If you know me at all you know that I am a fanatical baseball fan. To be more precise, I am a St. Louis Cardinals fan. My appreciation for the Cardinals leads me to do things that are pretty much totally out of character for me — yesterday I walked up to a perfect stranger [...]
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A post about baseball
Posted in baseball, collections, recollections, St. Louis on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
the perfect game
Posted in baseball on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It happened last week while I was in New Hampshire. White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle took the mound against the Tampa Bay Rays for a total of 32 minutes and pitched a perfect game. It was the first perfect game since Randy Johnson pitched one for the Diamondbacks in 2004. A perfect game is both [...]
all star break
Posted in baseball, St. Louis on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To my (great) disappointment, the National League lost another all-star game tonight. There’s not really much to say other than that it was a close game, and that the pitching and defense were very strong. For both teams. Even though “my” team lost I loved watching the game being played in Busch Stadium with that [...]
