I wrote three weeks ago that Curt Schilling was considering one more season in baseball, pitching for either the the Chicago Cubs :cubs: or the Tampa Bay Rays. He’s made his decision. Schilling has decided to hang up his cap and retire. I didn’t see a role for Schilling with the Cubs this season anyway.Continue reading “On Curt Schilling’s Decision”
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On Random Saturday Things
I like post offices with gift shops. The Elderburg post office has a nice gift shop. They had all sorts of collectible things. I bought a postcard set. And Edgar Allan Poe stamps. I bought a picture frame. My mother gave me a photograph of my grandfather; it’s from the early 1940’s, and he’s inContinue reading “On Random Saturday Things”
On the Monday Morning View
Ever have a day where you feel like something… momentous is going to happen? Today is one of those days. The world had a different… quality today. Maybe it’s the seagulls flying overhead. Maybe it’s the feeling of springtime and sunshine. Maybe the air feels different. Maybe it’s that I decided to wear a necktieContinue reading “On the Monday Morning View”
On Baseball Moves
As a Chicago Cubs :cubs: fan, this past week has been confusing. Frustrating. Infuriating, even. First, Jim Hendry makes a trade for a new closer — Kevin Gregg, formerly of the Florida Marlins. What of our 2008 closer, Kerry Wood? Hendry said that “We felt it was time Kerry goes out and does what isContinue reading “On Baseball Moves”
On World Series Speculations
Weather in Philadelphia was miserable last night. Watching game five of the World Series, I can’t imagine why they even tried to play it. I see now that game five, which was to resume tonight, has been put off until Wednesday. As a consequence, if there is a game six, it will be played inContinue reading “On World Series Speculations”
On the 2008 World Series
The World Series begins tonight. I don’t have a horse in this race. I’m not sure who to root for. There’s the Rays, who have been perpetual cellar dwellers until this year. Then there’s the Phillies, cursed by the William Penn statue and the losingest team in baseball history. I don’t really want either teamContinue reading “On the 2008 World Series”
On Wild Card Musings
As a Cubs fan :cubs:, I find myself in the awkward position of pulling for — not rooting for — the New York Mets. I find it awkward for two reasons. One, the pain of 1969, despite being years before I was born, still runs too deep, and thus the Mets choking two years runningContinue reading “On Wild Card Musings”
On Merkle’s Boner, One Hundred Years Later
One hundred years ago today, on September 23, 1908, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants met in the Polo Grounds. The National League pennant was on the line, and in the bottom of the ninth the Giants were on the verge of winning. What followed later generations called “Merkle’s Boner.” A fly ballContinue reading “On Merkle’s Boner, One Hundred Years Later”
On the Cubs’ Post-Season
Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win! :cubs: The Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals today, 5-4, at Wrigley. The Cubs clinched the National League Central, repeating as the NL Central Division champion. This is also the first time, since 1908, the Cubs have gone to the post-season two years in a row. Cubs win! CubsContinue reading “On the Cubs’ Post-Season”
On Upgrading WordPress
Moving to WordPress 2.6 was not one of the easy upgrades. However, I’m not sure that the fault was with the software. At least, not initially. I downloaded the archive, and got my files in order, reader to upload to my server. And away the files went. WordPress has lots of files. All told, itContinue reading “On Upgrading WordPress”