Scooter Chronicles

“Trying to throw a fastball to Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning.”

— Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame pitcher

Charles Gibson of ABC News (and Tigers’ fan) was given a tour of the new Yankee Stadium on last night’s broadcast. He was amazed, as was I, the different kind of food available at the ballpark. But Charlie took exception, with a good laugh, to lobster being on the menu.

Eating lobster at a baseball game is God’s way of telling you that you make too much money.

I couldn’t agree more. Not only that, that lobster at Yankee Stadium is probably more expensive by the pound then at a fine restaurant.

So we’ve watched a lot of Spongebob over the past year. As it was, Marcia and I were fans already. But lately I was thinking about a lot of the character Plankton’s lines. He has some of the best on the show.

From the “Plankton!” episode (his first):

Plankton tries to befriend Spongebob to get a Krabby Patty. Finally he decides on a plan to control Spongebob’s brain. After taking control, he runs Spongebob through Squidward’s house. Squid gets upset, and then Plankton gives him a smackdown.

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A couple of weeks ago my favorite musician, Geddy Lee, was interviewed, of a sort, by a writer from Entertainment Weekly. They asked him some questions regarding their new DVD release, and their upcoming appearance in the move “I Love You Man”, as well as others, and only a few showed up in the magazine article. But the highlight was a wine tasting. Geddy is a wine fanatic, and has an extensive collection of his own. It is something that has only been becoming public knowledge though.

“I don’t like talking about it in public because I worry I will come off like some pretentious f—— bozo.”

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From the famed “Spongebob Squarepants” series:

“Stupidity isn’t a virus, but it sure is spreadin’ like one.” – Sandy Cheeks

PS. My blogging break will be coming to an end soon. I have a movie review and a book review to post. Gotta write them first though.

“… you can’t avoid pain, but you can choose to avoid misery.” – Hiram Smith

(Thanks to Roger for this one.)

One of my son’s namesakes, Nigel Mansell, was recently feature by ESPN as one of the Top 25 Racers of all time. Mansell falls in at number 24. It was nice to see another Formula One star along with him in the first five of the series (Niki Lauda). I remember Mansell as being rather brash, but backing it up on the track. He never let down. It was great watching him compete, and very hard, against his teammate Nelson Piquet (another fave of mine) when both were driving for Williams in the mid 80′s.

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My brother Todd,...

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Sometime last week I stumbled across Blender Magazine’s “50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music” list. I found one of them very amusing.

31. Jazz fusion
It’s a rule of thumb that any music that uses “jazz” as a prefix will make you want to saw your head off in boredom (see also: jazz-funk, jazz rap, jazz house). But none is as wearying as the genre that thought what rock really needed was month-long bass solos and time signatures Stephen Hawking wouldn’t understand.

Yes sir! Very funny. But I still like jazz fusion.

Some of you may have seen this already, but I saw it brought up at a sports forum and made me want to post it. It is something that I find very interesting.

After the New York Mets lost their last game of the season, eliminating themselves from the playoffs, the media talked to Tom Glavine, the starting pitcher for the Mets who officially only pitched one third of the first inning, giving up 5 runs while on the mound, and getting credit for two more earned runs after being pulled. It was the first time since 1989 (no typo) that Glavine hadn’t made it out of the first inning. As well, he is contemplating retirement, and it may have been the last game of his career.

A reporter/journalist asked him if he was devastated...

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