Monday, March 31, 2008
Lies
As I was writing it, the Tigers went up 1-0. I retract Bold Prediction number 2. Fear the Tigers. They are hungry and they have lots of teeth. Check the metaphor, and no, I haven't been drinking.
The story so far...
Yanks are in a rain delay. Awful, just awful. But Jeter is having a recorded version of Bob Shepherd announce him for his at bats. Class act.
Detroit is in the bottom of the second with Kansas City, and so far the score is 0-0, leading me to one of two conclusions:
1) The Tigers aren't the juggernauts that were destined to score 1500 runs. Because these are the Royals...come on.
2) Wow, the Royals might be really good this year, because damn, they've gone toe to toe with the Tigers for two innings!
I say all of this in jest. It's the first game of the season, and while I'm buying into the hype of the Tigers, it's all on paper, and they still have to get it done for themselves...more as the season develops.
-Jobimoto out
"The Tigers will devour the AL Central, and not make it past the ALDS - Bold Prediction 2"
Detroit is in the bottom of the second with Kansas City, and so far the score is 0-0, leading me to one of two conclusions:
1) The Tigers aren't the juggernauts that were destined to score 1500 runs. Because these are the Royals...come on.
2) Wow, the Royals might be really good this year, because damn, they've gone toe to toe with the Tigers for two innings!
I say all of this in jest. It's the first game of the season, and while I'm buying into the hype of the Tigers, it's all on paper, and they still have to get it done for themselves...more as the season develops.
-Jobimoto out
"The Tigers will devour the AL Central, and not make it past the ALDS - Bold Prediction 2"
It's the most wonderful time of the year
That's right. It's Opening Day. The REAL Opening Day - Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. The last Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
I can already hear you idiots now, "But Jobi, baseball already opened! The Red Sox played! In Japan no less!" Don't care, and allow me to use "18 and 1," in a baseball context...yeah, you will be hearing that a lot this year.
Yeah, all that crap happened, but I cannot begin to tell you how little that matters to me. Even when the Yankees opened in Japan a few years ago, I felt cheated, not because Opening Day is any less of an event because it takes place in a foreign country, but because the games took place at like, 6:50am and there were fans there, but I guarantee you not the type of fans that have been drinking for 5 days in anticipation of what is, without a doubt, the most wonderful time of the year, because on Opening Day, anything can happen. Your team can easily be in first place and have a shot, mathematically, at winning 162 games. Even a 33 year old journey man, having a great game, will be projected after Opening Day to hit 250 Home Runs, drive in 374 RBI, hit .750, etc etc. It is a great day, because if you play the numbers game, which only holds up until reality rears its ugly head, your team is an unstoppable juggernaut.
And if you lose...who the fuck cares? There's still 161 games left, you idiots. Don't bring your smack talk over here just because you'll be in first for maybe three days. Morons.
GOD I LOVE BASEBALL!
-Jobimoto out.
"PLAY BALL!"
I can already hear you idiots now, "But Jobi, baseball already opened! The Red Sox played! In Japan no less!" Don't care, and allow me to use "18 and 1," in a baseball context...yeah, you will be hearing that a lot this year.
Yeah, all that crap happened, but I cannot begin to tell you how little that matters to me. Even when the Yankees opened in Japan a few years ago, I felt cheated, not because Opening Day is any less of an event because it takes place in a foreign country, but because the games took place at like, 6:50am and there were fans there, but I guarantee you not the type of fans that have been drinking for 5 days in anticipation of what is, without a doubt, the most wonderful time of the year, because on Opening Day, anything can happen. Your team can easily be in first place and have a shot, mathematically, at winning 162 games. Even a 33 year old journey man, having a great game, will be projected after Opening Day to hit 250 Home Runs, drive in 374 RBI, hit .750, etc etc. It is a great day, because if you play the numbers game, which only holds up until reality rears its ugly head, your team is an unstoppable juggernaut.
And if you lose...who the fuck cares? There's still 161 games left, you idiots. Don't bring your smack talk over here just because you'll be in first for maybe three days. Morons.
GOD I LOVE BASEBALL!
-Jobimoto out.
"PLAY BALL!"
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