Strike Three!!

Verdict is in... Matt Holliday didn't win National League MVP...

Shouldn't be surprised, but I am disappointed... 3 times unlucky in the post-season awards.

It sure would have been nice to bring home some hardware after being swept in the series... Oh well, not too much longer before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training!

Third Time's a Charm (I Hope)...

Tuesday, November 20th is the last chance that the MLB Writers have to make things right by having voted Matt Holliday the National League MVP.

Strike 1 - Not voting Troy Tulowitzki as NL Rookie of the Year
Strike 2 - Not voting Clint Hurdle as NL Manager of the Year

Hopefully the MLB Writers won't strike out...

Unfortunately, this is an 0-2 count and folks in Colorado are expecting a huge hook of a curve-ball for Strike 3. It's a shame that so many people I've talked to already figure the east coast writers have screwed Colorado again for something well deserved.

Stay tuned... Hopefully the third time's the charm!!

They Took the F#*(#@ING BAR!!!

Taking a look through today's headlines, I came across this story that brought to mind the famous line from "Animal House". Thank you to the late, great John Belushi for that one.

Apparently there were 2400 bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey found - some dating back to the early 1900s - that the feds are threatening to dump down the drain because they were stolen and were to be sold on the black market...

Ummm - excuse me people - shouldn't the stolen property be returned to the rightful owner if the stuff was heisted from the JD warehouses? Some of these bottles are rare and I'm sure they would rather have them back instead of seeing it being dumped. This isn't the '30s and this ain't prohibition!

See story at link below:
http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2007/11/15/Confiscated.Whiskey/?cvqh=itn_whiskey

Hmmm - I wonder if any of these bottles are the old JD White Label bottles - you know - the ones you can't find any more? Personally, I have a bottle of Green Label from 1982 that hasn't been opened yet and I have a bounty out on a bottle of White Label. No body can even tell me if it's still made anymore.

How about it people - anyone know where I can get a 750ml or 1.75l bottle of White Label Jack Daniels??? C'mon - help a brother out!!!

More BOOs for MLB Writers

Unfortunately, Rockies manager Clint Hurdle has been passed over as Manager of the Year.

Given the streak at the end of the year, the solid play of the team over the course of the year and the general lack of "drama" on the team during the season, it's truly a shame that he was overlooked - and even worse, came in third in the voting.

Maybe MLB should look at waiting until the playoffs start so that it's truly the Manager of the YEAR and not the Manager of the PARTIAL Year award.

Get it together folks - Hurdle deserved it.

Will the MLB writers get the "hat trick" and screw the Rockies 3 times over by denying Matt Holiday the NL MVP award?

Stay tuned...

Rest in Peace Marley

Got a call from my best friend back east telling me some sad news. He had to put down his dog recently and it had to be one of the toughest things he's done.

Marley was a great dog - a Hungarian Comondor. Essentially a Hungarian Sheepdog that early on was bred to mix in with the sheep in the fields and kill the wolves as they stalked and hunted the sheep.

Marley was such a gentle sole though. Great with kids and just a wonderful companion. For 15 and a half years she was with my friend and they took very good care of each other.

Marley is now with my late pal, Dallas and they're both waiting for me and my friend. God willing, they'll have to wait for a good long time for us to join them but that doesn't mean we won't keep thinking of them often.

MLB Writers - BOO HISS!!!

We've been robbed! That's the feeling I have right now because of the NL Rookie of the Year selection did not go in favor of Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071112&content_id=2298624&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Granted that Ryan Braun had some of the better numbers at the plate, but it's a shame that the baseball writers did not take into consideration Tulo's stellar defense throughout the season.

No one had a better fielding percentage that Tulowitzki and that contributed to his credibility as a legitimate contender for the Rookie of the Year award.

Writers tend to gloss over anything coming out of the Rockies organization as well - that because of the past history at Coors Field... get over it folks!

The only consolation is that the voting was close... small consolation though because I don't believe the better man won in this case.

It's Been Awhile...

Been gone for a bit.. been busy with the new job, stuff around the house and such...

I'm hoping to be able to devote a little more time to writing moving forward and will actually start to do an outline for myself so that I can keep things going and generate ideas, etc.

Bear with me while I re-ramp things up here...

In the meantime, peace...