I’m a football fan. Actually, I just like sports, period. I was watching the Giants/Patriots game last night. I like the Giants. I’m actually a huge Packers fan and they are my #1 team. But there are several other teams I like due to the way they play the game and/or they have hot team members. I started following the Giants when Jason Sehorn was a part of their team and I haven’t stopped.
I digress. I was watching the game last night, kind of holding my breath. The Pats have been ON FIRE this season and they were on the brink of making history. I was excited for them. Although I was CHEERING for the Giants, I kind of had a feeling the Pats would win anyway. Throughout the first three quarters it appeared the Giants were going to keep Tom Brady and Randy Moss from making history. I didn’t care if Moss made history or not. Don’t really care for him. Tom Brady deserves to make history though and I was slightly sad. And then something changed.
In the fourth quarter, the Giants committed the first turnover/interception in the entire game. Eli under threw the ball to one of the Pats defense. Ooops. The game from there on out was ALL Patriots and Tom Brady. Randy Moss made history. Tom Brady made history. The Patriots made history.
Now let’s see if they can make it to the Bowl and keep that perfect record for the entire season. Intimidating for the other teams, don’t ya think?
I’m under the impression I’m awake too early on a Sunday. However, I was in bed for 9 hours or so and it’s natural for my body to wake up after that long in bed. Notice I didn’t say I slept for said 9 hours. LOL I did sleep pretty well last night though. Better than I have in awhile, which makes me feel better.
I’m drinking my morning coffee, watching Sportscenter and getting ready to go check out the Sunday paper that the newspaper person left halfway down the stairs. Lovely.
One of these days, I’m going to be financially well off enough to have a second home somewhere exotic and tropical. I’m just saying.
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Yet he admitted that it happened 5 years ago, in 2002. My heart breaks only a little bit (OK maybe a lot, I’m just disappointed.)
Here’s part of what I found on Yankees.com:
NEW YORK — Two days after being named in the Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball, Andy Pettitte admitted to using human growth hormone twice during the 2002 season.”If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize,” Pettitte said Saturday in a statement released by his agent.”I accept responsibility for those two days.”
Pettitte was among 89 players — and 22 current or former Yankees — to be named in Sen. George Mitchell’s long-awaited report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
Through agent Randy Hendricks, Pettitte confirmed the anecdote contained in the Mitchell Report, which stated that the left-hander experimented with HGH on two occasions while rehabilitating elbow tendinitis from April 21 to June 14, 2002, when he was on the disabled list and working out in Tampa, Fla.
So my question would be, are we going to punish Andy (along with the other 89 players) for something they did over 5 years ago? If so, what would be an appropriate punishment? Personally? Once my heart stops shattering on the ground here, I think I just don’t give a flying fuck WHO did or tried steroids.
Andy’s records show inconsistency for years, before and after his use of the human growth hormones. I don’t care. He’s still a good pitcher, who has bad days. Don’t we all have bad days? Does that mean we all use drugs? I think not.
Let’s get off our moral high horses and look at these people as we should be looking at them: As humans who make errors and sometimes have poor judgment. I’m certainly not above saying I’ve made some pretty huge poor judgment calls in my past. Doesn’t mean I’m a bad person, nor do I deserve to have my name dragged through the mud. Which will most likely happen with these 89 past and current baseball players.
Until next time…
And I have found my favorite baseball team in a state of flux. In a way. The team will still have Derek Jeter, which makes me quite happy. Although, I don’t see Derek ever leaving the Yankees. He grew up wanting to play for the Yankees and retire as a Yankee.
Although he’s fighting with the state of New York right now over taxes for the 2001-2003 years. That sucks. I love his dimples! Ooops, back to sports, sorry got distracted!
A-Rod is close to signing a sickly sweet deal for 10 years; which I think is a good move on the Yankees part for working with him. Negotiating to keep the third baseman is a good move on Steinbrenner’s part.
Abreu’s option was exercised, so he’ll be around; Matsui is not going anywhere, even after having knee surgery. OUCH!
Mariano Rivera, one of the best closers in major league history, is reportedly going to re-sign with the Yankees. This, after saying he would not work for anyone but Torre.
The team lost Joe Torre because of George Steinbrenner’s strange, eccentric ways. They almost lost A-Rod, Rivera and Posada
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Posada is close to signing a deal with the Yankees that would keep him in New York for four more years. Good move Cashman and Steinbrenner!
Posada is one of the best catchers ever. In my humble opinion. Jorge can hit just as well as he can catch and last time I checked, he had one of the best hitting records for catchers in the league. Awesome!
And with my heart breaking as I type this, Andy Pettite has filed for free agency. I can NOT tell you how sad it will make me if the Yankees lose him again. He’s an awesome left handed pitcher.
It will be a huge loss if Pettite leaves. The Yankees need some serious help in the bullpen and Pettite gave them that this last season. He is a seasoned veteran pitcher, who could help mentor and mold the newer pitchers on the team. I’m crossing my fingers he does not leave. Again.
All pictures courtesy of MLB(.)com.
I’m going to be taking the girls on their last test run in the car today. I’ve given them their meds already and am just waiting on my laundry to finish and then we’ll be outta here for a few hours.
I really am obsessed with making sure they are going to be OK in the car. I don’t want Miss Monique and I to have to deal with a whimpering Yorkie (Josie) or a puking Chiweenie (Chloe), ya know?
I was cruising the internet today and found a website for Cowboys tickets. If I was a Cowboys fan, I’d be quite excited by this discovery. However, I know there are some Cowboys fans out there, so maybe that link will help you out. Check it out, why don’t ya?
I am quite the NFL fan, just not really a Cowboys fan since the God Emmitt Smith left. I was a Cowboys fan when I was a kid cause I PPH’d Roger Staubach. He was just one of the best quarterbacks ever. Now I like people like Tony Romo (yes, I know…still a Cowboy) and Tom Brady. Go figure.
Until next time….
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I’m full from dinner. I had the fire grilled lobster and shrimp from Red Lobster and it was YUMMEH!!! And then we had a chocolate chip cookie, filled with warm melty chocolate and vanilla ice cream on top for dessert. YUMMEH!
And then I watched the Yankees lose in game 4 of the ALDS to the Cleveland Indians. I wanted to throw up. I still want to throw up.
Now I’m going to watch Heroes and do my recap at Fluff
Be sure to check over there in a few hours. It’ll be up! Now I need to shut the girls up so I can hear the TV. Grrrr I’m cranky!
Updated (10:16 p.m.) OK, the recap is up now!!!
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Want to know what I love about football? I can watch the game, pack, play with my puppies and not miss much. Kind of like baseball LOL. Although it’s a much faster pace than baseball, football games allow me to not really pay attention to the TV screen. I listen to the announcers (unless it’s John fucking Madden) and know when to watch the screen.
I’ve packed two boxes today already. Most of my candle accessories/holders are packed away now and most of my knickknacks throughout my room and office. I have a few more I need to pack, but I need to find the original boxes they came in cause they are quite fragile and I don’t want them to break going 1800 miles east, ya know?
I dislike McNabb. I don’t know what it is about him, but I think he’s a fuckstick. I don’t think he’s as good as he used too be and I hate those commercials with his mom. I like his mom, don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking shit about someone’s mama, I just don’t like those commercials. Stupid.
I’m channel surfing between this game and the Yankees/Royals game. To say that Sodapop is in sports heaven would be an understatement. I got to see A-Rod hit his 52nd home run of the season. I need to go back over there to see if he’s hit another one already. Never know with that guy, he rocks like that.
OK, back to the packing, football game and puppies. I’m on Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo IM if ya need me!
Until next time….
- It’s football Sunday.
- The Packers are playing the Eagles now at 10am PST. I’m cheering for the Packers.
- The Chargers play the Bears at 1pm PST. I’m cheering for the Chargers.
- And finally, the Giants play the Cowboys at 5:15pm PST. I’m cheering for the Giants.
- That’s my day, people. I’ll be packing during the commercials and if I need to go potty or go smoke, I’ll pause live TV cause my DVR rocks like that.
Happy football Sunday! I’m in heaven! OH! I almost forgot the Yankees play the Royals at noon PST. I’ll have to channel surf to see that one.
Until next time….
So I’m watching Sportscenter. What’s new. I went to Yankees.com to see what time the game starts and then looked at the Extra Innings channels to see what channel the game is on and guess what? I’m screwed out of a Yankees game tonight. That irritates the shit outta me. I pay a lot of money to get all the Yankees games and I sucked it up when they blacked out the west coast team games cause they claim us as their market. But they are playing Toronto tonight, why is that one not on? *sigh* I’ll just have to get Gameday going and watch another game on TV.
Boston…they are coming after ya. One game behind….Boston is 13 and 9 and the Yankees are 11 and 9. 1st and 2nd. What’s new with that? Absolutely nothing. New York and Boston are always running 1st and 2nd it seems like hahaha The talent on both teams is comparable and I think it’s going to be an interesting season 
Here’s a few pictures to either drool over or print and throw darts at hahahah
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez while playing for Team USA
Gary Sheffield. Can you say yummy?
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I’m sure there’s all kinds of stuff I could talk about from the latest issue of Sports Illustrated (SI). SI comes weekly to my mailbox. I got it today. For years, the first thing I do with that SI is go to the back and read Rick Reilly’s column. He’s an incredible writer and there have been many times I’ve laughed and many times I’ve cried while reading his article. This week? It’s about nets. Not basketball nets, not tennis court nets, not even the New Jersey Nets. It’s about mosquito nets. Mosquito nets? In an issue of SI? WTF? So being the curious type of person I am, I read the article. From top to bottom. Twice. The obsessive compulsive part of me coming out hahaha
Rick Reilly has never asked for anything that I have seen in his columns. Never. He’s asking this time.
“….nearly 3,000 kids die every day in Africa from malaria. According to the World Health Organization, transmission of the disease would be reduced by 60% with the use of mosquito nets and prompt treatement for the infected. Three thousand kids! That’s a 9/11 everyday”
That’s a direct quote from his article. Rick Reilly is asking all of us sports fans to go to the website of the UNFoundation. It costs approximately $10 for one net. That one net would cover a family of four and would last four years. Per the website and per Rick’s article, if that’s four kids covered by a net - four kids live that day. We can all do the math on how that would work out and such.
Take this post for what it’s worth - making you aware of something that is definitely an epidemic and hopefully can be stopped. Rick’s donated $20,000 already to “Nothing but Nets.” If you go to the above website, you’ll see the spot to click for Sports Illustrated’s Nothing But Nets. So I’m sure we’ve all figured out what Rick is asking….he asks in his article that each of us donate $20. That’s two nets. Possibly 8 kids living for another day. In this article he says “If you have ever gotten a thrill by throwing, kicking, knocking, dunking, slamming, putting up, cutting down or jumping over a net, please go to” the website I listed above “and donate $20. BANG! You might have just saved a kids life.” I did. My day is done - I’m going to go enjoy a glass of wine now.
All of the listed information was taken from Rick Reilly’s “Nothing But Nets” article in the latest Sports Illustrated and from the UN Foundation website.
Thanks for reading this!
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I just got home in time to watch the last 50 laps of the NASCAR race. Only reason I missed the race at all is cause I had a hair appointment. We switched up the color on my hair so I’m loving it more than I usually do when I get it done hahaha Still trying to let it grow out so it’s at a stage where it’s a little annoying at times but I’m dealing with it - since I want it to grow!
Tony Stewart is #2 right now. And now smoking from the left side of the vehicle - he’s leaving the racetrack and they just showed his crew chief and let’s just say I know how to read lips…..at least with one word in my dictionary hahaha the F bomb went flying outta his mouth!! This sucks! He’s out of the race and getting his first DNF of the season. Hopefully that’s the first and only one this season. It’s his first DNF in 30 races…did you know that?
Update on the race - Matt Kenseth - #17 won the race. I dislike him. Don’t know why. One of those people who make the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I’ve never even met the man. Hmmmm!
I finished watching the Grey’s Anatomy episodes. I’m going to watch the bonus features in a few minutes - well after the race - however long that takes. Grey’s Anatomy is awesome. Just as I remember the 1st season being - it was awesome. The last episode of the season was pretty good. It’s the one where Addison first appears - McDreamy’s wife. OOOOH! I’m already deciding if I want to stay up late tonight to watch the episode that is on tonight….but I’m thinking I’ll just record it and watch it Monday or Tuesday. I’ll see how I’m feeling tonight.
Thanks, Goddess for letting me know that Vegas is still in #1 with your HOTT Cops awards I almost got worried!
When you get invited to a wedding and you aren’t really even friends with the people getting married….does that mean you HAVE to go? I’ve been invited to a wedding of (OK stay with me here) the mother of my friend’s soon to be daughter-in-law. There did you get that? hahaha I’ve met her several times at different parties and I’ve even been her Partylite consultant several times - going to her house and presenting the candles and such. So I wonder - if I don’t want to go to this wedding - do I HAVE to go? What’s the etiquette here? I need some advice! It’s a week from tomorrow and it’s on a Monday after I get off of work. It’s not that I dislike going to weddings - but I don’t seem to like weddings in the middle of my work week. Also, I wouldn’t be able to take a date (the Marine has his son during the evenings/week nights) so I’d have to go stag to a wedding. How sucky is that? What do you think?
Well, time to go put all my clean clothes away that I washed before going to get my hair done. After that, it’s time for a nice hot bubble bath!
Until next time…. 