I Heart Fitzgerald's

Last Saturday, while gearing up for the WVU-UCLA basketball game which was to be broadcast nationally on CBS, I discovered at the last minute that my local CBS affliate (WBNS-10) would not be airing the game. Instead, they would be showing ESPN Plus coverage of Indiana vs Purdue. Bastards! I called various taverns and restaurants in the Columbus area to find out whether they would broadcast the game. After a confusing phone conversation with a lady at Champs, I was assured that the restaurant indeed had two different CBS channels and would carry the game. Yeah, right! They didn't have the game, and neither did another place down the street. These so-called "sports taverns" have satellite TV of one form or another and yet had no coverage of one of the premiere basketball games of the day! At this point, I concluded that no place in Columbus will show the game and that my Saturday has been ruined.

So, I drive home, swearing up a storm and badmouthing Columbus for being a "Buckeye town" rather than a "sports town". One of my more colorful comments had something to do with people in Columbus staring at a turd shaped like a buckeye leaf while a major sporting event was taking place behind them. Before we make it all the way home, my wife suggests we try Fitzgerald's. (Incidentally, she had suggested this before we had even left home.) I agree, and guess what? Not only do they have the game on screen, but they have it on two of their large screens, with sound, and the place is packed with Mountaineer fans wearing WVU hats, sweatshirts, and jerseys! Apparently, Fitzgerald's is a regular meeting place for the Cental Ohio Chapter of the WVU Alumni Association on game days. The place even welcomes us on their homepage (see the left side), and gives us a separate room when there are conflicting events! We had good food and good beer with some good ol' Mountaineer fans, and we'll definitely be going back. I'll be sure to visit the place even when there isn't a game, just to show my appreciation. It is my new favorite place in Columbus.

WooHoo

CLEVELAND INDIANS

Season 1

Record: 7-1 W7 (Runs Scored: 53 Runs Allowed 12)

Manager: Echo

Batting Leaders (through 8 games)

Travis Hafner HR 6, RBI 11, R 8, avg .500
Ron Belliard HR4, RBI 7, R 9, avg .400
Ben Broussard HR 3, RBI 8, R 6, avg .394
Juan Gonzalez HR 3, RBI 8, R 4, avg .387

Pitching Leaders (through 8 games)

Jake Westbrook (2-0) IP 15.2, ERA. 1.72, SO 14, CG 1
Kevin Millwood (2-0) IP14, ERA 2.57, SO 10
Cliff Lee (1-0) IP 9, ERA 1.oo, SO 7, CG 1
Scott Elarton (1-0) IP 7.2, ERA 0.00, SO 10
CC Sabathia (1-1) IP 15, ERA 2.40, SO15, CG 1

Go 'Eers

Today at Urban Outfitters a guy randomly said, "Go 'Eers!" to me.
Also, some guy at Sports Illustrated thinks WVU has a shot at the national championship. His column also included this amuzing tidbit.

West Virginia actually has plays called "Double Quickie Potato," "Dirty Harry" and (my personal favorite) "Best Play Ever." Imagine the terror a defender must feel when he hears Mountaineers coach John Beilein call out "Best Play Ever."

You need to recognize

Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy yay
Gimme the mic so I can take it away

They were Real !

Landmarks

Wow... it's a windmill
(in St. Louis)

Wow... it's a pyramid
(in Memphis)

Memphis

I drove to Memphis on Saturday with Bianca and Leisl. No one did anything more illegal than driving over the speed limit, and we never got caught for that.
It was a good time. We met Jake and his friends in Memphis to celebrate his birthday. I drank "big ass beers," sat at the bar and watched football, and ate some Memphis bbq. I also bought a pair of yellow suspenders, because I was told that they were part of the uniform. Jake drank too much, puked on the hotel room floor, passed out, and pissed himself. He woke up in the middle of the night and said, "Why is everything so wet?" Other than the very disgusting hotel room it was a good weekend.

Here are some things I learned about Memphis.

1. There is a pyramid in Memphis. I'm not sure why, but I think they play basketball inside.

2. It costs $22 to see the inside of Elvis' house. I bought postcards and took some pictures in front of the gate, but the Elvisness of Graceland was a little overwhelming.

3. Memphis is in Tennesse, and borders Arkansas and Mississippi. We visited all of them.

4. Memphis has trolleys.

5. I didn't see a single Elvis impersonator.

I really hate the Broncos

This week I'll be rooting for the Bus and Big Ben...

...because there is only one team that I hate more than the Steelers, especially in AFC championship games.

Elvis needs boats

I once saw an educational television program that was meant to warn impressionable minds of the dangers of cocaine. The program began by showing why people take cocaine. In the first ten minutes that show had me convinced that I should try it. It said that the cocaine triggers something in the brain that allows you to experience extreme pleasure. Pleasure so intense that you can only experience it with the help of the cocaine. That sounds good, right? I guess what is bad is that once you experience something that great then the normal happy moments in life seem depressing in comparison, which leads to more cocaine and an eventual life on the street…or so the show said. I'm not going to try cocaine afterall, but the show almost had me convinced. I went to a party last night and there were two girls there doing cocaine. One of them invited me on a weekend road trip to Memphis. We could see Graceland, look for Elvis, be tourists, and drink. "Sounds fun," I said. "But I need to design a poster for Johnny." I don't know what to design, but I though I should share that with you as I procrastinate.

Where did all the Kiwi girls go?

I just noticed that Xenia's old blog is now occupied by a pregnant lady who likes porn and baking bread.
I have a hunch that it's not her. Although the links on the blog go to bigtithound.com, it's not as entertaining as reading about everyones bitching. I was amused by all the bickering, and I'd like to see it return.

Hook Em Horns

Miranda said, and I quote,

"HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!!!

That is all."




bitch....

BUS • BUS • BUS

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