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Posted by: Denelle

Is it really safe to come in here? I sort of feel like I'm on sacred ground. A GIRL in the Benchwarmer(s) blog? What is the world coming to?

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Denelle and I live in NYC (well, I live in Brooklyn and work in NYC). I've blogged for 90&9 several times now over the past two or three years (whenever it was that they had the contest for a female blogger). I won't bore you with many more details than that, other than to say that I've never blogged about sports and as anyone who's known me for any length of time can attest, I'm not exactly athletic so this area is a bit new for me. That also means you can expect me to talk about things that aren't sports related but that will hopefully manage to keep your interest anyway.

March Madness

I know that it's officially over, but I'm hoping that someone out there can help me out with a question. Where exactly did the term March Madness come from? Is there a reason behind the origin? Or is it just because most guys I know (and some girls) go "mad" during this period of college basketball mania? I'm truly interested in knowing.

As you can probably tell, I'm not much of a basketball fan. In fact, all I know is that Xavier is the best college basketball team in Cincinnati. A fact that I picked up while in college there and that despite their protests to the otherwise, I think my friends in the 'Nati need to finally concede.

Much like Brad I'm bored with basketball so let's move on to baseball.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

There is just something about growing up in St. Louis that instills a lifelong love for all things Cardinals in you. It doesn't matter that I've lived in cities with other great (or good) baseball teams (the Dodgers/Angels, the Reds, the Mets/Yankees). The best baseball I've ever seen has been at Busch Stadium. The home opener at the New Busch Stadium is only 6 days away, but the Cardinals opened the season last night with a smashing 13-5 win over the Phillies. GO CARDS!

I'm currently struggling with the moral dilemma of whether or not as a Cards fan I'm allowed to go see a game at Shea Stadium. I think I'd feel like a traitor hanging around with Pond Scum (aka the Mets) but their seats are considerably cheaper than the Yankees. Hmm, maybe I would feel better about going to see the Cards play the Mets? I'll have to check out the schedule.

And In Other News

Someone in Hollywood heard about Brad/David and this fabulous blog and decided to do a movie entitled The Benchwarmers. Wonder which one of the guys was their inspiration? lol I'm not a huge fan of Dana Carvey, Rob Schneider or Jon Heder (can we say Napoleon Dynamite overload) but the movie itself looks rather humorous.

Yesterday over at the monthly blog site, David wrote an entry about our culture's obsession with celebrities. While I will admit to being fascinated by them (sort of in the same way you're fascinated by a car wreck and can't look away) I will agree whole heartedly with his (and NY magazine's) comments about Paris. Let us all give a BIG AMEN!

That's all for me today, I'm off to scour the net in search of news about the arrival of the Holmes/Cruise (purely for its twisted appeal) and Jolie/Pitt (for reasons I can't even explain) genetically gifted bundles of joy.