Hillary, Oscar and Sid the kid.

This blog piece was supposed to soley be about the tirade that Ms. Clinton went on today at a meeting in Cincy. Let's just say she got a little out of hand. I was going to write that she has lost the race and the right thing for her to do would be to bow out and concede defeat. While i was thinking over what to write i read a masterfull piece on the vine and came to the conclusion that it was much better. So if you wanna know why the best thing Hillary can do in this campaing will be then go read here:
http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/24/1321839-the-best-thing-hillary-clinton-could-do-for-march-4th

Now tonight there are the Acadamy awards or better known as the Oscars. I will give you two reasons while i will be watching tonight.
1. My countryman Viggo Mortensen is nominated as best male actor for his role in Eastern promises. First an foremost have you not seen eastern promises yet? Then turn off your computer right now and go to the nearest theater don't worry i will wait. That movie makes for my MUST SEE movie list of 2008 so far (2. on that list is Charlie Wilsons war). Viggo is awesome in this movie and he plays the role to perfection. Just go see it.

2. The host of tonights big event is Jon Stewart known of course from his comedy central show The Daily show with Jon Stewart. He is really funny and a most see comedian of this era. First there was Carson then Letterman and now we have Stewart. He is primed for getting Letterman's spot on CBS when he retires. Those are the two reasons i will be watching tonight.

Now it's time for me to make pancakes and sit back and enjoy Sidney Crosby kill the San Jose Sharks.
-Mathies

Andy Pettitte and the truth...

I could easily just refer you to what Jayson Stark wrote on ESPN.com but instead i will try and say what he said in my own words. Yesterday Andy Pettitte reported to spring training in Florida and for an hour he faced the NY media hoard. Here he answered every possible and humiliating a human being can get to answer when he is in the situation that Andy Pettitte is in. Andy told about his HGH use. How he had acquired HGH from his father and how his relationship with Roger Clemens has gone sour in recent times. He even told how his wife had shown him bible verses on the flight to Washington which prompted him to tell the investigators everything. In my opinion it has put Clemens in a very bad and damaging light. I feel that it will be only a matter of time before he has to face the perjury chargers. Good luck to Mr. Clemens with that. Next time i blog about baseball i hope that it will be a blog on the awesomeness of the red sox season.
-Mathies

Roger Clemens vs. Congress II

As i wrote yesterday it would be limited what i would be able to catch of the hearings with Clemens and Congress turned out i only caught the last half hour. Not that it really mattered because the proceedings went just according to what the "experts" predicted. Clemens denies ever touching HGH and steroids and Brian McNamee says i injected Clemens. It's allot of hearsay but the most interesting person in this whole spectacle if you will is a man that was not present yesterday Andrew Pettitte. He told the investigators earlier that he had taken HGH twice once with the help of McNamee and once with the help of his dad who was taking it for his health problems. The reason that Pettitte is such an interesting person in all of this is because he has such a tight bond with Clemens and he is basically the only reason that Clemens decided to return to pitching when he unretired in the 2004 off season making it possible for me to see him in July of 2005 when he came to Denver while i was there. Now the question remains who is telling the truth and who is lying and most likely will face a perjury charge? In my eyes the legacy of Roger Clemens is tainted and his "Hall of fame career" is no more. Next watershed event in this very interesting show will be Monday when Pettitte will report to spring training with the Yankees and he will face the NY media for the first time. And who knew the worst day of the year (valentines day) would turn out to be so interesting. By the way welcome home Pitchers and Catchers lets get this baseball season rolling.

Mathies

Roger Clemens vs. Congress

On the eve of the Congressional hearing with Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee i felt like sharing my thoughts on the whole thing that was started back in December with the release of the Mitchell rapport. In it Clemens was one of many players named for taking steroids during the so called steroids era in baseball. There are tons of question that will need answers and most likely will get answered tomorrow because if Clemens continues his denial it will be interesting to see who lied McNamee or Clemens. And the following perjury charges that will be a sure follow up on tomorrow. So my only advice is tune into ESPN or watch it on MLB.com. As Steve Phillips said "This will be better reality tv than you will ever see." I will see how much i can catch but i will be there for sure.
-Mathies

History has a sense of irony...

The clock is nearing 4 AM. 7 people are gathered around the TV like if it's alter and giving the only sermon that matters. And then as if you had just won the lottery the room explodes. My dad is mid air when he realizes that he is about to knock over the coffee table with all the bottles,chips and other goodies. I am sitting but i am pointing at the tv and screaming "Plaxico Plaxico Plaxico". I hug and high five everyone around. In the corner my dads friend Morten is sitting with his face buried in his hands. He knows that all the gloating during the year. That the Perfect season shirt he is sporting is worth exactly nothing. On Sunday it was the 42nd edition of the Super Bowl. What a game it was. It wasn't the most scoring game but that was good for excitement and the fact that the game was close all along was very good. Unlike other superbowls i have witnessed this was exciting from start to finish. In the end all i can do is congratulate all my New York fans and all the Giants players. It was a great ride but Boston cant have it all.
Mathies