Roy Halladay continues to impress as he throws the first perfect game for the Phillies since Jim Bunning in 1964, and the first no-hitter since Kevin Millwood on the '03 team.
Kudos to you sir, and I am glad you are proving me wrong over and over again this season.
In other Phillies news, the offense needs to get its rear in motion, it seems like since Rollins second game back from his first DL stint (and has since returned to it) the offense cant get it together. Maybe the ole swtcherooney of the lineup is in order.
My non-professional suggestion would be Victorino, Polanco, Werth, Howard, Utley, Ibanez, Ruiz, Castro. Basically just switching up Utley and Werth ad maybe switching the 6 through 8th hitters in some fashion.
Flyers gave up the first game of the Finals with Leighton being pulled. Im not sure how I feel about it because Niemi didnt get yanked, but Boucher did play spectacularly considering he hasnt played since Game 5 of the Bruins series. Hopefully they can come back, play a little less sloppy and win this thing.
Its an exciting time to be a Philly sports fan, even if I dont follow the Eagles or Sixers.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
General Malaise and Indifference
Describes my feelings toward poker of all forms right now, just dont excited about the game like i use to. I could say the same about video games too, just not feeling the silly pastimes that made me who I am.
I think one of the things that has really bugged me specifically about poker is the people who have hit a certain level of success and now look down or outright mock those who are not as successful or time committed as them.
When I started playing poker there were a few reasons:
1. I wanted to win money
2. Poker is a fun, social game when you a have a decent group of people.
3. I liked the aspect of being able to go toe to toe with a doctor, or a lawyer, or some snot-nosed kid and trying to outthink them.
While I still want to win money, that aspect has trumped all other reasons, and once that happens its no longer a fun little hobby or side-venture...its a job. And you know what? I already have one job and Im not that fond of it as it is, and so Ive been playing poker less and less.
I didnt play the mookie last Wednesday, but I did notice Lightning36's post that explained his reasons why he did what he did, and if you have seen it he got pretty much lit up in the comments. That is just head-scratching to me. He didnt have to post his reasons for his play and he explained himself very well but there are people out there who made comments as if Lightning is some idiot who doesnt have a clue what hes doing, and I think thats pretty shameful.
If you think hes a fish then why are you tapping the glass?
If you think he has faulty logic, but offer no advice or you offer some advice with a side of admonishment without recognizing the pyschological thought process he put into it as being a rational decision that a sane person would make during the course of a tournament then I think you may just be a poker snob.
Lets refer to this era of poker as the "2 PLUS 2" or Hellmuthian age.
So anyway what have I been doing?
Enjoying the Flyers miraculous playoff run that hopefully includes a Stanley Cup appearance and win.
Watching lots of baseball, purchased MLB.tv so I can watch every Phillies that I can this year, haven't been able to do that since 2001.
Trying to survive work, lately just seems more stressful between customers who have taken too much of the crazy juice then calling us up or could be the soon to be seperation of bank and insurance operations with us offering an IPO.
Busy next couple weeks, friend's wedding this week with a trip to Foxwoods. Home game the week after, and then my Bro's wedding the week after that.
So good luck to the TOC winners, hope you use that 10k well and win the ME.
I think one of the things that has really bugged me specifically about poker is the people who have hit a certain level of success and now look down or outright mock those who are not as successful or time committed as them.
When I started playing poker there were a few reasons:
1. I wanted to win money
2. Poker is a fun, social game when you a have a decent group of people.
3. I liked the aspect of being able to go toe to toe with a doctor, or a lawyer, or some snot-nosed kid and trying to outthink them.
While I still want to win money, that aspect has trumped all other reasons, and once that happens its no longer a fun little hobby or side-venture...its a job. And you know what? I already have one job and Im not that fond of it as it is, and so Ive been playing poker less and less.
I didnt play the mookie last Wednesday, but I did notice Lightning36's post that explained his reasons why he did what he did, and if you have seen it he got pretty much lit up in the comments. That is just head-scratching to me. He didnt have to post his reasons for his play and he explained himself very well but there are people out there who made comments as if Lightning is some idiot who doesnt have a clue what hes doing, and I think thats pretty shameful.
If you think hes a fish then why are you tapping the glass?
If you think he has faulty logic, but offer no advice or you offer some advice with a side of admonishment without recognizing the pyschological thought process he put into it as being a rational decision that a sane person would make during the course of a tournament then I think you may just be a poker snob.
Lets refer to this era of poker as the "2 PLUS 2" or Hellmuthian age.
So anyway what have I been doing?
Enjoying the Flyers miraculous playoff run that hopefully includes a Stanley Cup appearance and win.
Watching lots of baseball, purchased MLB.tv so I can watch every Phillies that I can this year, haven't been able to do that since 2001.
Trying to survive work, lately just seems more stressful between customers who have taken too much of the crazy juice then calling us up or could be the soon to be seperation of bank and insurance operations with us offering an IPO.
Busy next couple weeks, friend's wedding this week with a trip to Foxwoods. Home game the week after, and then my Bro's wedding the week after that.
So good luck to the TOC winners, hope you use that 10k well and win the ME.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Workin My Way Back to Myself
It has definately been more of a grind this year than the previous 2 years for me. 5 weeks in, and the best I could muster so far was one cash and 0 final tables. That will hopefully be fixed soon.
Mookie tomorrow night at 10pm EST pw: vegas 1, lets try to get that player count up over 100 again!
Mookie tomorrow night at 10pm EST pw: vegas 1, lets try to get that player count up over 100 again!
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