Ravens: When in Rome...
...you better not do what the Romans do if you're a Ravens fan, because the Romans don't even know the Ravens exist. If you want to monitor the Ravens/Steelers game, not only do you have to stay up until 2:20 a.m. for kickoff, you've also got to buy the NFL.com audio package to listen to Jerry Sandusky and Co. call the game.
I haven't done that yet, because I'm not sure I can stay awake. I've been eating pasta at every meal to maintain my strength, but I'm still fading as the clock gets ready to strike one and I've got to be up for a 7:15 tour of the Vatican City.
I'm right in the middle of my Roman holiday, which included a tour of The Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. It wasn't really called The Coliseum back when the lions played there. It was called the Flavian Amphitheatre, but I guess that was too hard to remember during the dark ages and everybody just started calling it the Coliseum.
Very impressive. I've also spent time in Florence, Siena and Assisi over the past week reliving the Renaissance. Apparently, that Michelangelo fellow had a great deal of time on his hands.
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Thought you meant Jim Rome's house. Say hi to Chrissy Evert for me.
Posted by: eric | December 5, 2010 7:59 PM
Thought you meant Jim Rome's house. Say hi to Chrissy Everet for me.
Posted by: eric | December 5, 2010 7:59 PM
Have a great time Pete!
My spiritual ancestors were food there at the Coliseum.
I guess enough time has passed....
But pass on to the Pope and his minions... payback is Hell
Posted by: smitty | December 5, 2010 8:02 PM
fuck you o's. bring me this kind of excitement!
Posted by: o's suck | December 5, 2010 9:12 PM
Schmuck!
If by chance you see Troy Polamalu in your journeys let the Ravens O-line know. Apparently they have no idea where he is!
Posted by: Dan | December 5, 2010 11:48 PM
BEEN SAYING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR. FLACO WILL NEVER BE MORE THAN SLIGHLY BETTER THAN AVERAGE. ABILITY COMBINED WITH ATTITUTE ACCEPTS FAILURES AND MAYBE THINGS WILL GET BETTER MAYBE NOT WHO KNOWS
Posted by: Anonymous | December 6, 2010 12:15 AM
you need to remove yourself from the Orioles side, you never talk about baseball, just glad the Ravens didn't luck out again!
Posted by: Anonymous | December 6, 2010 1:03 AM
Hey, Schmuck! You should have watched the game live at La Botticella Steelers Bar in Rome. Signor Giovanni Poggi would surely have given you a big welcome! (But being shoulder-to-shoulder with about 50 Steelers fans... I just don't know.)
By the way, one of the signs on the wall at La Botticella is "You Bet Your Sweet A$$ I Hate the Ravens!"
Posted by: JoeB | December 6, 2010 5:23 PM
(I watched Steelers-Miami there a couple weeks or so back.) The 1:00 start was 7pm there. When there's a late game (2:00 am plus Rome time) he just lets everybody in and then closes at quitting time, and as he says it "we party all night long."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09137/970552-66.stm
Posted by: JoeB | December 6, 2010 6:18 PM