Things I learned today. The Coverflow alt-tab behavior in Linux Mint even works when you’re playing a Windows game through WINE. I realize that is absolutely cryptic as mud, but I thought it was cool. By “alt-tab,” I mean using Alt-Tab on the keyboard to switch between open applications on your computer. I used toContinue reading “Coverflow!”
Tag Archives: Harrisburg Senators
Conversations in the Dark
I didn’t mean to disturb the sleeping homeless person. Last night was my last Harrisburg Senators game of the year — the season ended today, and I was in Lancaster instead, where they clinched the second half division title — and Harrisburg pulled off a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the tenth to takeContinue reading “Conversations in the Dark”
By the Dirge’s Early Light
At no point in this performance of the Star-Spangled Banner did I know what the next word or note would be, and the speed made a snail look sppeedy. A simply astonishing performance! It’s the end of the season. It was a short summer.
A Baseball Retirement
Jack Dunn has retired from baseball. Dunn played for the Harrisburg Senators in the 2022 and 2023 seasons. He was a super-utility player, he played everywhere. I even saw him pitch an inning, giving up a run. The only position I did not see Dunn play was catcher, otherwise I’m pretty sure I saw himContinue reading “A Baseball Retirement”
Scenes of Spring
Some random pictures from the past two weeks. The Lancaster Stormers fan fest… Two weekends ago, the Lancaster Stormers held their annual Fan Fest and exhibition game, playing against the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars. York also held their fan fest the same day, and I preferred to go across the Susquehanna for Lancaster’s fan fest thanContinue reading “Scenes of Spring”
The Curious Case of the False Rascal
Baseball teams have fun, cool mascots. For example, in Harrisburg we have Rascal, a river monster from the Susquehanna River. We took this selfie in August 2015 when the Washington Nationals’ Racing Presidents were in town. Big eyes, cream colored face, a wide smile, fur–Rascal is a friendly river monster. Tuesday of last week wasContinue reading “The Curious Case of the False Rascal”
New Office Decorations
Sunday was the Harrisburg Senators’ “Fan Appreciation” game. Even without a game–it was rained out–they did a “Fan Appreciation” giveaway. Basically, they opened up a storage room and pulled out whatever giveaway items from the past they had left over, put them on tables, and fans could get in a line and pick something. IContinue reading “New Office Decorations”
Scenes of Spring
Spring is in full-bloom in Pennsylvania, and I’ve not been able to breathe through my nose in weeks. I have been, as I joking said to my sister, pollinated. Some recent scenes. I attended the Lancaster Barnstormers Fan Fest on Saturday. The Barnstormers put on an exhibition game against the Black Sox, a travelling team.Continue reading “Scenes of Spring”
A New Hat?
Forty minutes after the Harrisburg Senators lost to the Richmond Flying Squirrels Saturday night, I saw something in the street on City Island. It was a hat. A Flying Squirrels hat. I picked it up. There wasn’t a soul around. Obviously someone dropped it on their way back to the south parking lot and neverContinue reading “A New Hat?”
Opening Day
Opening Day! The happiest day of the year for a baseball fan! The day when everything is new! The day when everything feels possible! The Harrisburg Senators, AA team of the Washington Nationals, began their season last week on the road in Somerset, losing two of the three games in New Jersey, and today wasContinue reading “Opening Day”