Kobe’s Blog

True champions. That’s what they are. The Chicago White Sox won the World Series a few minutes ago, thanks to Juan Uribe.

Impressive.

My Boo, originally uploaded by Kobe2005.

I’ve had my eyes on her for months now. Well last Wednesday night, I had to seal the deal.

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Sunday Night, originally uploaded by Kobe2005.

The White Sox just won the American League. I admit, I’ve not followed them that much this season. Honestly, I’m not a baseball fan. But tonight’s a good night for Chicago. Hopefully things will go really well for them in the World Series.

Earlier in the day, I was at Soldier Field for the Chicago Bears / Minnesota Vikings Game. It started slow but picked up. A fun game to be at. Tillman’s good. And I now understand why there are so many Urlacher fans out there. But the afternoon belonged to Clark.

On weekends like this, when soccer fails to live up to it’s billing, it’s good to know there are other sports, other teams that can lift one’s soul. Yesterday my team lost 3-0 to a team we should have been able to beat. I don’t know how it happened. All I know is we just couldn’t score.

I guess that’s sports. Win some, lose some.

World Cup 2006

African Representativs:

Angola
Nigeria
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Ghana
South Africa
Senegal
Togo
Egypt

…A whole new set

It’s never a good idea to speak too soon. I will anyway, for, it will be the eight wonder of the world if it turns out that I was wrong and I have to take my words back.

As I type, there’s barely 20 minutes left in the last world cup qualifying games for Africa’s Group II. Ghana is up 3-0 thanks to Sulley Muntari and Asamoah Gyan. South Africa and DRC are battling for the second and third spots respectively.

If you are a soccer fanatic and from Ghana, then, like me, today feels more like the eve of March 6, 1957 when we attained independence. (Granted, I have no idea how that felt. My parents were not even teenagers then).

When a jinx is broken; when finally you’re able to do that which you have never been successful at, there’s a feeling that takes over you. Today, I can only imagine the scenary in townships of Ghana. The colors, the honking, the drumming, the dancing, the drinking, and above all the post game and pre-world cup analysis.

When you put together a group of young guys, entrust them with a responsibility which all their predecessors have failed to handle, and they do it with committment, enthusiasm and discipline, it just makes you feel good, especially when it starts with a hiccup. The Black Stars lost their first game, and never tasted defeat afterwards. Germany 2006 will be richer and more enjoyable for the soccer world, for, somewhere in one of the many cities of Deutschland will be a group of supporters and team players from that country that has never made it to soccer’s center stage.

Folks, that sleeping giant, that giant who’s younger siblings used to cause havoc at world youth tournaments, that giant that slept through a 6-1 sweep by Klinnsman’s Germany in the early ’90’s just woke up. It will be a hell of a job to put it back to sleep.

From a distance, I had a brief chat with that Giant. It wouldn’t say much. In fact it wouldn’t utter more than one word. Curious as to why it finally woke up, I asked where it’s off to after such a long sleep. It’s emphatic response: “GERMANY!”