The Best Game I Have Ever Watched

(Sounds like a third grade essay title)

Alright, so for those who keep hearing about Ubaldo Jimenez's no-hitter, this isn't what the post is about. You read that right. I'm actually talking about the other game...you know, the one on FOX.

Mets and Cardinals, Santana and Garcia starting the game for both teams, game starts at 4PM EST. Santana gets strikeouts galore. Does anyone care? Not after what happened a couple of hours (yes, hours) after that. Garcia was done after 5 innings, and Santana was done after 7. The score was a pair of goose eggs for the next 11 innings after that. Same game, people. If you were looking for an entertaining Saturday night, I bet you could've found as much hilarity as myself and my boyfriend did.

You see, we turned the game on in the sixth inning and later turned it off for the Phillies game [we later concluded that the idea was really really bad]. Around the 4th inning or so, they had a score shown for the game just previously talked about, and it was in the...14th inning. Me and Keith's response? "SCREW THIS!"

We then proceeded to watch the last 6 innings of this 6 hour and 53 minute game. Kenny Alberts and Tim McCarver were clearly getting bored after a while, that they went on and talked about what happened around this time in 1877 (the invention of the catcher's mask). It got more random when McCarver noted that it was the year after Custer's Last Stand. "Thank you, T-Rex." Once the six-hour mark was reached they went and gave the graphic "Things You Can Do in 6 Hours Or Less." They included:

1. Fly from Miami to Seattle
2. Cook a 12-14 lb turkey
3. Watch the last 6 episodes of 24

Even better, the Cardinals ran out of pitchers, so guys like Felipe Lopez and Joe Mather graced their presences on the pitching mound, while starting pitcher Kyle Lohse showed his outfielding skills. More fielding hilarity ensued afterward. That, and even after 6 hours, K-Rod can blow a save. After a while we started rooting for the Cards since we wanted the game to go on longer and have them capitalize after leaving more than 20 guys on base. I can't tell you how much we jumped around in my living room after K-Rod blew the save. But alas, it didn't last much longer. After a Mets run and a save from Mike Pelfrey (of all pitchers, hahaha), the game ended after 20 innings and loads of laughing.

I loved last night.

--AZ

The MLS Experience - Philadelphia Union vs DC United

Yesterday marked the very first time I attended an MLS game, and I must say, it was probably the best experience I've ever had at a sporting event. Sure, I love baseball, but this was in a category all on its own.

I went to the game at Lincoln Financial Field with my family and boyfriend, and the only thing I had against the people at the game were that they were showing up LATE and kept coming when the ball was still in play. Ugh. Anyway, not everyone knew the chants; at one point, the DC United fans were louder than the Sons of Ben (the guys sponsoring the Union). But at any rate, the crowd knew the game of football (soccer, you dolts) so they knew what was going on and cheered when needed (cards, goals, the like).

Oh, this was fun too. Before I talk about what happened, I'll just say the DC fans were in the upper decks of the Linc. Well, once DC scored, guess what they did. OUT CAME FLYING BEER CUPS.
See, there are rules that usually come with each stadium, such as no foul language, no throwing things, and no excessive alcohol. Who listens to that? Seriously. I don't think I've ever seen so many "birds" in my life. Flying cups, peanut dust, good gravy.

Luckily, the Union won the game. I wonder how many people got locked up last night.

--AZ

Alas, My Children!

Yes children, after many many minutes (lol, yes minutes) of thinking, I'm going to "bring back" The Sports Nut Blogs. Now before I go along with this like an idiot again, I'm going to do something a little more different this time.

Since I'm in college, I have a load of work to do, and following multiple sports and building opinions on all of them is pretty darned difficult if you ask me.

When I officially bring this back, I would like to do one thing. This isn't going to be a "me thing" anymore, it's going to be an "our thing." I would like multiple writers. People who like to write. People who LIKE SPORTS and LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT SPORTS. People who have an opinion and can bring other people in to bring their own opinions about things. You can be funny, witty, what have you. As for being raunchy, well...not so much of that.

I don't care on what you plan on doing in your life after school and crap. If you like sports enough to write about what you like and dislike, I'd love to have you with the blog.

Anyway, I would love to bring this back with a lot more life than before. Please, if you want to help, don't hesitate to comment and let me know. I would love to make this work...like, really bad.

Hmm, whatdyaknow, he was traded.

Don't know what to say here, kids. This is where I leave it to you. Leave a comment, and feel free to rant. That's why I'm asking you to do this. Duh.


--AZ