The other day I was reading the New Yorker, which I do when I exercise, and I came across an amusing cartoon.  It shows a pitcher and catcher talking on the pitcher's mound in the middle of a game in front of a stadium full of fans.  The pitcher is saying, "I'm sure I could keep my slider down if they'd just fire the manager."  Got me thinking.

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It's a bit early in the year, but nevertheless, today marks the opening of the 2008 Major League Baseball season.  It's before 8:00 am here and the first game is being played right now.  How weird.  Red Sox-Athletics, in Tokyo.  Part of MLB's continuing effort to expand the game globally ( Read more... )

Was on the road with my family for 10 days, and though I left with every intention of posting along the way, it was nice to get away from writing for a little while.  Saw many friends and spent time with family (mine and Nancy's).  Lots of driving, but we had Harry Potter books 2 and 4 on cd with us and that kept all of us, including the girls, ( Read more... )