Spring + Baseball = Awesome

Baseball season is finally here in 7 days. This has been a shorter off-season because the great "Rockies Run of 2007" took the fans into late October. The Rockies have finally decided on the rotation: Francis, Cook, Jimenez, Morales and Redman. They have also decided who will start the season at 2nd Base: Jayson Nix.

After talking to the Morning Baseball Chatter group (which I made the name up this morning but we have been doing this for quite some time now) we only have one problem..."Who is going to be Taveras' back-up in Center Field?" Can you believe it? After all these years of saying "This is our year" and thinking "What are we going to look like at the All-Star break" knowing very well that we will be out of the playoff running in August; we actually can say "This is our year" and mean it.

Years before during Spring Training and all the way to June, we were still trying to figure out who all these new young players are and how to say names like Tulowitzki and Yorvit Torrealba. This year we know who the starting line-up is, we know who is in the rotation and bullpen, heck...we know the songs played when they come to bat not only for the starting line-up, but for Spilly too!! All year, even at different sporting events, when we hear the "Let's Go" chant, we say "TULO". I get excited for baseball every year, but with more friends to talk to about baseball and with how the Rockies ended last season, I feel like I am more excited this year then any year before.

More to come as I have tickets to 14 games starting on the best day of the year, Rockies Home Opener on April 4th!!

Wii?

These guys found some Wii-tarded games. Great clip of what not to buy for the Wii.

Love me some South Park

Great things of life

You know how many great things there are in life? I mean, Spring time comes with the smells of fresh cut grass, hot dogs, peanuts, beer and baseball. Flowers are about to come about, rain storms/Thunderstorms, spring break, wearing shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops. There are so many things that I can list here and the one has me writing about this is - I received all of the Rockies tickets for the group on Friday. I was holding over 100 baseball tickets in my hand at that time and I was happy. Wanted to throw them up in the air and roll on the bed with them. I am ready for my 14+ games this year.

I am ready for a good year with the baseball. I am ready for Mexico as soon as we decide what the hell we are really going to do. Great things in life comes with friends! I have the greatest and funniest friends anyone can ask for. For no reason we all laugh at each other and make fun. For no reason, they will call up and ask if I want to do something or just to check and see what I am up to. It is a great support group and spring time always reminds me of them.

What else is great in life? Well, here is one: Life always has a second chance, or for me, 5th, 6th and 7th chances. I don't know how many times I have done something that should have destroyed my life, however, I still have the chance to live a successful and great life. Second chances are not only in my life but all over the place. Even Bailey has had a second chance in her life. From a couple weeks after I got her she liked climbing fences and visiting her neighbors and because of her visiting actually being 'Breaking and Entering, she was sent to doggy jail! Luckily for her, Aunt Sarah found where she was taken and Daddy was able to go bail her out of prison.

Great things in life come in many different sizes. As small as a smile when walking by someone to winning an enormous amount of money. Great things happen! Don't get me wrong, there are more hard times and bad times then great, but remember, God will not lead you to anything that you will not be able to overcome.

I will write another story on my birthday and I am sure it will be great. I am still practicing this whole blogging thing!