For my daughter....WannaBeGrumpy...

[ScreamingMeemie]

Way To GO...Magglio!!!!

Sweet Baby, you have made watching baseball fun for your football loving Mama.

I guess genes can crossover... WannaB has become as rabid a baseball fan as her mama is a football fan (sigh...where did I go wrong). Her enthusiasm has led me to actually spend money on professional baseball games again. Of course, only right field bleachers, behind her favorite so it could be worse. She has been bitten so badly, she literally gets sick with each error, gets up and leaves, rewinds awesome plays , cries etc... MrG says he cannot bear to live with two of us, freaking out year round now. :D

Last night, the tivo worked overtime as she had to watch Magglio's 2 HRs about 25 times each, and played his player interview 4 times until I made her go to bed.

The kid is crazy. The kid is a blast to hang out with.

[miss_american_pie]

1. Awwww

I love this post. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. hi there!

:hi: How are you doing today? It is super gorgeous here. :hug:

[miss_american_pie]

5. It's finally getting cool here

I love it. Have a good day. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Thanks! you too!

It's only going to be 60 here today. I love this weather, I just wish it lasted longer.

[billyskank]

2. I'm made up for both of you

:hug:

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. We will have to get you here sometime and take you to a game.

:loveya:

[merh]

7. you both rock!

:grouphug:

and MrG loves it too! :loveya:

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. So do you, darling merh!

:loveya:

How are things coming along? I've been meaning to call you. MrG gave me the message bout a week later. :hug:

[merh]

37. I thought about it after I called

and I realized that MrG might have the cell with him on his travels. Silly me :silly:

Things here are about the same, not any worse, so that's cool. I'm just plugging along trying to get the train moving. We've been stalled in the tunnel long enough ;)

Thanks for asking :hug:

[wildhorses]

8. a girl after my own heart!!

there is just SOMETHING SPECIAL about the boys of summer...:loveya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6DCJtw-qyc

The boys of summer
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summers out of reach
Empty lake,
Empty streets
The sun goes down alone
Im drivin by your house
Though I know youre not home
But I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your
Sunglasses on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you
Will still be strong after the boys of
Summer have gone
I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream?
Now I dont understand whats happened
To our love,
But babe, Im gonna get you back
Im gonna show you what Im made of
I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin in the sun
I see you walkin real slow and youre smilin at everyone

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker
On a cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, dont
Look back. you can never look back.
I thought I knew what love was,
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but-
I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I can see you-
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and
Those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. She loves that one and "Centerfield"...

Jeff Daniels just wrote and filmed a video called, "Lifelong Tiger fan Blues"... it's quite cute. :hi: :hug:

[tigereye]

9. neat!

I love sports, I sit there and read the sports section pretty much cover to cover. Baseball is very cool. I prefer it to football, myself.


ps, My son was crushed that the Steelers lost. It's going to be a long season. ;)

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Tell him this Packers fan agrees with him, along with my resident

Lions fan, MrG. :hi: :hug:

[Zomby Woof]

13. MrG will get a good break this fall

The Packers suck so bad, there will be no need to freak out. :P :bounce:

(And kudos to your daughter for recognizing the inherent superiority of baseball, even though she roots for the wrong league!) :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Brett Favre...380 yards, 3 TDs...the line sucks. That is all.

And it's enough for me to freak. No band wagon fans here. :)

[Zomby Woof]

17. I know you're loyal

I would never accuse you of being a crappy bandwagoner. x(

But all of his stats are meaningless when all they can do is rack up the "L" column. :D SO go easy on MrG until at least the Tigers choke in the playoffs! :bounce:

You forgot the 1 INT. ;-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. INT's are a given when it comes to number 4...

It's never bothered me because he more than made up for it. :rofl: It cracks me up when people start ragging on him for that because he's always been in the teens.
I still have "that feeling in my bones" that it will be okay. I just wish they'd fire the coach.

[Zomby Woof]

19. I rag on Favre

Because he is an asshole. Seriously. As loyal as I am to my team, if they have a player who is an ass, I will call him on it. Talent and team colors are no excuse. He is the typical "all-amurikan" jock moran. :puke:

He is in denial. He dismissed last year's bad season as a "fluke". If he doesn't retire after this year, he may yet rediscover that nasty pill habit. :P

They will finish maybe 6-10. At best. 7-9 if they get a lucky win.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. 10-6 and a trip to the playoffs.

I think he has an ego problem, but I do think players should play as long as they want. ;)

[Zomby Woof]

21. Wanna gamble?

LOL.

If they finish .500 or worse, you owe me a Tickle-Me Rabrrrrrr Doll!

If they finish better than .500, I will buy you one, and a free escalator ride at the mall of your choice! :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. You're on!!!!

BTW, my fantasy team is 2-0 (my brother has a league) :P

[merh]

38. Hey, do you know what?

The Saints beat the Packers!!! :rofl:

I so love my saints, but if they have a winning season, that Armageddon thing may not be that far off.

It was a wonderful game! We won!!! :toast:

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. It was the crappiest game ever.

:cry: :cry: :cry:


But I forgive you. :loveya: :hug:

[merh]

40. *smooch*

thank you :hug:

[mduffy31]

43. I know it pisses me off

What more did he have to do?

[BabyPF]

14. hey you!!!

i know you!!!!and you know me!!!!



i know where you live.


lol.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Gee...could it be....?

Beezer?

[BabyPF]

44. lol

you guessed!:p

[buddhamama]

23. Family time is fun time

what a great post, Mrs.G It almost made me cry.

I hear ya on the baseball, to me it is boring. Thank goodness, Dylan agrees (we're football & soccer fanatics)

It is wonderful though, that you and WannaB have baseball to share together. I think that's freakin' cool. :hug:

[Zomby Woof]

24. Boring??

You just made BabyZombyJesus cry! :cry:

:P :hug:

[buddhamama]

25. oh no !

that must make me like the worst person in the world. :D

i am assuming you can forgive my transgression and move on?

cause seriously, i didn't ask "what would BabyZombyJesus do?" :P

[Zomby Woof]

26. Check post #14

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5640206

There is no way anyone could have watched this game without being stunned by the tenacity and edge-of-your-seat tension! :D

[buddhamama]

27. i'll grant you

it does sound pretty exciting. i use to watch baseball in my younger yrs( reading the stats every morning), and i played softball in school...i think it was during "the strike" that i finally gave up on it for good.






edited for spelling

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. I swore I would never watch a game, pay for a game, or talk about

a game for the rest of my life after the 90's strike. I didn't buy into the (I believe)fabricated "home run race" between Sosa and McGwire. In fact, a whole generation of players came and went practically.

I have broken my promise...and it makes me kind of happy. :hug:

[Strawman]

29. that was nice to see

Maggs hitting those two home runs. We're only 1 game back from having the AL's best record, as bad as we've been.

Did you get your playoff tickets this morning?

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. I tried (it was to be an early Christmas gift for WannaBG) but

the website crashed and then it was too late. :cry: I guess it will be stubhub for us...hopefully.

[mopinko]

31. a white sox fan says you are welcome

we miss him right now.
hubby spent the last of his small inheritance on a sox season ticket. we pooled up with 3 other people, so we have 4 seats together. last years sox finally really got hubby over his twin bitches of tearing down old comisky park (a long grudge, but tied into loosing his dad the same year.) and the big strike. he had been thawing for a while. but last years sox were SO much fun.
but he thinks that spending that kind of dough should mean you don't have to watch them loose, ever. quite a league when you can be 20 games over 500 and struggling to stay in contention. he wants to burn ozzie in effigy right about now.

[ScreamingMeemie]

32. I love when Ozzie gets the pouty little boy look when things aren't

going his way...

I was teasing my daughter because I swear Magglio swaggered up to the plate on his last at bat. I had sworn to never watch another game after the strike and the screwing over of the replacement players.

[mopinko]

33. he cries at the press conferences when they lose.

he is an emotional guy. his kids are with him in the dugout every game. i had a real good time last year picking on my hubby, a typical- emotions are for girls fella- when they all talked last year about being family, brothers, all that. FEEEEELINGS!!! i would say, and poke him in the ribs.

[lizziegrace]

34. I love it!

now it's year round. :)

Don't you love to get caught up in what matters to your kids?

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. I absolutely do!

We have a lot of fun with it. BabyG has become a Lions fan, sadly... so, now, I have this. :D :hug:

[lizziegrace]

36. She'll remember these times always

as will you. :hug:

[SaveElmer]

41. How nice...I only hope...

You maintain your interest in baseball after the Twins overtake the Tigers next week...

:evilgrin:

Seriously, baseball is the best, and the Tigers have had a heck of a year!

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. It has been a stunning year for them.

I remember everyone grumbling on the Magglio gamble. I guess it has paid off. These deals remind me of the deals the Packers made in the early 90's...and we all know what happened then. :hi:

I'm ignoring the first part of your post...for friendship's sake of course. :D

[tinfoil tiaras]

45. Aww for the both of y'all

Too bad I hate watching football, tennis & golf and my mom doesn't really like watching cheerleading or gymnastics (the only sports I will watch)...

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. I had to force myself the first couple of times...

Now it's a blast, and we look forward to it. Except for nights like tonight when the Tigers are getting killed. She's not feeling good to boot so it's kind of crabalicious night.

[tinfoil tiaras]

47. Haha, aw

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

48. She didn't even stay up for DSR (Detroit Sports Report)

Sniffle :cry: I feel so...so... alone! :(

edited for: she is standing at my elbow... still awake saying"Hey! I did TOO stay up for DSR!"

[tinfoil tiaras]

51. Hahaha!

Y'all are so cute! I kinda wished my mom knew how to use the internet so she could post here on DU but then again, i dont... :D

[u4ic]

49. It's always fun

to discover a new interest! :bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. It's funny. When I was a girl a quite a few of the days of my summer

vacation were spent at County Stadium...going back to Comerica Park with my daughter has brought back some great memories.


My grandpa and my dad took me to the Brewers game that was the first game back for Bambi, of Bambi's bombers fame... and it doesn't seem possible that it was 26 years ago last june. :hi: