Howz about we vote Mike Mussina into the HOF based purely on the fact that he retired and stayed retired. Didn't try to make a come back, didn't sign with a random team for a year here or there, didn't continue playing well into years that should never have happened. Just retired. Yup, definitely should tip the scales in his favor!

Last weekend, Patti, Linda, and Sarah took me to Cooperstown for a belated birthday trip (since Sarah wasn't with us on my actual birthday.) We visited the HOF, had lunch and ice cream, and tasted some wine at a local winery. On Saturday night, the local baseball team was kind enough to have fireworks JUST for me. ;) We also had facebook wars ( Read more... )

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0331&pn=1982

Earlier this week, the Orioles announced that they'd be bringing Matt Wieters up from AAA to start the game on Friday. He's a catcher and supposedly one of the hottest prospects in all of baseball land. To die hard O's fans, the second coming. The world was excited ( Read more... )

http://podcast.wfan.com/wfan/1569050.mp3

After having the "free" cell phone that came with my plan for the last 10 years or so, I have a lot to learn with my fancy phone. First of all, the battery life is amazingly short compared to my old cheapy phone. I charged it Friday and it is dead now. Granted, that's cause I forgot to turn off the "location" feature so it's been searching the ( Read more... )

We won't know for 5 years (or more) if Mike'll make the HOF ... but the writers all have nice things to say about him. Some read a little like obituaries...he isn't dead, just retired people ( Read more... )

It won't be OFFICIAL for a day or two, but it's "official" now ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aOFklEi8XtJY&refer=home

Sigh. I don't know how to like baseball without Mike! I'm still not used to baseball without Cal

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081106&content_id=3667588&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb

I, like at least a hundred other people in this country, am getting ready to watch the end of Game 5. The whole thing has just been nutty! Boy is it cold in here ... so I can't imagine how cold it is 90 minutes north of here and outside ( Read more... )