Crumpled Notebook

I found this website the other day, The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus. Basically the guy puts up a few cartoons a day and are just amazing. They are generally really clever. Anyway, I wanted to share a few from the past couple days that I really enjoyed. I wish there was a way to embedd this to come up on my site daily. By the way, apparently ASBO stands for “Anti-Social Behavior Order.” I guess it’s a British term (although, I did leave the “u” out of behavior).

I might have another later, but here are a couple short clips. The first is Barry’s final at bat. The 2nd is a crazy fan on the field.

I’ll be there, and I’ll probaby shed a tear or two. We’ll see.

 Bonds Farewell

So, I have tickets for the Giants last home game this season, Wednesday night. Also, what one would assume, is Barry Bond’s last home game as a Giant (er, unless he play Tues and not Wed, and that’ll just suck).

I’m feeling perplex. People keep asking me if I’ll still be a Giants fan once Barry is gone. At first, I’m like, “of course, I’m a Giants fan.” However, when I recalled today exactly “how” I became a Giants fan, it makes the decision harder.

See, I’m a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Always have been. Always will be. Back in the day, when I became a Pirates fan, Mr. Bonds was a player there. When he left, I followed him to the Giants. I was a Barry Bonds fan, and only cheered for the Giants since he played for them. When I moved out here, it made since for me to make the transition to Giants fan as well.

Now, let me say, for the record, I do not agree with the Giants decision to let Barry go. I understand it, but I don’t agree with it. Yes, he’s getting older, but he still hits better than most people. Yeah, he’s not as good as fielder as he used to be, but that’s not what is making their team suck. He’s okay. Average. But as a whole, not the reason they suck this season. Yes, he has injuries, but again, still doing more for the team than most of their players. And oh yeah…HE SELLS TICKETS! Can’t you see it now? One more year with Barry. People will come to games for Barry’s final season. So you might have another bad season, you’re going to anyway, you may as well sell tickets while doing that. I mean, unless you’re opposed to that sort of thing, and we know that the Giants aren’t or they wouldn’t have kept Barry around THIS season.

That said, I do understand and respect the decision, I just think they owe him more. He got them a new stadium, a trip to the World Series, and loads of cash when they wouldn’t have had it based on playing good baseball.

However, it’s probably good for him. He wants a World Series and I don’t think the Giants can do it in one more season. He’s better off taking his chances elsewhere.

So, to answer the first question…will I continue to be a Giants fan? Of course. I’m a fan of baseball, and their my home team. They are MY SFGIANTS. Besides, I have too much Giants gear to go changing. I’ve developed a since of loyaly and pride in them. I want them to succeed and I think at some point, people do need to move on. I’ll probably follow Barry where ever he goes. Except the Yankees. If he went there ( and I’m guessing not ), I’d cheer for him to get his records and maybe even World Series, but never ever support the Yankees.

So, I just spent too much money (yeah, my new laptop money) on Giants tickets for their home closer, AND likely Barry Bond’s last game in a Giant uniform. It’s not a good night for me to go. It’s more money than I needed to spend, BUT the tickets, my friends, are freakin’ awesome. Lower box, row 7, right by giants dugout, so between dugout and left field where Mr. Bonds will be.

Am I crazy? Probably. Is it worth it to me? Yeah. So, I bought 3 tickets. My dilemma now is whether to take people with me, or sell the other 2 tickets and make up part of my loss.