8/30/2007
His judegment cometh...and that right soon 8/30/07
So this blog is coming to an end. I know I said I would keep it going until the Braves were finished. I lied. I'm sorry. They are fading so fast, they might sign Shea Hillenbrand just so someone can write, "The ship is sinking," on the locker room chalk board, but they still have at least a month left. I'm bored with talking about myself, though. This blog made it through 91 posts in 113 days, which is about 85 posts and 106 days longer than I anticipated. I'll have a final post on Saturday and possibly one more before that, and I'll leave some of the older posts up for a while. It's been real. As a good friend once told me, "Get busy living, or get busy blogging."
8/19/2007
draft day 8/19/07
So Hanley is taking a foray into fantasy football this year. The only problem is that he is in Mexico and today was draft day, so he gave me the keys for his team. My first order of business was to try to change the team name from Team Hanley to The Pit Bulls. It didn't work. Here's how the draft transpired:
12:50 draft in 10 minutes; we pick 10th (last) in the first round and 11th (first) in the second round; this is actually what I was hoping for; if I had picks 3-7 I was considering trading down in the first round; I'll explain as the draft goes on
12:53 just talked to hanley about my strategy; he is in a car just outside San Antonio
1:00 draft starting; i'm giddy
1:07 i got maroney and bush; i let rudi johnson slip, but i like both these guys, and i think hanley does too; this is his team after all; at least their names aren't gay; i'm hoping one of the big 4 qbs is left at #30
1:10 3 of the top 4 qb's are already gone within 15 picks; these guys are crazy; no way does carson palmer slip to me at #30 now
1:11 debating what to do about the qb scenario; i don't think anyone left other than palmer is worth a 30 or 31 pick; kitna is my sleeper (hanley may kill me if he has to start kitna, but he has mike martz as his coach and a bunch of good receivers) maybe he will be around at #50
1:15 someone took bulger at 20; my head might explode; i wish i knew the guy so i could make fun of him
1:18 palmer gone; tons of good rb's left; stocking rb's is exactly what hanley told me not to do; oh god
1:21 someone took TO; glad it wasn't me
1:31 i'm in shock; so travis henry slipped a ton to me at #30; turns out he has a sprained knee; i'm such an amateur; i also picked up randy moss, so it was a sketchy round overall; i need a qb; come on kitna baby
1:35 vy gone; i knew someone would take him early; i love him, but the titans are gonna be terrible this year, and he's not a stats guy; i think we all know the only thing he does...
1:44 another near heart attack - there are no te's in this league; i was looking like crazy for antonio gates and freaking out on the clock until i realized it; i still got marshawn lynch (a sleeper) and my man kitna at #51; i'm telling you he'll be way better than hasselback (#34) and vy (#41) and about as good as bulger (#20!) and mcnabb (#29); everything is fine; just KEEP YOUR COOL!!!
2:23 ok, sorry for the break; i just picked up 4 straight wr's from the pu pu platter; sorry hanley; i say wait for travis henry's mri to be ok and try to trade him for calvin johnson or roy williams
2:25 someone took jerry porter; i'm glad it wasn't me
2:26 someone just got a huge steal in cadillac williams at #98; they obviously knew the format and draft rules better than me
2:27 you know what all the scouts do in Moneyball when they are sitting around in a tense room? that's what i'm doing now, good stuff
2:28 another steal for someone with jerious norwood; i hate myself....and travis henry
2:29 matt stover!!! the first player taken that was on Tecmo Super Bowl!
2:31 joe horn - somebody find me a cell phone
2:38 just got more receiver pu pu and the cowboy's defense; they were high on my list but low on espn's, probably because espn considers special teams; i really should look into the rules more
2:39 sweetasianHEAT just said my receiver might not make the team? he's on the raiders! i could make that team; what makes this guy so smart anyway?
2:46 i only have kickers, defense and qbs left; i'm feeling brodie croyle right now...
2:54 someone took wes welker at #128; i should have snagged him
2:55 i got olindo mare (kicks on turf - can't be that hard) and matt shaub; hey, shaub is a great backup which is exactly what he will be doing on hanley's team
2:57 team hanley will be playing tincan (not tinman) in the first week; he has gore and mcgahee which scares me but hasseback as qb, so we've got him there; of course he has reggie wayne and a bunch of other better receivers; hanley, make some trades for receivers soon...and don't kill me
3:05 i have 3 picks left including the last pick of the draft; i wanted to take jerramy stevens with the last pick, but there are no te's; not sure i can wait that long for croyle; i need a kicker with a funny name
3:08 i got croyle (roll tide) and the packers defense; it's cold in green bay and aj hawk has a hot girlfriend
3:09 doug flutie isn't listed among kickers? cmon!
3:11 i've got some decisions to make on this kicker - the wise thing might be a saints backup in case mare starts sucking; the highest rated kickers left with funny names are josh scobee (sounds like an std), mike "don't call me ted" nugent, and jay feeley from the dolphins who i could have sworn was a qb; from the all d-bag team sebastian janikowski and mike vanderjagt are also left
3:13 scabees is gone
3:17 uh oh, ted nugent also gone
3:18 who's it gonna be?
3:22 with the last pick in the draft, Team Hanley selects......Sebastian Janikowski; going for character and chemistry here
3:25 summary: i got both the rbs and qb i wanted for my draft position; happy about that; also got one of the kickers i wanted; not so much on defense, and if randy moss doesn't perform, receivers might be awful; moss and janikowski are wishing i had ricky williams to roll a few with them
12:50 draft in 10 minutes; we pick 10th (last) in the first round and 11th (first) in the second round; this is actually what I was hoping for; if I had picks 3-7 I was considering trading down in the first round; I'll explain as the draft goes on
12:53 just talked to hanley about my strategy; he is in a car just outside San Antonio
1:00 draft starting; i'm giddy
1:07 i got maroney and bush; i let rudi johnson slip, but i like both these guys, and i think hanley does too; this is his team after all; at least their names aren't gay; i'm hoping one of the big 4 qbs is left at #30
1:10 3 of the top 4 qb's are already gone within 15 picks; these guys are crazy; no way does carson palmer slip to me at #30 now
1:11 debating what to do about the qb scenario; i don't think anyone left other than palmer is worth a 30 or 31 pick; kitna is my sleeper (hanley may kill me if he has to start kitna, but he has mike martz as his coach and a bunch of good receivers) maybe he will be around at #50
1:15 someone took bulger at 20; my head might explode; i wish i knew the guy so i could make fun of him
1:18 palmer gone; tons of good rb's left; stocking rb's is exactly what hanley told me not to do; oh god
1:21 someone took TO; glad it wasn't me
1:31 i'm in shock; so travis henry slipped a ton to me at #30; turns out he has a sprained knee; i'm such an amateur; i also picked up randy moss, so it was a sketchy round overall; i need a qb; come on kitna baby
1:35 vy gone; i knew someone would take him early; i love him, but the titans are gonna be terrible this year, and he's not a stats guy; i think we all know the only thing he does...
1:44 another near heart attack - there are no te's in this league; i was looking like crazy for antonio gates and freaking out on the clock until i realized it; i still got marshawn lynch (a sleeper) and my man kitna at #51; i'm telling you he'll be way better than hasselback (#34) and vy (#41) and about as good as bulger (#20!) and mcnabb (#29); everything is fine; just KEEP YOUR COOL!!!
2:23 ok, sorry for the break; i just picked up 4 straight wr's from the pu pu platter; sorry hanley; i say wait for travis henry's mri to be ok and try to trade him for calvin johnson or roy williams
2:25 someone took jerry porter; i'm glad it wasn't me
2:26 someone just got a huge steal in cadillac williams at #98; they obviously knew the format and draft rules better than me
2:27 you know what all the scouts do in Moneyball when they are sitting around in a tense room? that's what i'm doing now, good stuff
2:28 another steal for someone with jerious norwood; i hate myself....and travis henry
2:29 matt stover!!! the first player taken that was on Tecmo Super Bowl!
2:31 joe horn - somebody find me a cell phone
2:38 just got more receiver pu pu and the cowboy's defense; they were high on my list but low on espn's, probably because espn considers special teams; i really should look into the rules more
2:39 sweetasianHEAT just said my receiver might not make the team? he's on the raiders! i could make that team; what makes this guy so smart anyway?
2:46 i only have kickers, defense and qbs left; i'm feeling brodie croyle right now...
2:54 someone took wes welker at #128; i should have snagged him
2:55 i got olindo mare (kicks on turf - can't be that hard) and matt shaub; hey, shaub is a great backup which is exactly what he will be doing on hanley's team
2:57 team hanley will be playing tincan (not tinman) in the first week; he has gore and mcgahee which scares me but hasseback as qb, so we've got him there; of course he has reggie wayne and a bunch of other better receivers; hanley, make some trades for receivers soon...and don't kill me
3:05 i have 3 picks left including the last pick of the draft; i wanted to take jerramy stevens with the last pick, but there are no te's; not sure i can wait that long for croyle; i need a kicker with a funny name
3:08 i got croyle (roll tide) and the packers defense; it's cold in green bay and aj hawk has a hot girlfriend
3:09 doug flutie isn't listed among kickers? cmon!
3:11 i've got some decisions to make on this kicker - the wise thing might be a saints backup in case mare starts sucking; the highest rated kickers left with funny names are josh scobee (sounds like an std), mike "don't call me ted" nugent, and jay feeley from the dolphins who i could have sworn was a qb; from the all d-bag team sebastian janikowski and mike vanderjagt are also left
3:13 scabees is gone
3:17 uh oh, ted nugent also gone
3:18 who's it gonna be?
3:22 with the last pick in the draft, Team Hanley selects......Sebastian Janikowski; going for character and chemistry here
3:25 summary: i got both the rbs and qb i wanted for my draft position; happy about that; also got one of the kickers i wanted; not so much on defense, and if randy moss doesn't perform, receivers might be awful; moss and janikowski are wishing i had ricky williams to roll a few with them
8/18/2007
8/16/07
They say neither the day nor the hour is known for the second coming of Christ at the apocalypse. Fortunately, this blog is not a divine institution, so I can officially declare when it will end. After long deliberations, I've decided to extend the blog from my initial 100-days length (which is ending sometime soon) until the Braves season is officially over. With any luck, this will be in October and not September. With incredible luck, it might even be November.
8/09/2007
HR trivia 8/7/07
Ring came with me to trivia tonight. Everyone else sold out, so we only had a team of two. We still did pretty well and were even one point shy of a perfect score on a movie trivia round before eventually getting creamed the last few rounds. Early in the night we saw Bonds hit number 756 on the tv in the bar. Congratulations, Barry, on cheating your way to the two most hallowed records in sports. This led into a heated debate over whether or not we would throw the ball back if we caught it. I maintained that I would do it even if it meant sacrificing a few hundo thousands. You've got to have standards no matter what. Besides, I would always be remembered as the guy that threw up the ultimate protest in favor of fair play, which would be alot better than being remembered as that Mets jackass that actually caught it. Plus, I would get to go on talk shows and wax poetic about being a walk-on athlete and trying to achieve my dreams while "playing the game the right way." I think I almost had Ring on my side by the end of it.
8/07/2007
8/4/07
There was a chemical engineering sponsored gathering this afternoon. It involved free beer and burritos. What a great idea. I think I would be less upset if sliced bread had never been invented. Since it was sponsored by Bobby's research group, he also brought his "behgs" which was another great idea. I played with Ring who was a natural, probably because he is from the Midwest. We won all of our games except against Bobby, but we were still 1-1 against his team. After dinner we played beirut until the wee hours of the morning. Ring was not a natural, and we lost all our games. Of course, I wasn't any better and lost another game or two playing with Bobby.
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