Baseball fans received a wake-up call yesterday. An Associated Press article by Ronald Blum relates, “Washington’s new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation’s capital teetered on the brink of collapse. The decision by Major League Baseball followed the District of Columbia’s decision Tuesday night toContinue reading “A Blow Against Greed”
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Hell Freezes Over
Boston wins the World Series! Boston wins the World Series! There’s hope for the Cubs yet. 🙂
More World Series Thoughts
Tonight, game four. Will the Red Sox win and take the series? This Cubs fan hopes so, because if the Red Sox can bury the curse of the Bambino, perhaps there’s hope for the Cubs and the curse of Murphy’s goat. I was moved to write a letter to the Raleigh newspaper this morning. InContinue reading “More World Series Thoughts”
Random World Series Thoughts
America needs you, Al Leiter. The FOX broadcasting team of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver just isn’t the same without you there. Former Cubs third basemen Mark Bellhorn and Bill Mueller are doing well for themselves. Why does FOX keep using the music from Requiem for a Dream to promote their football, NASCAR, and baseballContinue reading “Random World Series Thoughts”
Three happenings
Two Lord of the Rings thoughts. First, The Two Towers video game was released last week for the PlayStation2. For fans anxiously awaiting the Special Edition DVD release of Fellowship of the Ring or the December theatrical release of The Two Towers this game should probably find its way to your video game console. NotContinue reading “Three happenings”
The Washington Expos?
Acclaim Sports’ video game, All Star Baseball 2003, has a nifty feature–you can create your own expansion team, pick its city, its uniform, its name, its league, and off you go. Some of the choices for cities strike me as a bit odd–Monterey, Mexico, but not Vancouver, British Columbia. You can put a team inContinue reading “The Washington Expos?”