Friday, February 24, 2006

Play Ball!!

There's nothing like the smell and look of spring. The sun begins to shine through the thinning clouds and the trees and plants start to blossom anew. The birds start to sing a new joyful song. The sunsets become vibrant orange and the days become warm.

And somewhere deep in the background of the noise of the towns and cities you hear the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball. It's baseball season again!! There is no place are time on Earth like spring training.

All the teams are potential contenders. Legends and rookies share the same lockerrooms and field. Hope springs eternal and dreams are one hot streak from reality. The comradery is infectious and there is no time for negativity. Everyone is pulling for each other because the best players will help the team win a Pennant and every player want his team to be as strong as possible.

Then there are the rivalries. The Yankees and Boston. The Dodgers and Giants. The A's and the Angels. The players who are all characters themselves. Barry Bonds and his pursuit of Hammerin' Hank Aaron's all time homerun record. Roger Clemens and his continued mastery and domination into his forties.

Comebacks and trades and their impact on this upcoming season. Who has the best starting line up? The best pitching staff? The fastest team speed? The best defense? The best closer? The best DH? The best ballpark? The best manager? Who will win the batting title this year? The Cy Young? Gold Glove? We have one month to sort it out and then it's time to play ball!!

--Hammertime
From my sidekick

51 comments:

Anonymous said...

HAMMER! Welcome to the blogosphere! I am so glad to see this! Stop by my blog and say hey!;)

Rodney Olsen said...

Here in Australia we're just heading towards the end of Summer and looking forward to the start of the Australian Rules Football season. The pre-season competition started last night and in a few weeks we'll be ready for several months of football action.

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Unknown said...

is you the real MC Hammer that I have known in the 90s? lol, if this is you then its cool, i'll add your blog on http://1001blogs.blogspot.com ASAP :)

Johnny moo moo said...

Thank God, your interest is baseball and not politics or religion.... unlike another celebritiy Ive been argueing/blogging with for the past three months. :D

Hey! Didnt Canadians, "HAMMER" Americans, at one point playing ball. :D

Davenholl said...

Im confused...are you still a rapper or are you a pastor? I thought I saw you on TBN at one time...welcome!

José Luis Avila Herrera said...

Hi MC Hammer...

Welcome to the blogosphere...

Saludos from México

José Luis Ávila Herrera

Nice blog, CONGRATULATIONS.-

Van Cong Tu said...

very nice blog and I dolove MC HAMMER- U Can't touch it !!!! comon- keep up the great work.

Online Degree said...

Well, this is definitely a great blog to come across! I found it on the homepage of blogger as a "Blog of Note!" Congrats on making it on the Blogger Homepage!

Nazli Hardy said...

"Anyone can funk and go to war, we all got soldiers but it takes real men to make peace"

Well said!
Cheers,

Tom said...

Baseball is timeless.

OhPunk! said...

What's up Hammer? I've got your back with the A's. Big time A's fan right here.

It's a shame we couldn't make any mad changes like Toronto did... but I'm sure we'll do well again (didn't do that bad last year.. was close)

Check out my blog if you have a minute!

Thanks!

Shaun!
Shaun
ohpunk.blogspot.com

Trikki Nikki said...

Hey MC Hammer, firstly I'd like to say how much I adore your music!!

What a beautifully written post as well. I'm Aussie so I know nuthin about baseball except I like playing it.hehe

MC Hammer said...

Thanks
I love Sydney.

jm said...

this blog is awesome!

Katerina Papadopoulos said...

Welcome to the Blogasphere! Cool!

Richard Liriano said...
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Suzanne the Salty One said...

You've summed up the excitement in this household about the coming of baseball season. So glad you've joined us in the realm of blogging, adding you as a favorite. God is great and merciful. Many blessings.

Richard Liriano said...

Hammer... welcome to the world of blogging.

Hope you have fun with blogging as us bloggers do...

Please refer some of your friends to blogging also (there is nothing like it...

In closing, I've always respected you and supported you however I can.

God Bless...

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bricotrout said...

if this is the real Hammer then finish this sentence: too legit, too legit to.....

you can post the answer at my site. im guessing you dont know it. there are too many frauds out there in cyberland (mili vanili's if you will) claiming to be somebody else.
if it is you then all apologies.

Patrick Hayes said...

This is the year of the Tigers. I like the A's too, since I learned you used to be a bat boy. I still have my British Knights!

Satya said...

In my humble opinion, the wild card has taken some of the luster off the baseball season. It seems that the long (too long --- the season should go back to 154 games, particularly given the long playoffs) season means less than in the past, since the wild card teams seem to go into the playoffs with more momentum that the real championship squads that have proven their mettle over the long haul. Perhaps they should go back to the plan of realignment and simultaneously create more of an advantage for having been the best team over the entire season (maybe the wild card team should have to play all their games on the road). Despite these complaints, I agree with you that spring and baseball are wonderful triggers for the Halycon days of youth.

Cheers!

Satya said...

. . . that is, triggers for memories of those halcyon days (two mistakes in the above). It would be nice if they actually brought the days back, but . . .

Caleb Suko said...

Hi Stanley,

Great blog but I am confused. For a time I thought you had found Christ and began preaching.

Are you putting all that behind you now and going back to your previous life?

mmat said...

woo! hammer rules!

mmat said...

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Normanator said...

Hammer, long tome no see and now I find you've got a blog. Check out mine if you have time, I reccommend my post Progress Report. At Words of Wezi.

Norm

K. S. said...

Hammer, will baseball uniforms ever change from those polyestor pants? I would suggest genie pants. Did you ever play baseball with genie pants and patent leather shoes? We do and it is awesome! no Cups necessary player.

elasticwaistbandlady said...

Hey Hammer!

My 9 and 10 year old girls think that you're the shiznit and they just learned how to do the finger motions thing for '2 Legit 2 Quit'. Yeah, 15 years too late to look cool though.

Unknown said...

Its All Good!

otho said...

God Bless Mr Hammer. Your name has so much more meaning than my "stage" name ever did. Rappin' with the best of them

otho said...

P.S. I'll put a link on my weblog too!

Deb Sistrunk Nelson said...

Excellent blog! Very fresh and creative. I, too, welcome you to the blogosphere.

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ATM said...

Pumps in da Web!

ames said...

Dude, WHITE SOX. Don't forget the World Champs! Victory is sweet, but a repeat would be sweeter :)

ames

refr. said...

I like Yankees, so prefer it to be the WINNER

Blast said...

Well, well, well...HELLO MC HAMMER!
Man, just seein' the name "MC Hammer", and the photos on this blog, brings back alot of memories from back in the day. Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm,... "Can't touch this". "STOP! HAMMa' TIME"! LOL, I could go all night back in the day. Now, I might fall and break a hip or somethin'...LOL! Nah just playin'. Just wanted to say hey!

princessoctober said...

Spring is not only when things renew themselves, but, I find it is when you can renew your self as well. Its the time when little boys can run off all the excess energy from winter. I find spring to be the best time of the year, the smell of grass being cut,flowers in bloom and the start of the grilling. Not to mention watching everything come to life again.
Its nice to see you here, I hope your enjoying your blog expierence. If you have the time stop by my blog and say whats up?

Unknown said...

Ho yea Hammer cool welcome to blogosphere, gretings from Monterrey México.
saludos
hail

High Power Rocketry said...

:) too crazy!

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Morris said...
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Unknown said...

We have to WIN it. I have a son in law in Afganastan looking for a top ten list of the bad guys right now.

mark said...

Go Cubbies!

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