With last night's win against Cliff Lee and the Texas Rangers, Chris Tillman and the Orioles have made me so proud because they emerged against guys whose averages are mostly around the .300's. Tillman also gets his first win of the season after a see-saw of bad starts or silent bats. But with an almost no hitter and almost complete game for Tillman, the whole hoopla still surrounded Cliff Lee who has been recently acquired from the Mariners less than 48 hours before game time. With Lee's seemingly "bad" start, commentators (ie: ESPN's Baseball Tonight) still pointed at how Lee's presence in the Rangers clubhouse became a way for the bullpen to have their break. Silly!
But I am not here to bash them some more, I, as an Orioles fan would like to look at another point instead. Chris Tillman and how he manages to spoil the fun for home team fans. If last night's game at the Rangers Ballpark was all about Cliff Lee's start and how I can imagine most fans must be crazy the whole time about this, I look back at Chris Tillman starting during their Sept 11, 2009 game at the Yankees Stadium. It was the night that everyone went to see Derek Jeter break Lou Gehrig's hits record, and lots of fans came their way just to see it. It was all about Jeter that night, and even after a rain delay of about more than an hour, no one retreated and stayed until a final word was out about how the weather should affect the game (I should know, I was there!). After a memorable 1st inning (to us near foul pole coz A.Rod hit his homer and I wished the ball landed on my lap), and after Jeter just hit 2722 on his 2nd at bat, the Orioles supported Tillman's strong innings (though the 4 Yankee runs that night came from his outing) with 7 runs towards the sixth, and 3 more the rest of the night. It felt great! It felt great to be an Orioles fan on the midst of a sea of Yankees fans (I was the only Oriole fan on my section), plus during the 6th inning rally, I watched the game on the lower section nearest to field level (after getting some snacks), and cheered loudly while a burly Yankee guy shouted "who's that cheering?" which freaked me out but I laughed to myself at how brave I was to cheer for them besides being alone (note: there were 6 guys in between me and burly Yankee guy). The game ended at around 1 AM and a WIN for Tillman.
These wins are indeed memorable as we get to cherish how this young team is still a source for enjoyment and hope that the clubhouse will be picking up pieces and soon bring back the magic that should have been there the whole time. How will we know that we've managed to emerge from the slump? Get runs to earn wins to earn standings to earn our time during Baseball Tonight, after that we can all be proud and say, "Y'all just suck it!"
Good luck always Orioles team and fans. May the magic and force be always with y'all.
(Thanks to MLB At Bat Gameday for some recall.)
Links to: O's @ Yankees 091109 and 9/11/09 @ Yankee Stadium
7.11.2010
Chris Tillman
9.09.2009
i dunno who's wrong, maybe it is me
i was trying this flickr to twitter photo posting for dinosaur phones. unlike having the iphone app Twitterfon (that lets u post directly to Twitterpic with a tap of the button), flickr to twitter has steps where u have to send this text message to this number, then follow this step so u can set it up like this. its such a caveman approach really. driving me nuts earlier. so yeah, i tried with a pic in my phone but it ended up here on my blog! well that works too though. i mean if i cannot tweet my sports escapades this weekend, then i guess i have to blog it directly! sounds fun? extra!
7.27.2009
Spring Fling
Spring Fling
I shall start by saying that this is a review of "(500) Days of Summer" and an essay of my life. It’s weird when you realize that a work of fiction, such as a movie, can mirror most details in your life. In my case, how "(500) Days of Summer" made me look at my life, or the way I handle a relationship for that matter, and made me realize how you're just a torn up person living on earth.
To anyone who has seen the movie, I know we'll understand each other. To those who haven't, I am sorry for any spoilers. Good luck in reading this.
I am Summer. I am Summer for the simple fact that everything about her when she was in a relationship with Tom... damn she was awful! And I would think I was awful as well. You wouldn't think that a girl would be as awfully awkward about love and relationship. You wouldn't think that a girl would be afraid of the word love and not be in love with love. But Summer was, and she was afraid to fall in love, and most of all she was afraid to commit. If I watched Katherine Heigl in "The Ugly Truth", I wouldn't relate to her character as much as I got to relate to Summer. I haven't seen the movie (and would still want to watch it), but Katherine Heigl's character for sure is a girl who was all too giggly with being in a relationship with a guy she has so dreamt of having. Summer, on the other hand, had someone who loved her so much from day one, and she let him slip away. She let him get in the illusion of having a girlfriend when all along she was not looking for anything but a guy to be with and do the fun stuff. Or really, I wasn't sure what she was looking for.
Tom, on the other hand, loved to love. She was his sun, moon, and stars. He felt so in love with her that even though she said from the start that she was not ready to get into a serious relationship, he swallowed his pride and went with it. He was so in love that he was maybe hoping he could change her, but in the end, it didn't work that way. Boy meets girl, boy learns to love girl, and girl likes the idea of being liked. But then girl breaks his heart into a million pieces for reasons we don’t know. Really, the movie did not expound on that aspect. As I say, it just happens.
But towards the end, Summer finds a guy that she gets to settle with. As much as it seems brutal for the audience to find out that Tom’s heart has been broken, Summer’s decision made sense… to me at least. She settles down for a guy she met at a coffee shop, who was there at the right place at the right time and maybe asked the right question. She did believe in love and found love, but not with Tom, and he was someone who took the risk of asking her if she was ready to settle down, and to his delight I guess, she was up for the challenge of a new life, of settling down, and sad as it may seem, it wasn’t with Tom.
Not all Summer’s are awful beings. To Summer’s defense, she just didn’t find the right person in Tom. It may not be about the right place at the right time, it might be all about the right person. I am a dude, as so defined in the movie, not ready to commit or anything like that, but like Summer (and a little bit of Tom), once I find that right person, I know he is the one. Relationships are all about risk also, risking to be loved and be loved back, to commit and to share your heart, to settle down and spend the rest of your life together. Ahhh… fairy tales.
7.04.2009
I see you!!!
yes! beneath all the buildings and structures i saw during my visit to the Top Of The World Observation Level in the WTC, Baltimore, this is one that I had to really take a picture of. its good that the zoom on my p/s camera was able to take this, even as grainy as it looks. =)
6.29.2009
Citifield Stadium
this is my second out of state (meaning not Camden Yards) game. Its new, its big, and bigger than the Nationals Stadium. But nothing beats home. i <3 Camden Yards!!! Though that will not stop me from wanting to see games in different stadiums. Next stop? Hopefully Wrigley Field. or maybe Yankee Stadium. or Fenway Park. or... hmmm.....
Mets vs Rays
Watched the NY Mets game last June 19th in Citifield, their new home. Its a huge stadium that had most of their fans way up at this section (or where i was seated). My seat cost $23 (plus convenience fee of $5). Camden Yards Upper Reserve is $15 ($8 for Student Night) and its not too high that u can still clearly see the game.
That Wednesday, since we were seated on left field in Camden Yards, I was only able to see David Wright's back. This time, I was able to see a tiny David Wright, like they were all part of my Lego game.
There were lots of Mets fans (of course). I cannot scout for Rays fans. I'm part of the Mets fans, except I was wearing my Orioles cap. The usher asked me if the O's were still part of the league. I laughed and said, "yes i know. it was just yesterday when we beat you." glad to be a winning Oriole against the Mets that time. During the game, I thought it was going to be fun to cheer for the Mets, but all I felt was that I missed the energy of being in Camden Yards. It felt that O's fans were more loud and were a happy bunch. O's fans can sustain 6 fan waves (or more). Mets fans that night cannot even sustain for 3 sections.
We had to ditch the end of the game. we left at 8th inning. it was a long ride going back to the hotel, so i didnt get to see the winning 5th run that night that happened on this inning. i was happy enough that i saw it. i wouldnt be happy if i waited for all these people to squeeze with me inside the 7 train.
6.28.2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
I was able to go around the Met (not all of it tho), but the most impressive thing on the Met for me is their ceiling. i dunno why.
Toy Tokyo
This store in St. Marks Place is called "Toy Tokyo" but they don't have much Japanese toys. For one, it doesn't have Browser's nendoroids.
Chocolate Marshmallow Melt Crepe
its too sinful!!! but it was really good.
(from Max Brenner's at 9th St, NYC)
Coz I'm craving for frap
i ordered light caramel frap but ended up being disappointed. it didnt have any hint of coffee on its taste.
4.03.2009
My Pan De Sal
my wishes were fulfilled by having my own pan de sal on my saucer this morning. pair with butter, and nothing could go wrong. i drank coffee too. it was simply amazing having a good breakfast.
though this is not what im blogging about.
beneath my sheer joy to eating pan de sal, i received a message from my friend. i hope you can all help me in sending prayers as he goes for his surgery today. the past two months has been a lot of doctor's visit for him. between an appendectomy, ablation, and now this irregular heartbeat problem that he has. i hope and know things will be fine, and i do hope that his next doctor's visit will tell him that he is fine as ever could be. wishes, luck, love, and prayers Magic!
3.12.2009
Superman For Tomorrow
a visit to the bookstore usually makes me lift up the latest edition of Superman/Batman. however, the last couple of times that i was in the bookstore, it was the same edition that they have, the one that i tried to read but cannot read because that was Part 2 of 2 of their mini-saga where Batman goes nuts. so i didnt want to continue reading that.
i went to the racks and found 52, which was what the comic book club of the bookstore will be discussing next on their meeting. i lifted it up but was afraid to look inside. it looked nice, and nice means i want to buy it. i wasnt ready to buy anything tonight (except that cup of coffee). then i looked some more and found Superman/Batman books, and looked away fearing that it will make me do an indiscriminate purchase (yes! i do love that series that much). so looked a couple of books and found this: Superman For Tomorrow. two volumes. i looked inside and that was enough to intrigue me.
so for the next 50 minutes i was able to finish Volume 1 and was 75% done with Volume 2. my assessment so far: this is nuts! it drove me crazy. its either the speed reading technique or the lack of time for me to understand carefully (because i just wanted to like finish the books), but the story drove me nuts. I mean, i got the whole story, but it kindda was in a way that you wouldnt want to appear on the panels of your comic book. it wouldve passed to see the images as a cartoon or a movie, but as a comic book, with that lack of back story, it will drive you nuts.
so when i got myself settled at home (after lots of minutes spent for other things), i googled the comic book and found myself looking at wikipedia for some insight. it was telling me the same thing that i was thinking. so maybe, i just thought that i didnt understand it. i just needed a validation that i understood it, and thats what the site gave me. while i read through it more, i wanted to know some more, and thats what i'll be doing next.
after all these: realized that it was interesting.
1.01.2009
Welcome!
http://flickr.com/photos/margeeboo/sets/72157612004815083/
when i took this picture, all i was thinking is how i fancy this. after untangling all the balloons that were strewn together in knots, i was enamored into the feeling of passing through these balloon strings from the living room going to the walkway. it was like being a little kid, like there will be a surprise after passing through it. then i remembered my old room where i had beaded curtains (pink, i should note) that glowed in the dark and gives me giggles every time i passed through it. it also was annoying at times especially when you have your stuff and it just gets caught on it. but still, i fancy it.
i didnt mean to write a new year message, but right now im ending up doing so. the balloon strings have added color to my usual walk to the room. it made me think that like the passing of the year, though things may not seem different from yesterday, there will always be that phase in time where things are unique, where there will be some color added to the white facade, when there's a different hue that comes out from the gray surface. and when you see it, it feels wonderful and magical.
i just watched Dan In Real Life. i think the kick to write these words down flicked more after getting sucked into watching it. it was a nice movie. i liked it for its comedy and the lessons it was trying to give to us, but most importantly i liked it because of its words that leaves me thinking about life more.
(On lighthouses) "because they help when its dark out. they help keep boats safe, and keep us from crashing into the rocks. coz when youre out there, and you're being tossed back and forth by those big dark waves and you think that you'll never feel land again and that you can just split into a million pieces, sink down, all the way down, deep. its the light that keeps us on course. its the light." --- Dan Burns (Steve Carell) "Dan In Real Life" (2007)
10.12.2008
10.03.2008
my new DLSU jacket
yay! i was so excited when i opened the bag and this is what i got. yay! im so happy! i love love love it!
9.27.2008
A Hero or a Villain?
is he going to jump from that ledge? is he going to smash a bad guy? is he here to just say "hi!"?
