Best Baseball Hats Ever

It is my baseball nerd dream that for one month of the season every single team wears their respective throwback uniforms. 

How awesome would it be to see the Tigers and the Yankees face off against each other in their uniforms from 1918?

Or have the Giants face the Dodgers, and have them wear their throwbacks from when they played in New York and Brooklyn.

Major League Baseball should embrace the most historically rich sport in North America. Not drift away from it. 

Also, I would love to see the Tigers wear the Detroit Stars uniforms more than once a year.

Again, I am a baseball nerd.

24. Song you cannot resist singing along with

Now when I think of this subject, I think of a song that you just have to blare full volume. A song that you catch while driving in your car and you just start belting out the vocals like you are at Radio City Music Hall.

No song makes me want to do this more than...

Drops of Jupiter by Train?

I dare you to look me in the eye and say, "Aaron, I have never once sang any part of this song out loud, while in my car... by myself while it was on the radio... or a pre-made burned Compact Disc". I dare you to say that, because I know you can not.

Everyone at one point sings this song whether they want to or not.

More often they say they do not want to, but deep down you know they do.

And truth be told up until three weeks ago I thought he said, "That Van Halen is overrated".

Turns out he says heaven.

But you know heaven/Van Halen (David Lee Roth years). Same difference.

Another song that is impossible to not sing along to is of course Tiny Dancer.

Probably one of the best chorus' ever written.

Tiny Dancer was made to be sung in a car.

And don't you dare say, "Hold me closer, Tony Danza".

Or I will cut you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xf-Lesrkuc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBS-fGJUVNY

23. Song that makes you feel calm/serene

Well, this one is another tie.

And for good reason. These three songs are some of the best songs ever written and my personal favorites.

They also happen to be very soothing songs that can calm my nerves or help me feel all happy and what not.

First, there is God Only Knows by the Beach Boys.

This song (in my opinion) is the greatest song ever written or at least in the top three. It is just beautiful. I really can not expand on the description of this song besides it is just beautiful. Brian Wilson is a Greek God.

Second, there is Nights In White Satin by the Moody Blues.

Perfect rainy day/late night drive/anytime song. Seeing this song live was an amazing experience. And also makes me think....

WHY ARE THEY NOT IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED IS QUALIFICATION ENOUGH.

Third, the one the only Procol Harum with A Whiter Shade of Pale.

This song personally, is my favorite song of all-time. There are only two people on this Earth that I have come in contact with that appreciate and love this song as much as me. Those two people are my friend Craig and my dad.

I totally marked out when they played this song in my favorite movie Pirate Radio a.k.a. The Boat That Rocked. 

God, this is such a perfect song.

And also...

PROCOL HARUM SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME TOO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

The Old Couple In Church

I approach writing in a very unorthodox way (sort of). While some people just write to write, I choose to write with emotion. This can cause some problems, because sometimes it is hard to write with emotion every single time. This is why I take breaks from writing. Long extended breaks. And I wait for something to not necessarily inspire me, but just kind of make my imagination smile. 

I usually tell people that I do not write, I think. Meaning, half of the stuff I "write" down, I do not write down. I more or less just store it in the noggin. I organize it in my head and then from the head it goes through my fingertips and onto the computer or note-pad.

This poem is a perfect example of that. I have had the first line in my head for about two weeks, and I kept on trying to think of the rest. Then I was forcing it too much. Then I stopped thinking about it all together. Then it all came to me when I saw them in church today.

I swear to God, the best things to write, are the things that write themselves.

The Old Couple In Church

Fifty-five years married

But still as innocent 

As high school sweethearts

You can see their love

In the little things

The way he finds

The hymn for her

In the Missalette

Because her vision

Is not as good as

It used to be

The way she leans in

To tell him what the

Lector just said 

Because his hearing

Is not as good as

It used to be

The way he squeezes

Her hand at the end 

Of the Our Father

The way she hugs

Him when they offer

A sign of peace

The way he slips in

A kiss on the check

When no one is looking

As I sit in the pew behind you

Seeing how in love 

You two still are

All I can do is crack a smile

And think to myself:

"...Fifty-five years married

And still as innocent

As high school sweethearts..."

22. Song that reminds you of being a child

"Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three..."

That was a clue, any guesses?

I like this game, so here is another clue:

"...Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be..."

I love movie soundtracks, I am a sucker for them. I just bought the Star Wars soundtrack on vinyl today, well because I could. I have the soundtracks to Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar and even the Wiz along with a hand full of others on vinyl. Sure some of them are my mom's but who is counting.

But there is one soundtrack I would love to add to my collection, and that is the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory soundtrack.

It was by far one of the most memorable movies of my childhood. I remember being absolutely transfixed by it. I wanted to be Charlie and I wanted the Golden Ticket. The only movie that I can remember that had this same amazing experience watching as a child was the Wizard of Oz.

As a child those movies feel so colorful and new. Yet, they were made decades before I was even born. And the best part of being a child watching those movies, is that you do not care about that. You do not care about the video quality or the sound. If it is 3D or if it is IMAX. You watch those movies because you want nothing more than Charlie and his grandpa to be happy and for Dorothy to get home.

I could have easily picked another Beatle's song for this day, and I was about to. But then I really thought about what song really stuck with me as a kid and that I really loved. I looked through my iTunes library and I found the Willy Wonka soundtrack and I went to one song in specific.

Pure Imagination.

Everytime I hear that song, I am worry-free, I am six-years-old and I am in my grandpa's living room watching Willy Wonka for the first time.

And what more does a six-year-old want to hear more than:

"Anything you want to, do it"

It did not matter if I wanted to be a fire fighter, baseball star, musician or scientist. If Willy Wonka taught me one thing about changing the world it was as simple as this:

"There's nothing to it".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI

21. Song that gives you goosebumps every time you hear it

I usually build the suspense with my "reveal" but this one was the biggest no-brainer out of all of these.

When I think about A Day In The Life, I get goosebumps. I do not even have to hear the song. But when John starts singing, "I read the news today..." Instant goosebumps. Simple as that.

This is one of those rare songs, where every thing about it is just perfect. There is no flawed part about it. The orchestra, Paul's bit, everything is just perfect.

I can not tell you how many times I have listened to this song, it is in my top three favorite songs of all time and is one of the most well written songs ever. And need I mention how underrated Ringo's drumming is in this song? Sure, it is a simple bit he does, nothing spectacular, yet to me his drumming completes this song.

And do not even get me started on when John screams, (rough translation) "Ahhhhhhh ahhhh ah ah ah ahhhh". Before the last verse and after Paul's verse. You can be anywhere in the world, but when you close your eyes at that part it feels as if you are having a religious experience.

It is for those reasons and many more, that A Day In The Life is a song that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

It always has and it always will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xljFT44Y1Y

20. Song that makes you think deep thoughts

I think this counts as a song at least.

This little ditty makes me think like no other song I has ever made me think.

When I listen to this song, I am happy, sad, scared, optimistic, pessimistic and many more emotions.

This is one song that grabs everything going on in your life, bundles it up and and puts a bow on it for you.

I can not even tell you how many times I have listened to this before I have to bed and just cried and or drifted off into a peaceful dream.

This song puts things in perspective and shows me that you have to love the small  things in life, as it is too short and unpredictable.

So hear is to you, Mr. Baz Luhrman. Always reminding me on the importance of sunscreen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI