The World Tour Continues
It's been a couple of months back in the city and Sip has grown bored. It's too cold to go outside, Reruns of 90210 on the Soap Network are in their dreadful post-college years and with AFOMG off the Upper west side, the old neighborhood just isn't the same.
Which means its time for Sip to ship off and ship out.
Next stop: Sydney, Australia.
I'm out of here tomorrow. A couple of days with the old crew back in SF, soak in some quaint eateries, decent weather, preppy pricks in pastels- many with unnecessary coke problems, but also what I find to be the most pleasant and peaceful town in this great country of ours.
And then I am off.
Remember those choose your own adventure books we read as kids. The ones where after about 4 tries you would cheat and read from the back to figure out how to actually complete the book. Well that is whats in the mix for Sip.
No people, plans or even a ticket home. If it wasn't for my love and respect for my pops, he's celebrating his 60th in May, I might never step foot in this great country of ours again.
So where does that leave us?
Right now I am both excited and disgusted by New York.
This Giants run is a lot of fun. I've told friends all year that the Giants could lose any week to any team and they could also make the Super Bowl. I try to avoid making statements like this, its too easy to give yourselves outs. But I finally may have hit one so allow me to soak in some credit. Us bloggers don't get enough of that.
It just kills me how quickly the nation and America can turn.
On ESPN 69% of the country thought Eli Manning was a better QB than Phillip Rivers. This is the same Rivers who made the pro bowl last year and who "experts" called "elite" going into the season. Going into the season these same "experts" wondered how much longer Manning would keep his job. But now, it is Manning who is more "consistent." Huh? Hasn't that been the non-stop knock on Eli forever.
This complete 180 is turning into the acceptable norm in sports. Mets fans have turned from optimists to pessimists in 3 short months.
So before I leave, let me make these two promises to you. Eli Manning is not That good and the Mets situation is far from being That bad.
Eli Manning has grown from decent game manager to very solid game manager. But he is still not a playmaking quarterback that can make him elite.
As for the Mets, here are some things to think about. Reyes and Wright are still getting better. They are still in their early 20's a couple of years shy of when Ryan Howard was first an everyday starter.
But much more importantly, Oliver Perez and John Maine are getting better.
A year ago, not a lot of you knew who Dan Haren was. He was a young pitcher entering his third season. He had a very solid first couple of seasons but had some weaknesses. He had lapses in control and gave up too many big innings. He would win 12-13 games and post an ERA right below 4. He was pretty good.
But then a crazy thing happened in his third full season. He was able to correct these flaws. He grew into his talent. And all of a sudden he went from relative unknown to backpage of the New York Post.
We have two pitchers with very similar problems and equally similar potential. OP is a lapse in control away from being an Ace. John Maine is a 4-run 5th away from being one too.
And why can't David Wright hit .330 next year. And why can't Jose Reyes hit 30 home runs.
We as New Yorkers spend too much time analyzing what we have "right now" and not enough time analyzing what we could have down the road.
3 weeks ago Eli Manning was a BUST. Now he is a hero who is living up to his last name.
5 years ago I was New York's biggest pessimist. Today, it appears I am drinking from the same Kool-aid as my buddy Happy Will. (I have noticed my deli throwing some extra coffee into my sugar)
I sit here right now watching We Are Marshall for the 5th time this week and I am starting to believe. If that Marshall team can put a football team on the field and even bring back Jack from the LOST island to coach a successful college football program, then anything can happen.
Ya just gotta believe.
Vaya,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of espn.com, boston.com)
Which means its time for Sip to ship off and ship out.
Next stop: Sydney, Australia.
I'm out of here tomorrow. A couple of days with the old crew back in SF, soak in some quaint eateries, decent weather, preppy pricks in pastels- many with unnecessary coke problems, but also what I find to be the most pleasant and peaceful town in this great country of ours.
And then I am off.
Remember those choose your own adventure books we read as kids. The ones where after about 4 tries you would cheat and read from the back to figure out how to actually complete the book. Well that is whats in the mix for Sip.
No people, plans or even a ticket home. If it wasn't for my love and respect for my pops, he's celebrating his 60th in May, I might never step foot in this great country of ours again.
So where does that leave us?
Right now I am both excited and disgusted by New York.
This Giants run is a lot of fun. I've told friends all year that the Giants could lose any week to any team and they could also make the Super Bowl. I try to avoid making statements like this, its too easy to give yourselves outs. But I finally may have hit one so allow me to soak in some credit. Us bloggers don't get enough of that.
It just kills me how quickly the nation and America can turn.
On ESPN 69% of the country thought Eli Manning was a better QB than Phillip Rivers. This is the same Rivers who made the pro bowl last year and who "experts" called "elite" going into the season. Going into the season these same "experts" wondered how much longer Manning would keep his job. But now, it is Manning who is more "consistent." Huh? Hasn't that been the non-stop knock on Eli forever.
This complete 180 is turning into the acceptable norm in sports. Mets fans have turned from optimists to pessimists in 3 short months.
So before I leave, let me make these two promises to you. Eli Manning is not That good and the Mets situation is far from being That bad.
Eli Manning has grown from decent game manager to very solid game manager. But he is still not a playmaking quarterback that can make him elite.
As for the Mets, here are some things to think about. Reyes and Wright are still getting better. They are still in their early 20's a couple of years shy of when Ryan Howard was first an everyday starter.
But much more importantly, Oliver Perez and John Maine are getting better.
A year ago, not a lot of you knew who Dan Haren was. He was a young pitcher entering his third season. He had a very solid first couple of seasons but had some weaknesses. He had lapses in control and gave up too many big innings. He would win 12-13 games and post an ERA right below 4. He was pretty good.
But then a crazy thing happened in his third full season. He was able to correct these flaws. He grew into his talent. And all of a sudden he went from relative unknown to backpage of the New York Post.
We have two pitchers with very similar problems and equally similar potential. OP is a lapse in control away from being an Ace. John Maine is a 4-run 5th away from being one too.
And why can't David Wright hit .330 next year. And why can't Jose Reyes hit 30 home runs.
We as New Yorkers spend too much time analyzing what we have "right now" and not enough time analyzing what we could have down the road.
3 weeks ago Eli Manning was a BUST. Now he is a hero who is living up to his last name.
5 years ago I was New York's biggest pessimist. Today, it appears I am drinking from the same Kool-aid as my buddy Happy Will. (I have noticed my deli throwing some extra coffee into my sugar)
I sit here right now watching We Are Marshall for the 5th time this week and I am starting to believe. If that Marshall team can put a football team on the field and even bring back Jack from the LOST island to coach a successful college football program, then anything can happen.
Ya just gotta believe.
Vaya,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of espn.com, boston.com)
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:43 PM
2 Comments:
You belong in the loony bin. ahahaha
but u are right about mr perez and sir maine
Eli still bothers me, but in the last 3 of 4 games he has been way better than I expected(is it because I expected next to nothing?....well yeah...) How about we get plaxico 6 touches this week?
I hope the Giants stick it to them in the Super Bowl. I'm sick of the Patriots winning/cheating ways! It's baseball season coming up and I can't be more excited to go see the San Francisco Giants at Spring Training in Scottsdale.
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