ALL ALONG THE ROCKIES YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR
We may have crazy weather where we have all four season in a few hours, but I love Colorado!
LikeTHINGS THEY NEVER TAUGHT ME IN A CLASSROOM
College Classes I Never Had
Here is a story about some strange college classes. I never had these courses to take. To be honest really, even if I did have them, I probably would not have taken too many of them.
However, I would have signed for Far Side Entomology, even though I really have no interest in the scientific study of insects. I just could not pass up a class built on The Far Side.
Being a computer science major, I am sure I would have been required to take the Philosophy and Star Trek classes instead of the Deductive Logic class we had to take.
Now if they would just have a Calvin and Hobbes study, college would have been a little more fun.
Easter
Oh, I love Easter. The greatest day of the year. This year after church, we headed to Coors Field. It started as a great game, but then the rockies fell apart with the “closers” appeared. Not much of a reward to us fans who sat out in the cold, wind, and rain. Still, it was a great day.
PUT ME IN COACH – V
It is time for baseball to begin again. Opening day brings a little bit of peace from the chaos of the world. It gives fans hope for success no matter the past failures and dim future. For a brief movement the kid inside of us can rejoice and enjoy a game.
It is also time for the most anticipated entry in this blog. It is the 5th Annual Code Monkey’s MLB Team Predictions and Slogans.
As normal, the predictions will probably be wrong, but they are here just in case I get one right so I can brag about it. The slogans are more in-line with what I think the team’s slogans should be.
AL East
1. Evil Empire – Wasting money almost as fast as Obama
2. Mini Evil Empire – Manny Free and it feels so good
3. Tampa Bay – We are the reason the Evil Empire Teams in our division had to spend even more money
4. Toronto – Halladay will not be a Free Bird, at least till we trade him
5. Baltimore – So bad, our radio announcing team leave after the first inning
AL Central
1. Cleveland – Soo Choo is Soo Real
2. Minnesota – Mauer’s back is our pain
3. KC – Can’t get enough of those Coco Crisps
4. Detroit – The bailout for Detroit has come too slow
5. Chicago – We at least have a fan in the White House
AL West
1. LA of Anaheim – Hoping to lose to someone besides Boston in the playoffs this year
2. Oakland – Moneyball gets a Holliday
3. Texas – Spending money on two-tone helmets and not on more bad pitching
4. Seattle – Rebuilding around Junior work so good the first time, so we are doing it again
NL East
1. NY Mets – Citi Field because How We Spent Bailout Money just did not sound as appealing
2. Florida – How many wins does it take to get us a new stadium?
3. Philadelphia – Our plan is to wait till the Mets choke again
4. Atlanta – Not so Chipper on the World Baseball Classic
5. Washington – Scandals and Federal Investigations, thus we are now truly represent our home city
NL Central
1. Chicago – Creating hope before crushing it with no change
2. St. Louis – Lower payroll, but our Carpenter is a machine
3. Milwaukee – No C.C., but the Prince is happy
4. Cincinnati – Guaranteed to probably finished above the Pirates
5. Houston – We play better than we look on paper
6. Pittsburgh – Isn’t a winning spring training more than enough
NL West
1. Arizona – Road work ahead, bullpen being built
2. LA – Mannywood, where we now have questions about our starting pitchers
3. San Francisco – A well balance team where position players hitting average is close to the pitchers hitting average
4. Colorado – Relax, just cause Baylor is back does not mean we will bring Leyland back
5. San Diego – Divorce always hurts the kids
Slogan for MLB:
Steroids? What are those?
Wild-card Picks:
AL: Mini Evil Empire
NL: Florida
Other Predictions:
First manager to get fired:
Jim Leyland
There you have it, my view of the 2009. Enjoy the day and season, baseball fans. Go Rockies!
