Out of hibernation — and ready to ride !!

A few weeks back the word hibernation was one of the vocabulary words my lovely class studied.  We read stories about Bears hibernating and the children thought that was so cool.   Well six year olds can be quite funny, amusing, and smarter than we think at times.   As the children were reading some story about Benny the Bear in pairs, I overheard a bright student talk to his partner about hibernation.  He said “my dad cannot wait until the Sox are out of hibernation” — I walked over to him — gave him a high five and told him how awesome it was for him to use hibernation in that context !!

Fast forward to this past Tuesday,  the children were out of school for spring break and their teacher (ME) deserved a long needed trip to Las Vegas.  After a late night Poker session,  I awoke to find that my boys were LOSING to the Royals (Ughhhh the Royals .. a royal pain in the buttski).  I make my way to the buffet to eat and then go back up to the room to pack as it was my time to leave the beautiful west coast.  I check out and make my way to the airport.  I get a text from my bff (Diamond Darling) who typed to me “Thome is a stud”.  I call her and indeed he won the opening day game for the boys.  I was a happy camper during the plane ride home AND what was even sweeter was that I was sitting two seats away from a Las Vegas resident (going to visit family in the Chi) and he was a Sox fan too !!! 

Wednesday and Thursday were not too pretty as the Royals won the next two games (but not by much ),  The pitching from the boys looked pretty solid BUT WHERE WERE THE BATS ???  It was lookin’ like the 2007 season with the bats cold as ice.  I hope this doesn’t continue and Ozzie/Greg Walker get them guys rollin’.  It will be nice to see Crede back . However, I don’t like him in a Twins uniform. It really would have been nice to see him in a National League uniform , but what can you do ?  I hope he does do well , but not too well — ( I hope that doesn’t sound too evil ) –

I predict that this season will be one heck of a rollercoaster ride. I hope it will feel more like the Raging Bull (smoooth)  at Great America as opposed to the defunct Shock Wave (ear and back pain anyone?) —   I believe there are going to be SEVERAL ups and downs.  I am not too happy about the Wise/Anderson situation.  No offense to Dewayne Wise , but he has been looking pretty scared out there the past few days.  BA is awesome offensively , but when he gets his opportunity , I hope he can swing the bat.  Getz  and Fields looked fairly good and Thornton has been lights out !!

I am so glad the boys are out of hibernation and I am ready to ride !!!

Bring it On !!!

thanks for reading and have a great day —

SL8