Hello?

Is anybody reading this shit?

I've just completed a four month project. People love interleague play in major league baseball, so I say expand it. Right now, each team plays 15 games a year, and 6 of those games are against the same opponent each year. I say, expand to 48 games. But it's not that easy. My plan involves one team moving to the American League West, and a team from the NL Central moving to the NL West. This is what I came up with. Move the Colorado Rockies to the American League, and the Houston Astros to the NL West.

The new schedule would feature 48 interleague games, one series against every team, and 3 additional games vs the "natural rival". You would play each team at your home park every other year. You would play 54 division games (13 against 2 teams, and 14 against 2 teams), and 60 other league games (6 games vs each team). It's perfect! With one glitch....because the schedule calls for less 4 game series, the season would start on a Friday, which I think would be cool!

Why this is appealing to me?

The schedule would be great. Creates an even playing field. It would be fun to see more of the talent that MLB has to offer. Every team would visit your home team every other year. It would give you an opportunity to see players you don't normally see.

This would help with travel. Schedule teams to go on 12 game west coast trips, and it wouldn't require multiple trips each year. The NFL did something similiar in the 60's.

This schedule combines what is great about the NBA and NFL schedules. In the NBA, every team matches up during the year, and in the NFL, they rotate the location of interleague games.

I've got the proposed schedule, and it looks great. And you damn right I'm submitting a copy to Bud.

Raditude is here !

Raditude hit stores today, and I am celebrating the release with weezer night in my household. I am listening to every album, chronologically, until I get through all seven. This will be the soundtrack for my baseball writing tonight.

Quick reviews? Sure, I can do that for you........(but I think I just lost Joe Dahms)

Weezer (Blue Album).....The one that started it all. A friend of mine in high school used to work at Camelot Music, and we used to go bowling every Friday. One day I came in right before close, and he had this playing while I was waiting for him. I loved it from day one. Not a weak track on the album, and the videos for Undone and Buddy Holly are all time classics. One of my favorite albums of all time.

Pinkerton.....Holy shit, even better than the Blue Album! This is in my top five albums ever recorded. After the success that weezer had with the Blue Album, they go in a completely different direction with Pinkerton. Very personal lyrics, and raw emotion. Love it....

Weezer (Green Album).....After critics slammed Pinkerton for not being as accessible as the Blue Album, weezer disappeared for about five years, and came back in 2001 with the Green Album. They reunited with Ric Ocasek, and Green sounds a lot like Blue, and features some really good songs. I was disappointed that it was only 28 minutes long, but I still like it.

Maladroit.....This album is special to me because the band posted demos for the songs that ended up on the album as they recorded them, giving fans a peek into what the album would sound like. Heavy guitars, monster hooks. The sound is uniquely weezer, and this album is very underrated.

Make Believe.....Honestly, this is my least favorite weezer album, by far. There are 3 or 4 really good songs, but also 4 or 5 that I skip constantly on the ipod.

Weezer (Red Album).....The boys are back! I love it. Rivers handing some of the songwriting and signing to Brian, Pat and Scott makes for an eclectic, great album. Some of the best weezer songs to date are on this record.

Raditude.....After one listen, I have to say that I enjoy it. It really sounds like these guys are having fun again. This is a really catchy album, some great sing-a-long songs, and I look forward to spending some time with it this weekend.