Greetings from my New Home, Chicago IL
Hey guys:
Sorry I have been out of the loop the past few days. I have been a traveling puppy from Austin to Chicago, where I’m now checking out my new apartment. Boy is it cold here! Me and my brother are big city puppies now. But here are some thoughts I had on the road and couldn’t post them since my human won’t buy me an iPhone:
- No wonder I couldn’t catch Paul Byrd when he was flying around my backyard. He’s a cheater!
- I told my human that I had a pituitary gland condition where I needed to be served 1 piece of steak everyday, but he didn’t buy it.
- Matsuzaka and Drew are worth every penny!
- Lugo still stinks.
- I think Coco Crisp has found his calling- defensive replacement.
- I think Gagne has found his calling- mop-up man.
- Don’t you think it’s weird that Ellsbury always has one cold arm and one warm arm?
Well, I hope my cable gets installed by Wed. night, or I am going to have to troll around town to find a dog friendly bar. What an awesome ALCS! Bark at you guys tomorrow.
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Hi Big Pupi and Emmet,
Wow, Big Pupi – I thought you were just visiting Oklahoma for a few days and would be going back to Texas. Are you living in downtown Chicago? I hope you’re ready for some cold weather.
I also hope you don’t become a Cubs fan, although it would be great if you get to check out Wrigley Field. I understand that it’s almost as nice as Fenway Park, and almost as hard to get tickets.
In our household, we’re getting all ready for the World Series. We went to PetSmart yesterday to get another case of assorted Fancy Feast as a prize to the Red Sox hero of the first game we win. We were going to get four cases all at once, so we wouldn’t have to keep going back to PetSmart so often, but we are afraid of jinxing the team by presuming ahead of time that there would be four victories. While we have lots of loyalty to the team and we always remain hopeful that we will prevail in any situation, we don’t like to ever assume success beforehand.
Besides, we were afraid that one of the humans working there at PetSmart would ask me if I am a cat, or a pig, even though it should be very easy to tell by looking at me that I am a cat. Four cases of Fancy Feast hold several months worth of food.
I sent out my T-Haf scratching post to be customized for the World Series – I’m having T-Haf replaced by Matt Holliday, so then it will be my M-Holl scratching post. This scratching post featured A-Rod during the regular season, but I had it converted to a T-Haf model when the ALCS started. And I will replace the Grady Sizemore photo that I have in my litterbox with Todd Helton. During the regular season it was a Jason Giambi picture. My human is going to pick up the scratching post from the shop on Wednesday at noon, so it will be ready long before the first pitch is thrown. I have already changed the picture in my litterbox myself.
I’m hoping that my M-Holl scratching post works as well as my T-Haf one did, since T-Haf struck out so many times in the ALCS that I lost count. And Grady Sizemore didn’t do very well either, so I guess having a player’s picture in my litterbox is very effective for shutting down his performance.
My Big Pupi journal and tee shirt are on the way from the warehouse, and should be here in time for the World Series.
And my human is so excited because he just heard that Taco Bell will be giving free tacos whenever anybody steals a base in the World Series. He is so thrilled about it that he’s going to stand in line for three hours to get a 77-cent taco for nothing. I mean, that seems kind of stupid – it’s not like it’s Fancy Feast or something. I don’t think Taco Bell has anything that I like – at any price.
That reminds me that we often go to dinner at a nice lady’s place in our apartment building, even though she is an Indians fan. One evening, she was serving tacos that she made, and I got up on the dining room table to check out all the different ingredients while she was still out in the kitchen.
When I was smelling the tomatoes, I accidentally swished my tail through the shredded lettuce. But we didn’t tell the nice lady about that because what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.
LET’S GO, RED SOX!!! LET’S GO, RED SOX!!! LET’S GO, RED SOX!!!
Eleanor
Free tacos! They better play Ellsbury every game.
Big Pupi
With free tacos, he will soon become THE most favorite player on the Sox. He is already half way there. Check it out –
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/23/hes_fast_becoming_a_favorite/
Do you get your choice of flavors? And does Taco Bell make fish tacos?
Emmet
Here’s the most authoritative site I can find regarding the free taco. And it’s just ONE per person, so nobody will get TOO sick.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fan_forum/tacobell/
Eleanor
Hey, Eleanor – Thanks for the details on the taco. It looks like a lot of cows are going to meet their maker – they are only offering beef. Lucky for the cows (and all of us) that they are only offering ONE total, not one per base (especially now that Jacoby is in the starting line up).
I can’t believe those people at PetSmart would think you might be a pig. How did they ever get to work at a pet store if they can’t even tell the difference between a cat and a pig??!!
Wow, Big Pupi, looks like you are making a Big Move. Are you working your way east, closer to the heart of RSN? My human goes to Chicago a lot, and although they don’t have Fenway franks, they do specialize in lots of kinds of franks, so you might like it there.
She even got to see the Sox play the Sox from front row seats at Comiskey, or whatever they call it now. (The Red Sox won, of course – that was in 2004.) She also visited Wrigley once, which was a lot of fun, even though she didn’t know much about the NL players. She advises that you bring a warm outfit there – it is cold on that lake.
I’m going to try that pituitary gland excuse on my human – I wonder if I could get more tuna??
And I couldn’t agree with you more about Coco Crisp – we have to continue to use someone with such a tasty name in some capacity.
By the way, if you want to see a breakdown comparison of the Sox vs the Rocks, position by position, check it out at http://www.boston.com/sports/?p1=GN_Sports
You can even vote on who you think has the advantage. It is pretty interesting. Those Rockies look to be tough.
Howl (or meow) at me tomorrow night!
Emmet
Hi Big Pupi and Emmet,
I’m a bundle of nerves waiting for the first pitch. Can’t they move the start time up a little?
And Big Pupi, I hope your TV got connected and that you’ve tested it out to make sure you get Fox HD. Or if not, that you’ve found a bar that you can go to.
Also, I’m worried about you guys being up there in such a cold climate in Chicago. From now on, I’m going to save all the fur that comes off onto the brush when my human brushes me, and I’m going to try to knit sweaters for you and Stanislaw. I’ve never knitted anything before, so I hope they come out right. I’m looking for patterns now.
I hope you like my color because it’s the only one I have. Or should I try to find an orange tabby somewhere?
Eleanor
Too bad my brother passed away (of heart failure before he was even 2 years old). He could have provided the perfect shade of orange tabby. I am happy to donate if more of a buff color fur will do. Luckily I made it to age 6.
By the way, Eleanor, I think you should scoop up any fur that comes off on tomatoes or lettuce when you are sniffing them. That should help keep your activities a secret.
Can’t wait for first pitch!
Emmet
Thanks for the help in keeping me warm up here guys. I think I would be obsessed with sniffing a coat made out of cat fur. My cable isn’t going to be up until tomorrow, so I’m going to have to find a dog-friendly bar here to catch the game. Or if I find a bar that isn’t dog friendly, I’ll probably just bust in anyway and eat all their meat while I am at it.
Big Pupi