Random blah blah
Well I think I'll take a moment this morning to sit back with my coffee, relax, and write some random blahs in this blog.
Noel continues to be either angelic or demonic. The night before last, he was nice and quiet and slept for a full 3 hour stretch twice! This made Stephanie and I quite happy.
Last night, he kept Steph up for hours either being wide awake and noisy or screaming, which he started at about 5am and continued more or less non stop until I had to get up. Hopefully, he's quieted down now so Steph can get some rest.
Overall though it's still a wonderful experience. He's reacting to things now, so you can make him laugh if you time it right, he will follow brightly coloured objects, and such. The ability to interact with him goes a long way towards helping me feel closer to him. Before, it didn't really matter what I did - he didn't really react at all (well, in a noticeable way).
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PLAY BALL!!!
Spring training started this week (yee haw!). My beloved Giants got off to a good Bonds-less start, whipping the Brewers (although it was a split-squad) 10-5. Performance bodes well for the team's success when they'll have to play without Bonds, which will be at least 40 games this year because of his gimpy knees.
I've subscribed to MLB.TV so I can watch games over the internet. Hopefully I'll have time to watch lots of Giants games and the $15 US per month will be worth it. The quality of the "broadcasts" is quite good. I watched a bit of the Taipei vs. South Korea game from the World Baseball Classic this morning.
Watching that game was very unusual - it really helped define the differences between the crowds that watches baseball in North America vs. other countries. Up here, baseball crowds tend to be quite laid back and "quiet". It's almost more of a social thing.
The crowd for the Taipei vs. SK was crazy! You could barely hear the play by play guy and the colour commentator over the whoops and hollerings and whistles and (fireworks?!?) and songs and chants that echoed throughout the Tokyo Dome.
So now I must add "Tokyo Dome" to my list of "Places at which to watch a baseball game".
I'm now going to pull an Al and make some predictions for the baseball season this year.
National League
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NL West: SF Giants - as long as Barry can play 100+ games, the Giants win the division, which is still the weakest in baseball.
NL Central: STL Cardinals - no way they don't win this division again, by a country mile.
NL East: PHL Phillies - Philly will finally unseat the Braves from atop of this division.
Wildcard: HOU Astros - Strong pitching staff and these guys made the world series last year, remember. The team hasn't changed much and they'll continue to have success.
American League
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AL East: TOR Blue Jays - The Jays far and away are the most improved team in the entire Major League after spending like mad. It's true they overspent on the free agents they signed - but they had to overpay to convince the top tier players (BJ Ryan, etc.) to actually come and play in Toronto. The NL East isn't as strong as it used to be - or people still think it is - and Toronto will win this division easily. This is my "controversial" pick.
AL Central: CHI White Sox - Team hasn't changed too much since winning the World Series, and they easily have the best Manager in the game right now.
AL West: LAA Angels - The Angels continue to be a strong team and should win this division again.
AL Wildcard: NY Yankees - The Yankees will slug their way to a wildcard birth just slightly ahead of Oakland. They will struggle mightily because of their very weak pitching staff (especially their middle & long relief).
Well, that's it for now ...
Noel continues to be either angelic or demonic. The night before last, he was nice and quiet and slept for a full 3 hour stretch twice! This made Stephanie and I quite happy.
Last night, he kept Steph up for hours either being wide awake and noisy or screaming, which he started at about 5am and continued more or less non stop until I had to get up. Hopefully, he's quieted down now so Steph can get some rest.
Overall though it's still a wonderful experience. He's reacting to things now, so you can make him laugh if you time it right, he will follow brightly coloured objects, and such. The ability to interact with him goes a long way towards helping me feel closer to him. Before, it didn't really matter what I did - he didn't really react at all (well, in a noticeable way).
---------------------
PLAY BALL!!!
Spring training started this week (yee haw!). My beloved Giants got off to a good Bonds-less start, whipping the Brewers (although it was a split-squad) 10-5. Performance bodes well for the team's success when they'll have to play without Bonds, which will be at least 40 games this year because of his gimpy knees.
I've subscribed to MLB.TV so I can watch games over the internet. Hopefully I'll have time to watch lots of Giants games and the $15 US per month will be worth it. The quality of the "broadcasts" is quite good. I watched a bit of the Taipei vs. South Korea game from the World Baseball Classic this morning.
Watching that game was very unusual - it really helped define the differences between the crowds that watches baseball in North America vs. other countries. Up here, baseball crowds tend to be quite laid back and "quiet". It's almost more of a social thing.
The crowd for the Taipei vs. SK was crazy! You could barely hear the play by play guy and the colour commentator over the whoops and hollerings and whistles and (fireworks?!?) and songs and chants that echoed throughout the Tokyo Dome.
So now I must add "Tokyo Dome" to my list of "Places at which to watch a baseball game".
I'm now going to pull an Al and make some predictions for the baseball season this year.
National League
---------------
NL West: SF Giants - as long as Barry can play 100+ games, the Giants win the division, which is still the weakest in baseball.
NL Central: STL Cardinals - no way they don't win this division again, by a country mile.
NL East: PHL Phillies - Philly will finally unseat the Braves from atop of this division.
Wildcard: HOU Astros - Strong pitching staff and these guys made the world series last year, remember. The team hasn't changed much and they'll continue to have success.
American League
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AL East: TOR Blue Jays - The Jays far and away are the most improved team in the entire Major League after spending like mad. It's true they overspent on the free agents they signed - but they had to overpay to convince the top tier players (BJ Ryan, etc.) to actually come and play in Toronto. The NL East isn't as strong as it used to be - or people still think it is - and Toronto will win this division easily. This is my "controversial" pick.
AL Central: CHI White Sox - Team hasn't changed too much since winning the World Series, and they easily have the best Manager in the game right now.
AL West: LAA Angels - The Angels continue to be a strong team and should win this division again.
AL Wildcard: NY Yankees - The Yankees will slug their way to a wildcard birth just slightly ahead of Oakland. They will struggle mightily because of their very weak pitching staff (especially their middle & long relief).
Well, that's it for now ...
2 Comments:
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re: noel. how does he react to car keys and other shiny things?
re: baseball. if the niners, i mean giants can win the division with bonds dressed like a girl, more power to them. by the way, did you see the pythons on that girl, eh? dunno about the T.O. jays. that town has real midas touch when it comes to high price talent. odds are they'll flop.
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