Some quick notes: I spent most of today at the DC Courthouse, doing my civic duty as a potential juror. Unlike sprite, I wasn’t selected during the course of the day. I did get some reading done, but not much else. While waiting for my possible selection to a jury, the waiting room TVs showed …
Well, the stadium lease deal for the Nats is dead – for now. Tonight, the DC Council voted 8-5 to reject the latest version of a stadium financing deal. And, of course, people are talking about it. A Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher laments the developments in his blog. I posted a reply, as a …
Got a full slate of things to do once the sun comes up: go to the Dupont Freshfarm Market to get milk and some veg. get out on a bike ride (it’s supposed to be sunny and cold tomorrow – fine for a ride). participate in the ticket draft for our tickets to the upcoming …
Bud Selig is protecting his own – the owners – in declaring that there will be no immediate decision on a new owner for the Washington Nationals. In doing this, Selig essentially knocks the Nats out of the running for the big-ticket free agents. Without an independent owner, the Nats will need to be content …
It seems that knee-jerk renaming lameness has hit my favorite minor league baseball team. As of 2:00 pm today, the Norwich Navigators became the Connecticut Defenders. Whereas their old logo featured a seafaring alligator, the new logo is centered around a submarine – an obvious nod to the military-industrial complex that is the Groton Naval …
The Nationals have played their final game of the 2005 season. The game – a 9-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies – capped a remarkable year that finally brought baseball back to DC. The second half of the season proved a mirror image of the first half: 50-31 before the All-Star break, 31-50 after. The …
Due to a last-minute ticket swap with our friend, Kathy, sprite and I were able to go to tonight’s Nationals-Braves game at RFK. The game was quite a treat. Atlanta got off to a hot start, scoring two runs in the second inning and adding another four in the fourth. The Nats added a run …
Okay, so it’s not really a surprise for me to say that Sports Illustrated is myopic, given its paltry coverage of any sport other than football, baseball, basketball, hockey or golf. But I scratched my head in wonder when I read their online piece, “The Hardest Working Athletes In Sports.” In this gallery you see …
A tip of the hat to Chad Cordero, who racked up his 24th save of the season tonight in the Nats’ 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Andrew Clem mentioned the most troubling aspect of RFK Stadium: the lack of truly useful scoreboards, pointing to a poll at District of Baseball that shows a majority of users supporting such an improvement. Andrew suggests that some of the outfield wall be converted for such use. I can’t argue with that, though there are …
