Update Time!

Wow, I almost forgot about this thing! I last left off detailing my Friday night in Baltimore. It was a great night, but we had to be up early so that I could get to my meeting on time. The weather in Baltimore was just disgusting on Saturday morning. The free breakfast at the hotel was the only good thing going. It was raining quite hard and the drive back was quite slow.....and again, Delaware seemed to be the slowest state. It must be something about the people there....simple state with simple people not in any hurry whatsoever. We got back to Eddie's place at noon, and we all needed to chill for a bit. After we ordered pizza, Eddie took a nap on the couch, Katey slept on his futon and I....watched Fever Pitch. I got my call from Ned Colletti at about 2 30 and we set up our meeting time at the ballpark for 3 30. or those that don't know, I had to opportunity to meet with Ned Colletti, the General Manager of the LA Dodgers. Since I have always wanted to be the GM of a baseball team, I was excited to have this opportunity. He had lost of great advice for me, and I intend to follow though with as much of it as possible. The game was a pretty crappy one, mainly because it was a long day already, and also because Toronto beat the Flyers. The rest of my weekend was decent. I played some pick-up baseball with Dan Greenberg and a bunch of his friends. It was horrible for me because nobody had a lefty glove, so I had to play opposite handed.

This weekend was really fun! And by weekend I mean Saturday night. I really did nothing on Friday night, but I knew Saturday was gonna be a great night, so I had to rest up. Saturday was the last regular season home game of the year, and it was a huge rivalry game against the dreaded NY Rangers. The Rangers had a 3 point lead on the Flyers atop the division. It was the perfect day for hockey....if you don't count the 78 degree weather =p! Philadelphia was rated the best hockey city in America, and they know how to keep their fans entertained. They turn the entire east side of the parking lot into a massive party. They have a band, DJ booths, food and beer stands. Everybody parties outside, tailgating, and just soaking up the playoff atmosphere. Although I've been to many hockey games this year, I have yet to see an atmosphere in a sporting event like the one I saw Saturday. The crowd was deafening, the floors were shaking, and that was just on a Rangers offside call! Ok, maybe not exactly on that, but when the Flyers were pressing, you couldn't hear yourself think.

With the Flyers 1 point out of first, beating the Rangers meant it was time to celebrate. Management roped off a section of the Cingular Pavillion, and hosted an all you can eat-drink party for all the employees (food courtesy of Chickie and Petes) Because I'm always thinking ahead (ha!) I took the subway to the game to prepare for this. The food was amazing, a bunch of the Flyers Ice Girls came out, and I hung out with the girls and Rob (my boss) for the whole night. Eddie didn't go to the party cause he wanted to rest, but he got 4 free tickets to the Philadelphia Wings game (pro lacrosse). Well, we didn't go to the game at all. We were still partying with Rob and a few of the girls. Once the game finished, we met up with some of the Wings interns, hung out at the Pavillion and then went to Chickies until 2. I stayed the night at Eddies, partly because I was not about to get on the subway by myself at 2 am. Anyways, this is quite long, so I'll update you all on my Easter weekend later on.