If you're wondering where I am...
...and missing your inning-by-inning updates this weekend, check out this story from the Associated Press in Las Vegas. The NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Hotel and Casino is offering a six-pound burrito for $19.95 that is free if you can finish it. As an added bonus, diners who polish off the whole thing also get an unlimited roller coaster pass, which creates janitorial possibilities you don't even want to think about.
Okay, I'm not really going to Vegas, but I'll be popping in here a little less frequently today and tomorrow because I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary this weekend with my wonderful wife, who -- coincidentally -- has been married to me for 25 years.
I think you'll agree that anyone who could stay married to me for a quarter century deserves a weekend doing anything she wants regardless of the cost, unless what she wants is a new husband with a better wardrobe.
Maybe, if you're real nice, Jeff Zrebiec will pop in with a news item or two to keep things interesting. I'll be sending in a few things, but I need a couple days off after racing Roch Kubatko back and forth from the Orioles clubhouse all day for two weeks. He's a lot younger than I am, though when he produced his birth certificate many of us were surprised to discover that he was born in Santo Domingo.
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Comments
Happy Anniversary Schmucks.
Posted by: Vince | February 28, 2009 12:46 PM
Pete - Congratulations to you and your wife ! I've been married twice and the combination still wouldn't be 25 yrs . You deserve some time off anyway . That must be pure hell down there in Fla. :)
Posted by: the artist formerly known as jack in hebron | February 28, 2009 2:02 PM
Happy 25th to you and the missus. I just did 20 with wife #2. I'll ride this one till the end, or after the 2nd burrito. What ever comes first.
What color are Roch's highlights THIS year?
Keep up the good stuff and enjoy the weather, ya bastard
Posted by: Bud J | February 28, 2009 2:14 PM
Happy 25th Peter!
Posted by: Roy | February 28, 2009 2:28 PM
Pete,
Congrats! Enjoy the weekend with your wife!
Posted by: Anonymous | February 28, 2009 2:31 PM
Congrats, Schmucker!
Posted by: Nick | February 28, 2009 2:51 PM
Happy Anniversary, Schmuck!!
Hope it is wonderful.
Posted by: Tim L. | February 28, 2009 3:09 PM
Congrats Pete!
Posted by: jj | February 28, 2009 3:10 PM
and a Happy 25th Birthday to your wife, too !!
Posted by: dave | February 28, 2009 3:29 PM
Pete-
Be honest with your blogophiles - would you trade one of your Hawaiian shirts for one of those six pound burritos AND eat the thing shirtless at that restaurant?
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Pete's reply: My memory is hazy, but I believe I've already done that a couple of times.
Posted by: patrick lynch | February 28, 2009 3:38 PM
Pete, Congrats, anyone who can stay with anyone that long must be doing something right!
Matusz stats looked good, but thats paper, how did he look out on the mound...location, speed, command of his pitches, etc
Thanks
Posted by: eddward | February 28, 2009 4:24 PM
I can only imagine what the aftereffects would be after eating a six-pound burrito. It would have to be the biggest gas explosion since the Hindenberg.
Pete, congrats on your 25th. To put it in perspective, the last time the O's won a World Series, you were still a single man. But as they say in Santo Domingo, that was mucho burritos ago.
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Pete's reply: You're right, I got engaged just a couple of weeks before heading east to watch the Orioles beat the Phillies in the '83 World Series.
Posted by: Chris Joseph | February 28, 2009 4:26 PM
Congrats to both!
Posted by: Realist | February 28, 2009 5:06 PM
Congrats on your anniversary. May another 25 and more be in store for you and yours.
Posted by: A Fan with Visions of Grandeur | February 28, 2009 5:16 PM
Peter,
Congrats to you and your bride!
Enjoy the weekend and the weather.
Posted by: John in Conn | February 28, 2009 7:27 PM
Pete,
Wishing you and the very understanding and patient Mrs. Schmuck nothing but the very best on your 25th Anniversary. She must be a saint!
Posted by: Keith Rowe | February 28, 2009 10:06 PM
Congratulations, Schmucks!
Seriously, Happy Anniversary, Peter.
Posted by: john in south bend | February 28, 2009 10:09 PM
NEWS ITEM: As I mentioned earlier to you this week, those solid Hawiian shirts make you look slim.
MY TAKE: On the anniversary night when you take the wife out to dinner, I recommend you wear a solid vs.print shirt and you may get lucky.
Posted by: Mike Lee | March 1, 2009 10:08 AM
glad you were able to skim your cut off of all those signing bonuses Roch signed with the Sun before he left in free agency. That money should come in handy keeping the missus happy for another 25 years. Who says a poor Schmuck never gets lucky? Congrats
Posted by: Lucky Horseshoe | March 1, 2009 10:57 AM
25 years. Which saint is she?
Posted by: Will A | March 1, 2009 11:29 AM
Congrats Schmuck. I guess you deserve a pass for this 1 weekend. Cheers to 25 more!
Posted by: bms | March 1, 2009 12:25 PM
Pete--Happy Anniversary to you and your wife!
Tomorrow, my wife and I celebrate our 18th.
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Pete's reply: I think you need to get her out of the cold and down to South Beach.
Posted by: Barry | March 1, 2009 2:14 PM
Congrats Pete, and hear is hoping for another happy and healthy 25 years!
Posted by: Birdland Todd | March 1, 2009 7:20 PM
25 years, and all your wife gets is spring traing leftovers? Dude.
Posted by: Lesmon | March 7, 2009 2:51 PM