Baseball stats in everyday life
Last night, as I was sitting in the front passenger seat of a cab (with three friends in the back), I suddenly found myself thinking of Lou Gehrig. Here's why:
I started wondering if other people do the same thing--that is, immediately associate everyday numbers with baseball stats. (Gehrig, for those who might be new to baseball, famously played in 2,130 consecutive games.)
By the way, the destination at the end of the cab ride was the wedding of my friends George Davies (a big baseball fan who can hold his own at Arkanoid and is ever better at Galaga) and Amy Levine (who's been known to break the 400-point barrier in Scrabble from time to time).
Here are two pics from the wedding. The first is me on the dance floor...
...and the second is a collage of the incredible four-course meal. (What's with me and food? I might need to come back as a food critic in my next life.) Starting on the top left and then going clockwise, we have a) cheese/spinach ravioli with raisins, dried cranberries, and pine nuts in cream and tomato sauce, b) a mixed greens salad with walnuts, blue cheese, and a slice of orange, c) Chilean sea bass (and a bonus piece of slightly undercooked filet mignon from a friend) with asparagus, carrots, and garlic-roasted potatoes, and d) wedding cake with a chocolate-covered strawberry:
Can anyone recommend a good/cheap treadmill?
I started wondering if other people do the same thing--that is, immediately associate everyday numbers with baseball stats. (Gehrig, for those who might be new to baseball, famously played in 2,130 consecutive games.)
By the way, the destination at the end of the cab ride was the wedding of my friends George Davies (a big baseball fan who can hold his own at Arkanoid and is ever better at Galaga) and Amy Levine (who's been known to break the 400-point barrier in Scrabble from time to time).
Here are two pics from the wedding. The first is me on the dance floor...
...and the second is a collage of the incredible four-course meal. (What's with me and food? I might need to come back as a food critic in my next life.) Starting on the top left and then going clockwise, we have a) cheese/spinach ravioli with raisins, dried cranberries, and pine nuts in cream and tomato sauce, b) a mixed greens salad with walnuts, blue cheese, and a slice of orange, c) Chilean sea bass (and a bonus piece of slightly undercooked filet mignon from a friend) with asparagus, carrots, and garlic-roasted potatoes, and d) wedding cake with a chocolate-covered strawberry:
Can anyone recommend a good/cheap treadmill?
this is puck, and i remember my locker combo w/ the numbers of baseball players, so its kinda the same
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OMG! That is the same way I remember my locker combo! And I also spent an entire orchestra rehearsal connecting baseball to random words my friends blurted out. It was a lot of fun.
-Ellie
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I find myself looking at the clock and whenever I see 703 I think of my old bus. When do you think you'll break the 4000 mark?? Are you going to try and snag it at any particular stadium or do you want it to be at one you've always loved to go to. If your coming to either Baltimore or DC around the 4000 mark let me know, because I would like to be there to witness it.
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When I see 4192 I always think of the Hit King himself Pete Rose, also happens alot with the number 14.
I also think of other former Reds players when I see their uniform numbers.
Zack,
Was the meal as good as it looks in the pictures?
See-ya,
Anthony
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that's some good eatin zack! when i see numbers, i think of nba players.
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very very interesting of you to post that...i never thought of that until now...I'm not big on baseball history / on former players. I guess i'm only interested in baseball is because of the red sox. even though i don't know all of their famous former players, like Carl Yaz, i've heard of em, but i dont know WHY they're well-known, y'know what i'm saying.
can't wait Until baseball (spring training) season comes back!
your friend, Gin
p.s. you look more...mature with the lil goatee on :)
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& I had a free treadmill in my shed, but I just gave it away to some tazamian family
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i see you are getting some looks on the dance floor huh?
howie
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is there anyway you could post a video of you playing cube field? i cant beat the white level with the black boxes
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twinslove
that level is so easy, i got past that and the next level is pink.
and zack, i have a good treadmill and its free. the sidewalk
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if anyone really wants a high score on cubefield, there is a glitch. just hold down the right arrow key, and you curson should avoid all the blocks. my highscore is over 15 million w/ this method, and theoretically, you could go on forever like that
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Zack, maybe you should try this out?
http://www.dogjogger.co.uk/images/new_small_dog_treadmill_photos_08-11-07_008.jpg
http://yankeestoday.mlblogs.com/
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My whole life, when it's 5:11, I always think of Cy Young. Sometimes if someone asks me what time it is, and it's 5:11, I just say "Cy." Kind of a test. That no one ever passes. Also, if you grew up with the Sox in the 80s like I did, you know what 7:17 means, and you probably think of Wade Boggs to this day whenever you see it. (Even though you might not want to think of that traitor.) Same thing with 2004, 1918, etc. (Hey, maybe I should start using Army time so I can see 2004 more often...)
I also tried the locker combo thing back in senior year of HS ('92-'93). I'd say Geddy Joe Yaz. Rich Gedman, Joe Namath, Carl Yastrzemski = 10, 12, 8. However, with the rare combo of three one-syllable numbers, it turned out to be easier to just say 10-12-8.
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i really only use the combo thing when school first starts and i need to learn it. once i have it memorized it dont really need to use the trick anymore
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goislanders... my high score is in the 700,000s i cant remember if thats the white level or pink level
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Don't worry...you don't need a treadmill! Clif is naughty. I just wish we still had Nady when I see 22....
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Xavier Nady is still one of my favorite players and 22 is one of my lucky numbers because of him. I just hate the fact he plays for the OTHER New York team.
-Ellie
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Hey, Zack. Here'a a number: 57... Francisco Rodriguez used to wear that for the Angels... now it seems he's a Met (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8919700/K-Rod-will-have-to-step-up-his-game-in-the-NL-East). Your thoughts? What number is he gonna take, will this help the Mets as much as they're hoping?
~Matt
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N.Y.C.C. Yankees land Sabathia http://www.nypost.com/
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Big names to NYC => attendance up. Sorry Zack.
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PUCK COLLECTOR-
I also do that with the lock I currently have on my Arkanoid machine.
ELLIE-
Sounds like fun.
THOMASB-
I might do it as early as May 2009, or as late as September 2009, but I'm almost positive I'll snag No. 4,000 next year. I'd love to do it in Baltimore, but that might be beyond my control. Just keep checking out the blog to find out where it should be happening. You know I'll be posting about it here.
ANTHONY-
The meal was sooooo good, so if it looks that way, then I did my job as a photographer.
RICKYMCENTIRE-
I don't think of NBA numbers too much...mainly just guys' heights.
GIN-
Yeah, it's my off-season look...this year at least.
HOWIE-
Watch out ladies...
TWINSLOVE-
Ugh. You're not really gonna make me do that, are you? (As for attendance in NYC next year, both stadiums are already gonna be sold out every game, with or without big free agent acquisitions, so whatev.)
GOISLANDERS4-
Okay, WiseGuy. I happen to enjoy watching movies while I work out, thank you.
JOBAJR26-
Ummm...
:-)
JERE80-
I like it. (Maybe people think you're saying "sigh" to indicate you're exasperated because they don't have a watch.)
GAILQUACK-
I was never a Nady fan, but I respect your Nadyism.
MATT-
No clue about his number, but wow, that should be good for the Mets. I don't think he's that dominant, though, and since pessimism is a requirement for all people who root for the team, I'll just say that he's probably going to blow out his arm in the next few years and melt down emotionally from all the booing that will inevitably rain down upon him once he starts blowing saves...which he will...because he's human...which sports fan in New York City (especially the Bronx) never seem to understand about any athlete who fails to live up to their idiotic notions about perfectionism.
YANKEES5221-
Oy.
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hay zack your having too much fun during the off season. your suppose to be depressed like all the rest of us. and one more thing, you still dont look tough.
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Zack, Francisco Rodriguez got introduced to the NY media today... did you see? He picked 75--the ol' "invert my old number" strategy. Ha!
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