How to Lose the Yankee Vote Or my note to Giuliani

So, you're a mayor of one of the biggest baseball cities in the world. You are from that city, you claim to be a life-long fan of the baseball team, you wear their gear and love to tell the story that you got beat up for wearing a Yankees cap in Brooklyn, you go to their games even after you're out of office, and you claim you're rooting for their biggest rival in the World Series because you're an AL fan? That's the lamest excuse since Sen. Craig went prowling at the Minnesota Airport.

Even if you narrowly escaped the big sleep by a 3-2 vote(which somehow ups your cool factor), you're dead to me, and many, many other Yankee fans. I cut Mitt some slack for changing his views on certain issues, but this? Even if New Hampshire primaries are coming up, this is unforgiveable flip-flopping!!! Oh why do I care? I'm more or less a Democrat.

This is the Part Where I Apologize For Jinxing the Indians

Yes, the Red Sox are going to the Series. Apparently their pitching staff is more resilient than Lazarus. And the Indian's batters are streakier than Nancy Grace's hair.

So that should teach me that making predictions on my blog is a bad idea. But, what are blogs for if not putting down bad ideas. Prediction: Rockies sweep the series (because if they go to game 7, they're sure to lose). Prediction: I'm going to eat my words in a week.

48 hours to Game 1 and the NCLEX. Game on!

In Honor of October

October is home to baseball playoffs and breast cancer awareness. In honor of both, some teenagers in Kansas came up with the best t-shirt in history. Unfortunately, their school banned sales of the shirt because it was too cool (or some other BS reason that had something to do with being uptight).

You can get the full story here, or check out another blog's take on the story here.

Colorado or Cleveland?

These are the hard choices. Both are underdogs (relatively speaking). One has Grady Sizemore, one has an entire infield of some of the most graceful/kickass players in baseball. I know, I know it's premature to assume Cleveland is going to the series, but c'mon, the Red Sox pitching staff couldn't carry them through the Congressional softball leagues at this point, let alone the playoffs (no offense Beckett).

An aside...Is it self-respecting to crush on a player from afar after you find out that he has a groupie fan base that calls themselves "Grady's Ladies"?...

A further note from the major leagues: MLB gameday webcast is much better than ESPNs. Why am I so interested in baseball? Distraction. Up to 5 hr and 14 minutes of study distraction in some cases. There's only one October and there's only one NCLEX.