Richmond is getting a minor league baseball team. The Defenders of Norwich, Connecticut are moving south, to play ball in Richmond. Once home to the Richmond Braves, Atlanta’s AAA franchise, the Diamond will now host the AA franchise of the San Francisco Giants. The team is looking for a new name, and the Richmond Times-DisgraceContinue reading “On Richmond’s New Baseball Team”
Tag Archives: Baseball
On Fixing Baseball
Dear Bud Selig, Today, or possibly tomorrow, but certainly by Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates will set a record for baseball — and a record for the four major sports in North America. Pittsburgh will have its seventeenth consecutive losing season. Seventeen years. Their last winning season was in 1992. There are probably people reading thisContinue reading “On Fixing Baseball”
On Mistaken Names
I watched on MASN2 this afternoon two of the lowliest teams in baseball — the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. I consider the Nats my “local team.” I think this is common amongst football fans (and by “football fans” I mean “soccer fans”), where there’s a top tier squad that one roots for, andContinue reading “On Mistaken Names”
On the Week That’s Been
Six weeks ago, give or take, I decided that I didn’t have to write a blog post every day. I’d written something every day from the end of March 2007 to April 2009, a run of some 750 straight days. I can’t promise that every day was quality, but every day had something. Ever sinceContinue reading “On the Week That’s Been”
On WGN, the Cubs, and the Sox
I sat down to watch today’s Cubs/White Sox game. I was looking forward to two of my favorite announcers, Bob and Len, in the booth, talking about the Cubs and baseball. Instead, WGN put the Sox broadcast team — “Hawk” Harrelson and some other guy — on the game. I realized that while I’ve heardContinue reading “On WGN, the Cubs, and the Sox”
On Fox’s Baseball Decisions
Dear Fox, What the hell is wrong with you? You are continuing to broadcast this Yankees/Indians game. It’s twenty-two to four. Is there any reason at all that you can’t switch to a real game? The Cubs/Cardinals game is tied in the eleventh. Don’t you think your audience would be more interested in seeing someContinue reading “On Fox’s Baseball Decisions”
On Skipping Friday
Yesterday was momentous. Not for anything important, mind you. I wrote at work. I attended a meeting. I ate pretzel sticks. I proofed some materials that crossed my desk. In short, it was a mundane, typical sort of day. No, the momentousness of yesterday came from this curious fact. I posted nothing on my blog.Continue reading “On Skipping Friday”
On Random Wednesday Thoughts
I love the way the air feels in spring. There’s a crispness. A tanginess. It’s like a sense of anticipation, that nature itself knows that something amazing is about to happen. I went for a walk on my lunch break today. The neighborhood around the office is, to be honest, not particularly exciting. There’s notContinue reading “On Random Wednesday Thoughts”
On Redecoration
It’s spring. I’m feeling the itch. The itch, that is, to vary up the look of the website. So, I created a custom stylesheet to overlay formatting styles on top of Tarski. I’ve done this before; that was how my Doctor Who look two years ago worked. Tarski was the underlying code, and then aContinue reading “On Redecoration”
On Baseball Talk
Tomorrow, in honor of the start of the new baseball season, we are allowed to wear Orioles gear at the office. A footnote to the e-mail from HR on Friday noted that other teams’ gear was permissible. I found my Niners jersey. The Niners, as in Ben Sisko’s baseball team from Star Trek: Deep SpaceContinue reading “On Baseball Talk”