Congratulations to Roger for getting married – what is he doing for his honeymoon? I already mentioned it, but I think Roger has made a great choice and a huge accomplishment in marrying a doctor. Now he can slack off and play videogames for the rest of his life and still live comfortably.
I saw the highlights of the U.S.-England soccer game. The goal England scored was a defensive breakdown by the U.S. for sure. But of course the most talked about play is the English goalkeeper’s tragic misplay. I’ve played lots of goal, and a mistake like that is heartbreaking – I can’t even imagine what it must feel like to do it during the World Cup. His confidence is probably totally shattered. I guess before the game there was some surprise that England had chosen to start that goalkeeper – I don’t think they’ll use him again but who knows. The U.S. had another great chance, with a deflected shot bouncing off the post later. All in all, this tie for the U.S. was just as good as a victory for a few reasons. First of all, whenever a soccer game ends in a tie, the team who scored last feels like they won. Also, England was expected to win, and since this was the hardest game of the group for the U.S. they now have a very good chance to make it out of the group into the next round. A lot of people, especially Americans, complain about how soccer games often end in ties, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with ties.
Kohanski, the derby is now only approximately 2.5 months away and you have not joined a team or expressed your input on the event format. If you’re having different thoughts from what we already discussed, we really need to get your input soon so we can implement any changes while still allowing the participants adequate time to prepare.
There may only be one more blog post from Iraq, or this could even be the last one. Then I’ll be heading to Kuwait for a brief while, and on to Fort Dix with hopefully as few airports in between as possible. I should have my phone back on, with calling and texting ability, within a week.
June 13th, 2010 - 06:22
Rob,
I know you played and most people here are big into all sports and all that, but I am sorry, I still don’t care about soccer. Its just unAmerican. A tie? Didn’t you see the speech George C Scott gives in Patton? Americans like to win. Probably why we don’t whole understand hockey either.
Sounds good that you are on your way back. Good luck and see you around when you get in the States.
June 13th, 2010 - 08:51
Yeah !!
June 13th, 2010 - 09:46
That’s good news!
June 13th, 2010 - 17:13
SEE YOU SOON, ROBERT!
June 14th, 2010 - 08:07
Have a safe flight and tell Green Beans to keep it nice and cold inside for me when I come.
June 14th, 2010 - 10:14
Malone, your newly updated trading block is very impressive, in a completely unappealing, terrible kind of way.
June 14th, 2010 - 17:11
Is Volquez available?
June 14th, 2010 - 18:06
Perrotti, clearly you did not check out my trading block. But yeah Rob, I was kinda trying to be humorous with my choices. I actually chuckled to myself while putting my list of players together. Although Wieters and Santana are actually on the block since I don’t need both. I’m surprised no one wanted Santana since he was hyped up almost as much as Stanton if not more and he’s at a far shallower position. Considering Wieters has sucked lately I had to give him a shot. Apparently Roger wanted him too, but he’ll have to offer me a trade. He already got his wedding present.
Kohanski seriously needs to post some derby feedback. Legitimate. Derby. Feedback.
I am proud to announce that I am the 2nd place finisher in TicketNetwork’s latest Biggest Loser competition. I dropped 6.8% of my weight and made $34 from it. How only 1 person lost a higher percentage than me, I have no idea. Especially since I did not go to the gym any more than usual, and if anything went less over the 10 weeks. Not to mention that I was on vacation and had a couple holidays and my sister’s wedding to pig out over. But I mainly just ate healthier and smaller portions and somehow I was able to lose about 10-12 pounds and keep it off. I’d like to say it was the Drive-thru diet that helped me out, but I did stay away from the Taco Bell.
Rob hurry home, we need to play some tichu.
June 14th, 2010 - 22:43
Oh, and I thought it was humorous that Perrotti had Posada benches for his back to back grand slams on consecutive days.
June 15th, 2010 - 10:56
Hey, Rob – Happy “Closing Day”! By the time you receive this note, you’ll probably be a Happy Home-Owner! It is wonderful that everything is falling into place for you.
May your trip home be without incident.
You are always in our thoughts and prayers.
Love, Aunt Penny