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…

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Fight in the Twins dugout!!!

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

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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.

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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!!!!!