21. May 2008 by WATSON.

Ya’ll been watching the Detroit Red Wings dominate lately? It’s a pretty site, that’s for sure. 2008 may very well end up being another title year for Hockeytown. Hats off to the Campbell Bowl winners (NHL Western Conference Champs) and best of luck in the Stanley Cup Finals starting this Saturday.

The Detroit Pistons unfortunately lost Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals last night to the Boston Celtics. I would say we played well, other than in the 3rd quarter. Hopefully we can steal a win in Game 2 and bring it back home tied up 1-1. Worst case scenario would be to lose Game 2 and have to desperately defend home court with a 2-game disadvantage. It’s O.K. though. We have a veteran ball club, they have been in positions like this before. Nothing to worry about. Gotta come out with some major intensity in Game 2.

Who likes metal? I sure do. Who wants to bring back some thrash metal with me? Let me know. RAWRR! FUCK YEA!

So the Michigan Vendors Association stopped by my office earlier today, and dropped off a HUGE complimentary box of candy. I’ve eaten 3 bags of Skittles and my stomach is hurting, but they are so fucking good! Thanks MVA!

I bet no one reads this, so FUCK YOU BITCHES!

-PREACE-

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6. May 2008 by WATSON.

Pistons hold off Magic, go up 2-0 as series shifts to Orlando

I feel like the ‘Stones are playing how they should be again. No more early round lolly-gagging. No more 4th quarter let-downs. No more Rasheed Wallace losing concentration. No more losing games they should win.

If you happened to catch game two last night versus the Magic, you’re probably as excited as I am about the NBA playoffs, and in particular, the ‘Stones making a run to the finals.

Chauncey Billups had an outstanding game, putting up 28 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. Billups was a perfect 10-10 from the free-throw line, proving once again he is our leader and clutch player when it matters. If you saw the 3-pointer Billups made at the end of the 3rd quarter, yes, it probably didn’t count. But, Detroit won the game by 7 points, so take away that 3-pointer and they still win. Tough call for the refs. If you didn’t see it, this is what happened:

Billups officially made the shot with 0.5 seconds left in the third after the clock froze at 4.8 seconds.

The possession started with 5.1 seconds as Billups dribbled in the back-court and it appeared to take 5.2 seconds using replays the officials weren’t allowed to use during a delay lasting several minutes. The shot put Detroit ahead 78-76.

Regardless, big win for the ‘Stones, big game for Chauncey, and the momentum is in Detroit’s favor heading down to Orlando for game 3.

My predictions are a split in Orlando, with Detroit winning game 5 back at home, ending the series at 4-1. A series win here will effectively put the ‘Stones in the Eastern Conference Finals for a 6th consecutive year. (quite the feat)

Who would we want to play? Boston? Cleveland? That’s a tough one. Cleveland stomped us last year in the East Finals, mostly due to Lebron James’ domination, power, and competitiveness. Boston has the trifecta in dominant players — Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and of course, Kevin Garnett. The only thing the Celtics lack is playoff experience in recent years, which became very evident when the 8th-seeded Atlanta Hawks took them to a game 7.

This is my question for you: who would you rather see the Detroit Pistons play in the East Finals? Boston or Cleveland?

-PREACES-

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21. April 2008 by WATSON.

I want the new category to be called ‘CRUNK’. It is truly amazing that I can keep on one-upping myself on crazy/bizarre nights. I recommend reading this one, caz I guarantee this hasn’t happened to any of you before…if it did, please reply…

Started off on the golf course, Groesbeck in Lansing. I played great! Shot a 43 (par 36) on the back 9 with 1 birdie. I’m so surprised that my driving has been good and my putting has been great. I’ve never started off a season with my swing feeling this well. Golf started at 6:00PM, so that means the drinking started at 6:10PM. I probably put down a sixer in about 3 hours of golf (we played twilight, which means you pay a certain rate — $9 at this one — and you get as many holes in as you can before it gets dark). We got in 14 holes.

Head home and decide to do some shots of Jager with Parr before we go out for the night. Fucking gross. I don’t mind Jager-Bombs, but straight shots of Jager just kills me. I don’t even know whose Jager it was. Sanchez? Dear? Oh well, it’s gone now if someone claims it.

Head out to Michigan Ave. just past downtown. We (me, Parr, Ben & Steph) go to Moriarty’s Pub first, which had a cool live funk-band playing. The bar sucked, so we left after one drink. Right next door is Stobers Cocktail Lounge. This is where the story gets interesting…

Stobers is awesome. Long, narrow bar. Raised seating. Cool atmosphere. They’ve got pinball machines, shuffleboard, darts, cool music. The bar is amazing, the back wall behind it is all these wood carvings of like dragons and wizards and shit. It’s like, this huge wood carving that was apparently shipped from like Scotland or England. Never seen anything like it before.

I opened a tab and got us some pitchers of Killian’s and Miller Light (of course Watson was drinking the Killian’s). We just chilled for a while drinking some booze, and I’m just hammered now. Going on almost 8 hours of drinking. I was watching some shuffleboard, and before you know it, LAST CALL! So we get one last pitcher, and I go to close my tab while the others wait in the booth. Went something like this:

WATSON (standing at bar): “I’d like to close my tab. Name’s Watson.”

BARTENDER (female, red hair, mid 30s): “What’d you say?” (with a confused look)

WATSON: “I want to close the tab under Watson.”

BARTENDER: “Oh no…”

WATSON: “Huh?”

Turns out, some dude got MY tab, signed MY name, and left with MY card. WTF?

Immediately, I feel my Irish blood rushing to my head, and the potential vulgarities reaching the tip of my tongue…SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY?!

Bartender tells me to calm down, they are sending the bouncers down the street to find the douche-bag (she didn’t actually say douche-bag, but that’s all I could think of when hearing about this guy…I mean douche-bag) and bring my card back. I sit on one of the stools, put my feet up on the bar, and I’m like, “Well, you’d better call the cops ma’am, caz this is not a good situation.”

Cops are called. Parr comes up to me, and I’m like, “Can you believe this shit?” Seriously, have any of you heard of this happening before?

Anyway, bouncers miraculously find the douche-bag and his friends, and physically bring them back to the bar, grab my card back from them, gives the card to the bartender who, to my surprise, fully comps me from all of the alcohol I bought. SWEET!

So we decide to get out of there, caz a fight is a brewing, and as we are leaving the bouncers are holding this douche-bag back, while he’s talking shit to me! Okay. You steal my card, commit fraud, then you have the nerve to talk shit?

Well, we get in the car, drive past them just yelling FUCK YOU! DOUCHE-BAGS! FUCKIN’ LOSERS! The funny thing is, the bouncers gave the guy his real tab, and the guy signed it and decided not to tip at all. What an asshole. 40 year old white dude, probably on crack.

Well, that’s my story. Let me know if you’ve been through something like that before…

C-Town on Friday — yea, yeah! Foweses phone. G-bomb fo-lyfe. tRu

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16. April 2008 by WATSON.

Win the series against Minnesota, way to go.  Four home-runs!  Maggs had a great game, 2 for 4, 2 RBI, HR, double.  Guillen also went 2 for 4, 1 RBI, HR.  Sheffield had a 1st inning homer and Cabrera hit a two-run shot in the 8th capping another great Tigers rally win.  Feel the momentum switching?  Two games up at Cleveland next…

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15. April 2008 by WATSON.

I must say, I would not be able to function in any capacity without my coffee in the morning. Just forget about talking to me before like NOON if I haven’t had coffee. It’s like I’m bipolar between the hours of 8:00AM and NOON–Watson without coffee will bite your head off–Watson with coffee will shine your shoes and buy you a beer. Mmmmm, beer.

The Tigers really impressed me last night with a big win over Minnesota (and by big, I mean thank fucking God we didn’t lose our 11th of 13). Pudge had a HUGE game, 2 for 4, triple, HR, and 3 RBI’s. ABOUT TIME! That’s why we pay the guy $10.5 million a year.

Hopefully that rally win will boost their confidence and get them Tigers playing how they should be. Otherwise, if you can’t draw momentum off a game like that, and your lineup is as powerful as the Tigers is, then what are you playing for? Either way I was finally getting that feeling last night that the Tigers are where they should be, with 10 losses or zero. 149 games to go, tons of time to improve. GO TIGERS! And, drink coffee.

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7. April 2008 by Fopat.

Talk about a let-down!  The Tigers are THE SUCK.  Kwame Kilpatrick is THE SUCK. ” No team has ever been to the World Series that started the season off with a 0-5 record or worse…” - Kyle Gutherie.  It’s obvious that only one person is to blame for all of this–DAJUT!

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