May 28, 2005
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I went today on my lunch to buy a book about the Cubs 2004 season, it
pretty much chronicles the whole season, right up and through the
heartbreak in the last week. As I was driving into the parking lot
after getting the book, the Rockies Brad Hawpe hit a line drive. Cubs
announcer Pat Hughes said very quickly that it hit Mark Prior in the
arm and he was on the ground in obvious pain. He said at first it
looked like it hit him in the forearm. The whole time, I’m just hoping
that it wasn’t his elbow, although, I knew things weren’t good. But, I
had to get back to work, so I left, satisfied that it might not have
been his elbow. How wrong I was. It hit him square on the elbow, and
reports have it, its a fracture. This is very very disheartening. Its
sickening. I mean, this is it. This is the fucking season. And, the
worst part about it, is that this is really an injury that can affect
the rest of his career. Sure, he should be able to come back and pitch
from this. But, chances are, he will always have elbow problems. Shit,
he has had elbow issues (I should mention, the ball hit him on his
right elbow, and he is right-handed) the past 2 seasons, this is not
going to help. He very well might not ever be the same. And, he was
having a great season, in fact, he was pretty much back to 2003 form.
As for the Cubs, this is a huge blow to them. A lot of people want to
blame the injuries for their poor performance this season, but
honestly, even if they were healthy, I still don’t see them being much
better than what they have been. I’m just so disappointed right now.
But, at least this year, they won’t be giving us any false hopes.I was thinking about something today (Uvon, you might want to skip this
part, but, you might be ok with it……..its about Jesus………no, come to think of it, you might want to skip it). Why, when
people get mad, they say “Jesus Christ”? And what is even stranger, is
that they change his name. I mean, Jesus H Christ? What the hell does
the H stand for? And how did it get mixed in with his name? I’ve
checked the birth certificate, there was no H in his name. And, I’m
pretty sure they didn’t have Godfather’s back then, so its not like it
was after his Godfather. And, still other times, people say “Jesus
fucking Christ”, which doesn’t make the least bit of sense. See, I’m
not a Christian, so it doesn’t bother me and I don’t consider him my
savior, but a lot of the people that talk like this, they are
Christians. How can you call him your savior, and then drop the fucking
F-bomb in the middle of the name of the most important person that has
ever lived (at least, in their eyes). How is that supposed to express
just how pissed you are? And, doesn’t it only complicate things? I
mean, after all, you are supposed to believe that it is a sin. But,
what really puzzles me is the “H”. Or is it sorta like Ulysses S Grant,
it doesn’t really stand for anything. Lets just think what it could
stand for. Happy. Thats not very likely, as most of the people saying
it, are not happy when they are saying it. How about Harold? Probably
not, as it doesn’t fit with the rest of the name. It is definitely not
horny, and that is for obvious reasons. Hilda? Well, he was male, so we
can pretty much rule Hilda out right off the bat. How about Hortense?
Well, he aint a hurricane, so we can dump that one. Heaven? That could
be, but isnt that sorta redundant. I mean, after all, he is supposed to
already be the son of God, he already has his ticket to Heaven punched.
Could it be hat? I don’t think they had hats back then. Wait, I got it!
(turn away Uvon, turn away) Hung! The H stood for hung
