Moonlit Jazz

I wish I didn’t have to go to work today. Blah!

Muchas gracias to the ladies who have commented the past few days: Steph (groovy new layout!), Jen (so great to have finally met you!), and Chelle (you’re not weird!). Ah, and to “Alex Byrnes” who tagged: THANKS! 😀 Yes, don’t we all just love Eric Byrnes?… It just tickles me to think that I have readers at times. 🙂

I try and get my RL friends to read my blog, so that way they don’t have to say, “Hey, what’s up with you?” Of course, they might be surprised (NOT!) by all the baseball talk here. LOL!

We sat down yesterday and went over the bills. Oh, the joys of being a responsible adult. Kids, enjoy your carefree youth! 😀 Or learn to be better budgeters. Yeah, I missed that lesson. 😉

Kim got the postcard from Cancun. Let’s see, she received it sometime last week and I was in Cancun when? Right, MAY! Tell me, is Mexico’s postal service that bad or did the hotel lose my postcards then find them? That’s one postcard accounted for. Now what about the other 8?

It’s the All Star break. No “real” baseball for three days. Alas. And no Keen Eddie tomorrow night because of the game. I’m recording the game, I think. I know Mulder is going to get to pitch. Hmmm, maybe he’ll even start. Groovay, I could use that in my story…

Time to hit the showers! 😛

Winning Pitcher – Keith Foulke (7-1)
Losing Pitcher – Hector Carrasco (0-2)

BAL Runs: 0, Hits: 4, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 1, Hits: 6, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (54-39)

Riiight, the CLOSER, THE SAVE MAN, has 7 wins and 1 loss and 24 saves. Well, he is an All Star… The end of the game was weird! Too bad Zito didn’t get the win. And they had a chance in the bottom of the 8th. Blah!

Read about today’s game

Winning Pitcher – Jim Mecir (2-1)
Losing Pitcher – Hector Carrasco (0-1)
SV – Keith Foulke(24)

BAL Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 5, Hits: 5, Errors: 1

Oakland Record: (53-39)

Well, the very important thing, besides the win, is that I got my Mark Mulder Bobblehead. WOOHOO! 😀 Here’s a bit of a rundown of our day:

The alarm went off at 6am and I was in the shower not five minutes later. My uniform of the day was my Mulder jersey and jean shorts. We left the house at around 7am and headed to the Bay Area. We had a quick McDonald’s breakfast in Livermore. We were in line at Gate C at about 8:45am.

The gates were set to open at 10:30am, so we had a long wait in line. It wasn’t so bad. The sun was already very warm and the breeze was scarce. We were in a decent spot and by 10:50, we had our bobbleheads in hand. Ms. Lisa surprised me and said hello as we walked in.

Once inside, we went out again to put the bobbleheads away. When we walked in, I just had to get a Byrnes t-shirt. I think he must be a fan favorite (he’s certainly one of mine!). I saw a lot of people with Byrnes t-shirts on. So now I have a Zito and Byrnes shirt. I still want to get my Mulder one, but since I have a jersey with his name and number, I don’t suppose I should be too picky. 😉

Our seats were in section 105, seats 9 and 10, right field side in the sun. Great seats for foul balls (we almost had one come in) but bad with the sun beating down… Terence Long launched a three run homer in the second inning. The Orioles came back with three runs (two scored on an error, I believe). By the time the A’s took the lead again with a two run homer from Scott Hatteburg in the 8th, we were on our way home. 😛 Terrible, I know!

Howdy to Miss Jen, who spotted me in the cute little pub. She recognized me from my Mulder jersey! LOL! Jen, I forgot to say, “Hey, we should take a picture together!” Next time, ‘k? 😀 (And I hope you went to the Hilton to see Byrnes!)

If we had stayed for the whole game, we would probably be at the Hilton right now waiting to get Eric Byrnes’ autograph. It would have been the best time to see him. It’s 21 and up only! Blah on us, but we were just too tired. And yet here I am writing in my blog. I’m such a goober, I know.

I took some pictures, but nothing too spectacular. I think I might have gotten some good ones of Fordyce. 😛 Like I know anything about him. LOL!

All in all, a good day. And my Mulder bobblehead is awesome! So cute. 😀

Winning Pitcher – Tim Hudson (7-3)
Losing Pitcher – Rodrigo Lopez (2-5)

BAL Runs: 0, Hits: 3, Errors: 2
OAK Runs: 2, Hits: 5, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (52-39)

Woohoo, a complete game for Huddy! 😀 He’s so deserving.

FREE FOR ALL FRIDAY
Accoring to my Gay List, lots of people want to know which baseball players are gay.

1. Why do people care?
Because they, in fact, are gay themselves. 😛

2. Do you care?
Not one bit. If I were a guy and this was a girl sport, I’d be turned on, right? Well, it doesn’t turn me on, per se, but it doesn’t disgust me either. “If it doesn’t hurt kids or animals…” Or so the saying goes.

3. If your favorite baseball player turned out to be gay, what would you think?
Woohoo, another woman is never going to have him. Bwahahaha!

This article has a picture of the lady who took the mound. Ye gods!