Live Bloggin': 2009 World Series Game #3

Picking up 2/3 thru the bottom of the 1st. Hamels looked good in the top of the inning, but you have to wonder how much the game delay and Andy Pettite's extremely slow pitching in the bottom of the 1st (if that continues) will wear on him.

Also, Jimmy Rollins is a stud on the basepaths. Not many people can get a jump like that on a lefty. Didn't even draw a throw!

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Slowest half inning ever. Ryan Howard is a strikeout machine after his NLCS MVP run. C'mon dude! Get your head out of your ass!

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Jayson Werth is my 2nd favorite Phillies player (behind J Rol).

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Should have waited 2 more seconds to publish that. Werth goes yard! 1-0 Phils.

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Baseball Betting Genius?

Over the past 31 days, I’ve been betting baseball on Bodog.  They have all been $1 and $2 bets.  I’m +12.94 on the month.  Go me!

Beware: Poker Content within (and more)

I'm up in Cleveland. This is my first time in this city. Just like every other city in Ohio, I hate it. It's cold, dark, rainy, and the traffic sucks. I'm going to spend the next 3 days couped up in this motel room just cause I'm miserable anyway. That is, unless I can score some free tix to The Jake.

I got a new friend request on Facebook, which I don't use very often. I didn't recognize the guy, but saw he was a poker player. It looks like there are a series of tournaments in the area called the E.S.O.P. They run all games, not just hold 'em. I was checking out the website and it looks like they've had HE, Omaha, Razz, Stud, and even HORSE tournies. Awesome! I did also notice one guy that seems to frequent the games. This man is my mortal enemy. Ever since grade school, I've thought of this man as one of the biggest pieces of shit in WV. However, I can look by that fact if I can win his money.

I've messaged the guy trying to get some more info on when all the events are held. I'm eagerly awaiting a reply. Bowling is almost over, so I need something to do. I'm also feeling the itch to play some more poker again.

I also got a reply from the GM of the Princeton Devil Rays wanting to meet with me about possibly working with the team this summer. I plan on setting that all up when I get back in town.

My fantasy baseball team is sucking hard. On Saturday, I had Bedard, Owings, and Hudson starting. Micah sucked and got hurt. Huddy was yanked after 3 innings. Only Bedard got a win. On Sunday, CC Sabathia pitched a gem and got zero runs support for the loss. Then there's Justin Verlander...he decided to remain shitty. So, with only 162 starts allowed in the season, I've pretty much wasted 1/5 of them. I've had only a couple good starts by my pitching staff. I pretty much traded my entire OF to get my supposedly dominant pitching staff: Verlander, Sabathia, Bedard, Dice K, Hudson, Cain, Billingsley. If this pace continues up through the all-star break, I'm going to do some serious trade proposals to the competing team to build my team for next year.

I just applied for another job

Good ol' unemployable me just applied for another job. My motivation behind this wasn't money or even replacing my current job. The motivation was for fun. I sent my resume to the local Minor League baseball team, the Princeton Rays. They are a rookie league team here in town. I go to quite a few Rays games every year and I thought it would be fun just to see what kind of jobs they have available.

I would work for them for little to no pay if it was a decent job. I'm not jockeying the concession stand, ticket booth, or cleaning the shitters. However, I thought if they could use some work on their website, maybe do a P-Ray blog, or even being a scorekeeper, I could help out. I'm going to be at nearly every home game this year anyway.

We'll see how it goes. I don't really have any expectations of landing a position, but if they do have something fun available, then I could get my foot into the door for working for Major League baseball or one of the teams.

Across town, we have the Bluefield Orioles too. I hate the stadium over there and don't go to many games at that field, but I wouldn't be opposed to working for them if the P-Rays don't have anything available.

I am also going to be checking out positions available at other franchises around the country starting with the Atlanta Braves. I really like the Minor League circuit, but I'm assuming MLB is where the money is at. I figure if I gotta be a working class monkey, why not have fun with it?

The best part about this whole process is that I don't really care if I land a gig or not. If I do get something, it will be for slave wages. So I can be picky about what I want to do. If all they have are positions wearing chicken costumes, cleaning the shitters, or shagging fly balls, I'll leave that to the kids.

Welcoming another big time pitcher to the lineup

I just got an email from my league. It was a trade offer. Straight up CC Sabathia for Josh Hamilton. I insta-accepted it. Now let's hope it's voted fair. And then lets hope Sabathia is done sucking for the season.

The Dice Man

I just made the first blockbuster trade of the season in our Fantasy League. I feel pretty awesome about the trade and I feel like I'm getting the better end of the deal by a long shot. The trade:

I get: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Matt Cain, Dustin Pedroia (Farm), and Adam Lind (Farm)

Other team gets: Ben Sheets, Roy Oswalt, Daniel Cortes (Farm)

I have until 9:30 p.m. before it's official. The other owners can veto the trade and one has already voted to veto it. However, 3 of the 8 teams must veto before 9:30 and I don't think that will happen, but you never know.

Of course, the centerpiece of this trade is the Dice Man. He's a pitching machine, fairly young, and exciting to watch. Matt Cain is probably the best pitcher in the National League that can't win 12 games in a year (because the Giants are horrible), but I can start him when there is a favorable matchup. I will leave Pedroia on the farm for a while or use him as trade bait because I have Robinson Cano who is just a pure hitter when he gets warmed up (never hit below .298 in his career).

I'm starting to love my pitching:

- Erik Bedard (15 Day DL right now, but a strikeout stud)
- Justin Verlander (The tigers have started to win a few)
- Tim Hudson (got beat up a bit last night, but solid the rest of the year)
- Daisuke Matsuzaka
- Chad Billingsley (young guy with good stuff)

I also have Micah Owings locked up on the bench because of the tear he's been on this year and Homer Bailey waiting on Cincy to give him the call or better yet, trade him.

I moved up a spot in the standings last night, but now that I'm happy with my lineup, I'm ready to move up to the top!

I was born a rambling man

I'm just going to ramble on here for a bit. I'm retiring for poker for the summer. As much as I try to keep playing throughout the spring and summer, I can't do it. It is at the point where I'm having to force myself to play. I'm having a terrible time working up the motivation to clear some of that bonus on Eurolinx.

I'm finally getting a haircut. I was going through this hippie phase and was going to grow my hair a little long. However, there's just too much maintenance involved in not making it look like Billy Bob from the back woods. Thursday evening, I'm buzzing this bitch.

Life has been pretty decent lately. I had fallen into a downward spiral there for a while (seems like the same thing every winter). However, I let some negative influences in my life. I've decided to just cut out these people completely because they offer nothing good to my life and I offer nothing good to theirs. If I keep cutting out all the bad stuff in my life, then my life has to be good, right? Seems logical.

I get my appraisal on my house finally this Thursday at 11:00 a.m. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I got a big fat Monte Cristo White cigar waiting on the hopefully good news.

I should own a new zero turn radius riding mower this Saturday. I think I'm going with the Cub Cadet, although I haven't counted out John Deere or Husquvarna either. All I know is that it's going to hurt the pocket book a bit. Every time I save up for that new TV I want, something new comes along and takes it away.

Oh and happy tax day. For you dumbasses struggling to get all your paperwork done and filed before the deadline, just remember, there is a solution to all this madness. The Fair Tax plan.

Overmanaging

I've been severely over-managing my fantasy baseball team the first few weeks of this young season. Last year, most of my guys got off to par to above par starts. However, this year has been different and I'm getting impatient.

Robinson Cano has been cold as ice, Victor Martinez has been struggling with a hammy problem, Jimmy Rollins dealing with his ankle, Eric Bedard his hip, Roy Oswalt and Chad Billingsley are just dealing with the fact that their teams will never give them run support, Justin Verlander....ugh..I don't even want to discuss Detroits problems right now. It just seems like the list is endless.

I've been frantically trying to make a trade. I'm especially wanting to dump off Ben Sheets while his stock is high. The problem is that all the other owners in the league are knowledgeable and know that Sheets is probably only good for 10-15 sta)rts (if I'm lucky) and sure they'd like to have him, but no they are not going to come off a keeper to get him.

However, when I take a look back, my team is good. And as shitty as they have been, I'm still about middle of the pack and by no means out of it. My lineup is solid. V. Martinez is a hitting machine. Teixeira is one of the best power men at the 1B spot, Cano is a hitting machine when he heats up, Garret Atkins likewise. Rollins is one of the baddest mofos on the planet and my OF aint' so bad either with Markakis (love), Adam Jones, Matsui, Hamilton, and crew.

My pitchers are pretty good too if they stay healthy. I probably have the 3rd best pitching staff in the league and the 2nd-3rd best hitting staff. My pitchers are power man Erik Bedard (hurting and struggling a bit), Ben Sheets (pitching like God on Crack right now), Verlander (could use a better team/manager, but there is no way Detroit can keep losing...he's winning 20 this year when they get in the groove), Oswalt (declining, but still good, but also still on a terrible team), and Chad Billingsley (young and had an awesome outting last time in a losing effort).

My farm team could use a little work, but overall, I'm happy with my lineup. I just need to leave it alone and let them do their thing.

MLB Picks

Yesterday was a bad day for me on the baseball picks. I went 1-4 and also got a "no action" due to Bedard being scratched from his start. I went risky on yesterday's picks and only 1 paid off.

I lost $3.75 yesterday and this puts my 3 day total at -$2.01. Blah.

I ended up going 5-2 on my baseball picks today along with a loss on my 6 team parlay. I was 5-1 on my parlay with just the Detroit game costing me. Did Jim Leyland die and nobody tell us or something? What's the deal with leaving Verlander in when he was noticeably fatigued?

Anyway, I ended up with a $1.74 profit on the day and a total 2 day profit of $2.49. I got a little more risky on tomorrow's picks, but I think I have some good lines. The particular picks in question are Yanks over Sox, Marlins over Astros, and Brewers over Mets. Here are my picks:

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:48a Single #111247074
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(979) New York Yankees +135 Sun@8:05p
Competitor: (980) Boston Red Sox


* Phil Hughes (R) must throw first pitch for New York Yankees or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.35

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:48a Single #111247073
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(978) Seattle Mariners -130 Sun@4:10p
Competitor: (977) Los Angeles Angels


* Erik Bedard (L) must throw first pitch for Seattle Mariners or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.77

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:48a Single #111247072
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(964) Arizona Diamondbacks -130 Sun@4:10p
Competitor: (963) Colorado Rockies



Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.77

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:48a Single #111247071
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(959) Florida Marlins +120 Sun@2:05p
Competitor: (960) Houston Astros



Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.20

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:48a Single #111247070
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(957) Cincinnati Reds -130 Sun@1:35p
Competitor: (958) Pittsburgh Pirates


* Johnny Cueto (R) must throw first pitch for Cincinnati Reds or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.77

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:48a Single #111247069
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(951) Milwaukee Brewers +125 Sun@1:10p
Competitor: (952) New York Mets


* Jeff Suppan (R) must throw first pitch for Milwaukee Brewers or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.25

Date placed:
Apr 13, 2008 12:47a 3 Team Parlay #111247059
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(957) Cincinnati Reds -130 Sun@1:35p
Competitor: (958) Pittsburgh Pirates



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(959) Florida Marlins +120 Sun@2:05p
Competitor: (960) Houston Astros



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(978) Seattle Mariners -130 Sun@4:10p
Competitor: (977) Los Angeles Angels



Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 5.89

More MLB Picks

I went 4-3 yesterday for a $0.75 net profit. I'm awesome at sports betting. Here are my picks today as I rev things up a bit:

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 12:01p 6 Team Parlay #111169089
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(901) Atlanta Braves -155 Sat@1:05p
Competitor: (902) Washington Nationals



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(917) Detroit Tigers -125 Sat@1:05p
Competitor: (918) Chicago White Sox



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(906) Arizona Diamondbacks -134 Sat@3:55p
Competitor: (905) Colorado Rockies



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(920) Boston Red Sox -170 Sat@3:55p
Competitor: (919) New York Yankees



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(910) Pittsburgh Pirates -120 Sat@7:05p
Competitor: (909) Cincinnati Reds



Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(914) Philadelphia Phillies -151 Sat@7:05p
Competitor: (913) Chicago Cubs



Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 24.03

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 11:59a Single #111168860
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(903) Milwaukee Brewers +131 Sat@1:10p
Competitor: (904) New York Mets


* Ben Sheets (R) must throw first pitch for Milwaukee Brewers or this pick is NO ACTION.
* Johan Santana (L) must throw first pitch for New York Mets or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.31

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 1:36a Single #111152793
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(915) San Diego Padres EVEN Sat@10:10p
Competitor: (916) Los Angeles Dodgers


* Chris Young (R) must throw first pitch for San Diego Padres or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.00

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 1:36a Single #111152790
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(930) Seattle Mariners -115 Sat@9:10p
Competitor: (929) Los Angeles Angels



Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.87

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 1:35a Single #111152789
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(927) Toronto Blue Jays -150 Sat@8:05p
Competitor: (928) Texas Rangers


* Roy Halladay (R) must throw first pitch for Toronto Blue Jays or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.67

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 1:35a Single #111152756
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(907) St. Louis Cardinals +103 Sat@4:05p
Competitor: (908) San Francisco Giants



Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.03

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 1:35a Single #111152744
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(917) Detroit Tigers -140 Sat@1:05p
Competitor: (918) Chicago White Sox


* Justin Verlander (R) must throw first pitch for Detroit Tigers or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.71

Date placed:
Apr 12, 2008 1:35a Single #111152741
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(901) Atlanta Braves -170 Sat@1:05p
Competitor: (902) Washington Nationals


* John Smoltz (R) must throw first pitch for Atlanta Braves or this pick is NO ACTION.

Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.59

Baseball Wagering

I put $20 into Bodog and I'm going to wager on several baseball games a day and see how things turn out. It will probably be all $1 bets. Here are my picks for today:

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:33a Single #111085326
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(965) San Diego Padres -115 Fri@10:40p
Competitor: (966) Los Angeles Dodgers
* Jake Peavy (R) must throw first pitch for San Diego Padres or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.87

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:33a Single #111085318
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(962) Arizona Diamondbacks -150 Fri@9:40p
Competitor: (961) Colorado Rockies
* Brandon Webb (R) must throw first pitch for Arizona Diamondbacks or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.67

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:33a Single #111085317
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(960) Houston Astros -180 Fri@8:05p
Competitor: (959) Florida Marlins
* Roy Oswalt (R) must throw first pitch for Houston Astros or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.56

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:33a Single #111085311
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(957) Atlanta Braves -160 Fri@7:35p
Competitor: (958) Washington Nationals
* Tim Hudson (R) must throw first pitch for Atlanta Braves or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.63

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:33a Single #111085306
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(972) Tampa Bay Rays -160 Fri@7:10p
Competitor: (971) Baltimore Orioles
* James Shields (R) must throw first pitch for Tampa Bay Rays or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.63

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:32a Single #111085295
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(955) Milwaukee Brewers +105 Fri@7:10p
Competitor: (956) New York Mets
* Manny Parra (L) must throw first pitch for Milwaukee Brewers or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 1.05

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:32a Single #111085289
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(970) Cleveland Indians -165 Fri@7:05p
Competitor: (969) Oakland Athletics
* C.C. Sabathia (L) must throw first pitch for Cleveland Indians or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.61

Date placed:
Apr 11, 2008 9:31a Single #111085284
Baseball - MLB Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(967) New York Yankees -105 Fri@7:05p
Competitor: (968) Boston Red Sox
* Chien-Ming Wang (R) must throw first pitch for New York Yankees or this pick is NO ACTION.
Risk US$ 1.00 to win US$ 0.95

The obsession of the week is....

BASEBALL!

The season has begun and we are more than a week into the swing of things. Baseball is fun. There are so many nuances of the game that normal people don't understand. You always hear "I can play baseball but no way I can watch that shit!". Bah. I could sit and watch it all day long.

My Braves are off to a slow start as is my Fantasy team. I had a cruddy draft this year and I'm trying to make up for it with some key trades. Even with my bad draft, I still have probably the 3rd best Pitching rotation in the league. Here is my entire lineup:

C - Victor Martinez
1B - Mark Teixiera
2B - Robbie Cano
3B - Garrett Atkins
SS - Jimmy Rollins
OF'ers - Josh Hamilton, Hideki Matsui, Nick Markakis, Delmon Young, Jermaine Dye, Brad Hawpe, Adam Jones (on my farm and I prematurely called him up), and Andruw Jones

Pitchers are: Erik Bedard, Ben Sheets, Justin Verlander, Tim Hudson, Roy Oswalt, along with Homer Bailey and Chad Billingsley riding the pine.

My farm club is starting to shape up with youngsters like: Chris Marrero, Andy LaRoche, Jason Heyward, Chris Parmelee, Rick Porcello, Jacob McGee, Daniel Cortes, Andrew Miller, and Luke Hochevar.

I have room for one more draft spot as I traded James Loney from my farm for Hideki Matsui. I'm trying to trade one of my outfielders for a stud farm-worth outfielder such as Jacoby Ellsbury. The owners of Justin Upton and Jay Bruce refused to trade those 2.

Another Friday

TGIF. I got a busy weekend ahead of me. I have to finish painting because my papers are finished at the bank and I should be expecting a phone call for an appraisal any day now. I also need a haircut. I've turned into a complete hippy and haven't had a haircut since like November or something. Needless to day, my hair is getting long. Lastly, I need to change the oil in both vehicles, go to the dump, hit the bank, and go see my new second cousin who was born day before yesterday. Oh yeah, I gotta clean house too! Luckily, it's supposed to rain all weekend, so I don't have to feel bad for bailing out on a golf trip with my buds.

I did play a little poker last night, but my heart just wasn't into it. I booked a win and called it quits early. Then I fired up Oblivion and played it for a little while before settling down to watch the Braves game. I need to quit watch Braves games. I've watched 3 and they lost all 3. The only game they won was the one not on TV.

Speaking of TV, I'm cutting an expense today. I'm getting rid of my Netflix account. It's not their problem or anything. I just don't watch the movies anymore. I have had the same 3 movies at my house for a month now and have only watched 2. Yet, I'm keep forgetting to put those 2 in the mail. The only time I remember is when I'm at work. I'll probably resubscribe in the winter.

I'm contemplating taking guitar lessons. I need to check around for prices. I'm also going to ask my buddy SPook if he wants to school me a bit. I'm sure he doesn't care, but they have just had a baby and I don't get to see him that often these days. When I do, he's usually playing a show with his band. I doodled around the acoustic last night so much that my fingers are in pain today. I can tell that I'm getting better, but I'm kind of in a rut playing the same stuff over and over. I think my way of avoiding work today will be to find some new stuff to play.

Tidbits

...Like those poor sots who are going to vote for Obama thinking he'll actually shake up DC.

Pauly wrote that quote and it couldn't be more on the money. Think about it.

- I've noticed the conservative talk shows spewing some garabage lately about the economy not being as bad as the press lets on. I can feel the effects of the economy more than the average citizen. I don't rely soley on a monkey's wage to live. I have other irons in the fire that make income. When the economy is bad, I feel it. I've felt it for the past 6 months. Where does all my money go? Food and gas. Food, I can deal with... Gas is another issue.

Diesel fuel is over $4/gallon now. Diesel fuel is cheaper to make than regular gasonline. Also demands for oil are lower now than before. So, what gives? I understand the basics of supply and demand. So if demand is on the decline and supply is on the rise, how come prices are also on the rise? Bottom line is that $3+/gallon is too much for product that affects so many peoples' lives. I don't blame the oil companies either. They show record profits, but the profit margins are very low when compared to other products being sold around the world. I blame the tree-huggers who won't allow us to build any more refineries.

- I stay away from the internet as much as possible on 4/1. Everything you read is crap anyway. Then when 4/1 comes, the non-crap even turns to crap. I had read American Idol was having Dolly Parton night. I was very surprised when this turned out to be true. Brilliant move AI execs. Needless to say, Dolly Parton night was crap.

- I did play poker last night. At least I tried. I got a couple hundred hands in before I gave up. My PC just didn't want to behave. I've had the same install of XP on it for about 2 years now. I guess it's time to clean that up a bit. I need to back up a ton of files and downloads before clearing out that beast. At least I won at poker. Not much, but a win's a win.

- I used my special "Small Town" guy powers to circumvent my fears of getting a bad agent to do my house appraisal. I used my underground network of relatives and friends and secured the same guy that did my last appraisal. He knows my house, he knows what it looked like before and will be impressed when he comes in for a 2nd visit.

- If you are running a fantasy baseball league, avoid USA Today's Sandbox site like the plague. So far, we've had a draft page not work (manually drafting in a keeper league sucks!), our live scoring page has yet to work properly, slow updating of the stats, and now the whole damn webpage will not show and allow us to set our lineups. Oh yeah, and they just raised prices $2/month starting this month. Awesome job guys!

- Oblivion is still ruling my thoughts, but I'm getting aggravated because I don't have time to play. I had time last night and was able to play for about 30 minutes before my computer problems blew me away. I haven't even picked up Bioshock since starting Oblivion. It's such an awesome game and everything about it is impressive. I never really gave RPGs much of a chance in the past, but they are right up my alley when I think about it now. I guess you can think WoW for that one.

- I'll be out of town for the GTA:IV launch. Boo!

Busy bee

I've been busy today and not able to get my usual blogging done during work hours. I got a new laptop for work and have been dealing with that. Vista sucks... Vista networked to an SCO Unix server sucks major monkey balls.

I played a little bit of poker yesterday, but nothing major. I did fairly well I guess considering I was playing LHE. I'm going to continue to play LHE until I finish off these Eurolinx bonuses too. This first bonus at least. If I get enough so that I can play $50NL or $100NL then I'll switch back to those games. There just aren't enough raked hands at $20NL to even waste my time trying.

I also spent the majority of yesterday evening watching baseball. I watched the Braves/Pirates donkathon. Ummm Atlanta's bullpen needs help as always. Some people are picking the Braves to go to the series, but when comparing them to the Mets, there is no comparison. I'm still rooting for them anyway. Maybe some of the youngsters will break through *Ahem* Yunel Escobar.

My fantasy team started out ripping shit loose. However, none of my pitchers got any run support. I've had 5 starters go since Sunday. Hudson went deep and no-decision, Sheets deep and no-decision, Bedard went 5.1 and got no decision, Verlander went 6+ and no decision, followed by Oswalt going 5+ with 6 K's and a loss. Can a brother get some run support?

Tonight = Poker + Oblivion + maybe some American Idol.

Must... play.... more......Oblivion!

I'm really loving that Oblivion game. It has consumed my soul. The game is honestly like crack. I'll finish this quest and the I'll stop. Well, maybe after the next quest. I knew I had a problem when I got up at 7:30 a.m. yesterday morning and decided to fire it up before even taking my morning piss. Fortunately, I haven't abandoned all of civilization yet and have really only put 4-5 hours into it. But I can see myself playing some more tonight!

I have been playing a bit of limit poker recently. The only reason for really playing LHE is because it's quicker to clear the bonus on Eurolinx when you play $1/2 limit than it is to play $.10/.20NL. Fortunately, I've ran around expectation playing the games and have padded the Eurolinx bankroll a little bit. I'm still only about 4% of the way to clearing this bonus, but it's getting quick now. It's also looking like when I get done clearing this bonus, I'll have enough LPs to buy a $100 bonus (no clearing required). Then I can take advantage of the $500 reload bonus. That's $850 in free money for me! For those of you with a bankroll, you can get the $1000 1st deposit + the $500 reload + the bottomless bonuses with the LPs. If you want in on this action, see the right hand column for details.

I'll be excited to have these bonuses cleared out soon though. I plan on moving up to $50NL and might even dabble in the $100NL games soon. It'll be nice for the bankroll to be healthy enough to do that!

I have the remainder of my fantasy starting rotation going today. Verlander already had a good start, but blew his wad in the 5th or 6th inning. Sheets is doing OK right now early in his game, but he's up against Zambrano who is also doing well and not on my team. Then I have Oswalt going against Peavy tonight (yuck) and Bedard going against Millwood. Hudson scored me some decent points last night, but just like my team always does, he got me a quality start, but no win (10 lost points). I can see myself staying up late tonight watching the Padres/Astros game. 2 Stallions pitching in that game! 1 of them being my horse.