Snow Days/Daze
Apologies for the radio silence the past few days. I was occupied first with preparing for the giant blizzard, subsequently with handling its presence and aftermath. This isn’t a weather blog but I can’t let the moment pass without saying: holy shit.
This is nothing like it was back in December, and it’s worse even than the smack we got in ‘03. There was a thunderstorm — lightning and all — at about 3:30 this morning while the snow fell and swirled at a rate of about three inches per hour. Depending on the drifts there’s anywhere from two to three feet on the ground. More in some places. Click that picture for a larger version to get a sense of what I mean.
Maybe they’re laughing at us up in, say, Buffalo. Fair enough. This is still epic.
Luckily no significant Baltimore sports stories broke during that time. Erik Bedard returned to the Mariners but we knew that was coming. As much as I like the guy I’m glad he didn’t return just now. The most optimistic estimate of when he’ll be available is May, and even if that proves true there’s no way to know how much he’ll have. Not a great fit for the Orioles.
I’ve been working off and on since Thursday on a post that’s somewhat sports-related, somewhat not. It’s fairly in-depth so I need some dedicated time to make it right. I couldn’t fit it in with the snow, but hopefully it will go live tomorrow or Monday. I’ll also go ahead and provide a Super Bowl thread Sunday with my guess (prediction wouldn’t be the right word) on the winner.
Finally, I’d love to talk some more Terps basketball in the run-up to March. I like this year’s team quite a bit and I was quite impressed with their road win the other night at Florida State. If there’s an interest I’ll try to give them some more attention.
If you’re local, stay safe out there. If you’re not local, be glad.
The thought just hit me of how strange it’ll be seeing Tejada in an O’s uniform again. I was reading some of the other O’s sites and thinking about Opening Day (it helps salve the wounds of snow) when all of a sudden 2005 came rushing back. The fast start, the optimism, the weird (but very fun) post-game handshake ritual.
I wonder how different things might have been if the Palmeiro steroid scandal hadn’t derailed that season.
@neal s – Hmm, the team was still playing way over its head in the first half of that year. I mean, check out that pitching staff: Chen, Lopez, Bedard, Ponson, Cabrera. Bruce Chen was the staff leader.
Anyway, yes it is pretty cute how freaked out you guys get about snow. In the six years I’ve been at school we’ve only ever once had a “snow day” and that was a bullshit excuse to give the students MLK day off.
is it just me or is that pic barbara bush’s vagina.
i just went to hell.
funny i don’t remember posting that. must have been sleepwalking.