OK, I realize that my past blogging efforts have always foundered on my inability to figure out why I was blogging and how much to initially tell people about who I am. So, I am merely going to skip over all of that and get right to it since my initial reading audience is likely to be nil. August 31 was a truly beautiful day — clear and sunny, mild temperature. I purchased some tickets to our local minor league team, single-A instructional league, which is winding down its season. We had great seats between home and first and were treated to an almost comeback by the home team in the bottom of the ninth. They had a lot of ground to make up, but with tying runs on base and no outs it seemed like a good possibility. Momentum had definitely shifted and then several pop ups later it was all over. Fans couldn’t be too disappointed — a spectacular fireworks display followed the game.
As the evening twilight was falling, I was reaffirmed in my belief that the combination of baseball and late summer makes for perfection. I was truly happy and relaxed. If only I could tap into that feeling during the rest of the week. I would trade a perfect live baseball game for just about all of the recent Olympic TV coverage. This is an introduction to my next posting’s rant about Olympic coverage and the necessity for a rethink about the Olympics in general and some events in particular. This will need to wait until next time — batteries are dying. I’m typing all of this on an Eee PC 701 that I purchased last spring and I have to say that the battery power on this thing is not all that impressive. How do bloggers sign off? Go read Lolcats now.
4 responses so far ↓
bridgett // September 1, 2008 at 4:05 pm
You forgot to tell them about El Vic (our team’s Elvis impersonator) and the Diamond Dig (where a couple of hundred ladies tear up the infield digging with plastic spoons for a buried half-carat diamond)…
This was great fun.
Aunt B. // September 1, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Welcome to blogging! And hurray for live baseball!
Mack // September 1, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Perfect weather and BASEBALL? I suppose. Perhaps I’ll write something after I experience perfect weather and the Vandy home opener against South Carolina this Thurs. ON MY MAC.
Just kidding, I got a HP Notebook that has a sucky battery too.
Welcome to the “Sphere” buddy, now you’re on your own.
To hell with LoL cats.
nm // September 1, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Hi there. I grew up in St. Louis in the ’60s, so I have really high standards for live baseball that got set pretty early on. But since moving to Nashville I have come to love live AAA ball. The players who are almost good enough, the old-timers trying to play their ways back to the majors, the kids on whom you start a pool for how soon they’ll go up, this keeps the games from being all “well, they’re young but they play hard” all the time. And the crowds are so much more relaxed, and you’re right up close to the field and can really watch what’s going on, and there are so many little kids around. It’s all good.