The beginning of the 2007 Baseball season had me more or less enraged. I was so excited to be able to go to Brewers games that I was stumbling out of the gate, and every little thing pissed me off. Opening Day: no parking, no tickets. First Cubs game: sat in traffic for over an hour, then parking was sold out again so we didn’t arrive until the 2nd inning (by which time Bush had already given up 6 runs). One of the problems with living in Madison is that the earliest I can easily leave for a 7pm game is 5pm. Theoretically that would be enough time but, especially for Friday games, the traffic is so bad entering Milwaukee that we get within 5 miles of the stadium by 6pm, then another hour to actually get to the game (never mind tailgating).
I went to two games this weekend, Friday Night Retro Bobblehead Giveaway Extravadanza and Saturday Night Hullabaloo. On Friday we left at 5pm and sat down in the middle of the first inning. One note: any idea anyone here has of walking up at game time and getting any remotely good ticket is nuts. On both Friday and Saturday we bought tickets at just about game time and we were in in sections 440 and 437, respectively. Way up high, way far back. And the ticket counter told us those were the only tickets left for 2 people sitting together. Frankly, if the Crew is selling that many tickets, good for them. Hopefully Attanasio will use increased ticket sales to increase the team’s fortunes. One can only hope.
Friday’s game was great until the top of the ninth when Fucking Aquino (he of AAA Nashville now) gave up a grand slam to Craig Biggio. The score went from a tight, “can-they-do-it?” 2-2 to a disheartening 6-2. To the Brewers credit, they battled back with Prince Fielder’s 3 run homer in the bottom of the ninth. They followed that by getting two men on with two outs. So, tying run on second, winning run on first. Kevin Mench was up, but Yost pulled him in favor of left-hander Gabe Gross to pinch hit. Ugh, grounder to first, end of game. I’m still second-guessing that one; Mench has been on fire lately. The drive home was sad.
Now for the fun part: on Saturday peterstiffly and I left Madison at 3:30 for a 6:05 game. We got to the parking lot at around 4:30pm, and got right down to breaking out the Freedom Grill. Oh yeah, it was awesome. Within minutes of firing it up we had guys walking over and saying, “Whoa, what is this?” Actually, while stopped for a train crossing on the way out of Madison someone drove up next to us and wanted to know where I bought it.
So, J.J. Hardy hit two jacks while the Brewers cruised to win on Saturday. That was great, as were the three sections of drunkards we were surrounded by. One guy took off all his clothes except for a pink g-string and then started crawling up the rows over the seats. The cops came to get him and everyone started chanting “LET HIM STAY! LET HIM STAY!” Also, some kid left his 2007 Milwaukee Brewers Police Baseball Card set so I snatched it up. According to bellygirl, Reider and MikeWhiteHouse were at the game. I’m sad I didn’t know that.
Kyle and I did a post-game tailgate while we waited for everyone to filter out of the parking lot. A man two cars over brought his wife to show her the freedom grill and said, “This is what I want for my birthday.” Kyle and I devised the Peanut Throwing Contest, which I won by a mile. Later on, we improvised the Peanut Punting Contest. I swear to god, I would be the top pick based on a Peanut Combine. I’m that awesome at leveraging peanuts to their maximum distance potential.
peterstiffly presents… the Freedom Grill
Spacebee was quite sad that she couldn’t join in the tailgate party due to work, so when we woke up on Sunday the first thing she asked was, “Do you still have that grill attached to your truck?” The answer was yes, and we were soon off to Lake Wingra park (off Monroe) to grill out, play basketball, and endure hellish Earth Day winds. On more than one occasion I cursed Mother Earth and her Damnable Wind. Rumthumb and lawman joined us as well, and we had a good ol’ time until spacebee had to work again at three.
After an afternoon nap, the o’rumseys and I kept the party going at the Terrace. It was a beautiful day until the early evening clouds rolled in. We retired to Himal Chuli for dinner , and I forced them to go to Irish Pub for whiskey afterwards. The night rolled to a close as we watched the first two Acts of Spike Lee’s “When The Levees Broke.” It’s a very good documentary, and I encourage everyone to watch it. Katrina will always be known as America’s Shame.
I forgot to mention: on Friday night we sat real close to Bernie’s Dugout. A (for real) retarded kid in our row kept yelling “BERNIE! BERNIE! BERNIE!” One time, Bernie actually turned around when the kid said it and some guy sitting in the row behind us screamed, “BERNIE, CLEAN UP YOUR STACHE, MAN!”
goldy camera accentuates o’neil’s ragamuffin look. goddam ragamuffin
cal sucks on jellysickles
hey madd…r u surprised more pimps & playas don’t play baseball since u’re allowed to wear ur bling on the field? u can get ur shine on w/ world wide coverage, except on fox.
it certainly does surprise me
i suppose it surprises me as well. i’m making a turkey pot pie for dinner. then: the gymnasium.
i’ll be honest… the chicken strips at the fox grill were triple A+++.
every way you could judge a chicken strip, it was best in every category. in some ways it’s sad, because you know you’ll never have a better chicken strip, but there is reassurance in the fact that you can always order more. they’ll even play ESPN if they can’t keep pimps agreeing to play on their network.
the bar looked fun too
I still don’t get Miller Lite’s ad strategy at Wrigley. Last year there was a sign during the Brewers series that read: “The REAL Brew Crew”. This year it has been replaced by a billboard that says “Go East, They Brought The Beer.” What? Is Miller for the Brewers or against them? Their name adorns the home stadium, fer chrissakes.
u should hit up alice cooper’s bar & grill DTP by US air arena & chase stadium. perhaps we shalt take in a ballgame as well in the coming weeks. u got a moving date yet?
by pimps & playas you meant black people, right?
we don’t all like bling, nor are we all pimps or playas.
i like to wear bling.
i like beaches.
i like peaches.
Sucking on my titties like you wanted me
Calling me, all the time like Blondie
Check out my chrissy behind
It’s fine all of the time
Like sex on the beaches
What else is in the teaches of peaches? Huh? What?
nice little rap there, peaches.
Hilarious Mario Bros. video
and number 2.
the first one is the better of the two.
And who mastered the art of invisible block technology?
ray romano
Alice Cooper’s Town Sports Bar & Grill User Reviews
What users are saying
* Crowded: yes
* Trendy: yes
* Romantic: no
* Good for after work: yes
* Good dancing: no
* Good social scene: yes
* Good happy hour: yes
i don’t know dude… i’m sort of a romantic dancer
also good in phoenix: tapino kitchen and wine bar. the food was so interesting and good that i was still tasting it like a day later in my head. we were poppin french bottles and cheese. they make their own pickles.
i think we’re moving may 15th. i don’t know where.
i’ve seen about 4 more pieces on this arizona nuclear operational data leak thing and people seem genuinely afraid.
that makes NO sense to me. could someone explain what they are afraid might happen that couldn’t have already happened without this information in the hands of EVERYONE?
or are all the people i see just actors for the anti-nuclear lobby groups?
or do they figure if they didn’t know how it worked or what the vulnerabilities were, then the would-be terrorists didn’t either… but now that they know that the would-be’s MIGHT know and that they definately DON’T know that they are in a lessor position and that drives them insane?
Watch the SMB video GMX posted. It is hilarious. at about 5:00 you may think you’ve seen all this guy has to offer. An then he gets killed by a goomba. “A Goomba? A fucking goomba?!”
“There’s a plant eating the ceiling. Way to go dumb shit.”
I think this is the first one. GMX’s link was fucked.
“This is worse than an R.L. Stine book!”
“Thank you, bullet bill, for shuffling me off this mortal coil, YOU COCK!”
why is he doing a ray romano voice though?
It’s funnier that way. I dunno. Also, the rest of my grill accessories came today: the grill cover and the adapter hose to hook that bad boy to a 20lb propane tank. I’m ready to fuckin grill, homey. Next Brewers Retro Friday is May 4th, who’s down to ride?
I’m getting each and every last one of those goddamned bobbleheads this year.
is this real?
4nyay, are you going to be in town for schimmel next weekend?
1. fuddruckus may be going to Tucson next week. Are you going to meet him there madd?
2. Tonight is Week 2 of spacebee’s volleyball league. It may be a rainout, but if not I’ll have more super photos of young women losing volleyball games to old leathery-tanned ladies. Also: beer will be served, $7 per pitcher. I love Wisconsin.
3. The ‘hold music’ on the conference call is driving me nuts.
4. I threw a crock pot together while on a meeting this afternoon. Here are the contents: chicken breasts, fingerling potatoes, sliced carrots, one onion cut into fourths, a bunch of fresh arugala, some white cooking wine, some chicken stock, coarse kosher salt, cracked pepper, and some minced garlic. Vote now, will it be good? Or gross?
i got in somewhere! sweet sweet Golden Gate Law School
It only takes a tiny corner of
This great big world to make the place we love;
My home upon the hill, I find I love you still,
I’ve been away, but now I’m back to tell you…
San Francisco, open your golden gate
You let no stranger wait outside your door.
San Francisco, here is your wanderin’ one
Saying “I’ll wander no more.”
Other places only make me love you best,
Tell me you’re the heart of all the golden west.
San Francisco, welcome me home again;
I’m coming home to go roaming no more!
what’s that i hear? do i hear the haters hating on GGU? Huh? Golden Gate Haaaate?
So what if it is a “Second Tier” school but still costs 30K and so what if in December 2005 the American Bar Association placed the GGU School of Law on two-year probation, citing the serious drop in its first-time bar pass rate. In 1996, the school’s first-time pass rate in California hovered about 80%. By the end of 2005, it had dropped to hover about 44%…
And so what if they cut the bottom 25% percent from the first year and you lose your tuition with little recourse…
my home upon the hill… is just 30K away… la de da da
Now i need some Big J/ O’Neil type insight… do i drop the cash (not that i have any cash… lenders are standing by!) and go there (provided San Diego follows their “First Tier” brothers and tells Cal to go to hell)
or
do i say No Waaaaaaay Golden Gaaaaaaate and retake the LSAT in Oct delaying all this BS yet ANOTHER year when, if i start this year, i’ll already be awfully close to 35 upon graduation.
So there you go. Thoughts Whazzmaster???
one more thing. part time. i got into the part time program. that is all.
so this guy has some thoughts… geez…
http://www.epinions.com/content_138716024452
I can’t give you any advice, calerton winthrop III, except that you should quit your dreams and either run full-time (for money!) or be an official scorer for Major League Baseball (for money!)
That is some serious hateration, Cal. You’d probably be better off taking law classes from the line cook at Flippers.
CONGRATS, CAL! All the first tier law schools said NO WAY JOSE to Big J, and look where it got me: a primo job in Afreekah.
I say drop the bucks and go for it. What kind of law do you want to do? Non-profit, probably, right? Check on what Golden Gate’s loan repayment assistance program is. MU is paying half-ish of my loans for the time I’m fighting U.S. imperialism for the year. Sweet, sweet alumni donors.
paving the way for a world slightly less imperialistic
thanks big j! thanks to you too whazzmaster, that line cook has already taught me all he knows… the student has become the master… now flippers must die!
Interesting Aside…
My Favorite Movie Poster Of All Time:
Aliens Vs. Predator
No Matter Who Wins… We Lose”
Quite.
mildly interesting anyway…
did i tell you guys about the great signs in beijing?
huh did i huh?
well here’s the thing… oddly enough i got the wall street journal for about a year
and to be honest there were some great articles in there…
i was thinking about one this morning as i walked into work…
you see… beijing will be hosting the 2008 olympics next summer… stop me if i’ve told you this homies… and anyway aside from the horrific polution they’ve got these signs up all over the place…
that they consider an “embarrassment”
oh man i found the article online! here it is friends, read it yourselves and enjoy…
your friend,
cal
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117063961235897853-U_f3y5c3vvlXGKCWb14Va6aDj6E_20070212.html?mod=blogs
BLOOOOOOOGSTORM, Cal-Style. I wonder how you cook potatoes, Cal-Style. I’d guess it would involve Trader joe’s Mojito Simmer Sauce.
Yummy yummy Trader Joes! We have one at Bayshore, and it’s always filled with northshore yuppies.
You can cook potatoes with mojito simmer sauce? Tell me more!
I dunno, but one time I was at Cal’s and he ranted and raved about Trader Joe’s Mojito Simmer Sauce. Then he made chicken and brown rice with it and I ate it. It was pretty good. I live the Vindaloo Simmer Sauce. Also, I used to shop at Trader Joe’s all the time in California, but now in Madison I split my time about 70/30 between Whole Foods and the Willy St Co-op. The stuff trader’s has is good, but doesn’t square as easily with my new, healthy lifestyle. Three buck wine is still good, though.
yeah i way overdid it with that simmer sauce stuff. but i do highly recommend Trader Joe’s for all your Vitimin/Supplement/EmergenC/frozen bluberries/almonds/clif bar/brown rice needs.
brown rice is ricist.
whole grains should be the base of your diet. skeezer.
why not just eat animals that only eat whole grains and cut out the middle-man?
that’s probably more “1st tier” reasoning than you’re probably used to…
i apologize.
cal, want to be in my new rock band?
it’s called pubial dreds
however you want to contribute, you and greg are both invited.
i guess by eating the animals instead of the grains, you’re actually cutting UP the middleman
RIM-SHOT!
i hate you madd!
just kidding!
i know…. i’m awesome….
at a final table of a 44 omaha multi with karina jett… what a horse faced fox! come watch!
i’m chipleader and i’m talking shit about her and her public figure poker playing husband chip jett. i don’t even know why i do it.
i told her i busted her husband out on the bubble of a major tourney and that he cried.
how do you watch? i clicked it but couldn’t figure it out
go to fulltiltpoker.com and download the client.
when it asks you to login, click cancel.
then click on tournaments… now click on the “running” checkbox near the bottom. now sort by buy-in and find the $40+4 omaha HL multi that is running. double click and then again on the last table that is running.
what, are you stupid?
i am chipleader with 8 left. karina is like junko 4th or something. so lame.
we’re on break. she is no longer talking to me. i flopped quad aces and milked her for the maximum… SERIOUS OWNAGE… she just said “nh” (nice hand) and hasn’t said a word since. she realizes she underestimated me and now she is terrified. i must crush her.
cal, are you watching this?! i just knocked 2 people out. 4:1 chiplead with 6 left.
i am HOV!
5 left… top 4 pay… karina in 5th, still silent. DRAMA!
hahaha. KJ bubbled. 5th! i’m in the money. still chiplead.
Just got in… 2nd. You pussy.
Otherwise a very nice day of whazzing. I’ll I got to add is a rerun:
W-whazz Says:
July 19th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Last weekend we made a road trip to Phoenix for the Brewers/D-back game. Too bad I don’t own a scorebook. We’d have quite a collection. Floppy brown sigh…
The drive was short, but literally hellish. The outside temperature gauge on our car reached 117 degrees. The windows and floorboards were hot like an oven and I was terrified of dying if our car broke down.
We stayed in Chandler with Jessi’s Uncle and here is what I learned about Arizona:
1. There are like 3 serial killers running lose. And while we where there they had the most incredible car chase I’ve ever seen. A dude jacked a full-size RV with a pick up truck hooked to the back and made a mad dash that ended with the RV exploding. Ho. Lee. Shit.
2. Alice Cooper is the patron saint of Arizona. He does public service announcements for the DOT, runs a celebrity golf tournament, and he runs a charity haunted house. He also owns a bitching sports bar by the stadium where all the girls (even the non-punk ones) have to wear face paint. On the menu he had two new condiments that I’ve never heard of (avocado ranch and maple garlic wing sauce). They were out of the avo-ranch cuz of a dispute with a vendor and the maple garlic was only ok, but I respect that he’s pushing the boundaries.
3. Reg is there. Yes, I saw him at the game and he’s lost about 300 pounds. He’s not skinny, but he is down to say Ben the cook-size. I saw him when we were in line for tickets, said hi and then bought my tickets. When I turned around, he was gone. You know this means that there is a very real chance that the good doctor and Reg have been in the same bar at the same time?
The stadium is almost identical to Miller Park, but that does not surprise me as they were built at the same time and I can’t imagine there are too many cats in the stadium with retractable roof game. Booze is big and by comparison cheap (24 oz for 9.50) and the vendors all look like meth-heads dragged in from the desert. They are all skeleton skinny old men with beards. Crew took a beat down putting them at 1-4 at games I’ve attended this year.
Sheet: meant to post the review of coopers not the bizook.
got raped on the river, then made a smart bluff when he had the only hand that MIGHT even call, and he chose too… in 4th.
SHIT.
BOOM! i am HOV!
CHIP LEADER!
fucking 1 out river and i get 4th.
what a fucking joke. the world is rigged.
Hey thanks WGN: my one chance to catch a Brewers/Cubs game on TV and you show back to back to back to back episode of America’s Funniest Pets and People. I ain’t laughing.
But I am drinking…
cal cal cal… watch this video
this is what people are doing with their time.
freedom grill haters
Fucking Brewers win another one in Chicago. Fuck the Cubs. Fuck Wrigley. Carlos Zambrano: eat a johnson you fuckwad. 13-7. 4 straight wins. THEY IS HOV!
Fuckwad 6: Web-page Under Siege
Alright, I’m into this you tube thang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofM11nPzFo0
dumb. duh that game sucked. it didn’t suck as much as he said though because his main gripes were with his inability to beat the levels, and that was because during the precision spots where it would tell you exactly what to do, he would take the up! up! command as “press the up button you moron” when in the world of obviousness any player with a brain knows that you need to increase your altitude and take the plane UP! UP! relative to the earths core…. pressing up on the controller sends the plane in a nosedive where he will lose altitude even though he already said the altitude gauge is pointless… this guy is an idiot and this game deserves no more mockery. it’s existance is enough. fuck this guy.
PS: i beat both games the first time i played them at my cousins house when i was like 11.
10-spot says you can’t beat it first try today.
wait, what was your cousin doing to you at his house when you were 11? I think I missed something…
Hey CLa,
Thanks for asking about the Hadinator.
She is good. I just requested mpenny to post some pictures (no pressure). Here are her words:
Deet = cat
Bear
Doggie
numma numma numma = that is delish
anyone know what happened to joey aiello from high school?
i enjoyed the nerd guy. what up KTK!
the best wine i tried at tapino was the perrin & fils vacqueyras grenache 2005 from rhone, france. shit was as good as anything i’ve ever had. another “still tasting it the next day” experience.
cal! so close to love. that nerd even cut to his controller to show you him pounding on up and he supposedly drove his point home how dumb the game was, but all he was really doing was showing either how much of an idiot he is, or how unfunny he is when he attempts to make fun of someone else’s poor implementations. neither of those fit the persona of a true nerd, so his nerd status is revoked. now he’s just a dude still complaining about old ass shit that has sinced been fixed. who gives a fuck. he’s a loser. and his guitar faggo friend is a loser too who sings like a loser who can’t and shouldn’t even be trying to sing. i would shove this dude into something if i saw him. he wouldn’t do shit. fucking loser.
If the games goes to rain delay, WGN goes to King Ralph. Either way, I win.
oh man… i mean… REALLY. who gets their ear cut while getting knighted? that shit was before it’s time.
Zach, those are some sweet photos of our grill. We’re very glad you like it. We have an ad campaign starting at Miller Park this weekend with posters in very visible locations. If you get a chance, send us a couple photos of the posters and we’ll send you a t-shirt or some Fire Brand Sauce. Awesome blog. Keep grilling and stay hungry my friend.
P.S. sorry you guys got swept. I was out there Sunday and it’s always nice to see Trevor Hoffman pick up another on his way to 500 saves.
Damn, well, I’ll be at all three Cubs games next week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) so if they’re still there I’ll fuckin do it. I goddamn love the Freedom Grill, man.
who’d a thought slim shady would be somethin u’d a bought?