Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Adding on to the Baseball Rant
The Dodgers have lost 4 out of 5 without Manny Ramirez. Their NL West lead has been cut in half. Still think they're gonna last 50 games without him, Steve Philips? Goodness. ESPN should hire me as a baseball analyst.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day
My dad and I took my lolas out to Mother's Day brunch. I thought it was delicious and I think they enjoyed the outing as well.
However, Mom was unable to join us because she was working. She works at the Intensive Care Unit at Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista, the same unit where I spent over two months being treated for a Lupus flare-up last year. My mom being a nurse there really made the recovery a lot easier. She knew the doctors and nurses (a lot of them being her long-time friends). She was active in how my treatment proceeded.
But for all the advantages her past experience brought, it also meant that it took an even harder toll on her. This is because as an ICU nurse, you understand all the medical jargon. You are always told to think of the worst that can happen to your patient. It's one thing to think the worst can happen to a patient, quite another to think that of your child.
When Mom came home tonight, she told me of the patient she was assigned to today. Her patient was a 20-year old girl with Lupus. The girl has been in the ICU since mid-April. The girl's mom had been asking to speak with my mom, apparently because the girl's mom was told of a nurse who had a son with Lupus. I'm sure my mom gave her some good advice.
My mom doesn't know I have a blog (I don't even think she knows what blogs are), so she'll never read this. Nevertheless, this one's for you, Mom.
However, Mom was unable to join us because she was working. She works at the Intensive Care Unit at Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista, the same unit where I spent over two months being treated for a Lupus flare-up last year. My mom being a nurse there really made the recovery a lot easier. She knew the doctors and nurses (a lot of them being her long-time friends). She was active in how my treatment proceeded.
But for all the advantages her past experience brought, it also meant that it took an even harder toll on her. This is because as an ICU nurse, you understand all the medical jargon. You are always told to think of the worst that can happen to your patient. It's one thing to think the worst can happen to a patient, quite another to think that of your child.
When Mom came home tonight, she told me of the patient she was assigned to today. Her patient was a 20-year old girl with Lupus. The girl has been in the ICU since mid-April. The girl's mom had been asking to speak with my mom, apparently because the girl's mom was told of a nurse who had a son with Lupus. I'm sure my mom gave her some good advice.
My mom doesn't know I have a blog (I don't even think she knows what blogs are), so she'll never read this. Nevertheless, this one's for you, Mom.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Baseball Rant
The first sport I became a fan of was baseball. For a variety of reasons, I've become less and less a fan. Perhaps what gets me the most about the game is that nowadays, the biggest story on ESPN is who's the newest player to be accused of using performing-enhancing drugs.
For those who don't watch sports news too often, LA Dodger Manny Ramirez was suspended for 50 games today for using hCG, a substance banned by Major League Baseball. At first, it didn't get to me that much, which is a testament to how accustomed I've become to these kind of stories.
But then I heard a few interviews from ESPN baseball analysts.
Tim Kurkjian said something about how players have been cheating in baseball since it's inception, then went on to say that fans really don't care, as long as they win. Um...well let me say it. I CARE.
Then, what really got me angry was the interview of Steve Phillips. He was asked where the Dodgers would be when Manny got back.
I'll try to paraphrase what Phillips said. He claimed that 'the Dodgers are too far in first place in the NL west division. They're a really good team. They'll hold on to that lead until Manny comes back in July, then go on to the playoffs with Manny leading them. It's a special year for the Dodgers.'
WTF
Yeah, they're in first place by a lot. But that's because they had Manny in the lineup. Manny is an RBI machine. And even when Manny's not doing well, teams have to always account for him. He gets on via walk because teams pitch around him. This leads to more runs. Think about it this way, take ANY team's best player away from a team, do they do as well? The Yankees are next to last in the AL east without A-Rod (who, btw also took performing-enhancing drugs), even with the highest paid team of any sport ever. Did the Patriots make the playoffs without Tom Brady? Would the Cavs be so good without Lebron James?
Plus, the reason they are so far in front in the NL west right now is because during the beginning and ending parts of the baseball season, teams play the majority of their games against teams within their division. That has made these games up until this point super important in the division standings. And now that the teams have finished those games and will play the majority of their games against teams outside the division, Manny gets suspended. If he was suspended to begin the season, I think the standings in the west might be different. But there's no way for us to know. Baseball, you're losing me as a fan.
Tim, I CARE. For now, at least.
Is it football season yet?
For those who don't watch sports news too often, LA Dodger Manny Ramirez was suspended for 50 games today for using hCG, a substance banned by Major League Baseball. At first, it didn't get to me that much, which is a testament to how accustomed I've become to these kind of stories.
But then I heard a few interviews from ESPN baseball analysts.
Tim Kurkjian said something about how players have been cheating in baseball since it's inception, then went on to say that fans really don't care, as long as they win. Um...well let me say it. I CARE.
Then, what really got me angry was the interview of Steve Phillips. He was asked where the Dodgers would be when Manny got back.
I'll try to paraphrase what Phillips said. He claimed that 'the Dodgers are too far in first place in the NL west division. They're a really good team. They'll hold on to that lead until Manny comes back in July, then go on to the playoffs with Manny leading them. It's a special year for the Dodgers.'
WTF
Yeah, they're in first place by a lot. But that's because they had Manny in the lineup. Manny is an RBI machine. And even when Manny's not doing well, teams have to always account for him. He gets on via walk because teams pitch around him. This leads to more runs. Think about it this way, take ANY team's best player away from a team, do they do as well? The Yankees are next to last in the AL east without A-Rod (who, btw also took performing-enhancing drugs), even with the highest paid team of any sport ever. Did the Patriots make the playoffs without Tom Brady? Would the Cavs be so good without Lebron James?
Plus, the reason they are so far in front in the NL west right now is because during the beginning and ending parts of the baseball season, teams play the majority of their games against teams within their division. That has made these games up until this point super important in the division standings. And now that the teams have finished those games and will play the majority of their games against teams outside the division, Manny gets suspended. If he was suspended to begin the season, I think the standings in the west might be different. But there's no way for us to know. Baseball, you're losing me as a fan.
Tim, I CARE. For now, at least.
Is it football season yet?
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