Today was a beautiful day for baseball in central Pennsylvania. My first Harrisburg Senators baseball game was today. It was actually the second game on my 13-game plan, but I had deadlines at the office last week and was unable to attend on Opening Day. (Have no fear, that ticket is not going to waste;Continue reading “Baseball Day in Harrisburg”
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Baseball on the Radio and Tears of Joy
Last night I cried tears of joy. I was driving home from the office after staying until well past seven because of publication deadlines, and I was well into Pennsylvania when I realized — there’s a Nationals game on the radio! Two months ago, a Harrisburg radio station announced they were dropping Phillies broadcasts inContinue reading “Baseball on the Radio and Tears of Joy”
Signs of Natitude in Harrisburg
About a month ago, one of Harrisburg’s radio stations, the River 97.3, posted a question on their Facebook page that went something like this — what’s your happiest place on Earth? I was characteristically specific with my answer — “Section 303 Row 8 at Metro Bank Park.” The next morning, I got my Beetle, pulledContinue reading “Signs of Natitude in Harrisburg”
Jury Duty and a Day in Harrisburg
In late February I received a jury summons for the Federal District Court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My first reaction to the envelope in my mailbox that cold evening was, “Oh my god, what have I done?” Finding out that it was jury service was, frankly, a relief. I let my supervisors know and, largely, pushedContinue reading “Jury Duty and a Day in Harrisburg”
Jeeves & Wooster
Over the past month, I watched through the four season of ITV’s Jeeves and Wooster starring Stephen Fry as the “gentleman’s personal gentleman” Reginald Jeeves and Hugh Laurie as Bertram Wilberforce Wooster from the early 90s. On Friday, I sat down and watched the final episode. I had watched some of the episodes on PBSContinue reading “Jeeves & Wooster”
A Beautiful Day for Baseball
Today was a lovely day — sunny, blustery, temperatures right around 50 degrees — so there was no reason to spend it inside. This was far cry from last Saturday when we had snow flurries, and so I took advantage of it. I went to a baseball game. My last baseball game was Game 2Continue reading “A Beautiful Day for Baseball”