Archive for the 'Baseball' Category

Turn Down That Jacket

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

I once saw a cricket umpire move a fan in the stands because batters were complaining that his shirt was too distracting. I thought it was one of the differences between UK and US sports, that would never happen at a US sporting event. I was wrong.

How Low Can We Go!

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

It has been a hard decade plus three to be an Orioles fan, just when you think you can’t sink any lower, they manage to do it. Not only are the Orioles the only team in the league without a homer from a first baseman, but the Arizona Diamondbacks (.271), Milwaukee Brewers (.270) and Cincinnati [...]

Plenty of Shame To Go Around

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Bud Selig says A-Rod Shamed The Game. Gee Bud, don’t you think there is plenty of shame to go around here? The commisioner of Baseball ignored the problem, until forced to deal with by Congress. Shame on him. Owners allowed their young employees to poison themselves so that they would be more fun to watch. [...]

A Catch Up Post, Squirrel Lite

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

First up, Wal-Mart has decided to turn off its DRM servers and screw its customers who bought from them. Just like Microsoft did and Yahoo did before them. Tell us again about how DRM is the safe way to buy. Next up is the great hobby of reenacting. Rule one, only reenact with people who [...]

Nationals Not Drawing Fans On TV

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

According to this article in the Post the Nats are drawing only 9,000 viewers a game for their televised games. That is pathetic. The Kansas City Royals, perennial losers, draw 28,000 a game as the next lowest team. I know the Nats are new in town, I know it takes awhile to build a solid [...]

Best Game Ever

Monday, July 7th, 2008

I meant to post this back in April and just stumbled across this link. A group called Improv Anywhere decided to turn a little league game into a major league game. Brilliance results. They even got the Goodyear Blimp to turn up. Fantastic. They have done a number of interesting ‘missions’ so poke around their [...]