Airplane Cast (mostly…ummm…some).

August 22, 2017 Filler

Greetings and salutations, people. Thanks for coming aboard (the boat). Well, this is an airplane cast, so I guess it would be the plane. Let’s move.
For those hoping I switch to my new “focused” approach today, you would be swinging and missing. Airplane rants are traditionally a numbered attack of my random thoughts, and odds are that even if I became a famous sports writer, THIS would remain the same each time on a plane. That kind of rhymed.
Writing this makes the flight just FLY by. It is like gate to gate in a heartbeat…like Star Trek. Sorry for the pun (the pun was “flight just “fly” by)
The great thing about flying to Tulsa is that you either get a tiny plane or a big plane with open seats. Not the most popular destination for some reason. Exit row and open seat. It doesn’t get any better than this.
I would open my plane window, but nothing really can be as boring as the flight from Colorado to Oklahoma.
I don’t like being rushed. I get that the 2018-2019 MLB free agent class will be historical and game changing, but I am not ready to hear about it. There might even be more than the FIVE MVP’s/ CY Young awards in that group before then. Harper, Machado, Kershaw, Murphy, etc. Let me enjoy the rest of this season and part of next season first please.
Machado just had a three HR game, and had the class to top off the night with a WALKOFF one.
Kershaw missed time and still has more wins than any other pitcher in MLB.
When you watch Chris Sale pitch and then look at the MLB leaders, you really wonder what went haywire to have Sale have FIVE losses. Dude always just looks unhittable.
Kind of NOT like Aroldis Chapman looks even more unhittable, but somehow is getting demoted with the Yanks.
For anyone tuning in to see what I thought of Sunday’s GOT “epic-ness,” I will have LOTS to say in brevity at the end of this cast.
The Dodgers are doing amazing things, but they are a ridiculous 51-14 at home. That is way above typical home field advantage guidelines. 8-2 in their last 10 also.
The Rockies and D-Backs are 6-14 in their last games. They have made a pact apparently with the rest of the league to make sure other teams have a fighting chance near the end.
Marciano’s kid is talking about Floyd’s upcoming fight. You know what? I would ALMOST agree with the kid about this fight NOT counting as 50-0, but Conor is qualified and this fight is sanctioned. This is not a random exhibition for those reasons.
Here we go. Southwest taking your drink order, handing out salty stuff while you wait for like 10-15 minutes for your Coke Zero.
I really think that Steven’s Cat is quickly ascending on my all time favorite Widespread Panic song list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzaa0RenZ40
You can hate the Cowboys. You can even hope that all of their present and past draft picks are failures because of the first statement. But, I think EVERYONE is rooting for Jaylon Smith to come back healthy. Kid played his first downs in preseason this past week. He is finally healthy. Think about it. Before his injury, he was targeted as a first 15 pick. And no one can blame anyone else if he turns out to be a star. EVERYONE had a shot at him in the draft. Well, not the Pats, since they never have first round picks (or second last year).
Pretty crazy that we all debate whether the HR record is in the 60’s, 70’s or whatever. Moose (Royals) is about to break the ALL TIME HR record for the Royals. That record is over 30 years old AND is only 35 total.
In an age when college players are “old” when they become seniors in any sport, I am blown away a school fighting for good scholarship football players (Indiana) could jack up a kid’s eligibility and lose him a FULL year of playing. Their new secondary kid has to wait a year. That dude handled it much better at his young age than I would in my older “maturity.”
No ice in my Coke Zero, Southwest person? Do I hate because it isn’t cold or love because I get more liquid? Moving on…
I swear I love peanuts but don’t remember ANY time in the last 20 years of eating them or Combos (bought at a newsstand and not received on plane) unless on an airplane.
I am not a fan of the Dodgers, but not a hater either (obviously since Kershaw is one of my favorite players). Anyway, what I love more than the MLB trade deadline ending every year and teams still trading IS the Dodgers STILL not resting on the laurels and picking up experienced OF Curtis Granderson for some cash and prospects. They are going all in, and scary they might be able to win the whole thing with or without Kershaw right now.
With regards to the Euro League and NBA squabbling over whether the Bucks are lying about The Freak’s injury before he played in the Euro Championship, I TOTALLY believe the Bucks are lying and making stuff up. Before you get angry, Euro League, know this. If your objective is to try and TOP the NBA, I get your argument. But, if the END goal is to send someone TO the NBA, then the NBA can do whatever they want sort of…especially when he will be a household name (outside of basketball circles) by the end of this next season.
Remember this name for future trivia contests. Seth DeValve. Twenty years from now, someone might ask you who the first white player to kneel was in this anthem game we play.
And say what you want about what this is achieving or not achieving. Bottom line is this. When NYC cops are holding a rally BECAUSE you don’t have an NFL job when you should on talent alone (Kaep), the cause is moving and making waves.
I guess in case I don’t talk to you until AFTER the fight, I should lay down a prediction. I have toyed with this a while. First of all, just like everyone else and their mom, Conor won’t catch Floyd early with anything. Floyd will win the first few rounds on points and then start dancing away a little more…because he CAN. I think Floyd might not even try for the knockout, but will point him easily. But, Conor is used to shorter fights. You can train for this, but the real thing is different. I think Floyd catches him on a KO in round 11. The fight won’t be exhilarating nor fun, and people will say it is boring after. And Floyd will win decisively, but later than people expect. Conor will exhaust himself early trying to prove a point and Floyd will be smart and be satisfied with waiting the Irishman out.
I am actually MOST intrigued about if there is any shit talking from either side when IN there. Floyd typically just does his business, but might save a round or two for fun talk. Conor will talk ONLY if he catches him on anything, which he won’t.
Think about it IF I am wrong, and everyone else talking like this. Boxing would be temporarily disrespected, Floyd’s reputation would be nicked big time, MMA people would be even more cocky than they are now, and Vegas would lose their mind (and money). EVERYONE is betting on Conor. The odds are down from +1100 to +375. That is like a Super Bowl opening at 2.5 and going to 8.5…in reverse…kind of. I need a flow chart.
Alvarez-GGG is the next REAL fight anyway, people. THAT is what I am excited for from a pure boxing sense.
I admit to reading si.com’s article on LeBron trades that make sense, and I found it fun, entertaining, and intellectual, even though we all know it is impossible.
Since I will have more bandwidth this weekend, I will save my college football and NFL predictions until the weekend. More to come on those items.
Not sure if you thought it was a repeat article, or just retreading an old one, but in case you missed it, Lane Kiffin pulled ANOTHER big time recruit to FAU when he snagged WVA’s WR. Dude might only have one good one at each position, but he sure as hell is TRYING.
See? I am barely into this thing, and we are already descending. I will write a couple more and finish this from hotel room tonight.
I just opened my window. Boring fields and more fields.
Did all of you ladies with boyfriends and husbands enjoy your LAST weekend without college football? Hope so. We can get back to real life again. My advantage is my lady is all Sooner, all the time, so she cares about Saturday football. I have to fight a little for my Sunday Steelers time but she is cool because I give her the Sooners time the day before.
I promise to update the site dropdowns THIS weekend, dammit. They are ancient. Someone noticed today the list dropdown is still the Seinfeld list.
The story about the Venezuela kids giving support to the D.R. pitcher was truly what the LLWS is all about and pretty internally warming.
Internally warming? Where did I conjure THAT one? I don’t even drink, so I don’t even have a write off.
I see these commercials for the Nordic Track with exotic locations shown. That would drive me NUTS. The LAST thing I would want to do is run on streets in some location I am not in but would like to go to…like now. That sounds simply frustrating. Give me the boring StairMaster with no views.
In hotel room…let’s blitz the rest of this as I need to crash and suddenly blogging needs to be more speedy.
In glancing over the boxing match this past weekend, I noticed Mike Alvarado won. Local kid. Rhymes ironically with Colorado. Kid was MADE to represent the mountain state in the sport of boxing.
If you have a voicemail on your phone today, it is probably the Clippers calling you about the GM job. I have one.
The MLB umps protest was done before I really ever knew it existed.
Yes, I am still nervous about the Bell situation in Pittsburgh.
Ben? Well, I will say this. If he gets hurt this season, he retires. If he misses the playoffs, he retires. If he wins the Super Bowl, he retires. If he BARELY loses in the AFC Championship or in the Super Bowl, he comes back pissed.
Texas A&M nixed a scheduled white rally. Good job, after the C-Ville events. My bigger question is you SCHEDULED a white rally on the calendar????
Nick Saban said he would catch the solar eclipse on the weather channel. I decided to catch it with these guys.
One guy only USED to read this when he got them in his email inbox, one guy probably knows I write this but has enough going on being the most in the loop pop culture guy I know, and the other guy probably doesn’t even know I like sports. God Bless them three dudes.
Forgot to get a picture of myself, so a horrible (as always) selfie will do.
Going to Casper would have been fun and is something I typically would be in for, but I didn’t make the trek, will rationalize that at least I missed the traffic problems on Denver’s one highway, and work had stuff going on so I would have been in a field camping trying to find WIFI to send an email…so glad I didn’t.
Nashville is the central time zone, country version of Las Vegas, so odds are THEY had fun during totality.
Not sure why we truly care about the Lakers tampering with Paul George when they failed. But, if it keeps Magic focusin more on Lonzo Ball’s dad, I guess that is a good thing.
Wait, if Boldin retires, who the HELL will I pick up as my fifth WR this year in fantasy for the 15th year in a row?
I FINALLY enjoyed a Jon Jones fight and the dude failed a drug test again? Well, you have satisfied AND exceeded YOUR quota for pissing off the want to believe you public.
Whatever I forget in today’s blog, know I will have PLENTY of time to write this weekend with Lindsey being out of town.
I might stay home the whole weekend aside from golfing and gym.
Goodell is close to an extension until 2024, meaning we have plenty of time for more material evidently.
The wind you felt this week across the nation was Giants nation watching the OBJ play.
I get the message and support them showing it, but find it oddly amusing that it is the lowly BROWNS that choose to be the boldest. If you can’t win, I guess you might as well shine at SOMETHING.
I didn’t read the entire article, and won’t read the follow up ones, but did I actually read that the father of the football player kid who was charged with rape years ago shot a judge at the courthouse, but it wasn’t the one that sentenced HIS kid. Flowchart needed AGAIN.
OJ Mayo has had such a subpar playing career in comparison to his expectations that I honestly forgot he was NOT playing recently.
The Broncos were fair in giving Paxton Lynch a shot at the starting job, and now the Broncos have the great feeling of the MUCH lower ceiling guy winning the job. I hear most Broncos are playing Trent Dilfer Super Bowl tapes as we speak right now.
Not sure how putting a headline with the words “Tiger Woods nude photos” in it promotes people clicking on it, but hopefully we all abstained.
I think that a WNBA player getting suspended a game for punching another chick is cool.
You can read the headlines about the Dante Fowler incident and become entertained. “Liquor, old man, lake, etc.”
Before we all think Aaron Judge suddenly sucks, can we take in account the fact that pitchers are professional because THEY adjust too? Aaron will do his own adjustments and be just fine long term.
Traveling on a Tuesday stinks because you catch the day at the airport when the Sports Weekly is RIGHT at the end of its cycle and they won’t put the new one out until the other one vanishes. Dammit.
Did I already mention that in that same store they now STOPPED carrying Lunchables? I can’t travel without Lunchables. Seriously. Not a joke.
I fought off ALL of the bad stories and bad rap the Pats got until they gave Trump a freaking ring. Now I hate them like everyone else.
WHAT???? Kyrie just went to the Celtics? I have to save this one for this weekend. Too new, and not ready to fully discuss.
GOT thoughts:
FIRST of all, start with THIS. https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/here-are-all-the-funniest-tweets-from-this-weeks-game-of?utm_term=.cpGErzRrv#.knoNXoVXv
Now my thoughts in no particular order…you lovers of the last episode won’t like all of my comments.
In the proof of GOT, know that A) I love the show B) will never stop watching it, BUT some of the storywriting is VERY shady and disheveled…
How did the dead people get the chains, who put them under the dragon, and if they can survive putting chains under the dragon in the frozen water, how come they couldn’t cross the ice previously?
How is it that only ONE person can send the ravens, and if they can train another human to do so, can’t they just always carry ravens WITH them?
I won’t break down the math, but either a week went by on that rock, or those are some jet powered ravens.
How does Benjen just pop in and then die coolly after saving Jon Snow, and doesn’t he know that two people can ride on a horse?
If Benjen had a horse, why didn’t EVERYONE just snag a horse for the journey?
When nothing has changed in the grand scheme of things, HOW does Jon Snow suddenly want to bend the knee to “Dany?”
The action/ fight scenes were spectacular, and this show makes a dragon look about as cool as any show made anything look cool EVER.
Ayra is very irritating right now and just needs a hobby until Jon returns.
Have Sansa and Ayra gotten DUMBER with age? Will ONE of them think that MAYBE Littlefinger is tricking THEM?
I have never seen such a useless version of some visonary three raven dude as Bran. He has all of this info, and tells NO ONE.
How did what’s his name who dies a lot make his sword fill with fire, and why did he just start doing it NOW?
Time/ distance…ugghhh. It once took Sam a whole SEASON to travel to the Old Town, and these guys are popping up all over the place. The genius in the early seasons WAS the journey and character development.
How did Gendry know his way back so fast?
How did Jon Snow know his way back so fast?
Where did Dany get the new outfit, and how doesn’t she get cold hanging onto a dragon in sub zero temperatures?
WHAT did Gendry tell Dany with the raven, as we still had no idea what was happening when Jon sent him away?
AND if he had a clue as to what was happening, then why didn’t he add to Dany to kill the guys on the hill so the rest of the dead people would just fall?
Why did the Night King try to spear the moving dragon, when if he was that badass, he could have easily taken out the stationary one with the heroes on it?
Where was all of that dragonglass Jon went to mine during this battle, or is he saving it for the final battle?
This whole plan was very, very stupid.
How did they keep the moving dead guy on the dragon for the flight back when it is hard enough for a person themself to hold on?
I will be keeping my random daily thoughts in the heart of the blog, but trying to separate some of the personal stuff for you as at some point I will need to anyway when writing stuff for a website (not mine).
My weekend?
I took some advice on NON mainstream flicks to watch since I have so much more non bar home time. I watched Ex Machina Friday. GREAT movie. But, for those who can’t do mentally challenging, slow movies, save your time (unless naked female robots is something you yearn for). Anyway, think of this as the slower, intellectual, female, dark, and creepy version of Terminator. That comparison is off slightly off of course, but both deal with the inevitable rise of the machines against mankind.
Linds parents house
Cactus Jack’s WSP Menu
Paddleboarding Evergreen
Evergreen bluegrass festival
Al Fresca Cru
Tatanka-Cervantes
Brunch at Beast & Bottle because my woman really likes going to brunch. Seriously. If you have never eaten brunch at The Beast & Bottle, you are missing out. My go to:
We went to the Rockies game against the Brewers. Kind of fun that the Rockies are playing late baseball with playoff implications. Kind of not fun they blew that series. I got to thinking about my MLB walk up song if I played. I could try and think of other songs, but would stick with Here I Go Again without a doubt. AND, because you are a batter alone against the pitchers and friends, it makes even MORE sense.
Tacolandia
The turtle robbery
Why didn’t I add details on most of the above? Because I am saving it for the weekend when I can add very, very fun pics. I am crashing. So…
That’s it for today. Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed. Will I blog again? That is a CLOWN question, bro.
(Lindsey is out of town this weekend. Look for a very LONG blog on Saturday or Sunday, or more likely one on Friday and one on Sunday.