Comic Book Characters Should Play Baseball: DC Edition

The other day I was thinking about comic book characters and how silly it is that all of these characters become heroes/villains when they realize they have some kind of power or ability.  If I found out that I had enhanced strength or something, I would probably go into professional sports.  Much easier to make millions.

I started to wonder which comic book characters would make the best baseball players.  I decided to only use the humans who had minor enhancements.  Obviously Superman would destroy a baseball.  And yes, the Flash would just tap the ball and make it home in under a second.  People would probably notice they were a little different.

Shortstop
Remember the days before Alex Rodriguez played for the Yankees?  Or before he took performance enhancing drugs?  He was a big guy, who could hit and play his position.  He was quick, agile, and powerful.  Who does that sound like?

Batman is 6'2, 210 lbs. and is a master in multiple forms of martial arts.  He would be amazing in the field.  Throwing batarangs probably means he would be pretty accurate throwing to first from awkward positions.  Oh, and he is big and strong, and could probably be a 40 HR type guy.

Second Base
You need someone quick at second, who can help turn those tricky double plays.  Well if Batman is at SS, then you would definitely want Robin at second.  Obviously I mean Tim Drake.  He was my favorite Robin.  Tim is listed at only 5'1, 115 lbs, but I think he may have grown a little bit.  Anyways, he would have the quickness to make those turns and throws to first.

Also, since he loves to use his bo staff, he would probably be a great slap hitter.  I could imagine him being more like Ichiro, high average and a ton of stolen bases.

Third Base
This is one of the positions where you want some serious power.  This is the character that got me thinking about this whole post.  Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke.  He has enhanced abilities:  strength, agility, reflexes, and a healing factor.

This guy is a mercenary, but he could easily make a crap-load of money hitting 50 HRs per year and also hitting around .400.  If Albert Pujols or A-Rod can get over $200 million (I am sure Pujols will get that kind of money), Slade would probably be even higher paid.  Plus, his extra abilities would not be noticeable as long as he did not jump twenty feet into the air or something.

Oh, and with that healing factor, he could probably break Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak.

First Base
This is another one of those big, power-hitter type positions.  You would someone who is a big target for the other infielders to throw too, but also someone who can just crush a baseball.

Bane would make a great first baseman.  He is 6'8 and as long as he does not overdo it on the Venom, he would not look a muscle-bound freak.  Just use it on occasion and keep belting out HRs, probably would strikeout a few times though.  He would be like Adam Dunn.

Luckily, as of now, MLB does not test for Venom.  If they did, Bane could be banned for a few games.  Although, he has stopped using it in comics, to get started in baseball, while growing up in the Caribbean, I am sure he would have been juicing. 

Center Field
When you think of a center fielder, you want someone who is a natural athlete, and very fast.  They usually have a lot of ground to cover.  Well, who better than Nightwing?  He is built almost exactly like Andrew McCutchen.

Dick Grayson was a fantastic gymnast and acrobat long before he met Batman.  That kind of thing probably would come in handy when making ridiculous catches.  Also, he probably has a cannon from throwing batarangs and whatnot.  I picture him as .300 hitter, who steals about 30-50 bases per year.  Not a huge HR guy, maybe 15 to 20, but probably a fantastic gap hitter.

Left Field
Here is another one that has super powers, but those could easily be hidden.  Animal Man could play left field.  He could summon the speed and power of any animal he wanted.  As long as he does not overdo it, he could become one of the greats out there.

I picture him putting up numbers similar to CarGo last year.  35-40 HRs, 40-50 SBs, an average around .350.  Yeah, people would probably remember Buddy Baker as a player more than they remember him as a superhero.

Right Field
You want an amazing athlete out there who can throw the ball to third base and home on a rope.  Who would be better than Mr. Terrific?  The dude has won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon and has multiple black-belts.

I bet he would put up a .300 average, hit about 25-35 HRs, and probably gun down about 15 guys a year trying to tag up on him.  The guy just seems to excel at whatever he does.

Catcher
This is such a tough position because most people do not realize how difficult it can be.  Also, there are so many different types of catcher.  Personally, I look for a good defensive catcher.  The abilities you want in that kind of catcher are quick reflexes.  People forget that a catcher has about the same amount of time to react to a pitch as the hitter.  If his pitcher misses his target, there is not a lot of time to move the body to make the catch.

Captain Boomerang Jr (Owen Mercer) would be perfect.  He is an expert at throwing objects, so he could probably throw out a good amount of runners, plus he has a little bit of super-speed, which means he can probably use that to slow down the rest of the world.  A runner stealing second would not distract him as the pitch is coming in.  Plus, he could use a little bit of that speed to allow him to steal bases.  I could see him racking up somewhere around 60-100 SBs in a season, probably have a huge OBP with all of his walks since he can slow the world down and know if a pitch is a ball or strike. 

Pitchers
If you want a good starting staff, you might as well look no further than the Green Arrow and his family.  Ollie, Roy, and Connor are all expert marksmen.  Using a bow makes a person have a very strong arms and chest.  They could easily become a pitcher with that kind of skill-set.  You might as well add Merlyn to that mix as well.  Instead of becoming an assassin, why not make millions throwing a baseball?

 And what about a late inning reliever?  How about Hourman?  The dude could just pop one of his Miraclo pills and be a hard throwing closer for about an hour.  He could be a two inning closer as long as it does not take more than an hour.

Alright, well that is it for this installment.  Next time I will look at some Marvel characters.

Fantasy Baseball Week 21

I definitely owe Jason a few dozen cookies!  Okay, not like he actually benched everyone, but he could have been a dick and started paying attention this week.  I beat him 7-3, which is great, but there is even better news:  I am now in sixth place!!!

I decided to pick up John Danks and he was a very pleasant surprise.  A win and 10 Ks.  I will take it all day long.  Verlander picked up two wins this week, but Sabathia did not have one.  I tied that category, ugh.

My best hitter was Ortiz, the dude was a beast this week.  Ryan Braun also had another huge week, with four stolen bases.  Unfortunately, he did most of his good work against the Pirates, so he deserves this picture:

Picture via the always awesome Rumbunter...

How to Fix True Blood

Obviously you know what this post is about.  This season has been pretty terrible.  What could they do to fix the show for next season?  Here are my ideas:

-Obviously they are not going to kill Sookie.  It would be great, but it will not happen.  Instead though, they need to focus a good bit less on the love triangle and maybe never mention the whole faerie thing ever again.

-Too many useless characters.  First, get rid of Tara.  She is absolutely unnecessary.  Her views go completely against Sookie's beliefs.  Might as well kill her off this season.  If you want someone who Sookie can talk to about her problems, use Jason.  He is more interesting anyway, since he has positive and negative vampire experiences.

-Speaking of Jason, they need to keep his character more consistent.  Keep him as a cop, I actually like that idea.  I am glad they eliminated the whole were-panther story (I am sure it will pop back up though).  In fact, I like the idea of his role being more involved with the vampire community as a cop, maybe covering up things for Bill (with help from Jessica).

-Jessica naked.

-The entire story needs to be vampire related.  The interesting thing about the first season was the way we saw how society reacted to vampires.  Those are also some of the good parts of this season.  Focus more on that and less on idiotic villains.  No witches, no demigods, no werewolves, no werebadgers, or anything else.  They can exist in this world, but they are not the big story.

-Also, we need to know more about vampire politics.  Who are the Authority?  How and why did they divide the U.S. into a kingdom per state?  How come some of the oldest vampires (Godric, and to a lesser extent Eric) are just sheriffs of small areas.  Could they just kill the king or queen and take it over? 

-Keep Sam's story just the way it is.  Seriously one of the few good things about the show.  Except, maybe have him work at the bar a little more often.  Also, what happened to him being in love with Sookie?  I realize he grew out of that, but he and her have no interaction whatsoever. 

-Can someone explain to me why werewolves are more badass than shifters?  During the fight against Tommy, he should have shifted into that alligator, or a T-Rex.  Can they do that?  That would be fuckin' awesome! 

So these are just a few of my ideas, feel free to use them HBO!

New Season of House

The new season of House premiers on October 3rd, and it looks pretty good.  Last season ended with House crashing into Cuddy's home.  It also looks like House will be headed for prison, pretty sweet.

Fright Night

I do not know why I wanted to see this movie, but the preview intrigued me and I wanted to see it.  We went last night, and I have to admit that I was not disappointed.  It was not a great film, but it was enjoyable, which was all I was looking for last night.

The movie decided to do a few things that I liked.  First, it did not try to fake you out with the whole, is Jerry a vampire or not.  Nope, they jump right into it.  Second, they did not draw the suspense out and try to avoid the enemies face off early.  Instead, Jerry tries to come in, when Charley says no, he does the most rational thing ever:  he digs a hole in the ground and pulls out the natural gas-line and lights it on fire.  He then makes a comment about if there is not a house, he does not need an invitation. 

That has always been something I have wanted to see some vampires do in Buffy or something.  Just burn down the house and be done with it.  Then kill everyone inside.  That is what I would do if I were a vampire.

The only thing I really hated was the whole high school clique thing.  I guess I just do not get it.  My school was not like that, I guess these things happen in other places, but it just seems so ridiculous to me.  Also, why the hell would anyone go into the house of a suspected vampire in the middle of the night, even if you just saw him leave. 

The question I asked Lindsey after the movie, was whether or not she would take the offer that Charley's girlfriend made him when she became a vampire:  he could join them and be with her forever.  Personally, if a vampire offered me a chance at immortality, I would take it in a heartbeat.  Seriously, I would not even think about it.  What could be the downside?  No more sunlight?  Eh, night is more fun.  Have to kill people?  So, that is what homeless people are for.  I really cannot see a downside.

I was going to write something about True Blood today and how it could be better, but I guess I will save that for another time.

I Pooped the Earthquake

I am sure most of you heard about the earthquake in Virginia.  I wish I had a great story about how I felt it and knew exactly what was happening.  Sadly, I have no good story.  Instead, I have a great story.

I was in the bathroom at work, doing a humpty-dump (that is Lindsey's new term for pooping) and when I came out a few employees asked me if I felt the earthquake.  I informed them that it was not an earthquake, just me taking a massive dump.  Then I realized they were being serious, so I looked online and found out that there was in fact an earthquake.

Sadly, I did not feel a thing.  Although as Jason pointed out via twitter:  "If it was worse, at least you were in the right place to have the shit scared out of you. Weird that we were both in the bathroom."  Umm, we were not in the same bathroom for those of you who took that the wrong way.

I heard people on Cory Giger's radio show saying that they did not feel anything, yet other people near them did feel the quake.  How weird is that?  People at work felt it, yet me in the bathroom, felt nothing.  Well unless you count the giant turd that somehow came from my body.  Actually, it was not that big, I just figured that would gross everyone out.

Anyways, speaking of twitter (oh wait, I never spoke of it?  shut up and keep reading).  There were plenty of funny tweets (I hate this term) about the cause of the quake.  Here are two of my favorites (paraphrased because I am too lazy to try and find them):

-Alexander Ovechkin fell off the treadmill this afternoon causing a 5.9 earthquake.

-That was not an earthquake, it was just Prince Fielder's stomach rumbling for veggies.

And that is why twitter makes me laugh...

On a serious note, I was actually worried about my Aunt Lori and family because I texted her immediately (I saw a news report that said not to call because it could overload the cellphone towers or something).  She finally responded and said everyone was fine and that they were out camping and had stopped at a gas station when it hit.  I guess they were about an hour away.

Walt Jr and his Bitchy Mom

One of my favorite things about Breaking Bad is Walt Jr. and his horrible speech impediment.  I know, this makes me a terrible person, but I seriously love imitating him and the best thing to say is "mom, you're being such a bitch."  Or something like that.  Here is a clip of him saying it to his mom.



On last night's episode they continued this great running joke with Skylar even acknowledging it.  She makes a comment about taking back the car and she then says that she will still be the bitch.  She is now the protector of the family from Walt. 

It was a pretty sweet episode.  Walt is seriously losing his grip.  Also, he is losing his father-figure status with Jesse, which is now being replaced by Mike.  Mike was actually impressed with how Jesse handled the meth-heads.  And then Gus came along and completely crushed the bond between Jesse and Walt by saying the one thing Jesse needed to hear:  I saw something in YOU.   Walt believes that everything Gus does is about him (and he could be right, but he never thinks about Jesse).  Honestly, how far can Jesse be from being able to cook the same recipe as Walt? 

Will there come a point when Gus decides that he no longer needs Walt and could just use Jesse as the cook?  At what point will Jesse just decide that he would be better off without Walt being a complete jerk to him all the time. 

Fantasy Baseball Week 20

Fuck!  I was winning all week long!  Sorry about the vulgarity, but it is the only way I can express how angry I am after this week.  When I left on Saturday morning for a weekend trip, I was up 7-3.  I came home Sunday night and had lost to Dave, 6-5.  What the hell happened?

Well the first thing I can mention, is that I did not start Jon Lester on Monday.  I came home from work and assumed that he would be on a night game, but no!  He was playing at noon or something ridiculous.  We tied in strikeouts, Lester had at least one that game.  Also, his ERA and WHIP would have driven mine down, although I do not think enough to actually win.

I have two weeks left to go from 8th place to 6th place.  This is actually doable, since 1.0 game behind the sixth place person.  This week I take on Jason/Nick (who is probably not paying attention anymore or if the should at least not start anyone and allow me to sweep them...please.)

Tough to decide who my superstar was, probably because I am so irritated.  I would have to say Ryan Zimmerman, but one could argue for Derek Jeter or Ryan Braun.  Drew Stubbs still eats cock.

College is Overrated

The Pirates signed their second round pick, Josh Bell.  There seemed to be a debate about whether or not he would sign since he sent out a letter asking teams not to draft him because he wanted to go to college and play for the University of Texas.

Most people thought this was a ploy to get a team to offer him more money.  And it obviously worked, but the thing that cracked me up, was the number of people saying that they could understand why he would want to go to college.

This is something I read somewhere "he may want to go to college to get his degree in case baseball does not work out."  Umm, yeah, that is all well and good, or he could take that huge signing bonus he received and tuck about $100,000 away in case he gets hurt and wants to go to school.  That should cover it.

I could understand if he was deciding to go to college because he was not considered a huge prospect, but he would have probably been a top fifteen pick if he had not scared everyone away with that letter.  Yes, he could go to college and do very well and end up being a top five pick, but what if he gets hurt, ends his career?  Or because of injury, gets drafted in the eighth round.

It reminds me of those college football players who stick around for their senior year, yet they are already considered a top draft pick (I am looking at you Peyton Manning).  I wanted Manning to get hurt so bad and end up never making it to the NFL.  Oddly though, now I actually like Peyton Manning.  That is a different story though.

What other things would there be that Josh Bell would miss out on?  The college experience?  Banging a bunch of college girls?  Look, I am sure with his huge stash of cash, he will be able to stay up late and sleep with some hot girls.  Hell, he can swing by any campus and probably pick up a few girls.  Hey Josh, anytime you want to go out at PSU, let me know, I'll show ya the hot spots!

Hell, this is good advice to any young person who has no clue what they want to do with their life.  If they only want to go to college in order to party, here is my suggestion:  go to a huge college and become a bartender.  Seriously, move to PSU/UT/OSU...wherever.  Become a bartender, you will have money all the time and you will get to do some serious partying.  Once you get tired of the college town, move to the beach and do it for awhile.  As you are doing this, tuck away a little money in case you decide you want to go to school.  Then, go to a technical school and become a plumber or a HVAC repairman.  Best advice I could ever give anyone!

Crosy, Nash, and Young Together Again...

Thanks to my brother for sending this to me...pretty funny. 

End of the Road

Do not worry, I am not retiring this blog.  Instead, I have decided to stop doing GOTW.  After 139 posts, I have decided to hang it up.  You can still look at all the old ones if you want.  Just do not expect any new ones.

I have a few favorites I would like to remind you about:

-Lost girls:  This one was way too much work.

-Sid?

-Lindsey's Bikini Poll

-Helen of Troy:  I loved this one until I realized that it was only funny to me, since most people read this through facebook or something else, so the image after the jump is not nearly as hilarious.

-A terrible history lesson

-Religious

-My birthday girl

Obviously there have been tons, many of which have been friends of mine and whatnot.  These were just a couple that made me laugh.

Before anyone gets scared, there will still be pictures of attractive women on the site.  Now, what the hell should I post on Friday?  Anyone have a suggestion?

Television Stuff

True Blood
To say this season has been stupid would be insulting to stupid things.   The only positive to this stupid witch war against vampires was Sookie getting shot.  Please just die already.  Also, if they kill Bill (hehe), can Pam please kill Tara?  That is all I ask.  I could put up with a season of just Eric being awesome, Jason banging chicks, and Jessica just getting naked.

Eureka
Been a cool season so far, although I really wish they would have taken the Allison being mind-controlled story a little further.   I am also hoping they show the team actually on Titan (I wonder if that story-line is being written because certain characters may have other projects coming up?).

I have loved the Zane/Lupo story and them falling back in love, same with Henry and his wife.  Honestly though, Zane is probably my favorite character on the show (minus Jack).  Anyone have a prediction who will be the team that goes to Titan?   And what they will find there?

-Zane, Lupo, Fargo, Holly, Grace, and Henry.  It would make sense to send couples, right?  Probably not.  Also, since they are using Fargo's FTL device, the trip should be fairly quick.

-They will find something that will help change the earth.  Since next season will be the last, I could see them going that route.

Breaking Bad
HOLY SHIT!  What an intense episode, again!  I thought that Jesse was going to die at least 23 times.  The first part of the ride out to the desert, I kept thinking that Mike was just messing with him.  Especially when they kept going to different spots, I figured Mike was trying to get Jesse to drop his guard, then would kill him at the last spot. 

Instead, he and Gus set it up so some guys attempt to rob Mike.  Jesse sees them and takes the car and almost runs over one of them.  He then swings back around to pick Mike up.  Gus (and not Walter) knew that Jesse wanted to live, he just needed to feel like the hero.  Maye if Walt would have spoken to Jesse about the murder, he could have mentored him.  Walt is behaving like a fool.

Speaking of which, Walt made a huge mistake.  While at dinner with Hank and Marie, Hank says that he wonders what a guy like Gale could have accomplished had he applied himself to something else.  He believes that Gale must have been a genius.  Walt, who is on his way to a nice drunk, starts belittling Gale, saying that he must have copied his work from a real genius, someone who must have been the real Heisenberg.  Hank does not seem amused and is probably going to start asking more questions.

Plus, Hank seems to have been reinvigorated by the case and stopped looking at his minerals.  Hell, he even talked to Marie in a civil manner.

And a preview of Boardwalk Empire

Season 2 Tease

Homeland Security SUV

As I was driving home from work, I noticed a white SUV flying up behind me.  I got a little nervous because I figured I was getting pulled over, until I realized I was only going 70 in a 65.  I moved into the right lane and let him pass me and I realized it was a Homeland Security police vehicle.

He turned towards where I was going and I figured he must be going to the Ebensburg Police barracks, but instead he turned into the Local Ice Cream place (LICP).  Curious, eh?  I came to two conclusions:

1)  He is a huge fan of their ice cream and wants to be the first person to get a cone today.  Seems reasonable, right?

2)  The LICP is some kind of terrorist front.  I am guessing they must have a cache of guns below the store and probably plan to overthrow the government.

I would bet money that I am wrong on both counts.

Myrtle Beach Trip

We made it back from Myrtle Beach.  I know most of you were a little worried (and by that I mean, no one even noticed I was gone).  Allow me to recount an amazing trip.

Tuesday
Actually, I need to jump back to Monday real quick.  I decided to sleep all day and then sleep as late as possible so we could leave around 1:00 a.m.  Unfortunately, I woke up at 6:45 p.m. and could not fall back asleep.  We ended up leaving at 1:30 (after the Pirates game).

We made it to Maryland when Lindsey fell asleep.  The GPS took us through DC instead of going to Winchester and since I have no clue how to use a GPS, I just followed the directions I was given.  Luckily I missed the DC traffic by about 45 minutes.  Looking in my rear-view mirror, it looked like there cars just lining up everywhere.

I kept on driving for most of the morning and decided it was time to wake Lindsey up when we hit North Carolina.  We stopped at Cracker Barrel for breakfast and after that Lindsey took over the rest of the way. 

We got there around 1:00 and decided to try and find me some swimming trunks (are they still called that, or am I really showing my age?).  I found a pair and we went to the hotel (Hotel Blue) and asked if it would be possible to check-in early.  The guy said that the room was ready.

By this point, I was completely exhausted.  We went down to the pool and decided to get a couple drinks at the swim up bar.  I laid there, but could not fall asleep.  Later, we went out to eat at Landshark and then went over to Broadway to see the fireworks.

Wednesday
We got up and went down to the beach and sweated like crazy.  Seriously, it was a little warm.  I have not been in the ocean since I was like 13 years old.  I may have went in during my beach trip when I was in high school, but I honestly do not remember.  After about an hour of sitting there reading my book, I asked Lindsey if she wanted to go into the water.

Allow me to explain something.  I did not learn to swim until I was 13 years old.  I had a pretty serious fear of water until then and I was able to overcome it on my own and teach myself to swim (yeah, I am awesome).  The one thing that I will never really get used to though, is being in the ocean.  Some people have a fear of the animals living in the water.  I am no longer afraid, but I still give the water a healthy bit of respect.  I just like to relax out there and not do anything crazy.

That night we went out to Broadway.  We ate dinner at Senor Frogs (I had been there before) and had some drinks there.  After that we walked around and drank at a bunch of other bars.  Here are some pictures.

After dinner, we hit up the mini-golf real for a quick game.  Lindsey talked a ton of smack since the trip to Ohio when she beat me.  Well, this time I took it seriously and beat her.  I shot a -1, she was like a +3.  HAHA!

Fantasy Baseball Week 19

I beat Dan 6-5.  Unfortunately, it dropped me to 8th place in the league.  Still pretty close to jumping up in the standings though.

I won the pitching categories minus WHIP and the only hitting category I won was OBP.  My team was actually pretty good hitting-wise.  We tied with eight HRs and my team did hit .278 for the week.

My pitching was okay, nothing great.  I really do not even have a player that I want to mention as my superstar this week.  I guess I will go with Josh Tomlin, he had a win and a 1.42 ERA with a nice .79 WHIP.

This week I take on Dave, and I seriously need a victory.  A big one...

Beach Girls

These are some of the hot girls I have seen at the beach, who deserve to be my GOTW.

Actually, these pictures were found through Google before I left, but I figured you would enjoy them.  My real GOTW is obviously Lindsey.

Quiz Time

Yeah, since I am on vacation, I am just going to regurgitate one of my old Yummy Pancake posts.  I think some of you will enjoy this if you never noticed it on the other site.


1. If you have six men and they each had six baskets. Each basket has six cats inside and each cat has six kittens. Assuming all are whole and healthy, how many legs are there?

2. I know what my job is,
The point has been made.
You say I have a big head,
And you're right, I'm afraid.
Put me in my place,
And then leave me alone.
Is someone to drive me home.

3. There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

4. How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?

5. If you divide thirty by a half and then add ten , what would your answer be?

6. A wealthy man named Richard Ellis had been counting his money.When he finished, he accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he returned for it a short while later, it was gone. Only two other persons could have seen the bill. One was the maid; the other was the butler.

The maid told him that she had hidden it for safekeeping under a green book that was on the desk. But when they looked the bill was not there.

The butler said he had found the bill where the maid had left it. He had placed it inside the book, where he thought there was less chance that somebody would find it. He had written down the page numbers so that he would not forget them. The bill was between pages 35 and 36, he said. But when they looked, there was no money in the book.

After Mr. Ellis had talked to the maid and the butler, he called the police. He was sure he knew who had taken the money. Who was it, and how did he know?

Good luck.

Always Sunny Promo

This is my favorite of the new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia previews.  If you want to see more of them, go over to WarmingGlow.

Breaking Bad: Bullet Points

Sunday night's episode of Breaking Bad was pretty damn awesome.  Allow me to run down some of the great things:

-Skylar and Walt going over the story about Walt's gambling was hilarious.  Walt was being such a dick (rightly so) to her because she made him seem like such a degenerate.  I loved when he apologizes and she starts to get excited until she realizes that it is part of the script that he is improving. 

-Walt shows Hank up with the mineral (obviously not a rock) collection.  Explaining the chemistry behind the pink.

-The greatest video ever:


-I wonder if the seed has been planted in Hank's head that maybe Walt is more than he seems.  I think so, he seems to buy the gambling story, but at the same time, his instincts have to tell him that something is off.

-Jesse just shrugging off Mike was pretty great.  He seriously has no care that his money was stolen.  The worst part is the way Walt does not seem to notice how messed up killing Gale has made Jesse.  He probably thinks this is all because Jesse is just a screw up.

-The ending was pretty fantastic.  When Walt goes to Jesse's house and cannot find him, my heart sank.  Especially when we see him with Mike, who asks Jesse if he is going to ask where they are going and Jesse says "nope."  Jesse really does not care if he lives or dies.

-I honestly think Jesse could die this season.  Imagine what that would do to Walt.  He treats Jesse like a son (which is why I wish they would kill off Walt Jr.) and I think Jesse's death would be a wake-up call to Walt.  This is not a business he is in.  These people kill you when you make mistakes. 

-That being said, I do not think he will die next week.  I have no clue how he will get out of this mess, maybe he will have a nice conversation with Mike.

-The new identity that Saul mentioned will become an option to Walt (or maybe he will do this for Jesse).

-I wonder if Hank will work more with the APD.  I hate seeing him all depressed and mopey.  I honestly think Marie could be a character to die this season, something that will cause Hank to snap out of his funk and completely become engrossed in catching Heisenberg.

Fantasy Baseball Week 18

Another win!  I beat Pat 6-4, bringing my record back over .500.  I am now in seventh place and could jump into sixth with another week or so.  I won the following categories:  runs, average, OBP, holds, ERA, and WHIP.  We tied stolen bases and strikeouts, which is just annoying.  You mean one of my pitchers could not get one more K?

My pitchers were not spectacular this week.  I only mustered two wins.  I also only picked up four saves (three of which were from Drew Storen).  My hitters were okay, but no one really had a mind blowing week.  Ryan Zimmerman scored three runs, had five RBIs, and hit for .429/.500 over the week.  Not too shabby.

Enjoy my photoshopping skills...

I want to point out how much I hate Drew Stubbs.  The days I started him, he would end up being hitless and pretty much useless.  I benched him on Sunday and he hit a homer and stole a base.  Ugh, that has been how he has been all season.  A complete cock-muncher.

This week I take on Dan, who is in dead last.  I should beat him and if I can give him a good beat down, hopefully I will be in sixth place.

Funny Story About Fruit

When I was younger, I did not have much exposure to many exotic fruits.  My mom used to pretty much buy the standard:  bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, pears, peaches, plums, blueberries, strawberries, and watermelons.  I had honeydew and cantaloupe at different family functions, but that was pretty much the extent of my fruit trying.

I think at one point my mom bought us kiwis to try and I loved them.  It was not until I went to college in Erie that I finally tried pineapple.  I absolutely love pineapple now.  There is nothing better than grilled pineapple.  Okay, there might be a few things better, but not a whole lot.

When I was in Egypt, we stopped at a restaurant for lunch and I ordered a glass of fresh squeezed mango juice.  It was my first experience with mango.  It was probably the best drink I ever tasted.  It was pulpy and tasted like heaven.  No one informed that cutting mango is a bit of a pain, but still worth the time and effort.

After returning from the Middle East, I decided to give papaya a try.  That did not turn out so well.  Adam and I were at BiLo in Philipsburg and I decided to buy one.  I had no clue how to eat it, so I tried to just bite into it.  That was a terrible mistake.  I thought papaya was pretty much the nastiest thing ever.  Recently, Lindsey and I bought some papaya and I had to look up how to cut it.  This time, it was delicious.  I am now a fan.  Again, a bit of a pain to cut and whatnot.

I now want to try more fruits, unfortunately, I have never actually seen these two in a grocery store around here:  dragon fruit and star fruit.

 Has anyone ever had either one?  Are they good?  What are some other fruits I should go out and try?

Man of Steel

The new Superman movie comes out in 2013 and it seems there is a new image out from the film.  I like what I see so far, Henry Cavill looks like he could pull this off.  Unfortunately, I am one of the six people in the world that actually enjoyed Superman Returns and I thought Brandon Routh was pretty good.

The other big news out about the movie is that Laurence Fishburne will play Perry White, the EIC of the Daily Planet.  Apparently people get all pissy about this since in the comics Perry is a white guy.  This just does not bother me.  Fishburne is a good actor and he can play the role of a leader who can come down hard on his ace reporters.  I wonder if he will yell "great Caesar's ghost"?

Myrtle Beach Time

I am on vacation.  Thank the imaginary man in the sky that so many people worship!  It is about time, I am pretty much burnt out.  Last vacation we went to North Carolina, this time we are heading to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  We were going to take a little trip to Ocean City, MD, but then we started looking at the prices and it turns out that Myrtle Beach was cheaper and for the same price we could stay an extra day.  This is my first trip there, so needless to say I am pretty excited.  Just look at this place:

First though, we are making a quick weekend trip out to Ohio to visit Lindsey's grandmother.  I think we are going to the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, so that should be pretty cool to check out.

I know that most of you are in a panic because of a lack of posts while I am away.  Fortunately, I have worked on a few posts for you folks.  Try not to miss me too much!

Aishwarya Rai GOTW

I typed in "most beautiful woman in the world" and this is the result I got:  Aishwarya Rai.  She has very sexy eyes.  I think you will all enjoy looking at her this week.

Cubs Game

The Place That Shall Not Be Named gave me and a coworker tickets because we are part of a peer-advising program (I am the adviser).  I was a little bummed because I figured they would have us in the luxury box, but instead we sat up in section 316.  As you can see, the seats were good, there are no bad seats at PNC Park.

Not much to say though, the Pirates lost even though newly acquired Derek Lee hit two home runs.

We went to Rivers Casino before the game and I played three-card poker again.  I won the first two hands and immediately thought "oh boy, here we go."  Then, they switched dealers, every time they switch dealers on me, I end up going on a losing streak.  I should just leave the table.  After that I lost every single hand and I had decent hands.  If I had a K73, the dealer would have a K84.  The dealer was even making comments about it.  Oh well, you win some, you lose some.  I dropped my $100 in about ten minutes, not very cool.  Hell, I was broke before my beer arrived, haha.

It was a fun time though, drank some beer, saw some baseball, ate some food, and fed my gambling addiction.  I cannot complain.