Baseball Insanity

The phrase "Pitchers and Catchers" brings to mind the start of baseball season. And I like to go a little insane in planning out my great distraction. Some people have drugs. Some people have rock n' roll. Some people have baseball. For the last few years, baseball has been my time-consuming addiction.

Luckily, Sam and I split the Sunday pack for the Phillies a few years ago, right before there was a huge run on them. I mean, now there's a waiting list for them! (can you imagine that a few years ago?) And now that I'm unemployed/self-employed (depending on how you look at it), I'm going even more overboard. Lets just say thats how I deal with damn February, the suckiest month of the year.

So this is what you can look forward to on this blog in the coming months...

Phillies Games I'm going to right now at Citizen's Park in South Philly (Sam's probably going to go to some other ones with his kid):

Sunday April 3rd 1PM Phillies vs. Houston Astros James + Sarah
Tuesday April 5th 7PM Phillies vs New York mets James + Frank Free Phillies T-shirt Night
Mon April 18 7pm Phillies vs Milwaukee Brewers- Dollar Dog Night James + Sam
Sun May 1 1pm Phillies vs New York Mets James + Sam
Sun May 8 1pm Phillies vs Atlanta Braves Mother's Day James + MOM
Tues May 24th 7pm Phillies vs Cincinatti Reds- Roy Oswalt Bobblehead James + Sam
Sun May 22 1pm Phillies vs Texas Rangers Sam + his kid
May 27, or 28, or 29 Phil @ New York Mets James+ Sam
Monday June 6th Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers- Dollar Dog Night James + Sam
Sun June 12 1pm Phillies vs Chicago Cubs- Father's Day Sam, his kid, James and his Dad
July 1st-9th BIG ROADTRIP with Sam and Frank
Sun July 10 1pm Phillies vs Atlanta Braves James + Sam + Frank + BIG PARTY???
Sun July 24 1pm Phillies vs San Diego Padres James + Sam
Thur July 28th 7pm Phillies vs San Francisco Giants- Fireworks Show James + Sam
Sunday July 31st 1PM Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates James + Frank
Saturday August 13th 7pm vs Washington Nationals, Alumni Night (Free Poster of old Phillie)
Sun August 14 1pm Phillies vs Washington Nationals James + Sam
Tues August 16 7pm Phillies vs Arizona Diamondbacks- Placido Polanco Bobblehead James + Sam
Wednesday August 24th 1pm vs New York Mets, Pride of the Phillies (free poster of some phillie who's having a good year)
Mon September 5th 7PM Phillies vs Atlanta Braves= Dollar Dog Night James + Dan
Sun September 18 1pm Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals James + Sam
Monday September 19th 7pm Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals- Dollar Dog Night James + Sam
Thur September 22nd 7pm Phillies vs Washington Nationals Fan Appreciation Night (buncha free shit) James + Sam

Minor League Trips (cheap and a cool trip)
Thur April 14th Reading Phillies vs Akron Aeros Ryan Howard Garden Gnome
Tuesday April 26th Lehigh Valley Ironpigs vs Pawtucket Red Sox- Ryan Sandberg Bobblehead Night
Mon May 16th Lehigh Valley Ironpigs vs Norfolk Tides- Harry Kalas Bobblehead Night
Mon June 20th Reading Phillies vs Portland SeaDogs Cole Hamels Garden Gnome
Mon June 27th Lehigh Valley Ironpigs vs Charlotte Knights- Domonic Brown Bobblehead Night
Thursday July 21st Lakewood(jersey shore) Blueclaws vs Greenville Drive- Domonic Brown Bobblehead Night  (two different minor league bobbleheads of the same player? Yup. The Phillies have big plans for this guy.)
Tuesday August 2nd (my birthday) Reading Phillies vs Harrisburg Senators A talking Owl that says "Choooch" instead of hooting, with a picture of grand under-rated Phillies Catcher Carlos "Chooch" Ruiz
Wednesday August 10th Reading Phillies vs Bowie BaySox "Maddog Ryan Madsen" a dog with setup guy Ryan Madsen's face

July 1st-10th, Sam, me, and another pal Frank are planning a huge baseball roadtrip to Florida and back up to Philly:

1. Fri July 1st 7PM Leave for Atlanta and book down through the night, arrive in morning.
2. Sat July 2nd Baltimore @ Braves 7pm--- Leaving for Tampa that night
3. Sun July 3rd Cardinals vs Rays 1:40; Clearwather Threschers vs Lakeland Flying Tigers 6pm
4. Mon July 4th Gulf Coast Phillies @ Gulf Coast Braves (Kissimee) 12noon; drive to Miami to see Phillies @ Marlins 6PM
5. Tues July 5th chill on beach, 7pm Phillies @ Marlins
6. Wed July 6th drive to Daytona- Tampa Yankees @ Daytona Cubs 12noon;(not far from Daytona) Clearwater @ Brevard County 7pm; drive to Savannah
7. Thur July 7th Greensboro Grasshoppers @ Savannah Sandgnats 7pm
8. Friday July 8th drive to Charleston: Delmarva Shorebirds vs Charleston Riverdogs 7pm
9. Saturday July 9th drive to Richmond: Harrisburg Senators vs Richmond Flying Squirells 7pm; drive to philly
10. Sunday July 10th Braves @ Phillies (BIG GROUP PARTY?)

12 Total Games; 5 Major League, 7 Minor League. 11 Different Stadiums.

Led the nerdery begin.