Monday March 16, 23rd CONFIRMED

you are sad. you are hungry. you are angry. you are confused. you are violent. i know you feel this way because i feel this way. these are the emotions of a MAMBA player who has not played basketball in over a month. the venom of the black mamba snake courses through our veins now. we are infected.

but there is a cure. patrick has just informed me that we are confirmed for Monday March 16 and 23rd at this school:

I.S. 230
73-10 34th ave (corner of 34th ave and 73rd street)
Jackson Heights

7:30 - 9:30pm

Patrick checked out the gym last thursday and these are the exact words in his text message - THIS GYM IS FUCKING AMAZING

his description: new school, gym on the 4th floor, regulation length, glass backboards, no fear of the basketball hitting the ceiling on a shot. this is a college-quality court.

PS 111 was summer league practice squad. PS 111 was the place where we made up for 10 years of binge drinking, cartons and cartons of cigarettes, and little to no physical activity. this is the pros, or at least semi-pros, or at least Division III. bring your MAMBA on March 16.

neal

p.s. i wrote to nate silver a few days ago. he used a bunch of data and polling to predict the outcome of the presidential election, then posted it on his web site, fivethirtyeight.com. i sent him the career stats for each of us and asked him to predict next game's MVP. still haven't heard back.