Hey kids, fortune favors the bold.
- DON'T you think Petco Park's new five-foodstuffs-for-5-dollars deal beats the shit out of Subway's five dollar footlongs? Hot dog, peanuts, popcorn, cookie, and a soda all for just $5, or substitute a beer for the soda and it's $10.
- WILL you get to bed early enough tonight to wake up at 4:30AM EST and watch Japan's Yu Darvish take the mound in the opening game of the WBC? Japan takes on China (led by former Astros and Angels manager Terry Collins) at the Tokyo Dome.
- DO you envy new Nationals interim general manager Mike Rizzo? He's going to be the guy sitting behind the big desk and shuffling papers until Stan Kasten selects Jim Bowden's successor.
- WHO stole Billy Ripken's wallet? Steve Lyons thinks Lou Piniella was habla'ing some Espanol there and took the wallet.
- ARE you excited for Bob Dylan's sekrit new album featuring Los Lobos' own David Hidalgo on accordion?
That'll do for today, piggies. I'm not really waking up that early to watch the WBC but I will certainly be watching Team America vs Team Canadia on Saturday at 2PM on ESPN. Hopefully, Davey Johnson will keep J.J. Putz in the bullpen and off the mound.
(Jorge Posada and his borkened bat courtesy of picAndrew on Flickr)
Big Announcement:
Commenter Super Joe will be joining me as Co-Owner of Team Zombie Pete Franklin.
Big(ger) announcement:
CHIPPER JONES will be joining me as co-owner of our team. Expect us to draft Chipper in the first, Samuel Colt in the second, and Javy Lopez in the third.
Chief, finally Super Joe Charboneau is back in baseball.
That's the only time anything regarding the Padres will beat the shit out of anybody.
Unless you're married to a Giles.
GIVE ME FIVE FISH TACOS, PLEASE!
Five
Five Dollar
Five Dollar peanutpopcornhotdogcookiecoke
Just booked a "client dinner" in NYC on St. Paddy's Day. I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE.
@Honeynut: I hope it's not at McSorley's or P.J. Carney's.
I'm not sure I'm allowed in McSoreley's anymore after the "incident".
@Rob
No, the dinner itself is at the uber-boring Capitol Grille (I know, not my choice). The drinking before/after will be at locations TBD.
Capital Grille? Sheesh, you might as well be eating in Blandlanta or Washingsnooze, D.C.
Hey guys,
Glad to be part of the community and looking forward to competing in the Roto league.
Yo, Mike? Mike Rizzo? Yeah, this is your brother Frank. Frank. Frank Rizzo. Got a fuckin, ah, trade offer for you there, sizzlechest.
Also surprised a new Dylan record is coming out?
Bob Dylan.
Any chance is going Yu Darvish to defect during the WBC tournament?
(My last comment was filtered through BabelFish.)
MLB2k9 is the same as the past few in the series. The pitching is kind of hard, but its fun. And the graphics are fantastico
TERRY COLLINS IS A TRAITOR!
So a watered-down Budweiser is apparently worth six bucks in Petco Park. Sounds about right...
@Rob
You know, Capitol Grille really isn't so bad, they havzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The meal is merely a pit stop between bars.
I shouldn't talk shit having
(a) never been to a Capital Grille
(b) heard surprisingly good things about the resto
(c) consumed two Dominos Pizza chicken parm sandwiches in the past month
Who goes to a pizza joint and has a sandwich?
That's like going to a Chinese place and ordering a hamburger.
Are we liveglogging the Japan-China WBC game? I set my alarm and am ready. Guess I'll just wait for you guys to start.