Taking back the blog

I told someone last week I’d officially quit blogging, and yet here I am. I’m nothing if not inconsistent, I guess.

So: everyone enjoying the baseball season? I’m in the unfamiliar situation as follows:

1. The Cardinals are pretty bad.
2. I’m not bothered by this in the slightest.

I never thought winning the World Series would have this effect on me, but it really has. The other day I was thinking about how stressed I used to get during regular season games. Just doesn’t happen anymore. That’s not to say I’ve lost interest: I still watch the Cards nearly every night. But Adam Kennedy’s lack of production, and our pitching woes - eh. None of it really fazes me anymore. Practically every day I say something along the lines of “Eh who cares - we won the world series.” For the first time in years, I just watch the cardinals because I like baseball, not because I really care whether they win or not.

I’m thinking that this attitude is going to go away after this season, but I might as well enjoy it while it lasts, I suppose. Imagine liking a game even when your team loses! Huh.

Anyway, that’s not really why I haven’t been blogging. I actually think about blogging a lot these days. But most of the time I just wonder how on earth did I have the time for that, what with work and friends and all? And then I decided that my lame job (boo work!) shouldn’t be keeping me from what’s really important: namely, posting stupid baseball thoughts over the Internet.

 

Not since March 6? Seriously?

That doesn’t seem right to me. It’s really been a whole month since I posted anything? At all? And it’s the beginning of the season, even. Man, Fritz is right, it’s like I don’t even have a blog anymore.

Anyway, as you may know, I’ve been having fun hanging with my like-minded Cardinals peeps in New York. Just imagine the change in my life:

Scene: Circa 2005-6, my apartment

Me: You can have a beer, but you have to use my MIKE SHANNON BOTTLE OPENER!

(And I whip out the bottle opener which features Mike Shannon’s call of Mark McGwire’s 70th.)

My roommate, or whoever: Oh jesus. That again?

Now contrast that with:

Scene: Circa last night at Deweys

Me: Well, if you want another beer, then you’re going to have to use THIS BOTTLE OPENER to open it!

(And I whip out the bottle opener which plays Mike Shannon’s calls of the end of the NLCS and World Series.)

Everyone at my table: YEEEEEAAAAAA!!!!!

(And they all lean in to hear Mike’s call better.)

 

Did I go crazy?

So here I am, in my FREEZING COLD APARTMENT, watching the NLCS game from 1985 that gave us that wonderful phrase “Go Crazy Folks”. (Got the game off Netflix.) I suddenly remembered that, early last year, I’d discovered the domain gocrazyfolks.com was available. So I decided to investigate and see if this was still the case.

Yep.

So I went ahead and bought it. I mean, at least I know if I own it, gocrazyfolks.com is in good hands and not going to be yucked by some spammer and/or cubs fan. Right?

So now the question is: what do I do with it? All the domain is to me right now is an endless series of unbelievably cool email addresses. If you sent a note to any of the following addresses, I’d actually receive it! Woo hoo!

julia at gocrazyfolks
albert_pujols_hit_three_home_runs_on_my_birthday at gocrazyfolks
carlosbeltranstrikesoutlooking at gocrazyfolks
brandoningestrikesoutswinging at gocrazyfolks
i_was_born_on_the_day_bob_forsch_pitched_a_no_hitter at gocrazyfolks
makingupcardinalsemailaddressesiswaytoomuchfun at gocrazyfolks

Et cetera.

So does anyone have any idea what to do with this new website of mine? If your idea is good enough and you’re non-lazy enough, I may even pass the domain name on to you!

Not the email addresses, though. Them I’m keepin’.

 

A new post, would you believe it?

Bet says I should really post a quick little story to prove that this entry isn’t just asking for stuff (more on that below).

But the thing is, there’s not all that much Cardinals-related that’s been going on with my life: I’ve been seeing a lot of theatre, traveling (I’m in California now!), brewing beer, and generally just enjoying the World Series Championship and fitting it into any sentence I possibly can.

And now I’m going to start asking for stuff. I’m here to visit Bet, who is being deployed soon and will miss the whole baseball season. Speaking of missing things, she also missed Game 7 vs. the Mets last year (as she was working). I don’t have a copy of it, and we’d like to watch it together. Does anyone have an email-able copy so we can do so? Or a copy for purchase and/or download on the Cardinals website? I tried looking, but to no avail. Post a comment or shoot me a line at redbirdbrain at verizon dot net and help two Cardinals fans in need!

Help!

 

is it time for spring awakening yet?

Some of you know about my obsession with musicals (if you don’t: I’m obsessed with musicals, and the passion is almost as longstanding as my love for the redbirds, and is the major reason I live in New York City rather than St. Louis). I’m listening to the cast recording of a great new show called “Spring Awakening” right now (seriously, go see this show - I’ve seen it three times already, so you have some catching up to do!). And hearing the songs out of context of the show for the first time, one of the lyrics made me smile just now:

The stars, too, they tell of spring returning
And summer with another wind that no one yet has known

I’m pretty sure that in the play, Melchior isn’t talking about baseball, but I don’t care. I’m already excited about next season! I also don’t care about the failure to sign any good free agents, because I’ve decided that the next year is going to be a Cardinal victory lap. I’m already excited thinking about how much fun next season’s going to be, and how often I’m going to wear my World Series Champion T-shirt, and how many surprises the season will contain. Let’s hear it for the summer wind we don’t yet know!

 

This Carp Signing…

… Has me in a merry mood. Other things that have me in a good mood?

• I took a tour of Yankee Stadium this past Saturday (man, the Yankees love of/obsession with themselves really just cannot be overstated) and there were FOUR other Cardinals fans decked out in 2006 World Champion Gear. Rock! As an aside, the best thing about the Yankee tour was that they actually take you into the locker room. Did you know that Derek Jeter has two lockers, one for himself and one for his fan mail?
• Just rewatched the ninth innings of Game 5 against the Tigers and Game 7 against the Mets. Seriously, it’s the best procrastination tool EVER.
• Speaking of the Mets, this weekend I spent a solid 20 minutes torturing a Mets fan about their NLCS loss. I mean, I’m not generally a horrid person, but with Mets fans I just can’t help myself.
• I ordered some Cardinals gear and it arrived today! I’m going to be so stylin’ at Opening Day next year! (Not that I actually know I’m going to Opening Day but I’m going to try my damndest to get back there. I suppose I shouldn’t get my hopes up, but I do have a few connections here and there that I wouldn’t mind utlizing…)

 

Andrew Sullivan posted this

Now, I don’t think I’d normally get into politics or whatever, but I noticed Andrew Sullivan had posted this video and I realized that I should too, and I can’t believe I didn’t think of it earlier. So here you are, although it’s 1.5 weeks late (unless you’re a democrat, of course)!

 

Today’s revelation

… Ann and I were just talking on the phone, and she pointed out something interesting: we both think that we can now watch Fever Pitch without throwing anything at the screen. I mean, who’s going to bitch about Boston winning NOW? And anyway, it will be fun to see Old Busch again.

Wow, the wrongs that will be righted by a World Series victory. I didn’t think anything would make me tolerate the sight of Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore making out in Old Busch… Anyway, I’m finally ready to give it a shot.

 

This video seemed AWESOME…

… when I first (drunkenly) saw it on Friday night. Now, I’m not so sure, but at least it’s proof that the New York City Cardinal contingent was out in full force.

 

 

Beating Detroit wasn’t a fluke!

Look, we beat them again!