The first week came and went. What did we learn? We learned that the new guy knows how to pick football games as well as he can pick a guitar. I knew we should have vetted him a little closer when he asked to play.
On the other side of things, the 5-year-old is off to a slow start. He must have spent a Dirk-like summer basking in the glow of his victory last year. Sorry kid, 2012 is a new year.
Here's how we did.
Uncle J: 11-5
CDog: 8-8
JDaddy: 7-9
5-Year-Old: 6-10
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Texas High School Mascot Madness!
As just about everyone I have ever met knows, I went to high school in Frost, Texas and proudly played football for the Frost Polar Bears. Just Google "mascots" and the Bears will be in any Top 10 list.
The JDaddy Conference was 5-5 in week 2.
These are our Top 10, but I am sure many of you have your own favorites. Let us hear how they did.
JDaddys Mascot League
Team W/L Score 2012 Record
Frost Polar Bears W 29-16 2-0
Grandview Zebras L 28-29 1-1
Itasca Wampus Cats L 0-20 0-2
Hutto Hippos L 9-35 1-1
Brazosport Exporters W 44-20 1-1
Texas City Stingarees L 21-34 1-1
New Braunfels Unicorns W 41-29 1-1
Winters Blizzards L 7-47 0-2
El Campo Ricebirds W 55-20 2-0
Springtown Porcupines W 37-30 1-1
Friday, September 7, 2012
Experts vs. a 5-Year-Old - Week 1 NFL Picks
The first game of the season is done. Half of us picked correctly, the other half missed. But just like in football, there is a long way to go in our season selections. The Cowboys could very well go 1-15 while the Giants could still repeat as champions. Still, though, I'm going to walk around a little taller today knowing that I have a 1 game lead on the 5-Year-Old (who's still 4 until next week, by the way). Come Tuesday morning, he'll probably be back in the lead.
If you missed our first post (and if you did, it's here) you will find we have a new challenger this year. Uncle J joins us from Corpus Christi, TX. Lets hope he fairs better than JDaddy and I did last season.
On to the picks...
If you missed our first post (and if you did, it's here) you will find we have a new challenger this year. Uncle J joins us from Corpus Christi, TX. Lets hope he fairs better than JDaddy and I did last season.
On to the picks...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Cowboys at Giants Predictions Against a 5-Year-Old
You've seen our season predictions. Now it's time to get down to the business of making our weekly picks. Last year, JDaddy and I went up against a 4-year-old. It didn't turn out so well. You'll be happy to know that we're doing it again this year! Except this year the kid is now 5, so he's practically an expert by now. No need to make fun of us this year if we lose.
And we have a special guest joining us this year. Jim Dugan, famous crooner from Corpus Christi, TX asked to take on the kid this year. Like a replacement official, Uncle J, as we'll call him, has no idea what he's in for.
The way this works is that the experts in the competition pick against the lines. The kid will just pick winners. If you want to explain to a 5-year-old about betting lines, be my guest. But until he learns the intricacies of gambling, he's just going to guess who will win the game.
With today being Opening Night of the NFL season, we'll get started with the Dallas Cowboys against the New York Giants. We'll release the rest of Week 1 later in the week.
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| Credit: Cory Dugan |
The way this works is that the experts in the competition pick against the lines. The kid will just pick winners. If you want to explain to a 5-year-old about betting lines, be my guest. But until he learns the intricacies of gambling, he's just going to guess who will win the game.
With today being Opening Night of the NFL season, we'll get started with the Dallas Cowboys against the New York Giants. We'll release the rest of Week 1 later in the week.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Michael Young and Leadership
In the last couple of years, Rangers fans have had a lot of cool moments. Alex Rodriguez staring at strike 3 in Game 6 of the 2010 ALCS is at the top for me. Derek Holland's Game 4 of the 2011 World Series is close behind. What Michael Young did yesterday may not have been on that level, but it was still perhaps the coolest moment of 2012 so far.
In the 9th inning, after Nelson Cruz was drilled in the back and the benches emptied, Young deposited the very next pitch into the seats in left-center. He sprinted around the bases, almost took Dave Anderson's hand off at 3rd base, slapped Nellie on the head at homeplate, and muttered some choice words about the Royals' pitcher on the way back to the dugout. Cool.
Young is having a terrible season at the plate. He continues to be in the lineup because his manager respects his veteran leadership. All season I have hated that excuse, because eventually grounding into predictable double plays outweighs all the leadership in the world.
But as Young reached the dugout, and the entire Rangers bench seemed to be on the top step screaming at the Royals, I realized that Young's leadership really means something. Leadership didn't hit the homerun. The homerun came more from the fact that even an aging veteran mired in a bad season can hit fat pitches out of the park. But what if David Murphy or Mike Napoli had hit the homerun? It still would have been cool, but not as cool as Michael Young hitting the homerun. Despite all that has been said about Young this year-and I've said plenty-this is still his team. He takes care of his boys.
The other day my 4-year-old son acted like a 4-year-old. The result was me talking to him about why I, a very mild mannered person, get so angry when he disrespects his mom. I told him that because I love and care so much for her, him, and his sister, that I will go after anyone who hits, yells, or disrespects any of them. I get the feeling that's what the Rangers see in Michael Young, and especially what they saw yesterday. The family was disrespected. It was up to the father of the team to get the revenge. And that's why he's in the lineup and why Wash doesn't even consider taking him out or dropping him in the order.
If Wash insists on playing him, I certainly think they are a better team with him hitting at the bottom of the lineup. But after yesterday, I'll stop complaining as much because I saw what leadership can bring. The Rangers seem to have played the entire season waiting for the playoffs. Now is the time to begin to peak. Maybe Michael Young's homerun will get them on their way.
In the 9th inning, after Nelson Cruz was drilled in the back and the benches emptied, Young deposited the very next pitch into the seats in left-center. He sprinted around the bases, almost took Dave Anderson's hand off at 3rd base, slapped Nellie on the head at homeplate, and muttered some choice words about the Royals' pitcher on the way back to the dugout. Cool.
Young is having a terrible season at the plate. He continues to be in the lineup because his manager respects his veteran leadership. All season I have hated that excuse, because eventually grounding into predictable double plays outweighs all the leadership in the world.
But as Young reached the dugout, and the entire Rangers bench seemed to be on the top step screaming at the Royals, I realized that Young's leadership really means something. Leadership didn't hit the homerun. The homerun came more from the fact that even an aging veteran mired in a bad season can hit fat pitches out of the park. But what if David Murphy or Mike Napoli had hit the homerun? It still would have been cool, but not as cool as Michael Young hitting the homerun. Despite all that has been said about Young this year-and I've said plenty-this is still his team. He takes care of his boys.
The other day my 4-year-old son acted like a 4-year-old. The result was me talking to him about why I, a very mild mannered person, get so angry when he disrespects his mom. I told him that because I love and care so much for her, him, and his sister, that I will go after anyone who hits, yells, or disrespects any of them. I get the feeling that's what the Rangers see in Michael Young, and especially what they saw yesterday. The family was disrespected. It was up to the father of the team to get the revenge. And that's why he's in the lineup and why Wash doesn't even consider taking him out or dropping him in the order.
If Wash insists on playing him, I certainly think they are a better team with him hitting at the bottom of the lineup. But after yesterday, I'll stop complaining as much because I saw what leadership can bring. The Rangers seem to have played the entire season waiting for the playoffs. Now is the time to begin to peak. Maybe Michael Young's homerun will get them on their way.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Cheap Seats NFL Predictions 2012
We're back! After taking a little bit of a break for the past few months, it's time to get this thing up and running again. JDaddy has been checking in with thoughts on Junior Seau and Josh Hamilton, but I have been a no show. I'm going to try to break that trend and get back in the Cheap Seats blogging groove.
And what better way to start than presenting our 2012 NFL Predictions. And you'll be happy to know that this season we will once again be making weekly picks against a kid. Regular readers know how that ended last year. This year, there will be no mercy on the now-5-year-old.
The predictions do not include the kid (he's at school and I wanted to get this out), but rest assured he would make better picks than we have here.
And what better way to start than presenting our 2012 NFL Predictions. And you'll be happy to know that this season we will once again be making weekly picks against a kid. Regular readers know how that ended last year. This year, there will be no mercy on the now-5-year-old.
The predictions do not include the kid (he's at school and I wanted to get this out), but rest assured he would make better picks than we have here.
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