Happy Tiger Pride Day to all! Yes, my beloved Boys have finally come to Oakland for a three-game series, and what do you know, I somehow managed to get back from Europe juuuust in time. I wonder if that was plannnnnned ( Read more... )

Past two weeks have been hella busy in a fun way. Basically, Dad and I have been OD'ing on baseball without stop. That's pretty much all I have done--go to work, and go to baseball, and when I'm at either work, I'm watching baseball (or World Cup now ( Read more... )

That is the number of games over .500 that the Tigers are, currently. Un-fucking-believable, as my Dad would say. After coming back from being down 6-0 in the first inning to win 13-8 against the Royals yesterday, the Boys returned home to begin a big ten-game homestand. We've got a three-game series with the Indians, four games against the Damn ( Read more... )

I have survived my final night of sleeping in Woodside, and am now looking forward very much to sleeping in MY bed, sans Pinto-Bean. I admit he is quite a cuddly boy, but he has many irritating habits when one is attempting to sleep. A sampling: Incessant (and loud) licking of various body parts; licking anything I leave exposed; burrowing under ( Read more... )

House sitting at my ex-neighbor's is kind of nerve wracking in the nighttime, I have discovered. I really wish my big doggy wasn't all Frankenstein-like so I could take her up there with me. Pinto (whose nickname is Midget, which should give you an idea of his size) barks at a bunch of stuff when it's dark and I can't see anything and I have no ( Read more... )

Santa Barbara was marvelous, as I should have expected, despite some things being just a tad different or off, I dunno. I picked up Ryan from UC Santa Cruz on the way. To get to him I had to drive over Highway 17, a certifiably insane twisting road that goes up and down a mountain, and upon which maniacs love to drive. I no longer wonder why my mom ( Read more... )

Except for the horribly lopsided loss, my first game of the season at my beloved Oakland Coliseum went beautifully. I ended up going by myself, but in Oakland you're never really alone at the game. As soon as I got in, I ran down to the visitors dugout and got a big hug from Nick, who works that area all the time. Turns out he's not working ( Read more... )

Faithful little Tygs On Top has been checked out and pronounced fit for the journey to Santa Barbara! Woohoo! This is only the latest in a little string of good news ( Read more... )

I documented yesterday in photos. It was wayyyyyy too much fun. Kind of made me want to document every day in photos, but I think that would get just a liiiiittle tedious. Anyways, since I am feeling lazy I'm not going to do a whole big entry on yesterday as I might do were I feeling more. . . what's the word I'm looking for? Procrastinatory? Is ( Read more... )

I think I just wrote the most promotion-y, homer-ific advance for a baseball game ever. Or maybe I'm just being overly dramatic. But if you are reading this and will be anywhere Ray Fisher Stadium on Friday at 6:30--IT IS YOUR FUCKING SACRED DUTY TO COME WATCH THE WOLVERINES BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THE EVIL HORRIBLE LOATHSOME BUCKEYES!!!! *eyes turn ( Read more... )