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Making Dodger Lemonade

When life gives you lemons make lemonade.   The announcement that Frank and Jamie McCourt are separated is lemons for a Dodger team that is struggling to beat the Phillies for the National League Pennant.  But other teams have used adversity to build their resolve.  The Phillies are wearing the initials HK on there uniforms in memory of Hank Kalas and the Angels wear the initials of Nick Adenhart.  So I’m proposing that the Dodgers wear this patch to turn their misfortune into lemonade and help… Read More »Making Dodger Lemonade

Stop Spitting in Baseball

We went to our third baseball game of the year on Saturday night and the Dodgers lost again. So far we are 0 – 3. Other than that it was a perfect evening it didn’t rain and the company, Lillian and Barbara, was very simpatico. Baseball is an anachronism. It moves slowly in a fast paced world and the players spit. I think it can survive the slow but I don’t know if it can survive the HD spitting. excellent seats Nurit and I are… Read More »Stop Spitting in Baseball

Spring Training

Nurit and I went to a spring training game and saw the Royals beat the Diamondbacks at Tucson Electric Park. We had excellent seats in the shade It was our first spring training game ever and will definitely improve our performance as fans during the 2008 season. right behind home plate ($15.00each) It is an intimate park with excellent food vendors The only discordant thing was a recruiting race car for the border patrol as we walked in. I wrote about the implications of this… Read More »Spring Training

Red Sox

Why is the Boston baseball team called the Red Sox? Based on their uniforms in the World Series they seem to be the Red Sleeves. From what I can see none of them are wearing red socks but they are wearing red sleeves. Go Figure

Drowning in Spit, or the death of Baseball

Baseball players spit. It is part of the ritual. They all used to chew tobacco so spitting was a requirement. Now it is part of the tradition and if it doesn’t change it will kill the game. Spitting when you are 50 or so feet away from someone at a game is not to gross. A player spitting during a radio broadcast of a game is hardly noted. Spitting on TV is disgusting but not horrible. But spitting in a close up on HDTV is… Read More »Drowning in Spit, or the death of Baseball

Beach Balls in Stadiums, An odd ritual

We were at the UCLA Football game and it was a bright sunny day so some people were knocking beach balls around. It is always an interesting exercise to watch and I asked an innocent question: “Who is it that plans “Oh we’re going to a football game lets stop at the 99 cent store and buy some beach balls.”?” This led to the next question: “How do they get them into the stadium?” To which I innocently answered, “They probably stuff them in their… Read More »Beach Balls in Stadiums, An odd ritual

RFK Stadium

Yesterday we went to a Washington Nationals – Atlanta Braves game at RFK Stadium in Washington DC. The stadium was built in 1961 and is showing its age. This is the last year the Nationals will play here and the Redskins left a decade or so ago. So it is a good thing we came now because we would have missed tis 60’s architechural landmark. The Nationals, for those of you not following closely, are the former Montreal Expos. Based on the promise of a… Read More »RFK Stadium

Barry Bonds

Sometime during the summer we went to Dodger Stadium and watched the Dodgers lose to the Giants In this picture Barry Bonds is trying to hit the home run that tied Hank Aaron. He was unsuccessful on that swing and that day. But I got a pretty good picture. He went on to hit the home runs that tied and passed Aaron. It is sad that it is tainted by the baseball drug scandal. My opinion is that the rules makers have to make clear… Read More »Barry Bonds

A Baseball Idea

In Baseball the ideal line up starts with the players most likely to get on base and advance and then follows with the power hitters.   This model for drawing up a line up is almost universal. What it fails to take into account however is that the opposing pitcher often takes a few batters to settle down and start throwing well.  If the manager adjusted his lineup to take this anomaly into account, by batting one of his power hitters first, his team might… Read More »A Baseball Idea