Distractions

At what point do you realize that you are burned out with your job, your life, your relationships, your life, your job......? Fade out for sure.

I booked the tickets to Central America - should be great. I think I will miss my dogs though. Fortunately I have the best house/dog/cat sitter that I could have ever imagined.

My hot tub water needs to be changed. People keep spilling their beer in it. Bothersome to say the least.

The Mariners beat the Yankees last night. Thank the fates for that one. Man, I hate the fucking Yankees. They are everything that is wrong with baseball. Roger Clemens only added a third or fourth cherry to the top of their shit cake. I hope they finish behind Toronto and blow $200 million on assholes again. Jerks. I liked ESPN's take on the team that a person could field with Clemens' $28 million prorated salary. Pretty amazing all-star collection. You should check it out if you are so inclined: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=olney_buster&id=2862261

Money Ball
The Rockets' $28M deal leaves a lot to the imagination. What would you do with that kind of cash? Well, Clemens could field an All-Star team all his own. New York's newest addition could afford the lineup below and still have change to spare.

Starting Lineup For Under $28M

Position Player Salary

Pitcher Brandon Webb $4,500,000
Catcher Joe Mauer $3,750,000
1B Ryan Howard $900,000
2B Robinson Cano $490,800
3B Miguel Cabrera $7,400,000
SS J.J. Hardy $400,000
OF Josh Hamilton $380,000
OF Alex Rios $2,535,000
OF Matt Holliday $4,400,000
DH Sammy Sosa $500,000
**Lineup worth $25,255,800

Now how is that for a starting line up? Of course, you need to have other quality pitchers, a bullpen, reserves, etc., but the point is made. And these guys will be there all 162 games. Roger ol' boy won't go out of town if he isn't on the schedule to start. What if Randy Johnson had decided to do that the year that he won 3 games in the World Series with Arizona? Sorry, I am not going on the road because I am not pitching. I am overreacting again, but I liked the comments by David Wells (San Diego) that called the kettle black.

Also on the subject of baseball - the Boston Red Sox, while about the 2nd most annoying team I have the good fortune to despise for 6 months of the year, are packed with guys that have balls the size of tennis balls. Curt Schilling says it like it is. He said that Boston was better off without Clemens (but that could be because he likes being the old bitch in the club house and the Rocket has way more hardware than he does) and he calls Bonds out on the steroid issue on live radio. That guy is a stud. I don't like him because he plays for Boston, but I totally respect him. Props.

Then there is David Ortiz - he goes out and says that Bonds and steroids are a moot point - The juice doesn't help you hit any better than you did before. I could get into a debate about that - if you are stronger, doesn't that mean the balls that you would have hit before you were on the juice now are hit farther/faster, thereby statistically increasing the chances of them being hits? I guess his point is is that hitting requires more finesse and skill than strength. He really hit home calling out Bug Selig on the issue of being present when Barry breaks Aaron's record this month. By the way, I have $100 riding on the date of May 30th. I didn't even check to see if the bastard was playing that day, so it could all be for naught. Big Papi - bucking traditions and launching bombs. Good guy.

Its bar be cue = barbecue = bbq season. Are these all legit spellings? I am stoked. Time to restock the freezer this winter - I will have eaten all of the dead animals that I have killed in the last year or so.