Damon returns from the ATL

After a brief hiatus in good ol' Atlanta, Damon returned to Towson last night. Not to my surprise, shortly upon returning to the Towson area, I found him sitting in the corner of the Kent, paying vivid attention to the over/under of the Celtics game, and of course, mocking J for the ridicoulous comments that J tends to make. Now, for those of you who have not had the fortune of meeting J, well, first of all, thank god, and secondly, graze back through the history of my blog and find the one titled "The Drunk Liar who Makes better Predictions than Jay. " Many of you will probably lack the motivation to do this, so I will cut to the chase and help all of you lazy bastards out, if you ever get blacked out drunk and make incoherent drunken statements based on no level of knowledge whatsoever for the purpose of solely entertaining yourself, you have a greater chance of being correct with that statement than anything J says on any given moment. To be honest, if the Kent were to one day attract a customer with a high level of morales,a general concern for the thoughts of others, one who goes out of his way to help the homeless, and stand up for those who are often ridiculed, the type of person that the Kent typically does not attract, I can almost guarantee you, that after several minutes of listening to the claims coming from J's mouth, that man would be seated next to Damon, wagering on college football, ripping shots, and joining in on the mockery. Finally, before I stop my rambling on J, I will leave you with some financial advice. If you ever do happen to stop in at the Kent Lounge, and you hear someone proudly proclaim that they have "the lock of the century" immediately, scroll through your phone book, find the one contact in that phone book that may able to get into a contact with a bookie, deplete your entire bank account, and go big against whatever team is supposed to be "the lock of the century."

During my brief visit at the Kent last night, baseball somehow became the topic of conversation, particularly, the man who hit two grand slams in one inning. My initial thought was Carlos Baerga, but he just hit two homeruns from two different sides of the plate, a feat that definitely deserves its own merit. This question, led us to talk about the great Mark Whitten, who was the last player to hit four homeruns in one game, and even brought forth talk of Jeff Manto, who hit four homeruns in four consecutive at bats for the Baltimore Orioles in the mid 1990's. What I found interesting about Manto, is if you do a google image, of Baltimore Oriole Jeff Manto, you are more likely to find pictures of Jeff Garcia, Jeff Smardzia, Kevin Millar, and a heavy set African American woman named Manto, who happens to work as a minister somewhere. I even found pictures of the great Don Corleone, but never found one of Manto in an O's jersey. I found this as strange, because Manto's bat has found itself a place in Cooperstown, but yet, even with the help of Al Gore's greatest invention, the world wide web, one can not find a picture of Manto sporting an O's jersey. Oh, and for those of you who care, it was Fernando Tatis that had two grand slams in one inning.

God is great,
Beer is good,
and people are crazy.