It’s very sad to read of the death of Buck O’Neil at the age of 94. Buck O’Neil was a class act. One of the greats of the Negro League, O’Neil was a pioneer in many aspects of baseball. As a player, he was known for his prowess at the plate. As a coach, he …
Some random babbling for a Thursday night: It was fun to see the New York Mets win the second game of their NLCS matchup with the Brooklyn Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets seem to be playing as a cohesive unit this season, and it’s paying off: they out-played the Dodgers tonight, and looked at ease …
After all, today is “Talk Like A Pirate Day.” Be mindful, though: if you don’t show your sea legs today, I can’t guarantee that you won’t be held at sword’s end, being eased toward a date with Davy Jones (and I don’t mean the Monkee). Funny thing: it’s not too tough to feel like a …
Let’s see, what have we learned today? Apparently a double-header on Fox Saturday Baseball is not really a double-header in a market where one of the featured teams is being broadcast. So while we saw the later game (Nats-Dodgers), we didn’t get to see the early game (Mets-Braves or an AL matchup). Funny thing: Baltimore …
Had a lovely day in Sand Diego today. We spent a few hours at Coronado Beach. The sand was so soft on the feet, and the water was perfect. I body surfed a bit, and got some sun. We watched pelicans as they dive-bombed for fish, and as they flew in formation just above the …
It’s lovely out here in San Diego. The flight from DCA to Orange County was uneventful. At our layover in Dallas, we saw the U.S. Soccer Team lose to Ghana, and thus see themselves eliminated from the World Cup. C’est la vie, I’m afraid. But they were fully outclassed by the Ghanian team and the …
Tonight, sprite and I went to the Dupont Circle Citizens Association mayoral candidates forum. For both of us, it was the first candidate forum we’d been to this election season. In my case, the reason I’ve sat out is that I felt it was far too early to get involved with a campaign that, in …
I returned home from the Nats game tonight and sat down at my Mac mini to check email and enter some mileage data at BikeJournal. It froze. I forced it to shutdown, waited a few seconds, then restarted. The Mac chimed, the screen turned on… ….and there was the blinking-question-mark folder. Wha? I tried restarting …
‘Tis the season, and they’re hitting me harder than usual – easily the worst since moving to DC. But I’m off to see the Mets-Nats game, so that’ll be a nice distraction.
During the off-season, the Washington Nationals acquired Alfonso Soriano from the Texas Rangers. In Soriano, Nationals general manager Jim Bowden saw a marquée player who could hit the long ball and bring fans to RFK Stadium. The problem: the Nats want Soriano to play in left field, while Soriano wants to play second base, his …
