Monday, January 09, 2006
Rev It Up
I walked outside today at about 10:00 AM, and I made an observation: it was goddamn warm. Now, it's only in the 50's today in suburban New York, but it feels warmer. The temperature, and the smell, made me think of something:
Baseball.
Now, writing about the offseason is a bore, and I don't have all that much time in the winter anyway (comparitively,) so I didn't write. But we're about to get started again for 2006.
What did 2005 hold for me, personally? It was tough. Emotionally, the toughest thing I've ever been through unfolded for me -- twice.
But baseball provided a salvation. The Mets were watchable again, for the first time in 5 years, and gave us some glimmers of hope. David Wright is wicked; Pedro looked like, well, Pedro; Beltran blew, but you can't win 'em all; and so on.
All signs point to 2006 being even better in Flushing. The bullpen is better, Pedro can't pitch in the WBC because of his toe, Wright and Jose Reyes are a year older, and so on.
The same can't be said about our associates up in Beantown, as the Sox are seemingly looking at a steep fall. Maybe even to third place in the AL East, after Toronto had a spendy offseason. But we'll root our asses off for them, because we're good people.
I'll be making some predictions after the offseason winds down and we hit February. They'll be done through our syndicate. I'll place that link in the NavBar, so nobody gets lost.
Get pumped for '06. It's coming.
Baseball.
Now, writing about the offseason is a bore, and I don't have all that much time in the winter anyway (comparitively,) so I didn't write. But we're about to get started again for 2006.
What did 2005 hold for me, personally? It was tough. Emotionally, the toughest thing I've ever been through unfolded for me -- twice.
But baseball provided a salvation. The Mets were watchable again, for the first time in 5 years, and gave us some glimmers of hope. David Wright is wicked; Pedro looked like, well, Pedro; Beltran blew, but you can't win 'em all; and so on.
All signs point to 2006 being even better in Flushing. The bullpen is better, Pedro can't pitch in the WBC because of his toe, Wright and Jose Reyes are a year older, and so on.
The same can't be said about our associates up in Beantown, as the Sox are seemingly looking at a steep fall. Maybe even to third place in the AL East, after Toronto had a spendy offseason. But we'll root our asses off for them, because we're good people.
I'll be making some predictions after the offseason winds down and we hit February. They'll be done through our syndicate. I'll place that link in the NavBar, so nobody gets lost.
Get pumped for '06. It's coming.
# posted by Dave @ 3:46 PM 
