Currently, there is a pool going. This pool was designed because, when I first started dating my girlfriend, we had the following conversation:
Amy: I want you to do whatever you want to do. I don’t want to force you into doing things you hate.
Me: Well then, what do you want to do?
Amy: I want to be with you.
Me: Well, I want to watch baseball.
So, the poor girl is watching baseball. She actually made it through all nine innings in her fourth attempt at viewing a Cardinals game (this was last Tuesday, or as I like to call it, the “Welcome to the Cardinals, Juan Encarnacion” game). She’s learning the rules and she’s also keeping me up to date on each player’s level of cuteness, which is really awesome. I mean, conversations like this are the best:
Me: Wow, Juan’s only a single away from hitting for the cycle.
Amy: He looks like a little stuffed bear. If he were a little boy, he’d be sooooo cute. What’s a cycle?
And while we’re here, here is Amy’s list of sports to watch as per the level of how hot the guys are. She says, “The cutest guys are in baseball, then hockey, then basketball, then football. The football guys are so grotesque looking.” Tell me The Nate Way doesn’t care about the ladies. You can’t, can you?
Anyway, here’s how the pool works: the person who gets the closest to guessing the date that Amy gets fed up and leaves my sports-addicted ass gets to guest write a column for me. No entries will be accepted after April 30th (which means I can finally stop writing about this). PIC columnists are inelligible to win, but can still guess (you know, for bragging rights). Also, if she doesn’t dump me before the end of the World Series, all those who guessed that we won’t break up can submit columns, and then we’ll have a write-off to see who wins. These are the rules. They are unflappable. Also, there’s no changing dates (I’m talking to you, Gaudio).
And here’s how the pool looks so far.
The “When will Amy Break Up with Nathan” Pool
Court…April 21
Hebb…April 30
LIssette…May 5
Tony…May 18
Kevin from Boca…May 25
Bunni…June 4
Gaudio…June 11
Dan D…June 22
Big Mike…June 23
Mr. Cheekz…June 30
Crazylegs…July 1
Freeze…July 3
Amy…July 4
Brad Clark…July 8
Janie…July 15
Ryan…July 18
Tony from Peg City…July 24
Phil in Chicago…July 27
Ashley…August 3
Main…August 9
Faith…August 11
Rory…August 21
Kev from LA…August 26
Le Lak…August 29
Coletrain…September 10
Dan…September 13
Karmen…September 21
Hunii…September 22
Rob from Trenton…September 24
Dave…September 28
Chad…October 7
Ian…October 8
Curtiss…Won’t break up
Ryan…Won’t break up
Tyler…Won’t break up
Chase…Won’t break up
Lulu…Won’t break up
Brother Tom…Won’t break up
Julia…Won’t break up
Leon…Won’t break up
Nicholson…Won’t break up
Mediamiester…Won't break up
John from the West Coast Bay Area…Won't break up
Just three more days to get your vote in people. Don’t let this once in a baseball season opportunity pass you by.