In European soccer, teams that do poorly are often relegated from the higher league down to a lower league. Perhaps this explains what happened to baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers in 1998.
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American League, 12-0-1
Posted in baseball on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Phone Call with StubHub
Posted in baseball, entertainment, life, rants, sports, technology, travel on May 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I spoke to Ms. Norberg, of StubHub.
StubHub follows up
Posted in baseball, rants, sports, travel on May 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I’ve heard back from a senior supervisor of executive customer care at StubHub. Those who stop by frequently might remember we had three spring training tickets stolen a week before we left town.
And now, two months after we began e-mailing and calling StubHub to try and replace the stolen tickets before we got to Florida, [...]
The large and small of spring training
Posted in baseball, photography, sports, top of the world on April 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
You know how planning a vacation together can be stressful?
A Spring Day in Florida
Posted in baseball, culture, life, sports, travel on March 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Having had my ticket to see the Twins play the Pirates stolen before we left town made things interesting, as far as getting into McKechnie Field (“Southern Home of the Pirates”) goes. StubHub, who supposedly guarantee the tickets we bought in December of 2008, and which were stolen 6 days before we left town, was [...]
Third Take on the Town at Three Rivers
Posted in baseball, beer, culture, life, thoughts, walking on October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My friend G is a big Frank Lloyd Wright fan, as is my wife. I liked the house, too, especially for all its unique features, the clever corner windows, cube upon cube, which open out to let in the breeze on hot days. Given the cookie cutter Levittown reality of post-war ranch house suburban America, it [...]
No more excuses
Posted in animals, art, baseball, birding, dogs, humor, pets on September 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I have no excuse.
Barry Bonds as the painted bird
Posted in TV, baseball, culture, entertainment, life, sports, television on August 1, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I turned on the Giants game last night and was amused, mildly surprised, and bemused by the thunderous boos Barry Bonds received at Dodger stadium. I heard later that it got vicious in parts of the stands, with at least one fight breaking out.
Which surprised me a bit because the Dodgers fans I’ve known have [...]
Okay, I had some leftovers from that tagging exercise, and am told I should have included some of these.
What, you didn’t like my idiosyncratic corporeal musings?
No relief for the Giants
Posted in baseball, entertainment, predictions, sports on June 7, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My fears about the Giants are gradually being realized. I was afraid their bullpen problems would come back to bite them in the butt, and it’s happening. Tuesday night the bullpen once again gave up the game in extra innings.