The Grand Prairie AirHogs are through to the Championship round, having defeated Wichita three games to one in the division round. Much like the end of the regular season, now they wait to see who’s next, since the other Division series has it’s fifth game later today. They’re either heading to St Paul or Winnipeg … Read more
Are sports fans ever happy? Last year, the AirHogs had a dreadful start to the second half, and everyone was complaining – the players have given up, the manager is panicked, we’ll never win again. This year, they clinched with almost three weeks to go, and people are finding other things wrong – management isn’t … Read more
The AirHogs have the second game of a double-header ahead, and Shreveport dropped the second game of their double-header today, so a win will clinch the Southern Division championship for Grand Prairie. There’s plenty of time left in the season to win, but getting it done this early would be an impressive feat. The two … Read more
With the heat wave we’re under, the stream of consciousness is almost dry, but here’s some thoughts from the past week. First, thank you to whomever first said “The heat hasn’t been this bad in Dallas since the NBA playoffs.” It’s not baseball, but it will annoy a few people I know from Miami. Random … Read more
Earlier this week, I mentioned the AirHogs’ second baseman, David Espinosa, had dyed his hair and beard and created a FauxHawk just to change things up. Apparently, it’s working, even if the FauxHawk has recently collapsed. Prior to his video-documented Just for Men treatment, David had hit 2 HRs in 259 at-bats. (He is leading … Read more
Sometimes, a team has a slump. It’s usually a number of unfortunate occurrences simultaneously. Luckily, there is a time-proven method to busting a slump. All you do is change things up. The beauty of that statement is that “things” can be almost anything. However, it usually is follicle-related for some reason. Last year, our (former) … Read more
There is an art to being thrown out of a baseball game. Before I started watching a lot of games at the park, I always thought it was pretty much the same – the umpire made a call, the manager came rushing out of the dugout to argue it, he got tossed. Now, I realize … Read more
Most ball players have a walk-up song – that song that plays as a batter approaches the plate or a pitcher approaches the mound. In fact, through the wonders of Google, I found I was not alone in considering the topic. Luckily, that article is well-organized, which makes up for this one. Some random thoughts, … Read more
As someone who has been involved in pet rescue for over ten years and an AirHogs season ticket holder for three, some of the parallels are striking. Why are pets dumped at the shelter? The usual reasons (regardless of validity): “it’s not trained”, “it’s too expensive”, “it doesn’t get along with our other pets”, “we … Read more
The AirHogs are 34-16 at the halfway point. Since the season was extended to 100 games this year, there is no All-Star game, so the regular season continues. If we were still playing a split season, the AirHogs would be in the playoffs, since they are dominating their division. (They have the best record in … Read more