The Boston Red Sox & Kirby

The first mlb outdoor baseball game I got to see was @ Fenway Park in the year 1995. I went with my dad, my aunt Marcie and my uncle Steve. Tickets were $16 each and it seemed awfully expensive back then. Until then I had seen the Twins 7 times at the Metrodome during summer trips to the homeland between 1990 and 95. The Twins won every single time. A nice streak.

The Twins won again in Boston that day. It was the last time I got to see my childhood hero Kirby Puckett in a Twins uniform. The following season he woke up one morning during spring training with a blind eye. But that day in Boston his vision was 20/20, and he blasted a dinger above the green monster. I think the Twins won 8-7. José Canseco also hit a homerun that day. Pretty cool. Were they on 'roids? Maybe. They seemed really buff.

The later years of Kirby were pretty tragic with arrests and harassment suits. A total contrast with the smile, generosity and happy nature of Kirby the ball player. Kirby's life came to an abrupt end in 2006, after dying from a stroke. I miss Kirby. RIP.

The Red Sox ? They won a couple championships since then and are doing it with money. Bleh.

Montreal Expos... euh no I meant Washington Nationals

I have absolutely nothing to say about the Washington Nationals, other than Washington once had a team named the Senators, who later moved to Minneapolis and became the Twins, and 2 time world champions, thank you very much. Then Washington had no baseball team for a long time, which is a shame because I didn't get to see a ballgame there during 6 months at George Washington University. I did see the Orioles once. They were good back then thanks to Brady Anderson discovering 'roids and going from 7 to 50 HRs. Or something like that. Maybe it was 17 to 50... but you get my point.

Anyway, back Washington. Montreal had a team for a while that was actually pretty good. They had a great farm system. In fact, had the 1994 season not been cancelled midway through the season because of the famous player strike, they could've won the World Series. They Pedro Martinez, Larry Walker, other good pitchers... Vladimir Guerrero maybe ? Anyway, they were good. The Nationals suck big time. What a dumb name. Gutter Rats would've been better.

Baseball in French sounds really weird !

What's up with the Braves ?

Back in 1990 I was 12 and the Minnesota Twins sucked. One team that sucked even more was the Atlanta Braves. In 1991, both teams went from worst to first and battled in what might be the best World Series ever. The Braves dominated the 90s in the regular season, but only managed to win one World Series in 1994 if my memory serves me right (I don't feel like double-checking).


I've never been to Atlanta, but I know Coca Cola, CNN and Ludacris live there. Well I'm not sure Ludacris still lives there, but he's from there I believe. Elton John is a Braves fan. I think he lives in Georgia as well but he's a true brit and has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996. Elton received a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998. 


Here's a seriously weird and cheesy video from Sir Elton John.

What's an Oriol ?

According to Wikipedia: The family Oriolidae comprises the figbirds in the genus Sphecotheres, and the Old World orioles in the genus Oriolus.^[1] Several other genera have been proposed to split up the genus Oriolus. For example, the African black-headed species are sometimes placed in the genus Baruffius. In 2011 the genus Turnagra which contained two extinct species from New Zealand, the piopio, were found to be placed within this family.^[2] The family is not related to the New World orioles, which are icterids, family Icteridae.

Judging from the stamp above, Orioles are much appreciated in Moldova. The capital of Moldova is Chisinau.

Baltimore has its own Oriol in the form of a baseball team which has sucked majorly for most of its existence.

Notable Orioles: Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, and of course the iron man himself: Cal Ripken Jr.

When I think of Baltimore, I think of John Watters and the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire. IMO the show is highly overrated. John Watters on the other hand delivered cult classics in the form of Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, Cry Baby (introducing a young TV actor named Johnny Depp) and many others.

I just checked some info on John Watters and as it turns out Watters is spelled Waters. Thank you Mr Internet. Mr Internet also mentions that JW's nicknames are "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash".

John Waters was also featured in one of my favorite Simpsons episode of all-time: Homer's Phobia.

Damn Yankees

#springtrainingblogchallenge here we go. 

Jeter's arrogant smirk. Truth be told, he seems to be a rather likeable guy. Still... look at him. Doesn't he just piss you off ?

Other things that piss me off :

- People who walk into a bus before letting passengers out.

- Close talkers.

- The smell of airplane blankets (you know they never wash them, right?)

- Forms

- Mathilde Seigner.

- Snakes

- Public urinals

- Intertwined cables

- The complete cast of How I met your Mother.

So many other things...

Let's do this

Oh yeah.