Eric Sole Blog: Awesome
I'm Eric. I live on Long Island and love New York.
I go to St. John's for Film and TV Production. I make my own puzzles with pictures that I like
from my stuff
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Photo reblogged from Gamefreaks
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You never really realize how true something is until it is presented in the form of a rage comic.
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One of my favorite picture rituals, the peace sign. I understand, you like peace and love and you’re gonna change the world by singing songs from “Across the Universe” so it’s ok to throw it in there once every couple 1,000 pictures, but it’s ok, if you have a picture without it, people are not going to assume that you’ve given up on pacifism and righteousness and are now dedicated to a life of hatred and war. On the other side of the coin, sticking middle fingers up in pictures for no reason is so badass. I know not to mess with you cause you don’t give a crap what the world thinks. I’m sure we could hang out and be solid bros and do shots together and flip off the world together. Ease up on the hand gestures.
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Ahhhhhh! There it is, the sign that winter is moving out, football is over and baseball season is back. Every mid to late February in Tampa when the Yankees gather together at George M. Steinbrenner field, it’s only the beginning of 7 months of what will be another exciting season. I’ll say that after winning the World Series last year, I’m pretty content with whatever they are able to accomplish this year, but I know that’s a lie. They lost some good players like Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Melky Cebrera, Chien Ming Wang, some players that have started with Yankees and I thought would never leave but I guess you have to move on. They got some great players too. Curtis Granderson can take over the leadoff spot and get on baseball to set the table for the lineup, or they can leave Jeter at the top like they did with Damon. Javier Vasquez gets a second chance with Yankees after a bad first go around. This time though, having been put in the rotation he’s being put in, with CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett and Andy Pettitte pitching ahead of him, Vasquez can fill the number 4 spot just fine. I think you can expect 12-14 wins from him. Chamberlain and Hughes have been a wondeful rotation-bullpen tandem, although I would like to see Chamberlain in the bullpen as someone who can eventually take the 9th down the road and Hughes in the rotation, I think they will plug Joba into that 5th spot and leave Hughes in the pen where he has been electric. Damaso Marte is also another reliever who performed in the playoffs last year and it’ll be nice to have him healthy for lefties with the loss of Coke. The infield, of course, remains unchanged and for good reason, this has been one of the most solid infields the Yankees have had in a while. A-Rod, Jeter, Cano are all solid defenders and having Teixeira over at first saving errors and saving games with his gold glove defense really goes a long way in getting wins for the pitching staff. The Yankees had some gains and losses, but the core of the team is back and I think they have to be favorites this year. Outside of the Yankees, I’d look out for the Mariners and Nationals. They sure cleaned up this offseason. The Mariners added Lee to a staff already containing Bedard and Felix Hernadez, that’s as good front end as you can get. They also added a good table setter at the top with Chone Figgins, him along with Suzuki and Griffey, who has always been one of my favorite players, I think the Mariners are ready to make some noise in the AL West. The Nationals also added some key players. Getting Wang from the Yankees, as well as Livan Hernandez back for a second time can be a good thing for their already solid staff of young pitchers that includes John Lannan and Stephen Strasburg, who I think we will see at some point this season. I’m not saying that the Nats will make a run for the NL East, that’s a tall order with the Phillies, but they took more steps to improve than other NL East teams, including the Mets, who will be relying on everyone to come back healthy and Bay to carry the offense in the expanse of Citi Field. I’m excited for the games to start again and ready for spring to get going which means this ridiculous amount of snow has to stop.
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Wow haven’t posted on Tumblr in awhile. The Spring 2010 semester started last week. That means there’s only 14 weeks left. I think it’s crazy that in 14 weeks I’ll be halfway done with my college career. It makes me think about time and how funny it is. A day, like today, January 27th, can seem so long and May seem so far away. Yet when it’s all over on May 11th, I won’t be able to distinguish how long ago one moment was from another. It all seems to have flown by. For now, I’m just gonna think about the beginning of baseball season one month away and the end of the worst two months of the year, January and February. Seriously, what good comes from these two months?
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The New York Yankees are World Series Champions once again. I almost didn’t know how to react last night when they won Game 6 against the Phillies, who put up a good fight. But it has since sunk in that the Yankees are once again on top of the baseball world. For some reason, I don’t have the same feeling I had after the Championships in ‘96, ‘98, ‘99 or ‘00. I guess it’s a different feeling watching the Yankees win. But nonetheless I am extremely excited that they won it all and cannot wait to be there tomorrow in the Canyon of Heroes, watching as the Yankees ride past on their float along with all the other Yankee fans. There is no better sense of unity among fans then that moment when they come past and you realize it’s happened again and you were all part of it in some way. Maybe not in the way Hideki Matsui or Mariano Rivera was, but by being a fan, being some part of this awesome season that culminated in a World Series win in the New Stadium. Congratulations to the Yankees and let’s enjoy this parade tomorrow!
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Just want to say I’m pumped for the MLB Playoffs. The Yankees are back in after a really really long year of no baseball in October! This weekend we watch to see who their first round opponent will be. I’m hoping for the Minnesota Twins. 4 Days until Playoff Baseball!! GO Yanks!!
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After 4 years of writing, practicing, playing, recording, re-recording, re-recording, re-recording and re-recording again, my band, Impact in Five, has put out its first album. The album, A Far Cry From Safety, features some songs that we’ve been playing for 5 years now so it’s been really cool to see them change and develop. Some songs came and went, and some songs were added down the road, but the feeling of seeing them all finished and polished and on CD is unexplainable. We released it on August 25th and played a release show at a restaurant on the Bay in Blue Point, Long Island. It was an awesome way to celebrate this album and end what has been a very productive summer for us. We’re working to write and recording our next album and looking to line a bunch of shows for next summer so hopefully our plans will work out. You can see a preview of the album over at our myspace at http://myspace.com/impactinfive . As for now, I’m back at St. John’s and finished with my first week of classes.
