A lot of blogs have been posting photos of warmth — spring training, summer games, general reminders that baseball is nearly back. This is one of the shots (a Droid shot, no less, using one of the camera f/x settings, I believe) that I took last September when my wife and I went to Cooperstown for our anniversary. I still need to write a post with all the other photos.
But for now, I have some front steps and a sidewalk to de-ice.
“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill…
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[NOTE: I actually had this written and set to go up last night, but then Polanco went on the DL, so it no longer carries the same weight. But here it is nonetheless.] David Wright has played in each of…
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I, of course, haven’t hidden the fact that I’m a Mets fan. Nor have I made any attempt at being discrete in my distaste for the Yankees. The olden days, with obstructed-view seats and the facade.However, I have a deep…
