One out, bottom of the eighth inning. Pirates are up 4-3 in a rare game on television for me. The color guy in the booth is rambling on about the decision that the Pirates' manager made to bring in lefty Grabow this inning to face the meat of the Cardinal lineup. He just wouldn't shut up about it. Wham...Deeeeep left field, and it's gone. Exactly what the announcer was talking about. Punk. Tied 4-4 and suddenly it seems like the same old Pirates that I've been following since the Killer B's were put out of contention 15 years ago. Yes, that's Barry Bonds, and Bobby Bonilla for you kids that can't think back through the fifteen years of consecutive losing seasons. Painful.
Anyway, the Pirates held on (after yanking Grabow and two pitchers later) until the tenth and piled it on for an 8-4 victory. Yes, they're actually a victory away from .500 now. Maybe they can end the decade and a half long slump and have a winning season. That would be nice. I'd really hate to see them set the modern day record with the most consecutive losing seasons by a franchise ball club.
Stark contrast from the futility that is the Pirates are the surprising Pittsburgh Penguins. They treated me to a great game on enemy ice earlier in the evening to make for a Pittsburgh double header with a victory over the Flyers. The Philly fans all had on orange shirts to try and pump up their home team and get a much needed victory on home ice. Ha! Not happening. They were all left with looks of disbelief and long faces when Hossa snapped in a wrister from the point and Whitney followed with a turnaround five-hole in the first period. The Penguins line with Hossa and Crosby gels more with every game and their defense has stepped up with huge performances by everyone, so I think they are in the fast lane to a meeting with the Detroit Red Wings for a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup. I can't wait.
Baby, I'll say it now, even though we've recently been introduced to the world of DVR, I won't be recording the NHL Finals. Consider me unavailable for painting or anything else during those games. There may only be four, but most likely seven. Craig understands.
CZ
7 comments:
not like i was planning on anything...similarly to when the squeelers, i mean, STEELERS are on!!
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have fun watching the game!
The world of DVR is, indeed, an awesome one -- but you can't record live sporting events unless it's unavoidable.
You must still watch them live -- I swear live sporting or news events are the only times I view commercials anymore.
:)
Wednesday night. Detroit's down 3-1 with 35 seconds left. After a second Stars' penalty and a pulled goalie it's SIX on freakin' THREE. I just feel a goal coming on and ... nothing. Well at least the Stars gave their home fans something to cheer about. I figured from the start the series would go five.
Oh, and if you do DVR a sporting event, make sure you go in and tell it to record at least 30 minutes past the scheduled time. I don't know how many times I missed the final four minutes of the Chiefs last year, which was really a blessing in disguise that the pain ended early.
I will entitle this entry Blind Faith...Craig and Nashs teams going head to head with the hockey temas beloved in the Brown Household...While things look grim on both fronts...we are both holding out hope...blind faight that one or both of the teams can pull off a miracle...and if they don't at least we will be watching them go down in flames on our new 47 inch flat screed TV...I am counting the days until our box shows up and we get the HD...
There will be no blasphemy on my blog. (squeelers). Otherwise, I'll be forced to block you from commenting.
"squeelers"? did she just say "squeelers"? she whom is not yet familiar with what a glock is said, "squeeler"; in reference to our beloved "STEELERS". has the wedding been canceled?
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