ohio, the city of Cleveland. All of a sudden he became a bad guy, he lost a billion dollars in brand equity, give or take a couple bucks here or there. . . ."

Those are the words of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Who then initiated a tampering investigation just days after that. This idiot got on the microphone after the win over OKC and stated “we’re not done yet.” You’re right. Somehow your silly ass team will lose four games.
So I want to address seven haters one at a time, and talk about how positive things are.

1-
“Big boys don’t cry. But if you’re going to cry, do it in the toilet where no one sees you.”-Phil Jackson.
Yeah Phil you’re right. They just commit flagrant fouls, and rip off their jerseys when it’s over. By the way, didn’t those crybabies beat the crap out of your lousy Lakers this year? Christmas comes to mind especially. And Santa instead of dropping coal in your stockings mistaking them for toilets.

2-
"When they're on the court together, they're terrible. Him and D-Wade don't complement each other. They're somewhat the same type of players, 'Bron and D-Wade. . . . Both of those guys need the ball, and they don't shoot the ball like Ray Allen. That's why they're having trouble scoring in the half-court, because they can't get a rhythm, because one of them is dominating the ball. That guy might be getting off, but the other guy [isn't].”-Tracy McGrady.

And I will bet anyone my house that Tracy Mcgrady will be one of the first mofos in line to play with the Heat next season.

3-
“ Host Rick Kamla started to discuss the loss to the Trail Blazers and noticed that Webber had his hand on his face, pretending to cry.
"Chris, are you okay? Do you need a hug?" Kamla asked.

"No, I'm fine. I'm just misty-eyed," the former NBA forward replied.”

Wow Chris, while you fab five buddy is going down on DUI charges, your other one is winning a championship. So sit behind your silly looking desk and keep up trying to be funny. The only thing that’s funny about you is your career in the NBA. Now cry about that jackass, and continue to witness greatness.

4-
paulpierce34: It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis
paulpierce34: I told Wade I will **** his mom like how my man D. West did his mans. That’s why I got ejected"


Paulie boy you are so slick with that Twitter of yours. Did you tweet that you got owned? Did you tweet that Lebron killed you and your 2 friends? Did you tweet that the Heat are on the way to the finals? Did you tweet that you crapped in your pants? You probably don’t know how to spell all of that.

5-
"No one cares about the Miami Heat. ... We just want you to play better, stop whining, stop sitting at every press conference like someone killed the family pet. It's annoying. You guys came out there jumping on stage like idiots, said, 'We are going to win five championships.' You brought all this stuff on yourself. So don't get on TV and act like the world owes you anything.”-Charles Barkley
Well the city of Miami cares about the Miami Heat, and many of us fans outside of south beach do too. Who we don’t care about is you baldy mcswingy? Learn how to pick basketball games, swing golf clubs, and live in the glory of never winning a championship no matter how many teams you switch to chump. Didn’t you leave Philly to go to Phoenix to win a title hippo?

6-
But even then, as they’re scuffling, there is a sense of calm about these Bulls. You could see it all night, and then they came out even more comfortable in the 3rd quarter. The Bulls had better pacing all night….they simply know they’re the better team. They walk, and play, and act, and talk, like they know they can beat these guys. And The Heat, well, they have some tendency for panic in them. The pressure is on them.-Matt Spiegel, host on 670 The Score who proclaimed “how easy this was going to be” on air.
Spiegel also performs in a band called Tributosaurus and does ads for the bank of America. His next live read will be “I walked down Michigan Av and just used my Bank of America Smartphone account to pay off all the Heat fans I bet with, and I get all this done just before my next show where I play Boy George and sing Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”

7-And I save the best one for last, so Carlos Boozer how do you feel about the Heat?
“Asked about facing Miami’s Big Three, he responded, “They have two great players in D. Wade and LeBron. We look forward to the challenge.’’-Sun Times, Joe Cowley.
Well gee whiz gym bag boy, loved your line in the playoffs. So you put 26 points up in game 4. You put in 26 minutes in game 5 and came up with 5 points. You should have stayed in Utah buddy, because this Chicago media is going to eat you alive. In the mean time Chris Bosh is playing for a championship. Get comfortable and watch pal. Preparation H may help you with the welts.
So yes the Miami Heat has moved on. And remember my last post, all those Facebook messages I got. Well they were a little different this time…

"Congrats to your boys, unfortunately they will DESTROY Dallas. Bulls just didn't have enough weapons at the end of the day, I don't like the taste of humble pie..."
"The Heat took advantage of poor play by the Bulls and bad officiating. Congrats."
"Oh go suck a d--k..anybody that paid any attention to this series could plainly see that LeBron James was sucking each and every refs d--k before each game. Hell he didn't even clean his face off good enough tonight for pete's sake. You could totally still see some on his left on his face which was obviously from one of the officiating crew, if not from all of them. Lol "
“It must be nice for such a long suffering Heat fan like yourself... Oh wait... You've only been on that bandwagon for like 8 months. Hard to take your Heat fandom seriously."
"TODAY, yes the BULLS lost it in the end however, the BULLS are a momentum type team and these refs all series long killed any kind of momentum the BULLS were gaining. And this isn't only coming from BULLS fans.. Even the announcers, Reggie Miller, Steve Kerr, and the boys on the set ALL have said the officiating has been AWFUL! It was so obvious even STEVIE WONDER could see it!!!!!! Again, Props to Miami for assembling a team of 2 Superstars and an All Star PF. That's what it took to make it this far. I hope Dallas takes it to them! Now lets see Lebron stop Dirk! Dirk aint 6'2". He's 7'0" with a deadly jumper and 3 pt shot."
"MOVE THE SOX TO MIAMI AND EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY!!!! GO MAVS!!!!!!!"
Funny how things change in a week or so huh guys? Just so you guys know I posted every recap of games 2-5 on my page, and ended the night with Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust.” I guess I can see where some of the immature anger came from. No one had an issue with me jumping on a bandwagon when they won the three regular games, now it’s a problem. LOL!

In the meantime, we have the toughest test yet. A very powerful Dallas Mavericks team with a 7 foot monster who can shoot. This team defeated us twice in regular season but that’s over with. Now its time. Four more games! Four more games! Go Heat.
Once again I would like to thank everyone here for being welcoming to me. Especially my friends over at the Phinsider. We need to see the Phins do this too!
Thanks and GO HEAT!!!!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Melting A Rose

Yo coffin is packed ready to be closed. Can the Miami Wade funeral services be called upon tomorrow night?

In the meantime…

Uno-The Cubs beat the Mets, big deal. What was the thing that tickled me was Carlos Zambrano was a pinch hitter. You know there is something wrong if you need a pitcher to be a pinch hitter. However, Zambrano has proven to be a worth while pinch hitter, so applaud the man for the crazy move.

Due-I am getting tired of hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger and his love child and how the husband of the mother didn’t know he was the baby. Who cares? Wasn’t he like a huge slut when he was “pumping iron?” Why is this a shock to anyone? Let’s move on please.

Tre-Hines Ward won Dancing With the Stars? Man that sucks. Anytime a Steeler does something good I cringe, because they are just not normal good people. In fact, James Harrison called the NFL morons for making a rule that teams will get fined for flagrant hits. If you want to kill someone, go into a different sport asshole.

Quattro-And now a new tweet from Chad Johnson (Ochocinco):

I talked to this guy last name Riley and he informed me the Heat will win it all
Yeah he knows what’s up.

Cinque-Stan Mikita has cancer of his mouth, but doctors say he will be OK. Get well Stan!

Sei-The White Sox won a very strange game last night. I still don’t know why the game wasn’t canceled. There was a frickin tornado possibly. But good thing they didn’t because Q hit 3 home runs, and Donkey hit one too.

Sette-And finally did you see the greatness that is Miami Heat basketball. They shut down the Bulls yesterday and Lebron did a great job containing Rose. It was so excited I was up jumping up and down. Wade was sleepwalking during the game for the most part, but he came alive in the end.

Pinsiero finale-Yes the Heat have done a great job of shutting the Bulls down in the 4th of the last three games, however don’t ever think anything comes easy. They have 48 more minutes to close the door to their season and move on to the finals. Advice here is, never take your opponent for granted no matter what.

Citazione del giorno-“Everyone has bones, germs, and imagination.”-My daughter Jersey.


See you later.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Come in the Kitchen and Take the HEAT, and Burn!

So October 21st old man? Man, your parents have any children that lived?

Uno-Can this Sox team ever and I mean ever give Johnny Danks so room to breathe? This guy pitches his balls off and gives you quality start after quality start and yet the most amount of runs the White Sox have scored with him on the mound is 2. That’s just sad man. Just too sad.

Due-Although I hate the Cubs, you can only hope Marlon Byrd is OK after taking that shot in the face. That’s just ugly.

Tre-The White Sox stand 5 games under, and 10 games behind the Indians. However, the National League is coming and here is a list of teams we have. The Cubs, Nationals, Diamondbacks, and Rockies. I expect a problem with the Rockies. We also have a nasty road trip right now as we get Toronto and Boston as well. We get the Twins, Tigers, A’s, and Mariners in between. The Indians stole one from Boston last night, and have two more with them, as well as the Rays and Jays. However they will get the Rangers, Yankees, and Twins and get the Giants, Rockies, Pirates, and Reds in interleague. We can realistically catch these guys by All Star Break. Time to go all in you stone rods and get on top. Their interleague is slightly more difficult than ours.

Quattro-Tampa Bay, you’re killing me man! Don’t let these Bruins take it. The worst thing we can see is a Bruins v Canuckleheads Stanley Cup Final. Then again, two years ago it was Pittsburgh v Detroit two years in a row. I guess it could be worse.

Cinque-Chad Johnson (or Ochocinco) is a Twitter warrior, but does anyone know why he was on a bus going to St Louis on “judgment day?”

Sei-Joakim Noah gets hit with a $50,000 fine for calling a fan a “slur.” Kobe gets hit with a $100,000? What gives? Officials take more precedence than fans. I think we see officials take more money than fans in the past haven’t we?

Sette-And finally tonight, Heat vs Bulls. I am nervous about this one because the Bulls are a desperate bunch right now. They are going to play hard. I don’t want to see the Heat let up for a minute. They need to end this tonight. It is harder to win 3 in a row than 2 for the Bulls. The Heat have the advantage don’t lose it fellows.

Pinsiero Finale-On Sunday night, I thought we might get hit with a tornado. There was a warning around 7:45 PM, and there were reports the tornado would touch down in Huntley. Little did I know, a small town known as Joplin, MO would be destroyed by a massive twister. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Joplin. Pick up the pieces or your homes and your lives. Good luck.

Citazione del giorno (new)-“They should have relied on God and not me. Family Radio is not in the business of financial advice."-Harold Camping on people who spent money on billboards to spread his claim of the end of the world on May 21, 2011. He says that day was a spiritual judgment on the world and it will now end on October 21 as he originally said. Give it up mister.

See you tomorrow.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Post Rapture Highlight Show

Well I’m here are you?

I guess the world didn’t end on May 21 as predicted by some people. So here I am writing another blog and I am sure this one will piss some people off.

So let’s rock and roll…

Uno-First I want to touch on my column from Friday, which some people enjoyed and thank you. I do not hate these people who predicted the end. I do not hate Harold Camping. I just feel that it’s a shame that people turned their lives upside down, along with their children which I find completely reprehensible, due to the “equations of a scholar.” Camping speaks later today. We’ll hear what he has to say.

Due-To all Bulls fans and anyone else who has hated on Chris Bosh, who’s hating now? Can’t play? He put 30 points up in game one, and was the mJp player of the game last night. Chris Bosh just owned your ass. Better make a quick adjustment.

Tre-Today Mike Mulligan was talking shit about a fan in Florida who decided to call in, along with the assumption that Dwyane Wade is too slow and not playing well. Haters gotta hate, but this hype thing is no hype. The Miami Heat are for real. Nervous about tomorrow’s game. Let’s do this.

Quattro-Blackhawks signed Corey Crawford to a three year deal. Nice work. Crawford has shown himself to be a promising goalie for the future.

Cinque-Speaking about hockey; I guess the Sharks have some pride and wont allow themselves to get swept. You can win more than one you losers.

Sei-Joaquim Noah, suspend him for a game. He shouldn’t be talking to fans like that.

Sette-White Sox are making some great movement but Cleveland is still in front. We need to play them a few more times. Come on White Sox.

Pinsiero finale: Saw Ray Lewis today on Sportscenter and he said the only thing that is stopping the labor negotiations is the egos of men. Although I think he has a screw loose when he’s on the field, which probably is a good thing for a linebacker, I think he is a well thought out honest individual. I enjoy his one on one interviews. The one thing he said in the beginning is the most important thing is the kids love. When kids love you, everything else makes sense. I am glad I have two wonderful kids who are so excited to see me when I come home from a tough day at work, and I truly agree with him on this one.

See you later.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Oh yeah!!!!

Today is a sad day as Randy "Macho Man" Savage passed away. The man was one of my favorite wrestlers growing up.

I will always remember three matches with Macho Man.

-Wrestlemania III vs Steamboat
-Wrestlemania V vs Hogan
-His steel cage match vs Diamond Dallas Page

He was an unbelivable talent and I met him once. He was a nice guy.

One of the all time greatest no question.

Macho, walk that aisle. God's waiting.

My Birthday Present From God Himself?

Today is a special post for many reasons. One, it’s my birthday. Two it’s my 100th post. And three if you want to believe an 89 year old quack, my last post. In case you haven’t heard, and I touched on this briefly last week, Judgment Day takes place tomorrow at approximately 6pm. Jesus will come back and the world will burn and be gone within 5 months.

Now I don’t mean to frighten anyone, I am only telling you what THIS MAN is saying. He has some allies. First I will present you with all their points of view. Keep in mind most of these pretty much fall under the same umbrella.

http://www.familyradio.com
http://www.wecanknow.com
http://www.ebiblefellowship.com

Now I would like to give you some opposing viewpoints by other people as well…

http://www.bible.ca
http://www.realtruth.org
http://www.cultwatch.com/HaroldCamping.html

I tried to find some that are easy to follow. In fact the bible.ca site has a Twitter page and will be tweeting from Jerusalem on 5/21.

When you hear news like this, it is easy to get alarmed, anxious, and panicked. The truth is, when I first heard it I was like huh? I thought the end was 12-21-12. The truth of the matter is as you may have read is the same bible that guarantees Judgment Day takes place this weekend also says this:

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
That is Mark 24:32. The bible verse everyone is pointing to refute this claim. The same bible that guarantees that tomorrow will be the beginning of the end.

Can the world end? Sure. It can end at any given time. We are living in an unstable world my friends. We seen our share of natural disasters in the last ten years, we have heard the words nuclear weapons muttered when speaking about the middle east, Korea and China. Many still say that the huge following of Barrack Obama resembles the antichrist movement that we read about in Revelation. This world is unstable. As I spoke last week, I believe we are more aware of world wide events thanks to the thousands of news source available to us, as well as the internet and social networking. This is why few haven’t heard of Harold Camping (the 89 year old quack) and his failed 1994 prediction. He went back to the drawing board like Wyle E Coyote and came up with tomorrow. He is the president of Family Radio, which is a huge media conglomerate in the Christian community. The problem is many Christians don’t agree with Camping’s date setting and some of the other things he preaches as well.

So tomorrow at 6pm the Earthquake should start in New Zealand. Then it will spread throughout the world according to these people when it is stated now only in the book of Mark, but various other places no one knows the hour or the day.

This is why if you heart is with Jesus, it doesn’t matter. Jesus has been a role model in my life for many years, and I am a firm believer that he died to save us all. I believe in good versus evil, and also believe in karma. I can’t say I am affiliated with any religious organization because I find myself questioning many faiths. I can’t tell you’re getting saved or not. It’s not my place to, it is only Gods. All you can do is do well in life, treat people right, and be willing to accept God’s gifts and the ultimate gift of a man who paid the price to save you and everyone else.

We do have troubled times, and we have our problems. For a man such as Harold Camping to come out and convince everyone of this, and scoring a nice crowd of people willing to sell their homes, quit their jobs, even relinquish their savings to put more warnings of the great earthquake that will be coming tomorrow is sad. Many say things like this give Christianity a black eye. I would tend to agree with that, along with some of the judgmental crap some of them spew. God teaches us not to judge as he is the judge. Hey it’s in the bible:
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.-Matthew 7:1-5

And if you a less is more type person:

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven”-Luke 6:37

Let’s say this happens. May 21 hits the earthquake hits, people go missing. I’m ready. I wish my kids had a chance to do some more fun things and I would love to have the chance to watch them grow up, but who’s to say that doesn’t happen in the kingdom of God?

However, when May 22 comes and many are still here, especially those who gave up everything to let us know of the impending doom. What is Harold Camping going to say to them? Will he take the millions of dollars his radio empire made and help these people get on with life? Will he find jobs for all of those who quit them to support his cause? Will he go on another episode of “Open Forum” and take a call from an angry “follower” who has just informed them that their family is living on the sidewalk after selling their house? And most importantly, will he apologize for being a false prophet for the second time in 20 years?
The answer will be most likely no, and that will be the same if you were to ask me if the end of the world is tomorrow.

Then again, you can’t worry. You can only hope that many of the deceivers stop.

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”-Matthew 24:3,4

If they don’t, well they won’t be able to deceive Jesus. He better than that playa.

Peace be with you, and pray to God to help us all to take his gift of life and do good things with it. Cherish your family, be kind to your friends and neighbors, and always remember who Jesus was, and the impact he had on all of those surrounding him, and think of what you can do to help that spirit shine on.

M

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Two Comebackers!!!

Total awesomeness in the world of sports lately…

Uno-Congrats to Udonis Haslem. 13 points and 5 rebounds. Not too bad for a guy who sat on the sidelines for most of the season. His contributions contributed to a huge victory for the Heat as they evened up the series, and took away home court advantage from the Bulls.

Due-Charles Barkley called Dirk Nowitzki, the white mamba. Didn’t Stacy King call Derrick Rose the white mamba a few months back? Why does anyone listen to Charles Barkley anyway? He can’t swing a golf club.

Tre-What the hell is going on with the Sharks? Are you going to allow yourselves to get swept again in the Eastern Conference Finals? Niemi says no!!!! Come on guys get your shit together. You got rid of the scumbags, not take out the Canadian trash.

Quattro-I still can’t believe the Washington Redskins sign Donovan Mcnabb, bench him, give him an extension, bench him again, play Rex Grossman, let Rex Grossman walk, and then Mike Shanahan announces that John Beck will be the starter. In the meantime, Grossman who is a free agent says he is expecting to start with the Redskins this year, and Donovan Mcnabb says he wants to play with the Nationals. What position? I’m telling you there is so much weirdness going on in Washington; perhaps Snyder should sell the team.

Sei-This book about ESPN keeps getting better and better. No one liked Tony Kornheiser on Monday Night Football, but apparently Mike Tirrico didn’t like him on it. Here is an excerpt from the book about their relations on the show:

Tony Kornheiser: Early on together I said, "Mike you know what really works well on PTI is when Mike and I talk over each other -" and he cut me off right there and says, "That's a nice little studio show, but MNF is very important, so don't ever interrupt me when I'm talking."... for two years he didn't even look at me.
Wow! No wonder he failed. Teams work better than individuals. Hey remember that failed radio show Tirrico had on ESPN radio that Scott Van Pelt took over?

Sette-And finally, Jake Peavy, you are the man. Yes, I was not happy to listen to you slam yourself for your last pitching performance. However, after Wednesdays complete game shutout with only 3 hits allowed, I am willing to listen to you, you big bulldog you.

Pinsiero finale-Read my thoughts about the “Rapture” and “5-21-11: Judgment Day” tomorrow. You won’t be disappointed.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

I Like the White Sox: Any Which Way But Lose

White Sox fans. The unholy red faced funny guys are headed into our house and we must find a way to defeat them. With the newly found Masterson talent, and that Carmona guy who was rocked on opening day but has gone back to the talent he was before that, we can only hope to limit their issues. However, I have thought of other ways to help. And I will list them here today.

1-I believe it is in Oney Guillen’s best interest to make up his wrongs with this team with the use of the wonderful Twitter. Oney should find a way to get O-Cab to go out with him and get him blasted. We can only hope that O-Cab’s behavior will result in the behavior of another Cabrera guy earlier in the year.

2-Can anyone find a hooker for Grady Sizemore, and a camera? Does anyone remember number 24’s love of cameras a few years ago?. Then again, we won’t have to face him so no biggie.

3-Perhaps if we kidnap Carlos Santana, and replace with him the guitar icon, he can make beautiful music. Just won’t be able to hit, which would be good for us.

4-How about Southpaw gives Shin Soo Choo instructions out of the park? Choo likes getting directions from people, especially cops.

5-Do you think Kerry Wood is really happy with the Cubs? I remember him with the Indians. Can we have that back here please?

6-Where did Travis Haffner come from? You would think he was on the decline but his numbers suggest otherwise. I don’t know what to do with that dude, unless you give him lots of Lemonheads. You can’t eat too many Lemonheads. It makes your face pucker up. I honestly don’t know, but the boy has to be cooled off somehow. Put Exlax in his Gatorade. Do something. I don’t know. Can we strike him out? Hope so.

7-Perhaps this doesn’t help too much, but does anyone ask the question I ask as in a great movie “who the fuck are these guys?” I am sure Tadahito Iguchi is somewhere in Japan saying “they’re shitty.”

Yes, we have two games to win against the first place opponent. We need to knock them down, step on their throats, and then welcome them back again so we can beat them again. Although, Detroit is the one team in my opinion we should be concerned with, Cleveland is on top of the mountain and as an ancient philosopher said once “to be the man, you have to beat the man. Wooooooo.” Or perhaps ancient wrestler who should retire already, take your pick.

Cheers.

Bouncing Back

So shall we get on with it…

Uno-Brent Morel you are the man. Here I am on a Tuesday night thinking that the White Sox had blown it again. Sure enough, your spectacular defense and game tying home run shut me up. I was so happy the Sox won yesterday, and we need to see them take two victories from the smiling red face stone rods.

Due-Cubs baseball? Ha! It’s fantastic but I am gaining some respect for my rival fans. Many of them are not showing up to games anymore. Good for you. The one so called silly ass calling card you had on Sox fans is now being thrown out the window. You shouldn’t support a team who doesn’t give you hope for the season, especially if it’s based on bad moves by the team.

Tre-This new book about the folks in Bristol has to be good. I read the excerpt about Keith Olberman in GQ, and there is some great stuff there. I think that is hilarious that the slogan for Sportscenter was born out of Olberman’s discontent for anything corporate. I will be reading this book when it comes out, no question about it.

Quattro-I have to say something about the Tampa Bay Lightning here. I am really impressed by this team’s heart. After beating the Penguins and the Capitals, they take a 1-0 lead on the Bruins and almost come back and beat them last night. I am definitely rooting for this team not because they are from Florida, but I love the little engine that could, as long as they are not playing any of my teams.

Cinque-Back to the White Sox, Masterson and Carmona are going to be tough, but the Sox have to win. That is all.

Sei-Speaking about the term having to win, Miami Heat I am looking at you. Please play your asses off and get yourselves a W to make up for that abortion of a basketball game Sunday.

Sette-My hat is off to the Bulls. Although I have the Heat as my favorites, nothing against the Bulls. I like them, I think D-Rose is unbelievable and had Wade or Lebron went to Chicago, chances are they would have been my team. However when you take two of my favorite basketball players, combine them in the same place, and that place happens to be one of the four cities I wish I could move to, how can I not? (Orlando, Tampa, and Oahu are the other 3)

Pinsiero finale-I have to admit, the whole Judgment Day is happening this Saturday thing is fascinating to me. Why? I will discuss on Friday. It will be something you will want to read because not only will it have my crazy opinions, but hopefully you will get something out of it.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Confessions From the Bandwagon: All Heated Up

OK I have calmed down since last night, but I am still angry.

I may have no right to be since I wasn’t a fan of the Heat back in the day, but I am one now and the way you guys played yesterday was completely inexcusable. So I have seven things to say to you guys moving forward to game 2.

1-Remember this is what you guys talked about back at the AAA over the summer. The championships. If you expect to win championships not playing strong defense, or sacrificing yourself for the team, you will not succeed. You talked about 1-2-3-4 titles.; Where from where I am sitting, if I see another game like I saw on Sunday, not only will I puke, but you will lose.

2-Don’t blame the bench Dwyane when you score less than 20 points and less than 30 combined with Lebron. You guys need to step up and act like the leaders you’re supposed to be. You let Taj Gibson dunk on you dude. Taj fricking Gibson. No one knew who he was until he plastered your candy ass buddy. What the hell happened since Boston where you guys decided to take a dump?

3-Boston may have been a stepping point Lebron, but the guy who put together the defense to stun you is right there on the bench in Chicago. You not only need to surpass Tom Thibodeau, but you need to pass the Bulls to get to the one that matters. The way the Boston game ended, I hope you knew that was not the end, because by the play in the second half you could have fooled us. When you were on one knee, did you think the ride was over? It ends when you have the trophy!

4-Chris Bosh, nice job. Show up like that throughout this series and Boozer doesn’t have a chance. You just need to tell your two boys to show up as well.

5-Do you hear it? Let me spell it out for you…

This just in bulls spank the heat woo! There goes lebron not givin the fourth courter again!"

"It has to piss you off watching the heat just give up and not care!"

"Thats 1."

How about them Bulls??? LOL"

"Well thank you! Especially that Mike called me yesterday and started talking some shit! BOOYAH BITCH!"

"The Miami HYPE!!!"

"did Lebron even play tonight"

"Hahahahahahahaha..that is all:) "

"Great win no question, but its only one. Stay focused and rip this fake team to shreds"

"hmmmm....... ok ill hold back and comments until game 2"

"Is that Lebron's diarrhea after a bad salad. lol"

"The heat just got ramed harder than a Cubs fan on halsted street!"

“12>3”

The world is laughing at you, especially in Chicago. That was my Facebook account last night. Well some of it. Some people really need to work on spelling. Do we prove these stoners right, or do we make hay and kick ass on game 2? They played like they wanted it, do you want it or what guys?

6-Derrick Rose is the MVP, not God. He can be stopped. Figure it out. You had him shut down at 8 points at the end of the half, what happened? You pretty much had the team playing your type of game and if you guys can’t find a way to get more offensive rebounds and second chance points, how the hell do you think you will win?

7-This is the most important. The Bulls lose, its not a failure. No one expected them to get this far. They have nothing to prove. The Heat, epic failure is the Bulls eliminate them. Sure the Bulls are the one seed with the MVP, but you guys set the pace with the celebration. You guys set the pace with the signings. You guys came together with the goal of winning a championship, not beating Boston.

I am a fan of the team, and I will stand by you, as well as the majority of South Florida as well. Make us proud to support you. Even if you lose, play to win and we’ll never hold it against you. Play like you did last night, just walk off the court and forfeit.

You beat the Celtics, great! We’re all happy you did. Beat the Bulls and make us ecstatic.

Thank you.

Friday, May 13, 2011

I Like the White Sox: Fixodent and Forget It

So what a difference a week makes?

Can I see that play? Can I? Can I? I fell asleep and same on me.

I can’t believe the White Sox won last night. It had to be due to that Jake Peavy guy right?

Anyways, I am in a much better mood now and I can write with a smile on my face. The Sox are 4-2 on this road trip and are slowly crawling back into the race. I don’t want to be too optimistic, but I am happy about the quality of play lately.

Here are seven things the Sox must have done or happened to explain this winning road record (so far, the house of horrors is next.)

1-Alexei Ramirez must have made a trip back to Cuba. There he found Pedro Cerrano and brought a bucket of live chicken out to the west coast, or stopped an the In and Out whichever comes first.

2-Omar Vizquel called upon the spirit of Nellie Fox to see if he could borrow his number instead for better luck. Nellie said no way, so in order to spite the superstar, Omar played better.

3-Jake Peavy pitched and his body is still in one piece. Sure, he’s mad about the runs allowed, but dude, you’re healthy. Stop it!

4-Gordon Beckham thought it may be safe to follow the tradition of Derrick Rose and eat lots of gummy bears before game time. He looks like the type of guy who likes gummy bears. Anyway, he seems to be doing better.

5-I agree, Paul Konerko got some loco legs like they have in the Fresh Beat Band. It’s a show on Nick Jr that my daughter watches. It is quite weird.

6-Adam Dunn decided it was time to stop being a donkey and become a horse. Once he becomes a stallion, we will be right behind you red faced smiling jerkwads.

7-Johnny Danks went to church and prayed that one, the world doesn’t end next Saturday, unless he can get a win. And while he was there, he prayed for that said win.

Final thought: I like how the Sox are playing a hell of a lot better than last time I wrote. I will take my daughter to a game now. It was like you don’t want to take your daughter to a pile of mud that you know is going to become something great. Keep it up and don’t stop now boys.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

CONFESSIONS FROM THE BANDWAGON: 8 Games Away

So hail hail to the Miami Heat, who have exorcised the demon known as the Boston Celtics. See, I have had this little thing in my head. The Beatles had the Magical Mystery Tour, so our “Heatles” have the Magical Revenge Tour.

By dispatching the Celtics out of the race, we have now completed phase one of the MRT. The Celtics as you know were 1-3 against our boys this past season. So it is only fitting you reverse those numbers and add one to display the record of the post season. The second stop is Chicago as they beat us by three narrow margins this past season, and then the final destination would be a rematch of the 2006 Finals against the team who beat the Heat twice this year, the Dallas Mavericks.

Since we need to focus on the task at hand, let’s talk about the Bulls. Of course they have to get past Atlanta but I can’t them losing that series. I have seven reasons why besides the obvious primary reason to get to the finals duh, the Heat must defeat the Bulls.

1-All this talk about Dwyane Wade being a traitor to Chicago. Seriously, we don’t call south Florida Miami Wade County for nothing. This is D-Wade’s team. Did the Bulls really think they had a chance at flash? Many Bulls fans are talking about how D-Wade washed up. Well, maybe not all, but the most I come in contact with are. I live out this way, so I hear it everyday. In the meantime, I still proclaim the Heat as the next great dynasty.

2-Sure Rose you got the MVP. Good job. However, Wade and James are not in this to win MVP trophies. There are here for one reason, to win the NBA Championship Trophy.

3-James Jones or Luol Deng, who would you rather see hit that 3? Once again, winning the 3 point shooter contest is all well and good, but let’s get that trophy.

4-I remember during a regular season, the Bull fans laughed at Chris Bosh suffering a small ankle injury during the first game. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Bosh pull a couple of triple doubles during the series, in Chicago?

5-Coach Tibbs won the coach of the year, and he was on the Celtics last year. Having said that, since we eliminated the Celtics, we need to kick the defensive mastermind square in the balls (not literally guys) but finding all the holes in the defense.

6-Joakim Noah said that Cleveland sucks and made jokes about going there on vacation. How many jokes can you make about going to Miami this time when you get spanked by Lebron?

7-And finally, Lebron is one of the cities that he turned down during the Decision. Therefore everyone is Chicago resorts to calling him Queen Lebron, Lebum, or the every popular simplistic bitch. Time to silence the critics baby!!!!

Final thought-This will be an exciting jaw dropping series. They need to find a way to take Rose completely out of the game, and put the ball in the hands of the other guys who have been inconsistent in the other playoff games. With a little of that Heat defense, we should be able to make life difficult for them, but this will be a tougher test than the Celtics. The Celtics had one guy playing with one arm, and were tired out. This Bulls team is ready to play ball. However, we need to shut them down and get four steps closer to that prize.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Next Saturday is the End?

So I just found out today, next Saturday will be the beginning of the apocalypse. The ones who follow God will be saved, and everyone else will survive and live in torment of the 5 months of hell as the World will be wiped out. Now I believe in God, and anyone who knows me knows Jesus is my hero in more ways than anyone can imagine, but if this is true, I think a few things will be ruined. They say seven is the holy number so I guess I’m on the right track.

Uno-We need to see the Bulls and Heat play each other in the playoffs, because everyone knows the Heat will kick ass. God hopefully is a fan of basketball, and seeing as this series will be a slobber knocker, perhaps plans will be put off until later. Although I am sure we can watch the game in heaven.

Due-The White Sox are due to win the World Series this year. We need to witness the greatest sports turnaround ever in a single season.

Tre-I never want to see this, but don’t the Cubs have to win a World Series before this climatic event?

Quattro-Someone needs to break the record of an undefeated football season currently held by the 1972 Miami Dolphins. I would think it could be the 2011 Miami Dolphins, but we can dream, unless times up.

Cinque-If you ask Rex Ryan, he would tell you the Jets will win a superbowl. Having said that, I think this 5-21-11 thing could be for real.

Sei-Important reason: my kids need to go to school obviously. In fact, all my friend’s kids do too.

Sette-The Blackhawks need to win another cup.

Pinsiero finale-OK, a loving God may not wipe out the world, but the world is not a nice place. There are many corrupt, dirty people out there, and many bad things have happened. We have seen the goings on in churches, along with the claim that God left the church in ’88 and some 23 year period and quite frankly we have seen lots of bad things in churches. We also have been exposed to many tragedies and disasters as well. However, this is nothing new as things like this have been going on for years. The truth is the communication age has exposed us to our world more so than ever before. When something happens you hear about it instantly via Smartphone, twitter, etc. I honestly can say that I believe the passage in Mark (that is if you believe the Bible) about how no one knows when the end is coming. I agree.

If the end comes on 5-21-11, it will be a day after my birthday. And I can say, God has me penciled in. I am not perfect without sin, but you can only ask to have sin removed and learn from it.

Then again, who defines what sin is?

Too much stuff for you today. Apologies.

Whatever you do, live your life right, don’t hurt people, and if we can all be the compassionate person Jesus was, we’d all be better off.

M

Monday, May 9, 2011

Kobe Should Jump in A Lake with Phil

Hope all you Mothers had a nice Mothers day. On with the show…

Uno-First off, did you ever go to Arlington Park on Mothers Day. It’s a zoo and I have been doing it for many many years. I almost won every race I bet yesterday, I just made some last second changes. So piece of advice: don’t ever change your bet the first time. Stick with your gut and don’t let anyone scare you.

Due-The Lakers. LMFAO! You guys were supposed to three peat or something like that. Instead, Ron Artest becomes the bitch we all know and loved, Kobe looks like a blubbering idiot, Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum look like a bunch of douche bags with their flagrant fouls in the 4th, and then look there’s uncle Phil. Going to Montana and smoking peyote as Dallas Coach Rick Carlisle said. The Lakers are done dude. Phil is retiring and that team is going to get blown up. I think the Heat should go after Gasol as he doesn’t want to be there anymore.

Tre-Speaking of the Heat, that was an ugly loss on Sunday. First off, to the reporter that said Dwyane Wade hit Rajon Rondo with a cheap shot, Lebron is right! Secondly, as inspired as one can be by the Celtics play, I think the Heat realize what needs to be done, and they will find a way to do it. Third, I still hate the Celtics. Thank you God bless.

Quattro-I did not expect the see the Bulls blow the game in the fourth last night nor did I expect to see Atlanta tie the series 2-2. Do you think the Bulls can finish this?

Cinque-The Lightining have advance to the conference finals and get the burly Boston Bruins. I don’t think the Preds are going to beat the Canucks. However for the love of God, don’t let the scumbags come back on the Sharks. Please San Jose, don’t have one of your famous playoff meltdowns again.

Sei-And hats off to the White Sox who have won their first series on the road since, well opening day. Congrats men of black and white. Here’s to righting the ship and getting back in there.

Sette-And I got into the drinking Vitamin Water kick, because I thought it was healthy. Now I find it is not. My heart is broken and with 125 calories per serving, I think we need to rethink this.

Pinsiero finale-I had such a nice day with my family yesterday, and I am hoping to have many more.

That’s all. Stay gold.

M

Friday, May 6, 2011

I Miss Mom

Once upon a while there is always someone special that you meet
That always says that special something to keep you on your feet
That is there to wipe your tears, cheer you up when you have that bad day
Tell you that she knew you could when things go your way
It is just such a blessing when a person like that gives you a life
A caring person, a supermom, and one hell of a wife
You live with her as good friends, can tell her anything
When all goes wrong, she would help no matter what kind of thing
She'd do whatever it took to make the world smile
She was tough, stubborn, and a fighter but that was just her style
But the day comes when she must go to add to heaven's light
Leaving us behind on Earth, but never out of sight
We may not see but always feels every move she makes
But we cannot live in sorrow for our loss no matter what it takes
So while she meets St. Jude, and we continue on with this life
You know that she be there to always shine that light
And even though at this moment our lives are filled with pain
Just always remember, my Mother's blood is always in our veins
And while her body passed, and her family left to mourn
We must rejoice to know that my mother is reborn
So just remember one thing, all her family and friends
Her body may have died, but her spirit never ends
One day we'll meet again, in a land far away
My Mother Mary Rita, she'll be with us that special day

MARY RITA CASACCIO 1952-1999


Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there. And to all the sons and daughters never take that for granted.

The Crazy Shit in My Head

So today, instead of covering sports, here are 7 things that went through my mind in the last 24 hours I would like to share with you.

Uno-So on the Score I am hearing commercials about lawn seed companies battling each other and bad mouthing the other company. Scotts and Pennignton lawn care apparently really want you to use their product and not the other guys. It’s making me laugh that grass seed companies are fighting each other with such ferociousness. The funny part is it sounds really lame.

Due-Why doesn’t Mcdonalds have Chocolate Ice Cream? They have Chocolate Shakes but no ice cream. Jersey was upset and I had to go down the street to 31 flavors for her. I asked for a kid’s size, and they gave me the whole bucket.

Tre-Still trying to wrap my head around the fact it cost me $72.00 to fill up my car with gas. This time last year it cost me $48.00.

Quattro-Why don’t my kids ever want to sleep?

Cinque-To all dudes who are in the locker room, please wear a towel instead of walking around naked. I don’t know about you, but that’s just rude. No one wants to see things hanging out, and I’m not just talking about your dick either.

Sei-I am thinking the Sox come out of this west coast road trip 2-9. I don’t know about you.

Sette-Anyone know how I can get more followers on Twitter so more people can read this wonderful blog I write.

Pinsiero finale-I decided to write down random thoughts today rather than sports because I thought you should see what I think about every once in a while. That’s all.

Have a wonderful weekend.

M

Thursday, May 5, 2011

I Like the White Sox: The Program

I’m sorry, but it has now hit rock bottom.

Sox fans, we are in a state of addiction to a bad baseball team. Normally people don’t watch something so terrible without drinking (don’t believe me; look at the North side for the last 100 years.) However, it is time for us to exorcise our demons, and come clean. I give you the seven steps to being a fan of the 2011 Chicago White Sox.

Step one-We admitted we were powerless over the lure of the fireworks. Yes every time someone from the White Sox hits a home run, we love to see the fireworks. When the Sox win, there are fireworks as well. We need to see them again, or we will never recover.

Step two-We turned our fandom over to a higher power. If you take a look at the hierarchy, Mayor Daley (and yes he is still the Mayor right now) is a Sox fan. Governor Quinn is a Sox fan. President Obama is a Sox fan. So one can only assume God is a Sox fan as well. God would never allow such a travesty to continue. Sure the Sox have the worst record in the league right now, but if we and the team turn over our fandom to God that surely will not happen anymore.

Step three-We made a moral inventory of ourselves as fans. The White Sox are our team through thick and thin. Sure things may be bad now, but remember that this is April and May, and for the last 4 years, April and May have royally sucked. But the two teams that are on top, we kicked their asses. Well maybe not, but we won. In fact the two loses at Progressive this year came at the hands of the Sox. Therefore, we will defeat the red faced laughing guy, and we will defeat the Blue Crown as well.

Step four-We are entirely ready to have our shortcomings removed by Kenny or Ozzie. This means that Juan Pierre needs to become a vendor for a week, as long as he doesn’t drop anyone’s money for beer. Gordon Beckham needs to take a field trip to Charlotte to remind him how he got here. AJ Pierzynski needs to play catch with the kids in the street, and sure Adam Dunn can be my first baseman…well I don’t know if we’re there yet. By the way, does Greg Walker count as a shortcoming?

Step five-Make a List of all those we harmed and be willing to make amends to them because at least they are trying. Carlos Quentin is playing well right now, and we called him names last year and the year before that too. Paul Konerko was equated to a Disney character by someone who me thinks runs this place. That wasn’t so nice either, considering he is holding this team together with scotch tape with his home runs. I think that is it. Please add if you can think of anyone else.

Step six-Promise to make direct amends to our team wherever possible, meaning when they get their heads out of their “all in” asses. We will stop booing because booing is mean, but only if and when the White Sox stop playing like the sacks of shit we have been accustomed to seeing them play like for the last month or so.

Step seven-Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for Ozzie Guillen and His Merry Gang of Stonerods the power to carry that out. Look, once again, we need to pray because like MC Hammer said when I was a youngin, that’s the way we make it today. Pray for the White Sox, and pray for the fans that have been damaged in this process. Including yours truly.

Final step-Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to other White Sox fans who feel despair -If you see a fellow White Sox fan as upset as you and I, don’t fault them. Spread these steps to them and allow them to feel the love of our fandom. Pick him and her up, and hold them close. Especially if she’s cute. And tell them it’s going to be OK. We are less than 35 games in, and the White Sox will find a way to surprise us all.

If that will be in a positive or negative way remains to be seen.

Let’s go go go White Sox; we’re with you all away.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Chairs the Sox Sit in Are HEATing Up

I’m happy, I’m sad. I am feeling mixed emotions.

Uno-That no hitter that happened last night was the straw that broke the camels back. Unreal. This guy has a 9.13 ERA and the White Sox couldn’t get one God damn hit on him. (You can’t say God damn in the blog.) Who gives a shit no one is reading anyway?

Due-It was so pretty watching the Heat own the Celtics once again. I hope they can put them away in Boston, but hey, one can dream.

Tre-Read a story on Deadspin today about Shin Soo Choo getting a DUI. Although DUIs are not funny, this made me feel better because in case you didn’t know, he is an outfielder on the Indians. That same Indians team that wasn’t supposed to do shit that is first place in the central right now.

Quattro-Joe Cowley makes me laugh. Here are a couple of tweets from him last night during the no shit no hit last night…

cst_Cowley cst_Cowley
Fight in the Twins dugout!!!

cst_Cowley cst_Cowley
The Twins starting pitchers are fighting each other for the right to get the start against the Sox tomorrow.

cst_Cowley cst_Cowley
Weaver I get, Verlander, C.C., OK. But to have the pitcher formally known as Liriano treat u like J Foster in the Accused, hard to swallow.

cst_Cowley cst_Cowley
Can't wait to read Phillip's column on how John Ely could have broke up Liriano's no-hitter if the Sox wouldn't have moved him.

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I want to thank the greatest sports editor around in C. DeLuca for promoting off this Godforsaken beat before it hit the ice berg.
Yes I remember last year a twitter war with Oney kept me in good spirits about the team. They have to turn this thing around.

Cinque-This feeling of emptiness with the Sox is killing me. If we were going to get no hit, why oh why against the Twins?

Sei-Back to the Heat game, which is happier. Lebron scored 35 points. The so called big three scored 36 together. Choke on that chowderheads.

Sette-And Derrick Rose won the MVP, which apparently Bull fans are so proud of, and once again Leborn is a bitch. Let me share Ira’s column in the Sentinel a little piece to put you all in perspective:

James, who had won the award the past two seasons, this time not only finished third to winner Derrick Rose and runner-up Dwight Howard, but actually was omitted from nine of the five-player ballots submitted by the 121 voters. His answer was a 35-point, seven-rebound performance that included a key third-quarter scoring burst fueled by a pair of 3-pointers and a particularly aggressive stance in the fourth quarter. He scored 24 of his points in the second half.

Then there was Wade, who placed seventh in the MVP vote, left off of 111 ballots. He closed with 28 points and eight rebounds, providing life when needed most in the first half.

And, yes, they knew about the balloting -- and snubs.

"We just had this conversation in the locker room," Wade said as the two settled in for postgame interviews. "But at the end of the day, we don't really play this game for individual rewards."

The two then shared a smile before Wade continued.

"Our body of work," he said, "speaks for ourselves."
And most likely a longer run in the playoffs if the Heat keep getting it done.

Pinsiero finale-Thought I would share with you a horrible story I found out about. It was about a vendor at PNC Park suffering a heart attack. A 17 year old approached the car and you can read what happens next.

Humanity is embarrassing at times. Continue your quest to rise above to greatness as I will too.

Take care.

M

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Where's the Body Pal????

Are you ready kids? Let’s rock and roll.

Uno-Congrats to the White Sox for stopping that huge slide at home. Buehrle pitched well. Paulie hit 2 home runs. I know I said this before, but let’s hope this will lead the charge to a much better season. I can’t think of a better way to turn things around than beating the crap out of the Twins the next two nights.

Due-Memo to Steve Rosenbloom. Dude I love you. You were a nice guy when I met you, but man, your column the other day was a total overreaction. I know we hate saying the “it’s early” talk and there’s the question of when it becomes “too late.” But this division is still up for grabs. Remember that the two teams that have winning records in the AL Central were only able to beat the Sox one time a piece. We get to play them and other divisional opponents many times. The Sox have to turn this thing around. There is too much talent on the team not to succeed.

Tre-Lakers lose game one, again. As funny as that is, I can’t honestly say they are gone. What’s with Kobe shaking his finger yesterday? You lost punk. Sit down and shut up.

Quattro-Thinking about this Osama Bin Laden thing, where’s the body? How come we don’t get to see it? We’re supposed to take your word for it that he’s dead. I don’t know man. This is funny and convenient timing man.

Cinque-The Bulls really are looking like Cavs 2.0. If Rose isn’t playing, do they find ways to stink up the joint? Never in a million years did I think they would lose to the Atlanta Hawks on their home court.

Sei-Can we please put this Prince William and Kate thing to bed? They’re married now great. You know when I saw them on that balcony, I could only think about the scene in Spiderman where they are out on the balcony and the green goblin attacks the crowd, if that happened I don’t think I would feel sorry for them. I personally thought the days of royalty were over.

Sette-Good luck to the Heat tonight. Make this a 2-0 series and step on those bastards throats and never let off.

Pinsiero finale: If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears the sound, did it actually fall?


Ciao for now.

M

Monday, May 2, 2011

Heat Win, Osama Dead, Sox Still Suck, Nice Weekend

So what a weekend. Let’s talk about it.

Uno-Thumbs up to Coach Tom Thibodeau for the Bulls. He got the Coach of the Year and he rightfully deserved it. He has this Bulls team focused, on the same page with him, and helped to bring them to an elite status as well.

Due-Paul Pierce, I know back a few months ago “it was your pleasure to bring your talents to south beach.” Now I will ask, was it nice getting your ass thrown out of there?”

Tre-Dwyane Wade, thanks for remembering the playoffs were happening and coming with your A game yesterday.

Quattro-I really don’t know about this White Sox team anymore. 15 out of 18 loses is not good. I haven’t lost hope but the door is closing fast. Cubs are in the same boat. Chicago needs a third baseball team I think.

Cinque-Did you see James Jones come up with 23 points in the game with the Heat yesterday? My man!

Sei-The new juggernaut for the Western Conference in basketball, the Memphis Grizzlies. The new juggernaut for the East in hockey, the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Sette-The Miami Dolphins picked some interesting characters in their draft. They got a twin whose brother plays on the Steelers, a running back who is slow, a receiver who is very fast but has difficulty with routes, and a guy who served 2 years in jail. Anyone who tells me the Dolphins are playing it safe are out of their mind. They didn’t even draft a QB. That’s just risky in my book.

Pinsiero finale: Look. I like lots of you saw on the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed. And I saw many Americans dancing in the streets about this news. I will have to say although this event brings closure to many of us, I personally don’t believe dancing in the streets for any human being dying is not the greatest thing in the world. The man was evil yes, however how do we feel when we see Middle Eastern countries dance and laugh when something happens to us? Not good. Now we are on the TV looking like joyful morons while the terrorist world watches. Closure is good, justice has been served, now let’s let it go. Brace yourselves, this man is draped in martyrdom now and I would expect attacks to happen. Let’s hope our government knows what they’re doing. Nevertheless, I feel a sense of relief and I can say a real form of evil has been eliminated. Thumbs up to the military for ending this,

Anyways happy Monday and we’ll talk tomorrow,

M

I Like the White Sox: The South Side Circus

Everyday I like you watch the White Sox, and everyday like you I hope that this will be the turning point, but yet everyday like you, I witness the hapless bad comedy show that is our team. To make matters worse, the two teams that no one picked to lead the division are up there kicking ass, while we’re down here making complete fools out of ourselves as every game goes on. More pitching implosions, more stranded base runners, more defensive miscues, I don’t know how much more I can take of this. So I decided to come up with seven solutions to help the White Sox improve.

1-Take Gordon Beckham to an Outfield reunion concert. Then again, who the hell were they? Didn’t they have one song that Beckham used to come out to? I remember Paul Konerko recommended to him to change his at bat song. It was Metallica Seek and Destroy for a while. Perhaps he should select some Slayer. It may work out better. I don’t know which song, but Mandatory Suicide would be a nice pick. Has a nice opening riff.

2-Matt Thornton needs to go to Arizona to visit his special friend. Do you remember that bro-mance that Thornton used to joke about with J.J. Putz? Well, there is no bromance for Matty anymore. This could be the reason why he is giving up Cadillacs and Beamers every day he takes the mound. I guess Jesse Crain is not as cuddly as Putz is.

3-I think that Danks and Humber should start kicking it like the rest of the starting rotation and just give up the game early. What’s the use of pitching your ass of when your team is going to fail you anyway?

4-If AJ wants to catch baserunners stealing; he should light the cannon and aim towards second base, not try to hit pitches off of it.

5-Alex Rios should get paid only $10 for the season. Every time he gets a hit, give him back a little bit more of the contract.

6-Can we get our Jim Thome back? Version 2.0 is a donkey and can’t hit as much. Nice homer yesterday though. I’m glad the guy we signed to replace the hydra is tied with the little guy for home runs on the team.

7-I would say fire Greg Walker, but I think that one has been covered if not this year, few before.

Yes I know I’m being silly but what else can you do? Our team flat out sucks ass right now. I have to disagree with our fearless leader, they are not boring. In fact, it’s getting to be straight up comical and you have to ask yourself, how are they going to blow this game now? You could make it a contest in the Sun Times. Instead of a pick to click, you can do click to pick, the stoner of the game. In fact, we should have a stoner of the game. What’s the use of having a player of the game? Find out who gave the game up this week.

I said this last year, and I will say it again. Perhaps the meetup will be the turning point. It was the last two years if I’m correct. All I know is when people say, it’s only May, its like. Yes and if I have to watch another 4 months of this shit, I’m going to jump off a bridge.

Anyway, they can do it, right guys? Make a list and accomplish goals.

• Stop fucking up
• Hit the ball
• Catch the ball
• Run and score
• Catch Detroit
• Catch Kansas City
• Don’t let Minnesota back in
• Catch Cleveland
• Win division
• Win LCS
• Win World Series
• Have a parade
• Smile at Cub fans
• Repeat next year

Go White Sox!!!!!