The Dodgers signed Will Ohman to a one year deal, with an option for 2010, reports Dodgers.com.
This is odd to me because we just watched him try out for us yesterday, and Joe Torre made some odd, somewhat disparaging comments about him:
"But there's a certain element of sharpness you'd like to have. Where we are, how many times can he pitch [in a game]? We saw today the quality of his stuff. You can see he hasn't been pitching in a game as far as command. Not that he's been pinpoint [in his career]."
Wow, bit of a shot at Ohman's career there, Joe.
Anyway, point is, we went from that yesterday, to signing him today. Quick turnaround.
It's a good signing, cheap enough, and gives us another arm in the bullpen.
And it allows me to begin preparing "Oh man!" jokes for the upcoming season.
I can't wait...
Whilst reading the articles on Dodgers.com, something struck me as rather odd, and perhaps disturbing.
You see, the Dodgers are looking at possibly carrying up to five non-roster players on the Opening Day 25-man.
That's good, I do like the occasional reclamation project. Five might be too many, but still, I can live with it.
Let's take a look at who's in the running: Doug Mientkiewicz and Juan Castro. Ok... I'd rather keep Delwyn Young around, but Mientkiewicz and Castro are having good Springs, they are pretty good defensively, and they are versatile. I can live with these two on the roster.
Who else do we have?
Either Erick Threets or Brian Mazone will probably make the roster as the second left handed reliever. I did read another story that Will Ohman was working out for the Dodgers, and I'd like to go with him, but if we don't sign him, Mazone has had an excellent Spring and Threets is young and has some good stuff. I'd be ok with either as the lefty outta da pen.
Oh, here's a name: Jeff Weaver. He's not had a great Spring, a 7.00 ERA in eight appearances over 9.0 innings. Ummm... maybe not a great choice to make it off the non-roster invitee list. Especially because there's a couple of guys who've had better Springs as reliever, but hey, maybe Torre wants to go with a proven (kinda) name like Weaver over a Nick DeBarr (5.06 ERA in eight games, 5.1 innings), Jesus Castillo (3.86 ERA in four games, 4.2 innings), or Charlie Haeger (2.08 ERA in four games, 4.1 innings). Fine. I guess we can go with Weaver as the long relief/12th guy out of the bullpen kinda role. Why not? How much damage can he do?
Alright, that's four. Who's the fifth guy...
What? WHAT?
"The way manager Joe Torre is talking... Tanyon Sturtze... [is] alive in competition for [a job] as Spring Training winds down."
WHAT?!?
No!
"Oh hai dere! I'm just here to ruin your 25-man roster."
NO!!!
No Tanyon Sturtze! This was the guy last year, that when Designated for Assignment, opted instead to linger around with the club than pitch in the minors or look for another job.
He was the pitching coach last year in the final game of the season, which I thought meant he had practically retired.
Sturtze has a 5.14 ERA in nine games (7.0 innings) this Spring, which admittedly sounds not bad (though not really good for that matter, either). He's been better than Jeff Weaver, but still not better than any of the three names I previously mentioned (DeBarr, Castillo, Haeger).
Hell, if we're going down this road, I'd rather give Ramon Troncoso the job. He's got near similar numbers, but I think he's still got something left in the tank. He's got a 5.19 ERA in eight games (8.2 innings) this Spring.
But if we're going with Sturtze, here's the thing you don't get from Sturtze in his ERA, he's given up two walks and 11 HITS in his 7.0 innings of work. 
He's only given up four earned runs, but SIX runs overall. Sturtze's 5.14 ERA is much better than his performance indicates.
So why in the world is Sturtze getting possible consideration for a spot on the 25-man roster and in the bullpen?
This is the thing about Joe Torre that absolutely kills me. He plays favorites to no end. The article inadvertently (maybe not?) admits it.
"Three of them -- Weaver, Sturtze and Mientkiewicz -- played for Torre with the Yankees."
It's this crazy inclination on going with the veteran who doesn't have a lot left in the tank over a kid who shows promise. And while this is great for guys like Mientkiewicz, Weaver, and (*shiver*) Sturtze, guys like Delwyn Young and Charlie Haeger are screwed out of jobs, their only crime being that they aren't old enough to have played under Torre before.
And sometimes that just makes you stop and say: "What?!?"
This race for the 5th starter is slowly starting to come to an end.
After already eliminating Jason Schmidt and Jeff Weaver as possible 5th starters earlier this Spring Training, Shawn Estes was eliminated early this week.
The big four contenders left were: Eric Stults, Claudio Vargas, Eric Milton, and James McDonald.
Stults (12.96 ERA in 8.1 innings) and Vargas (8.22 ERA in 15.1 innings) have had awful Springs so far. Stults has apparently had some bad personal issues off the field, but unfortunately, the fact remains, he's been really bad.
So it's really come down to Milton and McDonald. Well, both pitchers pitched today. Let's see how they did:
James McDonald - 3.0 innings, no runs, three strikeouts, lowered his ERA to 4.70. Not bad.
Ok, how 'bout Milton?
Eric Milton - 2.2 innings, six earned runs, raised his ERA to 7.27.
Wow Milton, you trying to catch Vargas there? This comes after Milton gave up eight runs (one earned) in his last appearance.
So were does that leave us?
Well, Pedro still hasn't signed anywhere. But other than that, it's starting to look more and more like we ought to turn it over to McDonald.
He's young, he's got some good stuff, and most importantly, he's our best option.
And I'm pretty comfortable with that.
Dodgers.com reports that the Dodgers made a move today that was probably a week or two coming.
They cut Shawn Estes.
Not without reason, of course. Estes has an 8.44 ERA in 5 games (10.2 innings) this spring. He's not pitching well, everyone can see that.
Well... almost everyone. Except, that is, for Shawn Estes.
"It's disappointing and a little shocking, to be honest."
Really? Really??? Here are pitchers you've doing worse than this Spring:
-Eric Milton
-Claudio Vargas
-Jason Schmidt
-Jeff Weaver
That's quite a list of names to be bested by Shawn.
But ok, fine. Maybe you were hoping for more of a chance this Spring. But now you've been given an ultimatum. You can keep this job, report to Albuquerque, prove you still have something in the tank, and wait for an opportunity to make it back to the majors, or you can ask for your release and try to find another team.
But could you just do it without whining?
"I feel I could have been the right man for the [fifth-starter] job... I don't really agree with it. I feel I can help the club. I'm just starting to find my rhythm with my curveball for the first time all spring, for the first time since my surgery [Tommy John elbow ligament replacement in 2006]. Actually, I feel more confident about my pitching at this point than any time this spring."
Ugh... We get it. You think you still have something left. So go find another team, or just wait it out in AAA.
"Estes did an inventory of the pitchers who might be starting at the club's Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque and expressed concern over the numbers of arms, as well as the altitude of the city.
'Albuquerque,' he said. 'I might as well go pitch on the moon.'"
Guess not.
Look Shawn, I got nothing against you, but for God's sake:
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN!
If you think you got something left, then go prove it.
Otherwise, stop whining!
EDIT: Estes is going to report to AAA and attempt to become a reliever. Oh kay...
I wanted to discuss this last week when the news was breaking, but I didn't quite get around to it.
It seems kinda important to me.
According to Dodgers.com, Jamie McCourt was named CEO of the Dodgers.
This is exciting news. A female CEO of a major sports team. Wow. This, of course, is a promotion for McCourt, who served as Team President for the last several years. She continues to break boundaries with each new step.
The decision is not without controversy however. Some suggest that McCourt's promotion is mainly due to her close relationship with Dodger owner Frank McCourt.
This is not the case. Jamie McCourt is a well educated woman who has spent several difficult years working towards this position.
She started her career with the Dodger organization in 2004 with the humble position of Vice Chairman before being promoted to Team President just a year and a half later.
This came after her long successful career working for other sports teams like... uh... er... well, ok, I guess she never worked for another sports team in a similar position.
Ok, but her bio says "she loved [baseball] as a child." That's a pretty good qualification, right?
Ooo, she joined the Los Angeles Sports Council in 2004. Not bad...
She's also "an avid swimmer." Well, how about that? Swimming is practically a sport!
Hey, if that's not enough experience to be made Vice Chairman of one of the biggest sports franchises in the World, then I don't know what is.
And if a year and a half as Vice Chairman experience isn't enough to allow someone to be Team President, then I don't know what is, either.
And if just four years as Team President experience isn't enough to allow someone to be CEO, well, then... I think you get the point.
So don't tell me this is nepotism at it's worst. Jamie McCourt has a "M.S. (MBA) degree in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a concentration in both organizational learning and corporate finance."
That's a pretty good degree. So obviously, she was the most qualified person that Frank McCourt could find to be CEO of his baseball team.
And I applaud his forward thinking.
Oh, and in other, related news, the Dodgers promoted Dennis Mannion to President/Chief Operating Officer.
I'm not so sure about this one. He's only spent "27 years with the Philadelphia Phillies, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Baltimore Ravens." I guess my biggest issue with him is that he's only been with the Dodgers since 2007.
...and his last name isn't McCourt.
That's ok, it's not like he'll ever be made the CEO, he's only the COO. He and people with similar qualifications (or lack of them for that matter) aren't really CEO material anyway.
That's a job that can really only be done by one person.
The one person that's all the right qualifications.
Jamie McCourt.
I was going to do a post today about Yhency Brazoban getting released, which in a way, negates my last post. I suggested that those players were good at one point, a year or two ago, so they could be helpful now. I guess the same could be said for Brazoban. Although his good year was 2004.I was also going to talk about Josh Lindblom being promoted less than a year after being picked in the draft. I would've talked about his exciting potential and when he could possibly help out the club (probably not til 2010).Anyway, I would have talked about these things had the Dodgers not taken new pictures for the 2009 season. Now, instead, I will make fun of the pictures. (P.S. MLB.com actually refers to these files as "mugshots," that seems about accurate.)
Let's start with the person who's probably taken the least amount of professional pictures, Clayton Kershaw:
"I'm just happy to be here."Wow. If someone told him to take a picture so that he would look like a goofy, fresh faced, 21-year-old kid just breaking into the majors he couldn't have taken a better picture.
Jason Schmidt. Yay.
Someone told Rafael Furcal a dirty joke.
Is it weird that Guillermo Mota kinda frightens me with this picture? Is he snarling?
Danny Ardoin has a dirty little secret (He's hiding a body in the trunk of his car).
This is the look of a man who can't find a team that will take his contract and allow him to start. This is the look of a man who's on the fast track to being a 4th outfielder. This is the look of a man who didn't think he'd be taking this picture. It is the look of defeat.
Brian Mazone, a.k.a. the Lizard Man. I can't figure out where Brian Mazone's neck ends and Brian Mazone begins.
Edgar Martinez looks like he's about to pop.
"No, I'm not a coach! I'm going to be 35 in May! I can still pitch! I swear, I'm not 55! Why does everyone keep asking me that?" -Stephen Randolph
And... hold on a second... oh... my... God. Seriously?
What is Tanyon Sturtze still doing here? He's not retired? What the hell?!?
I'm big on picking up players for small money. Especially pitchers. You can never have enough arms, amiright?
That said, there's a couple of arms out there that couldn't hurt to pick up (provided they come cheap).
When the Nationals signed Joe Beimel, to make room for him on the 40-man roster, they released Shawn Hill.
Hill had a pretty good year in 2007, but he's got some health questions. His 2008 wasn't too good, but that's likely due to the aforementioned health questions.
Still though, he's supposedly healthy now, and if he is, I'd guess he'd probably be better than our other options at 5th starter right now. I think it's worth a shot if he comes cheap.
Speaking of Joe Beimel, he would've taken our spot as situational lefty out of the pen had he signed with us. Obviously, he didn't, so we find ourselves down a lefty specialist.
Well, Kansas City just released Jimmy Gobble. Keeping with the trend, he was pretty good in 2007 as Kansas City's left handed specialist.
And continuing with another trend, he didn't play in too many games last year and was pretty bad.
Anyway, he probably wouldn't cost too much, so maybe let's give him a shot. (Plus, his last name sounds like the sound a turkey makes. Hehehe.)
Finally, Chuck James is still on the free agent market.
He had a good year in 2006, and an ok year in 2007. ...and in 2008, he was injured and not so good.
Still though, he's young, he's left handed, and he's a starter. That's a good combination of qualities.
He hasn't been picked up yet, so he can't be too expensive, right?
Oh, and Pedro Martinez is still on the market ...just keeping that in mind.
EDIT: Gobble was picked up by Texas. Will Ohman is still on the market, as far as lefty relievers go. Kinda tough to get a reliever with the name "Oh man!" though. Maybe that's just me.
EDIT 2: Gobble was the only Ranger to not surrender a run against the Dodgers Sunday. Hmmm... not bad...
EDIT 3: Hill was picked up by the Padres.
To update from my last post, Duaner Sanchez signed a minor league deal with the Padres, so that's that.
Joe Beimel has received some offers and he's going to decide soon where to head. I'd like it to be us, but if not, there are some other options, so that's that.
And Pedro Martinez wants a real money contract. Somewhere in the millions. This one is a little tougher.
Normally, I'd say forget it, but the more I look at the situation regarding our 5th starter, the more I start to get worried.
Here's the list of our possible 5th starters and their Spring Training's so far:
1. Eric Milton - 5.40 ERA in 11.2 innings
2. Jason Schmidt - 6.75 ERA in 4.0 innings (though Torre has said he won't start the year in the rotation)
3. Claudio Vargas - 7.15 ERA in 11.1 innings4. Shawn Estes - 9.00 ERA in 8.0 innings
That's not pretty. Scratch that, that's ugly. Very ugly. It's Esteban Loaiza ugly (I'm talking stats, not the man himself, he's actually quite attractive).
Maybe not.
Anyway, point is, Martinez might actually be our best solution right now.
As it is, it's looking like we'd have to depend on a Milton or Vargas for the 5th starter spot. Ok, fine, I'd be willing to accept they'd only be pitching once, maybe twice a week. How much damage can they do? It's an unpleasant thought (kinda defeatist), but that'd be the facts. Fine, maybe we can get by like that.
However, should someone go down due to injury (which is likely over a long season), I definitely don't want to have to depend on more than one of the above candidates. Can you imagine Vargas and Milton starting three or four games a week? (How about Estes? I shivered as I typed that.)
So really, maybe we should just give Pedro some money. Sure, we don't know if he can stay effective or even healthy for that matter...
But do you really want to live in a world where Shawn Estes starts 20 games for us?
EDIT: Beimel is going to the Nationals. 1 year, $2 million.
There are currently three ex-Dodgers on the market right now, and I say, bring 'em all back.
Joe Beimel, who early in the offseason was seeking a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal, still hasn't found work.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers still say they are looking for a left handed reliever. It's the perfect fit. Beimel isn't going to cost much, and is already comfortable in the friendly confines of Dodger Stadium.
Let's do it. Bring back Joe!
Pedro Martinez is still on the free agent market. So far, in the WBC, Pedro has shown he's still got some stuff left in the tank. He's gone six innings, giving up just one hit while striking out six. Ok, ok, it's the WBC. It doesn't really mean much that he's struck out six players on the Dutch team, but it still means something.
And considering that no one seems to want to give Pedro a contract, he should come cheap.
Let's do it. Bring back Pedro!
And finally, Duaner Sanchez was released by the Mets yesterday. He was pretty good for us a few years back.
You can never have enough arms in the bullpen, and frankly, some of the arms we have in the bullpen now are not too enticing. So why not? We can probably get him for a minor league contract. If he's any good, he can be in the bullpen. If he's ok, he can hang out in AAA. If not either of those, then drop him.
Plus, there's always the off chance that he could throw his glove at another ball in play or something.
Let's do it. Bring back Duaner!
I personally think it's admirable that I stuck to that awful catchphrase.
The WBC (or World Baseball Classic for you non-WBC fanatics) is going on in full force, and has been for the last week or so.
Making news recently is the team from the Netherlands, which went 2-1 in the first round, beating the heavily favored Dominican Republic team twice.
However, I'm starting to think something is afoot here. Check the Yahoo! Sports box score:
Maybe you can't see it. Here, take a closer look:
That's odd. Who/what is playing 3rd and batting cleanup for the Netherlands? Is it a person? Is it a plant? Some form of alien being? Either way, they went 0-5 so they couldn't have been that good.All I know is that the person typing up the box score was so confused/terrified/amazed by it, that he couldn't come to describe it.And there's something very deep/horrifying about that.
I don't know how I should feel about yesterday's Spring Training game (Dodgers beat the Rangers 13-7), featuring Jason Schmidt.
Is it good news that Schmidt made it through two innings without his shoulder falling off?
Or is it bad news that he gave up three runs in those two innings, including serving up a homerun?
Or is it even worse news for Claudio Vargas, who gave up four earned runs in his 2.1 innings of work. This included giving up three homeruns, one of which came to... ANDRUW JONES!
Eric Milton, however, went three scoreless innings in relief, lowering his Spring ERA to 3.12.
And Jeff Weaver has been pretty good this spring.
Things are heating up. This is just like watching a four-horse horse race for the 5th starter position.
Except all the horses are old and gimpy.
This is kinda weird. Supposedly, according to Dodgers.com, the scheduled starting pitcher for Monday's Spring Training game is some guy named... Jason Schmidt (sp?).
Who is this guy? He's not a Dodger minor leaguer. He didn't come up through our system.
Ok, I checked his stats. It says he pitched six games for us in 2007... what???
Does anyone remember that?
Seriously: Andruw Jones, Esteban Loaiza, Mark Sweeney, Shea Hillenbrand (amongst others). These are all guys who started their Dodger careers after Jason Schmidt's last start with us and finished them before his next one. Randy Wolf has had two go-arounds with the Dodgers in between Schmidt's starts. Hell, Andy LaRoche (*tear* still miss you, buddy.) had his first major league at-bat, was sent down, called up, hit his first major league homerun, then was horribly injured, called up and sent down several times more, hit some more homeruns, and was shipped off to Pittsburgh in between Schmidt's starts.
Really, is anyone in waiting on pins and needles to see Jason Schmidt return? Is anyone expecting a major league, regular season start for the Dodgers from Jason Schmidt?
That's not to say I wouldn't gladly welcome a healthy Jason Schmidt as our 5th starter.
I'm just not holding my breath.
I was going to post a quick comment on another blog about possible trade ideas for Juan Pierre now that we have Manny, and started researching and writing and before I knew it, I kinda almost wrote an entire article on my idea. Anyway, here it is:
I have a hard time finding trading partners because I don't know how much value Pierre has to other teams 
(read: I don't know if they realize how bad he is), but let's take a look at the Reds.
Let's assume this is a fit for a couple reasons:
1. Dusty Baker had him for one year in Chicago and liked him enough to send him out there for all 162 games. (Minor Problem?: Dusty Baker knows the truth about Juan Pierre, and will tell the Reds GM to steer clear? I actually have no idea how Baker feels about Pierre, but let's assume he likes him.)
2. The four outfielders on the Reds 40-man roster are Jay Bruce, Willy Taveras, Norris Hopper, and Chris Dickerson, so let's say there is room for improvement. (Minor Problem: Willy Taveras is already basically Juan Pierre) Still, Pierre is an improvement over Hopper and Dickerson.
Anyway, assuming those two things, here's a couple options to chew on: Juan Pierre to the Reds for either Bronson Arroyo or Aaron Harang.
Pierre is owed $10M in 2009, $10M in 2010, and $8.5M in 2011.
Harang is owed $11M in 2009, $12.5M in 2010, and $12.75M in 2011 ($2M club option buyout).
Arroyo is owed $9.5M in 2009, $11M in 2010, and $11M in 2011 ($2M club option buyout).
Obtaining either of the pitchers would mean additional payroll, but McCourt is $30M under last years payroll, so he could stand to spend a little more.
Harang's been good, Arroyo's never been great, but both had pretty sub-par years last year, though I'm willing to bet those ERAs will lower in the friendly confines of Dodger Stadium (also, the idea of Aaron Harang or Bronson Arroyo as our #5 starter is actually pretty nice when you think about it). Plus, there's the added benefit that if they don't work out, we don't pick up their 2011 option.
The Reds also have a lot of good young pitchers coming up and filling out the rotation, so more than likely, one of the two I mentioned would have to go at some point anyway.
Personally, I like the idea (probably because it's mine), but then again, it's hard for me to be objective. I'm not really sure the Reds would go for it.
Not to say it doesn't benefit them. They lower their payroll, acquire a "solid" outfielder, and free up space in their clustered starting rotation for a young arm.
See? This trade makes sense, both in terms of economics and personel. Both sides win. This seems like a great idea to me.
...which mean it'll never happen.
Everyone is happy.
For real.
At least it seems that way.
Joe Torre, Ned Colletti, Dodgers players, Dodgers fans, Manny himself. Even Scott Boras is on ESPNews saying he's happy with the outcome. Of course, he's also saying a lot of other Agent spin and various BS. (Edit: Sorry, I meant to continue this article, but there's a lot of weird stuff going on with this Boras interview. Picture this: As the "Star-Spangled Banner" plays loudly in the background, a fly lands ever so gently on Boras's suit and begins walking around. Neither Boras nor interviewer Michelle Bonner acknowledges either thing as happening. Meanwhile, behind him, three umpires emerge from a seemingly hidden room within a wall and approach Boras as though they are ready to kick his ass. Oh no! They are going to collide! At the last second the umpires move to avoid Boras, but never avert their angered stares from him. Now Boras completes the interview by saying Good-bye to Michelle Bonner, spreading wings, and flying into a firepit that has just opened up in the ground behind him. Ok, that last part didn't happen, but in my mind, that would have fit, and would have finally proven to me that in fact, Scott Boras, is some form of Demon, or quite possibly, the Devil himself. Anyway...) All of them say they are happy with the signing.
But it does pose the question. Where does this leave Juan Pierre?
Well, I think there might be a happy solution for him as well.
According to Dodgers.com:
"The Dodgers have given Juan Pierre's agent permission to explore potential trade partners for the outfielder who again lost his starting job with the re-signing of left fielder Manny Ramirez."
Fantastic. So, for his own benefit, Pierre can find a team that will let him start. That's pretty good motivation. I'm not going to lie, however, and say it's going to be easy. Pierre has a difficult contract to move, especially in this economy. But the important thing is that Manny's back in the lineup and Pierre is out of the lineup.
And that makes me happy.
So, ESPNews (which really doesn't mean one thing or the other: is it ESPN ews [perhaps a collection of all the gross things in sports?] or is it ESP News?) lied to me last night and told me that Manny had signed with us for 2 years/$45 million. 
Then they retracted that statement not too long thereafter. At that point I considered that ESPNews had a vendetta against me and began plotting revenge.
But now I apologize to you ESPNews. I understand now that ESPNews does in fact stand for ESP News. You were reporting the future. I shouldn't have doubted you.
In any case, now everybody is reporting it. Manny is ours again. Same offer as before: 2 years/$45 million, opt out clause after the first year. ...which in all likelihood means if we want Manny back next year, we are doing this all over again. But that's for another off-season.
Anyway, I'm excited. We have a pretty solid lineup now, one of the best in the National League, but we'll discuss this later. For now, the important thing is that Manny is back...
God, I feel pathetic.Here's where I'm at: I went on a date with a pretty hot (but possibly mentally unstable) girl, let's call her Mandy. It was nice. 
We had a good time... It didn't end the way we hoped, but I think we both enjoyed it. I told her to call me.
Flash forward a few months. The more and more I think about that girl, and the more and more I look at my current situation, the fonder I become of her. We've talked a few times, but nothing serious has come from it. We just can't seem to agree on where we're at, as far as the relationship goes. I put a lot of the blame on her weird friend Scott. I think he's trying to keep us apart for his own reasons.
So since nothing is happening with Mandy, I'm starting to get impatient, after all, the Big Dance is coming up, and I'd really love to have her as my girlfriend for it.
I've considered dating some other, less-hot girls, but ultimately, I decided against it. It didn't feel right. That window closed anyway, they moved on to other guys. Maybe for the better. I'm not even sure I wanted to date those other girls. Maybe I just wanted to make Mandy jealous.
So now I've given thought to moving on without her. I'm feeling pretty good about myself, maybe I don't need Mandy. I do have a backup plan. It's this girl I've known for the last couple years (let's call her Juanita). Problem is, she's not an attractive girl. She's really more like a sister. Don't get me wrong, she's a good person, she's reliable, but as far girlfriend material goes, I just don't think I can take her seriously, especially when I still have Mandy on my mind.
I check with Mandy. She's still single. Wow. With her looks, you wouldn't think she'd stay on the market this long, but I guess none of the other guys want to put up with her shenanigans. (She did mention she was thinking of moving up north, to the Bay Area. She met some guy on the internet, but that guy won't love her the same way, and she'd come to learn, she's not going to love him as much either. Plus, the weather is way nicer down here.)
Man, it just seems like the perfect fit. The Big Dance is almost here and neither Mandy nor I have a date. Even her weird friend Scott is starting to back off her a little. I remind Mandy of my previous offer to "Call Me."
Now I'm starting to really lose it. Day by day goes by and the more I look at the odd, misshapen face of Juanita, the more I understand that I can't go through with this without Mandy.
And this is were I start to feel pathetic.
I can't stop checking for Mandy. I check my phone, I check my e-mail, I check websites. Every day. Hell, every couple of hours. I'm looking for any kind of indication from Mandy that we can continue our relationship.
What is taking so long? What kind of sick game is she playing with me? I'm going crazy!
Stupid Scott, this has got to be his fault. In my heart, I know Mandy and I are perfect for each other, and Mandy has to know it, too. So what is the freakin' holdup?!?
I can't be sure, but I feel like it's close now. Any minute, that call is going to come in, or that e-mail will show up in my inbox. Any minute now.
But this wait is killing me. I still can't figure out how it got here, how I let Mandy mess with my life so badly, but it's happened, and now I'm her prisoner. I need her, and I need her soon...
And God does that make me feel pathetic.
P.S. I guess there's always hope. ESPN was reporting not too long ago that we were back together. As far as I know, nothings official yet, but I think everyone around us pretty much understands that we are meant to be.
Hey, I haven't posted in a while, but I'm posting now to inform you that, effective immediately, the blog will be undergoing a format change.
We will no longer be doing game recaps and news stories, and will instead be focusing on opinion and analysis related articles.
Also, the colors are changed. The blog as a whole is brighter. This makes it feel happier and warmer. Don't you feel it?
New articles to begin soon.
By the way, since I can't add captions to photos, I'm going to name the photos I put in my blog posts with the caption I would have used. Just click the photo to see it's title.
Wow, bit of a shot at Ohman's career there, Joe.
