Sunday, April 02, 2006
Opening up
Hey, the season starts in less than four hours!
I did it in 2004, I did it in 2005, and courtesy of my current lack of employment, I'll be doing it again tomorrow: sitting in front of a TV equipped with DirecTV's free-for-the-first-week MLB Extra Innings package and watching the Opening Day games. As far as I can tell, I won't have the opportunity to watch all 13 games that will be going on; Cardinals at Phillies and D-Backs at Rockies are missing from the DirecTV schedule, although last year I was surprised by one game unexpectedly being available. Also, unlike last year, there are night games scheduled -- including a West Coast night game (Yankees at A's at 7:00 Pacific time) -- so I probably won't make it through the entire day, but I'll try to stick around at least through the conclusion of the Angels-Mariners game, and maybe even until the Marlins-Astros and Giants-Padres games wrap up, especially if all the jeers, boos, and taunts at Petco Park are making Barry Bonds weep openly.
And now, off to the supermarket to purchase the fixings for chili (for tonight) and tacos (for tomorrow night).
I did it in 2004, I did it in 2005, and courtesy of my current lack of employment, I'll be doing it again tomorrow: sitting in front of a TV equipped with DirecTV's free-for-the-first-week MLB Extra Innings package and watching the Opening Day games. As far as I can tell, I won't have the opportunity to watch all 13 games that will be going on; Cardinals at Phillies and D-Backs at Rockies are missing from the DirecTV schedule, although last year I was surprised by one game unexpectedly being available. Also, unlike last year, there are night games scheduled -- including a West Coast night game (Yankees at A's at 7:00 Pacific time) -- so I probably won't make it through the entire day, but I'll try to stick around at least through the conclusion of the Angels-Mariners game, and maybe even until the Marlins-Astros and Giants-Padres games wrap up, especially if all the jeers, boos, and taunts at Petco Park are making Barry Bonds weep openly.
And now, off to the supermarket to purchase the fixings for chili (for tonight) and tacos (for tomorrow night).
Labels: Opening Day
