Taking a guilt trip instead
You know I'm going to catch it for this. Roch Kubatko is sick as a dog and he's in Jupiter blogging today's game against the Florida Marlins. Brian Roberts is under the weather and is not in the starting lineup again. I feel great and I'm taking the day off.
I haven't felt this guilty since...well...last night when I ravaged my eighth giant cookie sundae of the spring at the Fort Lauderdale Champps to get over the Memphis loss. I'm a big Tigers and John Calipari fan, and have been since I picked Memphis this year to win it all in my NCAA bracket. Probably wouldn't have been that big a deal if I hadn't already had a slice of chocolate cake with dinner.
Quick disclaimer: The Sun ethics policy does not allow us to participate in sports pools that include a financial payout -- or vote for the Hall of Fame, for that matter -- so I basically lost my will to live a long time ago. But I still fill out brackets and try to show how smart I am. And the great thing about gambling mentally is that the only thing you can lose is your mind.
Another quick disclaimer: Since the Champps internet menu did not include a photo of the aforementioned "Cookie Espress," the accompanying photo is of the skillet cookie sundae from Tony Romas, which is similar and also quite delicious.
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Comments
Didn't want to tire yourself out approving comments from yesterday?
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Pete's reply: That sarcastic tone is what keeps me going...to the beach.
Posted by: Jeff V. | March 27, 2009 12:33 PM
With that diet, how do you keep from looking like Tony Gwynn?
A word on Hayden Penn: in three years nobody will remember him. If he's lost on waivers, no biggie. The fact that he was once the O's top pitching prospect says less about him than it does about how their farm system looked at the time.
Posted by: section 34 | March 27, 2009 12:37 PM
That cookie looks awesome!
Posted by: matt | March 27, 2009 1:11 PM
Who says your taking the day off?!! All this blogging about dessert and depression. Truly contributing to the well being of society!
Posted by: Tim | March 27, 2009 1:12 PM
I can understand the Sun banning its employees from accepting gifts from sports teams for obvious reasons, but how in the hell can they ban you from voting for the Hall of Fame? Wouldn't that add credibility to their own product? (Every time I hear some baseball writer on the radio they make a big deal about how he has a hall of fame vote.) Secondly, wouldn't it attract better reporters? In other words, I can't see who would relinquish their hall vote just to have the priviledge of covering the Orioles. Can you elaborate on the wisdom of that policy?
I gotta tell you (realizing it may keep my response from being posted) I really don't get the reasoning behind many decisions made down there on Calvert Street.
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Pete's reply: No problem. This is a philosophical question that has been argued back and forth for years. The paper made a decision on this and now it's way above my pay grade. The reasoning is that newspapers should be reporting the news, not helping to make the news, which is what happens when we participate in the Hall of Fame election.
Posted by: Bernie | March 27, 2009 1:27 PM
So Pete has there ever been a vote where a guy missed by a small percentage and you thought "wow I would have voted for him and gotten him over the hump"? Also the voting isn't released so you aren't making the news unless you go out on ESPN and declare how you voted!! I know...higher pay grade, etc!!
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Pete's reply: I don't remember anybody coming so close that a vote or two would have made a difference.
Posted by: Tim | March 27, 2009 3:27 PM