March 30, 2008

  • As it turns out, the meeting I had at work actually had nothing to do with the position I applied for. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I'm not going to get into specifics right now but needless to say it was not good at all. Yes, I am still employed...............for now.  Jesus, I replace the coffee creamer with cocaine one time and it might cost me my job. You would think they would have a sense of humor about these sort of things.

    I should clarify, I did not replace the creamer with cocaine. I replaced it with rat poison.

    Tomorrow, I'm going to opening day. Originally this guy from work and I were just going to go to the Cubby Bear across the street from the park and watch the game. But, he talked me into actually getting tickets to the game. Of course, the game was all sold out so we had to severely overpay for bad seats on StubHub. That being said, as long as we aren't right behind a pole, there really is no bad seat in Wrigley. Our seats are in the upper deck and even the upper deck is not bad, its not nearly as high as the upper deck at Comiskey, Busch, Miller Park or the Metrodome. Should be a great atmosphere at the park though, there is something about opening day that is just so much damn fun. If my memory serves me correctly, this is my 5 or 6th time at opening day. Last time was in 2004 when coming off a division title the previous year (much like this year) they proceeded to get their asses kicked by the Pirates something like 13-2. And we froze our asses off. Oh, I guess I should mention that I'm speaking of the Cubs, although honestly if you don't know that by now than you are pretty damn dense.

    Every year though I try to write some predictions about the season. In spite of what all of the so called experts are saying, I am not picking the Cubs to win the division this year. They have too many question marks, the biggest one being Kerry Wood as the closer. Now don't get me wrong, I love Kerry Wood. He is a stand up guy and I have the utmost respect for him. But the reality is that even when he was healthy (and that is a monumental if) he still was not nearly as good as his potential. He is very inconsistent and a closer role is something you need to be consistent.in. I do see the Cubs contending for the division title though, after all they would have to be VERY VERY VERY bad for them not to contend in this piss poor division. My pick again is the Brewers, even though I hate that team. As for the White Sox, while.............they should be much improved, but honestly they will not be able to compete with the likes of the Tigers and Indians.

    As for my World Series picks, I'm going to go with the Detroit Tigers beating the New York Mets. And that kills me to say that, because I HATE HATE HATE the Mets more than any other team in professional sports. As for a dark horse, I think the Seattle Mariners could be a team that shocks everybody.

    As always, GO CUBS!

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