Talk about a strange at-bat in the Yankees game against the Texas Rangers tonight. The pitcher was a righty, so Mark Texeira, a switch-hitter, was batting righty. The pitcher had just finished loading the bases by hitting Nick Swisher. His first pitch was way…
Somewhere between Tucson and Dallas Fort-Worth today, I will reach 400K miles flown since I started tracking flights. There are a bunch of flights from when I was a kid that I still haven’t gone back and researched, so I’m probably closer to 450K…
A quick look at what’s populating (and polluting) my iPad: Books: Aftershock, by Robert and David Wiedemer, and Cindy Spitzer This book was suggested by the owner of my company. The authors wrote a book that predicted a number of occurrences in the major…
The Orioles, Mariners, Indians, and Royals have all been officially eliminated from the playoff race. The magic number for the wild card is 23, but that’s not what we’re playing for. There are 10 teams left battling for 4 spots, with only 6 or…
It’s turned out to be something of an odd season. Injuries have taken their toll on us, and instead of a dogfight with the Red Sox, we find ourselves going toe-to-toe with the Rays. I was nervous about letting Johnny Damon go this season,…
We just returned from a family trip up to Nova Scotia. My mother’s side of the family resides (for the most part) in a suburb of Halifax, called Fall River. It was unseasonably warm for this time of year, but still cooled off in…
The Yankees, IMO, have been in a mid-season funk. They split a 4-game series with the Red Sox when they really should have won 3 or 4. This came after losing 2 of 3 to the Rays AND 2 of 3 to the Jays….
You jumped off a diving board into a pool for the first time today. I was 2000 miles away when it happened. My father missed some of my achievements as well, both good and bad. That doesn’t make it right, just a pattern. I’m…
I was lucky enough to find out that Lance Armstrong would be appearing in Denver, Colorado today. He was here to announce the return of professional cycling to Colorado. Thousands of cyclists and fans were there to cheer the announcement. Lance gave a quick…
Take a gander at this press release from AA. I was pretty happy to hear that AA and JetBlue were teaming up when it was announced a few months ago. I wasn’t really all that excited about the interline agreement, since I didn’t plan…