cooperstown or bust
2 hours left
December 31, 2006 in Baseball, General, Holidays, Marriage, Memoriesit’s amazing how quickly 2006 went by. it was a wonderful year, but seemed as though it just sped past me. now, with only two hours and 12 minutes left in the year, i’m reflecting back. we attended or were in four weddings —...
fantasy baseball blues
May 27, 2006 in Baseball, General, Grrri am beginning to hate fantasy baseball. and it’s only my first season playing. being in last place day after day, though, isn’t fun. i really should be doing better. my team isn’t that bad. take my catcher, brian mccann. he’s leading the national...
amazing recovery
May 17, 2006 in Baseball, Generalsaturday night’s braves-nationals matchup was the best baseball game i’ve ever seen. ever. it began rough. starting pitcher jorge sosa just didn’t have it, and in six innings put the nationals two runs ahead of the braves. closer chris reitsma held the nationals at...
can the braves come back?
May 8, 2006 in Baseball, Generalthe atlanta braves have won 14 straight division championships. they’re going to have to step it up if they want to make that 15. this season has started out rough, more rough than it seemed to last year. the braves are 13 and 18,...
oh, the pain
April 24, 2006 in Baseball, General, Life, Memoriesmy legs are blindingly bright. lobster red doesn’t even begin to describe them. our outing yesterday to a rome braves game resulted in my thighs and face getting sunburned while the rest of my legs stayed pale. i’ve been smothering my legs in aloe...
dining with the braves
February 12, 2006 in Baseball, General, Sportswe hobnobbed with the braves last night. as a writer for choptalk, the atlanta braves’ official magazine, joe was invited to the braves’ 400 club’s annual banquet, and i was able to go as well. it was at a really nice hotel in atlanta...
2 games in 1
October 10, 2005 in Baseball, General, Sportsthe braves made baseball history. the fourth game in the postgame series against the astros last 18 innings. yep. two whole games. and the braves didn’t win. sigh. i thought we had it in the bag when adam laroche hit a grand slam in...
