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Archive for the ‘baseball’ Category
No more excuses
Posted in animals, art, baseball, birding, dogs, humor, pets on September 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
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?
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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.
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New York, New York — who turned the baseball standings upside down?
Posted in baseball, entertainment, humor, life, predictions, sports, thoughts on May 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
“We’re Yankees fans. New York is supposed to be in the world series,” their eyes half-close as Yankees fans say these things, in smug self-satisfaction. This winter I had several Yankee fans explain their version of baseball reality to me this way.
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My Ernie Dog and Tony Oliva
Posted in animals, baseball, dogs, life, nature, pets, sports, walking on May 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
We have a German shepherd mix (the mix probably something like greyhound — see what you think here) who has gone from young and fleet to acting like an old guy remarkably fast — it might be one of the fastest trips through middle age ever made.
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III: Pranks, or Deception at Play
Posted in baseball, humor, life, sports, thoughts, writing on May 8, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Man oh man, it got hot here fast. I took the dogs out at dawn and could have worn shorts. Mid-summer fry an egg on a sidewalk hot now. And here I am with a pile of leftover notes from the weekend’s posts, including Wittgenstein. But I ought to have my wits about me for [...]
Porcine flight and the seamless media experience
Posted in TV, animals, art, baseball, entertainment, humor, life, television, thoughts on May 1, 2007 | 12 Comments »
After we watched a DVD together last night, I truly meant to relinquish the remote to my wife and head down to my ground floor den, with the computer cockpit and and the flat screen TV. To watch a ballgame, tend the blog, and let my wife watch high drama forensics, performed in tight clothes [...]
The little piranhas and the ripple effect
Posted in baseball, sports on April 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My Twins lost two out of three to lowly Kansas City and got swept in a two-game set at home by the Indians. They’ve lost four of five, and to the teams I picked to finish 4th and 5th in their division. Okay, it’s still early. Still I’m concerned about one Justin Morneau.
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More surprises in 2007
Posted in baseball, entertainment, humor, nature, politics, sports, travel on April 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
If this weather keeps up, the surprise of 2007 is going to be the havoc created for baseball’s schedulers.
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