The Blog Of An Average Guy

Alex Rodriguez has hit 12 homeruns, with about 30 RBIs, and plus is hitting well over .300... everybody give him credit.  His shutting up his critics.

Deals with your favorites, but some British Invasion is thrown in.

 

 

Favorite band:  The Who

 

Favorite album:  Who's Next

 

Favorite album by other than your favorite band: Houses of the Holy

 

Most Influential Drummer to you: Keith Moon

 

Greatest Riff Creator: Jimmy Page

 

Favorite album by the Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's

 

Favorite album by the Rolling Stones: Some Girls

 

Favorite album by the Kinks: Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

 

Favorite album by the Who: Who's Next

 

Best Bassist: John Entwistle

 

Song that you can hear a million times and never get tired of: Baba O Riley

     After the opening week of the baseball season, I came to one conclusion... it is going to be wierd season.  Why do I think this?  Call it a hunch.  Besides the fact that about four or five games have been cancelled due to snow and that the most unexcpeted are doing fantastic and the superstars are starting to look like players that are worth half of their contracts, I also want to add the fact that almost every team are being plagued by injuries.  The 2007 season sure isn't going to be the 2006 one.

     I'm considerably happy with the way my team (the Yankees) are doing.  My favorite player, Alex Rodriguez, is on fire, and all of you A-Rod haters out there have to give him your respects, because he is showing great balance at the plate and is silencing his critics (aka 85% of Yankee fans out in the world).  Even my best friend, who is a die-hard Mets fan, agrees that Alex is having a calibar MVP-like season.  But remember, it's only the first six games.  Aside from the pitching problems the Yankees have (although our fortunes are turning around thanks to an excellent performance from Carl Pavano Sunday night), our offense is doing good and our bullpen is very nicely built.

      What do the Philadelphia Phillies, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Houston Astros have in common?  They're the team to beat, but the problem is, everybody is beating them!  The Cardinals and Astros will bounce back, I garuntee it (both clubs won Sunday thanks to good pitching performances and some unexpected heroes).  But the Philadelphia Phillies?  What happened to MVP Ryan Howard, or the amazing Chase Utley?  Jimmy Rollins is booting up errors, and even the bullpen is looking like my school baseball team (the bullpen gave up 6 runs Sunday to blow a lead, and they lost the game)!  I am not generally worried, the Phillies always start off slow.  But do me a favor, and stop dubbing them "the team to beat" for a while.

        How about another one, what do Akinori Iwamura and Ichiro have in common?  Two canidates to become the AL batting champs of the year.  Yes, Iwamura, the Pacific native, is batting .500 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and is on fire.  His defense is flawless and his hitting and batting stance are being compared to Ichiro's!  I see a lovely future for this kid, but I just hope it doesn't go to waste (considering he's playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays).

       How many of you were impressed with Daisuke Matsuzaka's performance last Friday?  I was somewhat, but let's remember who his opponeits were (the Kansas City Royals aren't exactly the dream team).  I'm predicting he will be good for his next five or six starts, before hitters start figuring him out, but (don't get mad at me Red Sox fans I have good news) since the Yankees aren't going to have any Cy Young nominees in their rotation, my prediction is that Daisuke Matsuzaka will go 16-6 with a 3.14 ERA, along with 218 strikeouts.  Obvious Cy Young potential there.

 

The next week should be interesting, I can't wait.

I've been waiting all year for this, finally my birthday is here!

Find what what things were being discussed by the bands while they were recording thier famous albums by taking my newest quiz!

 

It's called "Behind the Album", check it out at this link.  Thanks.

 

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Music/Behind-the-Album-252434.html