Well Well Well

We have arrived here at October 21, 2009 and while I have only been waiting and anticipating this moment for what feels like forever my twenty-first birthday is only 2 weeks away. Now usually people count down their 21st birthday for the chance to go to a bar and order a drink, but I however have been waiting for this moment because now I get the chance to fulfill my passion to go to Vegas and just go nuts, as I have always wanted to do. So Vegas, see ya in two weeks!

Wing Man out!

OAUTA

So I am walking around the lovely UTA campus on a nice fall day, that warmed up surprisingly, I couldn't help but notice something that didn't look quite right. Even though I was engaged in a heated controversy on the telephone with a bro who was a little confused, I managed to see and observe this trend that had been catching on with the students at UTA. Now I have been hearing all of the students at UTA talk about this event and how they enjoyed it and would try to push others to do it with them. You know all of the stereotypes that are associated with UTA, and if you dont just ask someone who has attended, but the stereotype is the group that I saw out there, with a couple of additions from curious white girls. I am not one who looks down upon this event and I shall not judge these gentlemen (and a few ladies) but the fact that they were doing this in the middle of this lovely campus, next to Central Library for all of the UTA students, on a Wednesday at noon baffled me. I was so distraught that I had to stop and look and ask a friend, who i was on the phone with, if I was seeing what I was actually seeing. (and as usual was little help) After I managed the strength to not go over and ask them why they were doing this here and now I thought to myself, Only At UTA.
(OAUTA)

Wingman OUT!

WWYMT?

What I want to know is where the hell did people's manners go when they are out and about with other people. Some of these people are walking around oblivious to the others around them and just trying to get somewhere. I will be conducting experiments for the next couple of months and keeping them in here to share with all of my devoted followers. I will be observing others behaviors and commenting on my thoughts so that you can avoid these, and who knows maybe we make this a better place.
I want to start with elevator behavior. When you are going to get on an elevator the rule is to wait for those to get off first, then you board the elevator. You don't stand by the door frantically waiting for the doors to open like a little kid who has never ridden one before, but you are patient. The elevator is not going to just open, let the people out, and then say nevermind and just go back up. So be patient, wait for others to get off, and hey maybe give them a nod or a nice, "Hello, how are you?"
What Would Your Mother Think?
(WWYMT?)

Wingman Out!

Playoffs

Oh how everything that I have said has gone against me and that if I would only have known that the cardinals would not bring their bats to any of the games to help out their stout pitching. Or how Matt Holliday would embarras me with a play that would resemble a left-fielder that I used to play with, who has been mentioned in past blogs. For my cardinals who were going to represent me and be the blessings that they are and defeat the Yankees have vanished into thin air like the Nationals on *Opening Day. So I push forward like the silly cowboys who seem to think that their win, which the should have lost about 4 different ways but granted they did still win, I change my focus to a team of the past and only have to say one word, ROCKTOBER! So lets go Rockies for I hate the Phillies with a passion, you have a new manager and a new left-fielder (thank god) but I still see that passion that you had when you won 20-21 to get the World Series only to lose to the Red Sox in 4, but this year is different you will make it back, but this time will triumph.

Also I hate to say this but Go Angels!

*I am starting right now to push that Opening Day in Major League Baseball become a holiday, and I dont mean a fake holliday (like matt), I mean if Christopher Columbus gets a holiday then why cant something that is more American get one? Columbus didnt even win the race to the promised land, baseball did.

Wingman out!

The Hit

For it is not the degree to which I roped the baseball down the line but that I hit it after countless years of hearing that I, Wing Expert, would never get a hit off of this unhittable pitching machine that isn’t afraid to throw at J-Long in batting practice, even with the coach standing behind. (BTW J-Long started crying I think, and he didn’t even get hit). But I digress, so the fact that I was facing this pitcher and had fallen behind after taking some mammoth sized hacks at the first two pitches I managed to work the count back to even at 2-2. I then looked up at the pitcher, since he is on a mound and throwing down to me, (doesn’t seem fair right?) I then stepped into the box and awaited the punch out pitch I knew that he would throw, you see he has a sign that he gives away when he throws this pitch, he gave me a chuckle as if he thought that I was already out. The pitch came and I gripped my bat with a deadly interlocking grip and thrust my weight back then pushed forward in a gingerly sweep through the baseball making clean contact and roping the ball so hard that it turned into a white blur and the left fielder who I agree couldn’t change from a H&S of anchor 1 to a three shot then cut to a pic all in a swoop while on the air. But do you blame this young man who has been put into a position that he should never had been in?
You just simply marvel at the batter who overcame adversity to triumph and achieve second base….

Wingman Out!

Pitching

So I heard a tip from a close friend that I would receive a telephone call about teaching someone how to pitch. (Ok the tip was from my dad but you get the point.) I will be receiving a phone call from a friend of my dad and he will ask me to bestow my wisdom upon son on the art of pitching. I know what you are thinking if you know anything about my pitching, you are asking yourself why anybody in their right mind would pick me a random fill pitcher, meaning I pitch when everyone else has or the game is basically over and the coach needs someone that can come in and eat up some innings. But after I have had a night to think about this I have realized that I could actually be a pretty good pitching teacher. For those of you who haven’t seen me pitch I will tell you that I do not throw that hard, upper 70’s sometimes low 80’s, with a slightly average curve ball and a change up a that I have little faith in most of the time. But if you think about it then I have had to outthink hitters while sneaking pitches by them and use my scheme and mechanics to be able to get hitters out. I don’t have a 95 mph fastball that I can just hum by hitters or a deuce that will buckle the knees or even for a fellow teammate that had a changeup that at times with his fastball is a lethal combination, even though I roped one of those changeups for a double down the line. So realizing that I don’t have as much god given talent as most people pitching I found a way of working through all of these hurdles and being a pretty successful pitcher throughout 5A high school baseball, and to be honest I think that if I had gone on to play in Missouri then I think that I could have pitched in NAIA level. So here’s to maybe the start of something special, I will help this kid all that I can and hopefully he has a little speed in his fastball or a knee breaking curveball and with my little guidance will go on to be one of the pitchers that I am announcing into the game.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Well it is here everyone and I know that you are probably not as excited about it as I am but October has arrived. Yes I think that October is the most wonderful time of the year, what are you going say about that? But here is what I have to say on why it is the most wonderful time of the year. You see with October you get the seasons changing but not to a point where it is too cold, but also not too hot. The leaves change colors, but who really cares right? I mean yea it looks good and all but really. Also with October comes the countdown to the last three months of the year, which all end with a holiday. The two final holidays give you time off of work. New seasons start up for television shows, HIMYM, and they usually always rock. (HIMYM) NHL hockey is starting up, and NFL football is starting to hit it's stride. Baseball is getting more fun, with playoff races and who will fill the fabled wild card role. Then after the races comes the best part, the playoffs, capped off with the World Series. (Cardinals beating the Yankees in 6) But the most important part of is the start of SEC conference play football, where defenses show up to dominate and offenses run and run and run and then usually punt. (except BAMA we run until we get to the endzone) But this is by far my favorite type of football to be played, yes I like to see the defensive struggle, where you win a game 13-10 (2006 Cotton Bowl) or when you win 6-3 (Bama over Tenn 2005). Dont get me wrong I also like to see a high scoring game as well, tune in October 17 to see OU dominate UT. So dont get me wrong I enjoy watching the high scoring NFL type games but if you can give me a defensive SEC power running struggle, I would watch it everday, and twice on Sunday.

Wing Man Out