Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Chris
While the formalities of a contract extension and physical make the trade not quite official, the Twins agreed to trade Johan Santana to the Mets for 4 prospects (none of them named Fernando Martinez). As a Mets fan I’m thrilled at the idea of throwing a rotation of Pedro, Santana, Ollie, Maine, and El-Duque/Pelfrey out there this season at the NL. Now the most important question: will Johan prevent the Mets from committing 4 errors a game in September? That remains to be seen…
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Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Chris
A travesty, for sure…but he deserves props- he no longer looks like he needs to go to the sideline to hug his teddy bear after every series. But this does bring up a funny-ish joke I came across the other day.
God asks Peyton Manning first: “What do you believe?” Peyton thinks long and hard, looks God in the eye, and says, “I believe in hard work, and in staying true to family and friends. I believe in giving. I always try to do right by my fans.” God can’t help but see the essential goodness of Manning, and offers him a seat to His left.
Then God turns to Tony Romo and says, “What do you believe?” Tony says, “I believe passion, discipline, courage and honor are the fundamentals of life. I’ve always tried to be a true sportsman, both on and off the playing field.” God is greatly moved by Tony’s sincere eloquence, and offers him a seat to His right.
God then asks Eli Manning what he believes. Eli says, “I believe I am a deer, and that I see a car. With high beams on. Heading at me. I believe I will die soon. On a Sunday. Next month. And I believe it’s a miracle I still have another game to play this year. I believe Brett Favre is my patron saint. I believe in you, God, because there is no other explanation for any of what’s happened to me this last month. I thank you, Lord. Have mercy on my soul”
Finally, God turns to Tom Brady: “And you, Tom, what do you believe?” Tom replies, “I believe you’re in my seat.”
In the end it’s so true. I mean- I kind of like how Eliway conducts his business on the field in general, but he’s got that droopy Manning family mug (right) that’s so hard to get over. Prediction: Tom Brady wins his fourth while denying another Manning a championship, and Romo sits at home and cries because he just realized that Jessica is partially retarded. Then we can start the countdown to another abysmal Bills season- only 8 months away!
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Posted on January 1st, 2008 by Chris
I guess I’m kind of late on this, eh? Sorry about that, but you know how it can be- what, with seeing so many friends and family in such a short amount of time…it can be hazardous to a blogger’s posting frequency. My New Year’s Resolution is to not go a week without posting or working on this site in some way…hopefully I can make it to February or so!
We took a much needed relaxing vacation over the last couple of weeks, taking our time with everything and everyone to maximize our time away from work. We saw our friends Kim and Kyle when they got into Rochester on the 23rd and haven’t looked back. From there it was off to Carm’s house for some Christmas Eve dinner and evening gift opening, and then to my house for Christmas morning gift opening and dinner. I think Carm and I made out pretty well, as she nicely summarized earlier this week. We hung out in Oswego until the 27th and then came back to Rochester to hang out and enjoy some time off at home. It’s weird knowing that other people are working when you aren’t- it’s like you’re playing hooky.
Tammy- thanks for getting us that picture of all of us from Scranton…I didn’t think it’d ever surface! The frame is gorgeous is well, but that picture was the best part. We missed you! Think about coming up this way next year if you can.
My brother’s birthday was last Friday and we celebrated by getting everyone together to go to Red Lobster in Syracuse - he might claim to not be 65 years old, but now that he’s 32 he’s practically halfway there anyway. Those gray hairs are starting to thicken into streaks, methinks. Just kidding, love you bro! And since I haven’t said anything about it on here, congratulations once again to both of you. I’m calling a boy.
Saturday and Sunday were really just chill days, as we counted down our inevitable return to work. We still had one more challenge: New Year’s Eve/Day. We didn’t really have any idea of what we were doing for sure until Sunday evening, but Glen and Courtney came out to Rochester to ring in the New Year with us- a case of beer, a bottle of wine and two bottles of Asti made for a pretty great new year’s celebration apparently.
After all of that we’re still not ready to go back to work- but can you blame us? We’ve been getting paid to hang out with people that we don’t usually get to see and get some cool new things. Finally, I would like to say one last “thank you” to both of our families for taking us in and showing us what Christmas is all about- delicious home cooked food. Mmmm. Happy New Year!
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