Mariners - Rays

See video below for highlights from the Mariners - Rays match up on June 3, 2011:

DIRK

Congratulations!

In other news, I suspect the T-Mobile woman is really a Cylon... stay tuned for results from my Cylon detector.

Competitive Cooking

The Competitive Cooking season kicks off for me this Friday.

The Master Forge and I will be having an inagural kickoff event this Friday after work. I plan on blogging about the results next week. There will be lots of photos and videos. I'm hoping to smoke em (pun intended) with an award winning recipe. Be sure to check in next week for what I hope to be an exciting blog.

On a side note, the Brother's Bryan are currently in the semi-finals at the French Open. And surprise, surprise the men's draw is Nadal(1) v Murray(4) and Feds(3) v Djoks(2).

And I hope everyone is watching the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee . J's boss's son is competing and needs all the cheering he can get!

LETS GO ROBBIE!!!

MAKI MADNESS Canadian Tour Announcement

Just wanted to let everyone know that my training tour will be making two stops in Canada this September: Toronto and Vancouver.

French Open

The French Open started on Sunday. Americans generally always do poorly at this event, Andy Roddick didn't even bother showing up this year. Marty Fish is the best the Americans' have to offer up (the #10 seed). Its only a matter of days before someone makes sushi out of him, and will end up in the Ra Maki Maddness 2012.

On a positive note, Big John Isner took the defending champ Rafa Nadal to a 5 setter, and almost pulled off one of the biggest upsets of all time. Last French Open, Nadal did not drop a single set.

And on a side note, I would like to throw my hat in the ring for the job of coaching Rob to sushi eating champion. We all know if he can outeat BalTimore Bisk, he can out eat anyone. How many wings was that again??? Anyways, I would just like to provide him with the same encouragements Bode Miller receieved at the starting gates at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino. Anyone else remember that? (I tried to find a clip of the absurity, but no dice).

MAKI MADNESS 2012

Next March, look for me to win Ra's sushi eating competition.  My training commenced on Saturday.  The crowd was rowdy at Asahi sushi, but could not affect my extreme appetite and my stomach was tested to its absolute limits with a Kraken roll.  In the coming weeks, I'll be touring the local sushi circuit, so look for me at a Japanese restaurant near you.

Not Good Enough

Zack Britton pitches 7 innings, gives up no earned runs. Vlad gets a clutch RBI in the bottom of the 9th, tying the game and cause Mariano Rivera to blow a save. And what happens? Gonzo gives up the winning run in the 15th then plunks the next batter in the head and immediately gets tossed. (Classy) Way to go O's! There are still 13 more games against the Yanks this season, maybe they will be able to steal one. Right now; Yanks 5, Os 0.