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Playoff Fever

Why is it that, when I was watching tv fifteen minutes ago, I couldn’t do anything but lay down on my couch and drift away, but now that I’m laying in bed, all I can do is stare at the ceiling, wide awake and figuring out posts?
Since I’m thinking and not napping, I thought I [...]

KC Game 19: Kane County 2 – Lansing 1

two for two on going to Cougars games and forgetting my phone. I keep foiling my own play to twitpic Ozzie, so sad.
Anyway, I don’t have all that much to actually type about this game and there’s a lot more I’d like to type before I sleep. There was some epic weirdness here.
Pedro Figueroa did [...]

i hold in my brain the anti-win formula

So far this year
Cougars record in games I’ve gone to and kept track: 2-8
Cougars record in all other games: 57-47
On the upside, I can now repeat the speech from Animal House in my sleep.
I have playoff tickets, but I might support the team better by staying away at this point.  I’ve got at least 2 [...]

07/29: Cougars vs Peoria @ Wrigley

Took long enough to write this. I found myself standing around Wrigley again, which is sure enough time to get started. Too late for a narrative, but maybe bullet points. There’s tons of photos on flickr too.
1) The neighborhood itself was taking the day off. My usual parking place was unstaffed, and I got stuck [...]

07/10: Kane County 6 – Peoria 1 (3rd, SUSPENDED)

(that’s today’s game, I know it’s hard to tell)
From the time I got home until about the time I normally leave for the park, it rained and occasioanlly rained very hard. I don’t live that far from the park, and saw the “groudns crew” untrap and set up the field last time out. It seemed [...]

Game 7: Cubs 10 – Pirates 8 (and Game 5: Cougars 13 – Bees 5)

Game 133: Kane County 6 – Beloit 3 and Game 134: Kane County 4 – Beloit 1

Game 7: White Caps 4 – Cougars 3

Game 6: (Kane County) Cougars 4 – (West Michigan) White Caps 3

Game 5: Cougars 15 – Snappers 3