May 30, 2008
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FRIDAY, MAY 30- 9:21 AM
Thursday’s Roundup from Tempe
First, make sure you check out a couple of interviews from yesterday to get ready for the Commodores game with Oklahoma Friday in Tempe, Ariz.
You can watch Joe Fisher’s video interviews with Coach Corbin and Ryan Flaherty following the Commodores practice session to get their thoughts on the matchup.
I took some photos from practice as well, so take a lookie when you have a chance.
VIEW THURSDAY’S PHOTO GALLERY
Also, Corbin took time to discuss the regional with the 104.5 Wake Up Zone and announced who today’s starting pitcher will be.
After practice yesterday, the team was given a couple of hours off to relax and unwind. Since it was insanely hot weather, several of the guys decided to spend the afternoon at the hotel pool.
Of course, I took the tougher road and went to San Felipe’s Cantina for lunch.
Now, there was nothing wrong with the actual food – it was solid. It was the amount of food.
Our baseball SID Thomas Samuel somehow convinced me to order the El Gordito Burrito (also known as “The Fat One”).
This bad boy was twenty dollars worth of burrito. The restaurant would give me a free t-shirt if I could devour it.
It sounded like a challenge I couldn’t pass up… but, of course, I would soon regret my decision once the waitress brought it out. That massive object must have been about the size of three or four Qdoba burritos put together. It took up the entire plate. Maybe this was a bad idea.
Check out these pictures to see if I won the shirt and conquered the beast. (I am a big, dumb animal)
EL GORDITO BURRITO PICTURES
Yes, I must admit… I felt pretty good about my accomplishment (almost like a hero), until a waiter came by and said he saw a guy eat two of ’em one time. Thanks for diminishing my feat.
Anyway, the challenge had me thinking about John Candy’s character in the movie “The Great Outdoors”. You know, where he takes on the Old 96er. Just Classic.
We closed last night with a team activity at Chase Field to see the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the San Francisco Giants. Randy Johnson was on the hill against the 100 million dollar man (and 1-8) Barry Zito.
It was cool seeing Johnson mow down the Giants lineup in person, even if San Fran looks like a farm team these days. Johnson recorded nine strikeouts on the night to tie Roger Clemens for second all-time in that category. It was something I can tell my grandkids about one day (or maybe not).
Overall, it was a great time at the park, but I think everyone here is ready for the regional to start.
We’ll be providing the only live video of the game today in case you didn’t make it to Arizona. You can watch the webcast starting a 4 p.m. CT on VUcommodores.com.
I’ll close today with some more videos that have been emailed in. These two have to do with celebrities and baseball.
First, the lovely Mariah Carey.
In Mariah’s recent hit “Touch My Body”, she sings the following line:
If there’s a camera up in here, then I’d best not catch this flick on YouTube.
Well, this clip made it to YouTube for the rest of the world to enjoy. So enjoy!
Second, can you figure out which celeb provides the call to this game? (“And… THAT happened!!!”)