Posted in Publications, Sports on October 20th, 2006 No Comments »
A good quote:
In baseball there are generalists, who keep their eye on the ball and see the big picture; football is full of special-duty characters who are very limited in terms of their range but have depth. Baseball represents America before the frontier ended, when there was plenty of space and plenty of time, and [...]
Posted in Sports on October 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Okay, so I’m an AL fan only because I live in Oakland and love the A’s. But I’m not one of those people who likes to hold one league over the other, as both are pretty interesting and packed with good players.
So even though my A’s were eliminated almost a week ago, I found [...]
Posted in Sports on October 17th, 2006 No Comments »
It finally happened!
The day I’ve been waiting for for about 2 or 3 years.
Ken Macha is no longer the manager of my Oakland A’s!!!!! Hurray!!
Now maybe you never knew that I hated Ken Macha, but you’ll have to trust me, I did. I always had the feeling, based only on rumor [...]
Posted in Sports on October 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Well, it was fun while it lasted. There are a countless number of reasons why the A’s got swept, but the fact that the offense and pitching never quite were on the same page didn’t help.
So now I’m rooting for the Mets and Cardinals to give the “Team of Destiny” a good ole fashioned [...]
Posted in Sports on October 6th, 2006 No Comments »
1) Scutaro is MONEY! My sign will confirm it. After the win, Mike and I walked around the middle of the lower deck with our signs and people cheered and high-fived and chanted. A couple folks even took pictures of “Puntober is Over.” You could taste the excitement!
2) There were some friends a section or [...]