Can I get a… July 7, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Ranting, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Andy Roddick, Baseball, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, military, Random, Ranting, Sports, Work
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Ah, so much has happened since I have last posted. Mostly, I’ve either been busy or lazy, so the writing thing hasn’t happened. So, now, it’s catch-up time. I’m always trying to do this in fun and somewhat interesting ways, so here’s a new one. In line with the Jay-Z and Ja Rule song “Can I get a…”, I’m going to line out some random thoughts. Hold on to your lunchbox…
Ugh June 15, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Indianapolis Indians, Matt Kata, Sports
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First, let me just say that I did not watch Game 7. I am glad that I didn’t. In fact, I haven’t even read a recap of it for it would make me far too sad. That said, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the words (and accent!) of Sean Connery, you were a most worthy adversary…and it was probably well-deserved. But I refuse to go find out. Hell, I’m not even going to find out who won the Conn Smythe – yes I am, wait…well, at least it’s not Sidney.
In good news, the Chicago White Sox have won the last two of their series with the Brewers. The Milwaukee boys have been good on the DL lately, so it’s nice to take a few games here and there. And, while he’s not attractive to me whatsoever, I love A.J. Pierzynski. His attitude problem and my attitude problem are similar…maybe we’re related. Cooler yet, Mark Buehrle smacked his first professional HR. BUT (there’s always one of those), the ChiSox are 4.5 games back from the Tiggers, and 1.5 games behind the Twinkerbells…it’s the middle of June. Shouldn’t we be playing some good ball (consistently) by now?
The Indianapolis Indians are 3.0 games behind the Louisville Bats, but are getting closer to that elusive .500 mark. If they get to that threshold, it will be the first time they’ve had a winning season since I’ve been following them. What an accomplishment! 
Super Hottie Matt Kata is still on the active roster for the Astros, making this Angel quite happy for him. He seems to be getting into the groove, finally climbing out of the batting average cellar and, of course, doing a fine job at defense. I told my crazy friend that we’re going to CIN if he’s still playing with the Astros. As the saying on the Ladies… goes, it’s not stalking if you bought a ticket!
In non-sports things, I had a great weekend with some friends. I was on the lookout for a replacement for El Quattro…there was one who was close, but, alas, it was not to be. The DH and I have a long weekend with other friends coming up, and I am only partially looking forward to the trip. It will be nice to get away, but this trip is with 6 other adults and their 6 children. In one house. And it looks like it might rain all day Sunday. I’ll try to stay positive though: we’re bringing lots of alcohol, and I love all the guys – just not necessarily their wives.
And now, I should go do work. Or take my lunch. Work is totally overrated today anyway.
Hot Guy Pic:
Saw The Hangover on Friday, and this cutie, Bradley Cooper, is awesome in it. (Photo: about.com)
Mindless drivel June 9, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Matt Kata, Other Nifty Blogs, Rich Harden, Sports, Work
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That, my friends, is what I have to work on today. Not that this is much of a change from every other day, but sometimes I do have important projects. Like last week, for example. However, I completed all of those and now I am stuck with the mindless stuff.
Anyway, that gives me more time and incentive to do stuff like blog and research law schools. You know, goof off.
Interesting tidbit before I get to your regular dose of sports and me drooling over hot athletes: I found the Overrated List blog sort of by accident. I thought it was pretty cool that you could submit your own, so I did. Mine went up yesterday. Good site, Andrew.
Back to your anticipated programming: sports!
- I am trying to keep my excitement under wraps for Game 6 tonight between the Wings and Pens. It’s back at Mellon (the Igloo), and the Wings are ahead in the series 3-2 after an awesome Game 5 at the Joe. The DH doesn’t want to watch the game for fear that he’ll jinx it. I’d like to watch it so I can yell at the TV a lot. Part of me wants the Wings to win it just to get it done, but the other part wants it to come back to the D for Game 7 madness…Go Wings!
- I am also trying to stay positive for Matt Kata – the word on the web is that Kaz Matsui will be back with the Astros against the Cubs tonight. The Astros bought Matt’s contract from Round Rock when Matsui went on the DL…I’m hoping only good things for him now that Kaz is back.
- Once again, the former Indy Indian I like to call “Pornstache”, Josh Wilson, was called on to pitch in a Major league game. He didn’t fare as well for the Padres as he did for the Diamondbacks, but…at least he’s playing in the bigs, right?
I should get back to the mindless drivel since I’m supposed to have it done today. Before I go, I leave you with this Hot Guy:
If he were pitching in Houston today, I'd be able to watch for double-hottie pleasure. Instead, he's rehabbing with the AAA Iowa Cubs. Poor fragile thing. (Photo: Getty Images via SI.com)
Quickie post June 4, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Detroit Red Wings, Good Bad Ugly and Funny, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Sports
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Still swamped here in the Cube’o'Doom, so I’m getting in a quickie Good, Bad, Ugly & Funny:
Good: The Wings play again tonight. Last night the DH and I finished our third 8-week circuit at the gym. We go Friday for the new routine.
Bad: I can’t believe the Pirates traded away Nate McLouth. The Wings are playing in PGH again.
Ugly: I’m totally grossed out that the FSB is walking around the office barefoot. Eww.
Funny: Check out the Ladies… theme post today. Being the dirty-minded angel I am, my first thought was “they all have arms I’d like to run my tongue over”. No, seriously. Even Pat Burrell, who I do not find hot in my standard way. I’d run my tongue all over Joe Mauer, but that’s neither her nor there.
Bonus Hot Guy Pic:
No longer to be in a ChiSox uni, Lance was traded to the Mets...
Why does ESPN suck so much? June 3, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Ranting, Sports, hockey.Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Ranting, Sports
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Why do they suck SO FREAKING MUCH that the goddamned Versus channel that I DO NOT GET on my satellite package is showing the Stanley Cup Finals? Why, instead of trying to show some actual sports – or ones people may actually be interested in watching – was I watching Baseball Tonight with the volume off so I could follow the bottom score tracker? Yeah, Baseball Tonight. And then Sportscenter. Whoop-de-freaking-do.
Anyone know where I can stream tomorrow’s game for free on the web? I’m not paying the extra $$ just to have Versus. Or the CBC. If I get the CBC, I’ll have to tear the DH away from watching curling. Seriously. Seriously. I need a link. Anyone?
I think that ESPN has gone the way of MTV. No longer do we actually show what we were built upon (sports or music videos), but we’ll have 9,000 different shows to talk about them. Or the people that play/make them. Or whatever.
The Wings lost to a “desperate” Pens last night at Mellon Arena. How they got away without being called for too many men on the ice for as long as they were out there, I don’t know. I didn’t get to watch, so I can only speculate based on what I get to read in reviews and rehashes today. Damn!
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Tomorrow’s game is also in PGH. I have faith. I have hope. I have pictures of hot hockey players. 
Jonathan Ericsson (Photo: Freep.com)
Three Things June 1, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Curtis Granderson, Detroit, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Sports
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Because I need to get more work done today, I have a brief post of just three things:
- In college, we used to call GM “Generous Motors” for what they would pay our friends that were lucky enough to get co-op jobs there. Now, I guess they should be called “Government Motors”. I think this could be bad, but let’s all hope I’m wrong. I really would like to continue buying GM products.
- The Red Wings are ahead in the Stanley Cup Finals, 2-0. This is good. The series continues tonight in Pittsburgh. Let’s go Wings!
- I love Curtis Granderson. This post on the Big League Stew is why. It is beneficial that he’s pretty hot.
Curtis Granderson (Photo: Freep.com)
Huh. All 3 things are related to Detroit. This was not intentional, but I like it nonetheless.
Flights of fancy May 28, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Random, Sports
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I’ve only seen Scrubs a few times, and I was alwaysstruck with how much alike Zach Braff’scharacter and I are alike. I tend to assign music and funny situations to otherwise routine days. Today, I was thinking that everyone should be able to have a soundtrack to their lives. What an awesome accessory – you go walking onto a room full of people, and depending on your mood and the situation, the appropriate song is playing. Now, some folks do this with their iPods cranked to unbelievable volumes anyway (the guy at the gym the other day was listening to some seriously angry metal and it could be heard clearly from two benches away. Yikes!), but I’m talking about the mysterious narrator and overhead/background music…
Anyway, enough about that. The Red Wings defeated the very desperate Blackhawksin OT last night. This, of course, means that they will be facing the Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals. This worries me a little. I’m pretty sure (as stated yesterday) that the Pens are out for revenge on both the Wings and Marion Hossa.
On the subject of the Wings, I read a comment on a blog (I don’t remember which one – I read a lot of them) saying that the Wings are the Yankees of hockey. I guess I can see that to be true on some levels.
- Both organizations attract big names. I don’t know if the Wings (read: the Ilitchs) are forking out Yankee-sized dough for their stars…I don’t keep up with that part of it.
- Both organizations have been big winners of the course of their existence. The Wings are just a bit more current on the winning bit than the Yanks.
- Both have fans everywhere. Funny thing to me is that Wings fans don’t seem to be as big of assholes as Yankees fans. It also seem that the Wings themselves aren’t as big of assholes as the Yankees. Do the Yankees’ fans have a cool name like the Wing Nuts do?
Let’s see: The White Sox couldn’t finish off the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the sweep. DeWayneWise is working on a rehab assignment in Charlotte. I don’t know if his return would be good or not. Hell, who knows with this team right now? This is about the normal roller-coaster ride with my ChiSox, but it’s getting somewhat nauseating.
Tomorrow’s my 31st birthday. I feel no different from my 29th or 30th, so it’s no biggie. I wonder when that “oh my gawd, i am so old” feeling is going to hit? I had no issues with turning 30. Now I’ll officially be “in my 30s”, and I still am not having that freak-out that some people feel I should. Maybe it’s because I still act like I’m 25?
Yeah, yer mutha! May 27, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, hockey.Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Good Bad Ugly and Funny, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Sports
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I’m feeling quite on the snarky pitch today, so I’ll keep this short. Otherwise, it will become an epic piece on the long laments of a disgruntled human. To spare us all, I think I’ll do a Good, Bad, Ugly, and Funny. I just have to remember to keep the Bad and Ugly to minimalist proportions today!
Good: I only have one more day to work this week, so I can enjoy another long weekend. We have tickets to Saturday night’s Indians game, and I’m looking forward to dinner at Mel’s beforehand.
Bad: I have absolutely no desire to work today. It’s a byproduct of last week’s piss-off on this project I don’t agree with. The Pens beat the ‘Canes.
Ugly: I don’t even want to go to the gym today, but I can’t let myself get into that mode of putting it off for “one more day”. I am not looking forward to another Detroit-Pittsburgh Stanley Cup because those Pens are going to want it way worse this year. That, and they’re going to beat the shit out of Hossa. No good, kids.
Funny: I’m going to have to bust out the Febreze if the guy in the next cube over keeps that up. I think he should NOT eat whatever that was EVER AGAIN!
Hot Guy Pic:
Now playing as a way hotter Captain Kirk than Shatner ever wanted to be, Chris Pine. (Photo: examiner.com)
Wicked good May 13, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Rich Harden, Sports
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There are things about my job that I just love. One of them is the ability to stick it to some people when they need it. I’ll readily admit that it’s an ego thing: I simply adore being right. Fortunately for me and whatever soul I may have left, I can also admit when I’m wrong…it may be grudgingly, but it will happen. The overall effect of this is that I’m having a great day – perhaps the mirror opposite of yesterday.
Things of interest:
- The Red Wings have to play a Game 7 against the Rubber Ducks. I think that this sucks, but have confidence that they can win it. I like Carolina for their series (also to a Game 7) against the Bruins (sorry, SD), and I can’t shake the feeling of the Pens turning it on against the Caps in that final game. I could be wrong. It’s happened before.
- The ChiSox finally won a game! It is about damned time, guys.
- As a follow-up to yesterday’s discussion on Jenks’ message pitch, I’m happy to say that there was a fine but no suspension. I think this one’s officially over, and we can all stop talking about it now.
I will be out of the office until the 19th. I have considered throwing together a few posts to fill in the gaps, but the only days you might miss me (ha!) are tomorrow (Thursday) and Monday, since Fridays I tend to miss posting. We’ll see how it goes. Until we chat again, here’s your Hot Guy Pic:
Super adorable Rich Harden, in pinstripes, of course! (photo: Getty via foxsports.com)
Totally without rational basis May 12, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Brett Favre, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Sports
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I am just raging today. It might be the lack of sleep, the head cold that won’t go away, or the fact that I must interact with people on a regular basis. Life might be better if I were a really wealthy hermit. I will try to keep from screaming at people today. I will be successful if a) the FSB doesn’t say one word in the company meeting today and b) the RFAC doesn’t come near me today. I’m not quite sure why, but she’s trying to be my friend…ugh.
Update: EPIC FAIL on the part of the FSB to keep her blasted mouth shut during the meeting. She asked no less than four questions and had to make “fun” little comments the rest of the time. I also had the misfortune of her sitting behind me.
Okay, sports! Yeah, it’s hard to talk about this without having a bit of the creeping rage curling the edges of the page with its white-hot heat.
- The Brett Favre Saga of 2009 threatens to continue: while Bretty-Brett- Brett says he’s retired and not interested in going to the ViQueens, there’s no official word, and I’ll believe it when I see it. Hell, I’ll probably not believe it then. The ‘Queens’ owner says they’re interested in Favre, and I do believe that. We’ll hear more of this after OTAs and mini-camps are wrapping up – that’s what Brett doesn’t want to have to do.
- At least Bobby Jenks is honest. He might have learned that from his manager. I don’t know how I feel about “message” pitches. One of your guys is recovering from a blast to the hands, you may want a little retaliation. But this just breeds additional problems. However, if I were on the mound and had the kind of control that Jenks does, I’d be a lot more willing to brush a few back just to make sure everyone knew what’s what.
- I read somewhere that baseball “is a marathon, not a sprint”, but it’s hard to climb out of the cellar when you dig it that deep, guys. It’s early, I know.
- The Red Wings have a lead on the series with the Ducks, standing 3-2. The 6th game is tonight in sunny CA. I’m hoping that the lack of depth on the Ducks’ part is wearing them nice and thin. It looks like the winner of this series will go on to play hottie Patrick Sharp and the Chicago Blackhawks. Rafalski may play — Draper will not.
- I love juicy gossip as much as the next person, but what is it about Michael Phelps that the British tabs want to cause a self-destruct? Actually, it doesn’t come as much surprise that an athlete such as he can go a few rounds in the sack…plus, he’s not hot in the face, but, as the DH says: Put a bag on his head.
- He may be a butterface, but who can deny that body? (Photo: Freep.com)
I should probably do some real work today. But, why not make it a bonus type of day and add another hottie to check out? Um, okay!
Yummy Swedish hockey badass... (photo: www.kvp.se)
