http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/23715 My wife is an amazing woman. I talked all Monday about how I wanted to stay up and watch the season opener for Major League Baseball. You know the Red Sox-A's game. The game at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The one that started at 6 a.m. EST, errrrrr 3 a.m. in Bakersfield. Don't worry if you missed it. You weren't the only one. Well, I did see a few innings, thanks to my wife. As I was saying, my wife is an amazing woman. Not only did she record the game on our DVR. But she turned the game on at 3 a.m. after she got up for one of those third trimester wakeup calls. Actually, I left the TV on all night, and she just changed the channel to ESPN2, so I could listen to the game in my sleep. Now, I don't know if she thought I'd be able to see the games in my dreams or soak in the stats through osmosis, but it worked. Seriously. I heard the second inning of the game in my sleep. I could hear ESPN announcer Gary Thorne's voice as he said Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out Jack Cust to end the inning with the bases loaded. Of course, in my sleep Dice-K had a shutout through six innings. When I woke up that was in fact was fantasy. I blame that on my fantasy baseball team. Dice-K is one of my pitchers, so that was the only reason I wanted to watch the game in the first place. As a I said, I did wake up to watch Dice-K finally settle down, and the Red Sox take a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth. Our 18-month-old son started crying around that time (4:15 a.m.), and I went to his room to change him. By the time I'd come back, the A's had taken a 4-3 lead and I decided to call it a night, errrr, early morning. Unfortunately, my wife couldn't back to sleep because of the TV and our son. So while I went back to sleep, she paid for my selfishness. The Red Sox and A's play again at 3 a.m. But I'm keeping the TV off and letting her sleep in. She deserves it. My wife is an amazing woman. I talked all Monday about how I wanted to stay up and watch the season opener for Major League Baseball. You know the Red Sox-A's game. The game at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The one that started at 6 a.m. EST, errrrrr 3 a.m. in Bakersfield. Don't worry if you missed it. You weren't the only one. Well, I did see a few innings, thanks to my wife. As I was saying, my wife is an amazing woman. Not only did she record the game on our DVR. But she turned the game on at 3 a.m. after she got up for one of those third trimester wakeup calls. Actually, I left the TV on all night, and she just changed the channel to ESPN2, so I could listen to the game in my sleep. Now, I don't know if she thought I'd be able to see the games in my dreams or soak in the stats through osmosis, but it worked. Seriously. I heard the second inning of the game in my sleep. I could hear ESPN announcer Gary Thorne's voice as he said Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out Jack Cust to end the inning with the bases loaded. Of course, in my sleep Dice-K had a shutout through six innings. When I woke up that was in fact was fantasy. I blame that on my fantasy baseball team. Dice-K is one of my pitchers, so that was the only reason I wanted to watch the game in the first place. As a I said, I did wake up to watch Dice-K finally settle down, and the Red Sox take a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth. Our 18-month-old son started crying around that time (4:15 a.m.), and I went to his room to change him. By the time I'd come back, the A's had taken a 4-3 lead and I decided to call it a night, errrr, early morning. Unfortunately, my wife couldn't back to sleep because of the TV and our son. So while I went back to sleep, she paid for my selfishness. The Red Sox and A's play again at 3 a.m. But I'm keeping the TV off and letting her sleep in. She deserves it. en-us Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:02:35 PDT <p>Thank you for sharing this on our site.&nbsp; I just LOVE the passion you have (for baseball and your wife).&nbsp; As a baseball fan, myself, I cannot WAIT for opening day--not that I'll be able to see a live MLB game, but it just doesn't seem like spring until baseball season begins!&nbsp; I can't believe it's finally here!!!</p> <br /> <p>P.S. to your wife: you are one awesome lady! Congratulations on the baby, and please share with us the newborn photo so we can put an announcement in <i>The Northwest Voice</i> as a keepsake for the baby album!</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/23715/#c_215960 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/23715/#c_215960 <p>Thank you for sharing this on our site.&nbsp; I just LOVE the passion you have (for baseball and your wife).&nbsp; As a baseball fan, myself, I cannot WAIT for opening day--not that I'll be able to see a live MLB game, but it just doesn't seem like spring until baseball season begins!&nbsp; I can't believe it's finally here!!!</p> <br /> <p>P.S. to your wife: you are one awesome lady! Congratulations on the baby, and please share with us the newborn photo so we can put an announcement in <i>The Northwest Voice</i> as a keepsake for the baby album!</p>