October 18, 2005
I have not written you for a while. I guess now that I'm retired I'm just too dam lazy but I will do my best to get you up to date. Between the Orioles 3, Terps football 3, my kids little league 5, and the Ravens 2, I actually attended 13 games in September so as a spectator I'm getting the hang of it. I was sick for the Jets game so I had to watch it at home, I felt sick about the Lions game but didn't everyone. Anyway we finally got to the Browns game and I went with a Chamber buddy of mine Michael Zimmer. He is an attorney and expects to be Governor within the next decade or at least Commissioner of Carol County. So Mike hooked us up with a buddy of his Barry Brown (The guy in the Blue Shirt next to me)
Barry is also an attorney. And to say he had a great tailgate party is an understatement. Game day he rents part of a parking lot just off of Russell Street, hires a few guys to cook and the serve the food and the rest as they say is History. The grub included Crab Cakes, Grilled Salmon, Grilled Shrimp, and, and, Grilled Lobster, Too Cool!!! So Mike invited me to the game and I didn't want to disappoint. So now I had two tickets. I wanted to bring the boy but I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find an open seat close enough to keep both of us happy. As you figured there was one available. The seats with Mike were top row in the Russell Street End Zone. The view was great and everyone was really cool. At times when the wind blew I was freezing!!! We were pretty far up but the perspective was unique. You could see the plays develop even if the players did look like ants.
I don't know what to think about the Ravens. They seem to have a Jekyll and Hyde mentality. They looked really bad the week before and pretty good this week but not great either. I tell you who did look good and that's Chester Taylor. Even from the top seat he looked great. I hope Jamal makes a comeback but Chester maybe our new top back. As is goes Anthony Wright looked pretty good. We all hope Kyle gets healthy but I don't know if I could put him back at #1. We may need to get back to Smash Mouth Football especially since we have two #1 backs.
I never did make it down to Section 103 where my main seat is. I was just too comfortable, but as Arnie once said "I'll be back" for the Bengal's game. I would love to see you game day so give me a call 301 748 5484 I'll be partying somewhere within walking distance of the stadium!!
So everything is going well. I'm missing it a little but I'm doing pretty well. My next article might be about going from Soccer dad to Baseball Dad. James (Jimmy the Kid) is only 5 and although he struggled to start the season he was 2 for 3 Saturday. So he is coming on. Emily was 2 for 4 and she has been doing very well. But I'm the one that is struggling, with the coach and the fact that I'm not the coach but that will come soon enough I guess!!! Go Raven's
SEE Ya NEXT GAME!!!
Jimmy the Man