Checking the Schedule
Now that football is done for the season (I'm still seeking therapy), and the NHL season is a done deal.....wait, never mind, I don't give a rat's arsenal about hockey....forget I ever said that. Anyway, most sports fans' minds now turn to the first week in April. Baseball season!!
My Chicago Cubs have dumped off a bunch of dead weight in the form of Sammy "I can sure hit it a long way, but the rest of the time I'm striking out" Sosa, so I'm anxious to see how they do this year. I still remember being 5 outs away in 2003 until that Steve Bartman dork changed our destiny. (We were in Florida, and I was sitting on the couch in the condo, and I just said to my father-in-law, "Well, the Cubs are now 5 outs away from the World Series." That must've done it. )
A great opportunity for me to see the team from the Windy City lies in the "Gateway to the West"--St. Louis--These longtime division rivals lock horns for 16 games a year (i.e., 8 times in each city). Apparently the schedule-makers have recently become aware of this, and have begun mocking me by making it inconvenient to attend. The perfect situation would be for there to be 2 4-game series in St. Louis--either Thurs-Sunday or Friday-Monday. One of those being over a holiday weekend (Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc) would be an added bonus. No way!! This year, this is what we have:
My Chicago Cubs have dumped off a bunch of dead weight in the form of Sammy "I can sure hit it a long way, but the rest of the time I'm striking out" Sosa, so I'm anxious to see how they do this year. I still remember being 5 outs away in 2003 until that Steve Bartman dork changed our destiny. (We were in Florida, and I was sitting on the couch in the condo, and I just said to my father-in-law, "Well, the Cubs are now 5 outs away from the World Series." That must've done it. )
A great opportunity for me to see the team from the Windy City lies in the "Gateway to the West"--St. Louis--These longtime division rivals lock horns for 16 games a year (i.e., 8 times in each city). Apparently the schedule-makers have recently become aware of this, and have begun mocking me by making it inconvenient to attend. The perfect situation would be for there to be 2 4-game series in St. Louis--either Thurs-Sunday or Friday-Monday. One of those being over a holiday weekend (Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc) would be an added bonus. No way!! This year, this is what we have:
- 3-game series in July: Friday-Sunday. Cool. As it turns out, this is probably my only shot.
- 3-game series in September: Monday-Wednesday. Gosh, those early week series sure bring in tons of folks, don't they?!
- 2-game series. Yes, you read that right--a TWO GAME SERIES, in April: Wednesday and Thursday. And just to make absolutely certain that I won't be attending that game, the Thursday game starts at 12:10--Lunchtime!!
There you have it. Oh, by the way, the 8 games in Chicago vs. the Cardinals are, you guessed it, 2 4-game, Thurs through Sunday series. Uggh. Maybe it's time to drive a little further and experience Waveland Ave.
Steve and Jeff also have a road-trip opportunity--the World Champion Red Sox play the Cards in a "World Series Pounding" re-enactment at Busch Stadium June 6-8. Of course, Jeff lives in the Braves' backyard, but Steve and I don't have the luxury of Major League Baseball being so close.
posted by Eric C at 4:12 PM
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Don't forget that Jeff is heading out west to attend the Red Sox-Rangers series July 4th week. When those two rivals meet, you have to throw out the record book! ;)
By the way, College Gameday is in Memphis today for the bball game against Louisville. Any comments?
That's a tough call, dude. It's definitely good for your hometown to look good on national TV, but it's really hard to get behind a basketball team that's full of people who obviously hold the philosophy, "I'm here to play roundball, and if the stars align right and I happen to get an education, so be it." And I think it's way past time for Calipari to be producing some proof in the pudding.
I'll get my fill in April when the Sox are in Tampa, and July when I'm out in Texas. And of course when I drive out to find them wherever they're playing the World Series in October.
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